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Appalachian Green Teacher Highlight: Curt Moore

By: Carrie Vieland

Curt Moore teaches 5th grade science at Trimble Middle School and has been chosen as our first AGT highlight because of his long-standing ... Read More

Rural Youth Climate Activism and ELA Converge: Bringing Youth Climate Activism to an English Language Arts Convention

By: Joanna Gallagher and Kate Henman

One year ago, the Environmental Education team was contacted by Molly C. Marek at the University of Texas. Molly was ... Read More

Vital Vernal Pools: Not Just a Puddle!

By: Kate Henman

Spring is just around the corner, and with it, so are vernal pools! Vernal pools are temporary or “ephemeral” wetlands that form in ... Read More

Total Eclipse of Ohio

By Tae Ganger and Carrie Vieland

The temperature drops. The songs of birds and cicadas begin to quiet down. Daytime animals return to their homes while ... Read More

Glacial History Tour with Paul Knoop

By: Amy Nicolai | Rural Action Camp Oty’Okwa AmeriCorps Member

On a warm Friday in December, Camp Oty’Okwa AmeriCorps members Anna Haught and Amy Nicolai joined ... Read More

Strength in Numbers: What I learned at the Appalachian Green Teachers Conference

By: Tae Ganger, AmeriCorps Volunteer

The Appalachian Green Teachers Conference is an annual event and is geared towards providing resources for educators and nurturing relationships between ... Read More

Rural Action collaborates with local students on chimney swift project

Jeffrey Baker, a science teacher for the Muskingum Valley Educational Service Center’s ALPHA School Program, said the project began about six years ago after ... Read More

Rural Action and Solid Ground School come together to teach lessons in phenology

By Amy Nicolai, Rural Action Environmental Education AmeriCorps Member

During the 2021–’22 and 2022–’23 school years, Solid Ground School and Rural Action’s Environmental Education ... Read More

Matt conducting water sampling in a creek

Field Notes: On Water

Written by Joe Brehm, Chief Program Officer

For many years, Nate Schlater’s email was water@mondaycreek.org, which always struck me as significant. Something akin to ... Read More

Field Notes: February Joy

By Joe Brehm, Chief Program Officer

When I asked participants at a recent animal tracking workshop hosted by Appalachian Understories what they really wanted to ... Read More


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