The Case of the Missing Climate Science

Me

Hi GEEKs readers! This is GEEKs cofounder Katie M-T, here with a thrilling account of drama, mystery and hope from the world of high school environmental education.

My Generation's Climate Science Education
My freshman year of high school started out with a bang when my Human Geography class featured several readings from "experts" who argued that climate change was not real. Our class learned that the existence of climate change

Featured Resource: Cool Things in Nature!

CTiN taught me that dragonflies have
30 thousand receptors in each of
their eyes, while humans have only
one! SO COOL.

Hi GEEKs readers! Welcome to our first Featured Resource post, covering one of the coolest environmental education websites that can be found on our Resources page. This resource, Cool Things in Nature, is all about proving that Cool Things in Nature can be found anywhere and appreciated by anyone.

Visit the Cool Things in Nature website here!

What is Cool Things in Nature?

CTiN is a website full of creative, entertaining environmental education videos that cover everything from dragonfly metamorphosis to building a quinzee (what is a quinzee? You'll have to watch the CTiN "Quinzees" video on this page to find out!).  Videos come from different outdoor locations across

Treehugger Babysitting: Cliffhanger Finale

We haven't posted in a
while! To make it up to
you, here's a sleeping
baby sea otter.

Hi everyone! This is GEEKs cofounder Katie M-T, bringing you the long-awaited finale of our summer series "Treehugger Babysitting". I think this story is pretty cute. So is that baby sea otter on the left. Cute enough to make someone click on an environmental education blog, even.

Job Satisfaction
Does anyone know what's cooler than high school and college students working on environmental issues? Eleven-year-olds working on environmental issues. Which is why I was very happy to hear, after the end of my summer nannying job, that my relentless environmental education efforts (which you can read about here: Episode 1 Episode 2 Episode 3)
had paid off- the kids had decided to organize some friends to do fundraisers for wildlife rescue projects. They call their group "The Animal Club", and I could tell

Treehugger Babysitting: Episode 3- Best Birdfeeders Ever

These birds are actually angry
because you haven't made them a
milk carton bird feeder.

Hi everyone! This is GEEKs cofounder Katie M-T, bringing you the long-awaited third episode of our captivating and ingenious new series, Treehugger Babysitting. These episodes follow my adventures in trying out sneaky environmental education activities on the kids I nanny. Read through this whole post to find out how to use a milk carton, glue and some old magazines to inspire a love of environmental stewardship and creative recycling in young children, or skip to the bottom for a summary of what I learned as well as a picture of Barney the Dinosaur.

Treehugger Babysitting: Episode 2- Urban Gardens

What a well-maintained garden! Good job
kids.

Hi everyone! This is GEEKs cofounder Katie M-T, bringing you the long-awaited, action-packed second episode of our new series, Treehugger Babysitting, which follows my adventures in environmental education with the kids I'm nannying this summer. 

In our first episode, I learned how to get the kids interested and engaged in environmentalism through art. Read through this whole post to see what sneaky education tactics I tried this time, or just skip to the bottom to see what I learned during this episode, summed up this time in haiku form.

Treehugger Babysitting: Episode 1

Let's redirect Calvin's
energy to socially
productive uses

Hi everyone! This is GEEKs cofounder Katie M-T, and I'm bringing you the first episode in our new series "Treehugger Babysitting". This series will follow my adventures in getting unsuspecting children who I'm babysitting interested in environmental stewardship.
As usual, if you don't have time for this whole post, skip to the bottom to see what I learned, summed up in a single uplifting paragraph.
Also, if you have a story related to this post to share, please let us know! Send us an email at get.geeky28@gmail.com, or leave a post on our Facebook page here.

Join Us: GEEKs Collaborative Art Project!

A collage submitted by
10-year-old Eliza

We Need You!
Are you looking for a way to express yourself, relieve stress, entertain those energetic kids you're babysitting over the summer, unleash your creative potential, kill a few minutes of free time, or get involved in a nationwide intergenerational art project? Then you are the perfect participant for our first GEEKs Collaborative Art Project!


What is the GEEKs Art Project?
The goal of the project is to build an online collection of art created by people of all ages and art skill levels. The collection will show artists' answers to this question: What does an environmentally sustainable world look like to you?