Find materials for your lessons about the environment

Search Idealist for environmental organizations.

Our resource database will direct you to newsletters, reports, pamphlets, videos, and more information offered by the environmental organizations listed on Idealist.

We've highlighted great online curricula on the environment provided by organizations like the Rainforest Alliance and the Fund for Animals.

Visit our directory of service learning organizations to learn how to start a service learning project about the environment with your students.

Explore resources about the environment with your students

Idealist Kids & Teens links to youth-oriented websites about the environment like the Rainforest Action Network's Kids Corner and the National Wildlife Federation's Earth Tomorrow.

We've listed organizations that help kids start projects around environmental issues.

Students can learn about Youth for Environmental Sanity, Kids for a Clean Environment, and other environmental organizations started by kids.

Volunteering at environmental organizations

Your students can visit our Volunteer Center for students to pinpoint volunteer positions at environmental organizations in their area. Past opportunities offered on Idealist have included being a Web designer for Help Save Animals in Georgia and being an education docent for the National Aquarium in Washington, DC.

Both you and your students can sign up for email notification of environmental volunteer opportunities.

You can also learn how to set up a school-wide community service program involving the environment.