This year, the theme for Earth Day is the Face of Climate Change – and we want to know what the Kindermusik community is doing to support our environment. Please share your comments, or post pictures from your events to … Continue reading →
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Bill McKibben’s new climate change movie, “Do the Math,” airs April 21st across the United States. We’ve always loved Bill McKibben for his scientific integrity – his ability inspire people through his careful articulation of the evolving data behind climate … Continue reading →
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We’re made to think it’s a no-brainer – that e-books are greener than print books, because paper production has a greater footprint than producing the technology. Right? As the leading digital publisher for children’s music education, we clearly believe that … Continue reading →
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Children get mixed messages when it comes to animals. They’re supposed to love things that are cute and fluffy, and squish things with more than four legs. Kindermusik celebrates animals through song, language learning games, role-play and listening activities, but … Continue reading →
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The WESSA/ World Wildlife Fund eco-schools program, launched in South Africa in 2003, is an innovative curriculum based environmental education initiative which seeks to teach future generations the importance of conservation. Eco-schools is an internationally recognized program operating in over … Continue reading →
WESSA Eco-Schooling: “Children Have the Magic in Them” Read More »
This all-encompassing interview from the 2009 Wisconsin Book Festival, “Wendell Berry Talks About Life,” was the perfect thing to wake up to on a Sunday morning. Whether you’re familiar or unfamiliar with Wendell Berry, hearing his story and convictions towards the slow food movement, environmental justice, healthy local communities, returning war veterans in the age of technology, mindfulness, and the U.S. government’s agricultural influence
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Recently, treehugger.com published an article by mother Meaghan O’Neill called “How I Forced My 5 Year Old to Become an Environmentalist, or, an Interview with Philippe Cousteau.” This article is worth reading for a few reasons. First, we can all probably understand Meaghan’s guilt towards being her family’s own environmental role model– ordering take out, driving daily, and buying too many toys. But more
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As an addendum to Thursday’s pointers for engaging your preschooler readers, we’re thrilled to have stumbled upon the Nature Generation’s list of “Green Earth Award” winning books for children and young adult’s literature. Recognized by the Audubon Society, these books … Continue reading →
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We’ve all done it—cleaned out our closets; let big bags of old clothes sit by the door for weeks at a time, waiting for the fabled “perfect Saturday morning” to take the bag to Goodwill, shirking our instinct to effortlessly … Continue reading →
Have we mentioned that kids environmental resources are often way more fun (and comprehensive) than those made for adults? Crazy cold temperatures have, as usual, piqued our interest in global climate change… hence the refresher: Today we find ourselves especially … Continue reading →
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