Knowledge is power. At the Computer Electronic Association, we believe that by empowering consumers with actionable information on how to live green, buy green and recycle responsibly, we can help millions of people lower their energy consumption, shrink their carbon footprint, reduce waste – all while saving money.

Here, you can find free sustainability lessons to use in your class and upload your own lessons to share. Be sure to rate the lessons you use and leave comments for your colleagues!

TerraCycle strives to be a driving force behind increasing environmental awareness and action. Our goal is to be a trusted resource for families, schools, communities, and even corporations to find tips, stats, facts, tactics, and news to help them live a greener, cleaner lifestyle. Together, we are Eliminating the Idea of Waste®.

Grades of Green was founded in 2008 by four California moms who wanted a better world for their children. This nonprofit provides schools with free and easy access to over 40 activities that aim to instill environmental values in students. Activities are broken out into categories, including air, energy, toxins, waste, water, and earth. The organization also has a Youth Corps Eco Leadership Program that mentors 60 selected second through twelfth grade students to become eco-leaders. Participation in the program is free, though students must submit an application to be considered.

Teach your students the importance of green energy while enhancing your required curriculum. Here you'll find many creative lesson plans, labs, projects and other activities for grades K-12 on energy-related topics. Incorporate them into your classroom. Prepare your students for a greener future! 

Since 1997, schools, charities, churches, community groups, and clubs in the continental United States have collectively earned more than $35 million in cash and rewards through FundingFactory's 100% free fundraising-thru-recycling program. FundingFactory turns your e-waste into cash to fund you, your school, or your mission.

The State and Local Solution Center and Technical Assistance Program provides resources, events, and assistance to state, local, tribal, and K-12 school district leaders working to unlock a clean energy economy.
 

Under this curriculum, students participate in project-based learning over several days as they assess their community's ability to respond to crises that threaten both natural and human systems. Downloadable materials for these lessons include instructions and discussion questions, a set of "Redesigning Our Community" cards for students, professional development suggestions for instructors, and links to resources about resilient communities.

4‑H is delivered by Cooperative Extension—a community of more than 100 public universities across the nation that provides experiences where young people learn by doing. For more than 100 years, 4‑H has welcomed young people of all beliefs and backgrounds, giving kids a voice to express who they are and how they make their lives and communities better.

Through life-changing 4‑H programs, nearly six million kids and teens have taken on critical societal issues, such as addressing community health inequities, engaging in civil discourse and advocating for equity and inclusion for all.

Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) has developed programs that provide free classroom materials and lesson plans on energy safety and conservation for grades K to 8. These programs include educational resources, Safe Kids, and the Energenius program.

CLEAN's primary effort is to steward a collection of educational resources around energy and climate topics and foster a community that supports learning about climate and energy topics. CLEAN's focus has been to integrate the effective use of the educational resources across all grade levels – with a particular focus on the middle-school through undergraduate levels (grades 6-16).

Today's rapid climate change challenges national parks in ways we've never seen before. Glaciers are retreating at an unprecedented rate, increasingly destructive storms threaten cultural resources and park facilities, habitat is disrupted—the list goes on. Discover how climate change is affecting our nation's treasures, what the National Park Service is doing about it, and how you can help. Especially interesting is the science of climate change in our national parks video series.

NOAA Climate.gov provides science and information for a climate-smart nation. The teaching climate page offers reviewed resources for teaching about climate and energy. Subject areas include climate systems, causes of climate change, measuring & modeling climate, climate impacts, human responses to climate, and nature of climate science.

The National Energy Education Development Project (NEED) seeks to establish comprehensive sustainability education in schools. The NEED Project's curriculum portfolio is designed to connect teachers and students to resources to ensure energy education. Curricular Resources are sorted by grade level, topic, and subject.

Students, educators and school administrators can all play a key role in reducing greenhouse gas emissions. This resource is a directory of some education and action-planning resources to help these individuals incorporate education about climate change into their schools.

DOE supports demonstrations and commercialization by providing technically accurate and objective information to key target audiences involved in the use of hydrogen and fuel cells today. Here you will find basic information resources to help you learn more about hydrogen—and Increase Your H₂IQ!—as well as course materials and links to additional information for safety and code officials, state and local government representatives, potential end users, and students and educators of all levels.

A database of free and low-cost resources for energy eduction in K-12 schools, primarily for teachers.

The Alliance for Climate Education (ACE) is a nonprofit dedicated to educating America's high school students about the science behind climate change. ACE has two core offerings: the ACE Assembly and Action Program.

This checklists covers regulations issued by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regarding the generation, management, and disposal of hazardous wastes. 

A walking school bus is a group of children walking to school with one or more adults. If that sounds simple, it is, and that’s part of the beauty of the walking school bus. It can be as informal as two families taking turns walking their children to school to as structured as a route with meeting points, a timetable and a regularly rotated schedule of trained volunteers.

Established in May 2006, the National Center for Safe Routes to School assists states and communities in enabling and encouraging children to safely walk and bicycle to school. The National Center serves as the information clearinghouse for the federal Safe Routes to School program. The organization also provides technical support and resources, coordinates online registration efforts for U.S. Walk to School Day, and facilitates worldwide promotion and participation. Their website offers program tools, training, events and activities, data resources and analysis tools, and funding information for Safe Routes to School related programming.

According to the U.S. Department of Transportation, each day Americans collectively travel a total of 15 million miles on car trips that are ½ mile or less. These micro-trips account for nearly one million gallons of gasoline burned and 10,000 tons of CO2 released into the atmosphere daily. In partnership with Amtrak, GEF created I Ride Green to motivate American students and their families to adopt green transportation habits, and feel empowered to reverse these alarming trends. 

The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Better Buildings Initiative is helping private and public sector organizations realize important benefits of energy efficiency. Together, DOE and its partners are highlighting new innovations, sharing successful strategies, and developing new resources that contribute to lower costs and a cleaner, more resilient energy system. The Initiative includes Better Buildings Challenge and Accelerator programs and participants are supported through the the Better Building Alliance and an annual Better Buildings Summit.

The North American Association for Environmental Education (NAAEE) is a national membership organization dedicated to strengthening the field of environmental education and increasing the visibility and effectiveness of the profession. Members are professionals with environmental education responsibilities and interests across business, government, higher education, formal (K–12) education, nonformal education, early childhood education, science education and STEM, and other sectors of society.

Green Healthy Schools Wisconsin supports and encourages schools to create safe learning environments and prepare students to understand, analyze and address the major environmental and sustainability challenges now and in the future through providing resources, recognition and certification. This program provides information, resources and announcements for all school staff, community members and others interested in green and healthy initiatives and activities for Wisconsin schools.

The Hydrology Program is a part of the Aquatic Systems Branch of the Water Resources Division, located in Fort Collins, Colorado. Hydrology Program staff provide water resources support to decision makers, planners, and resource professionals located in parks and all other organizational levels of the National Park Service.

The Education for Environment and Sustainability program is to support academic success and life-long learning, and to develop a responsible citizenry capable of applying knowledge of ecological, economic, and socio-cultural systems to meet current and future needs.