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An adult and student plant a fern as part of The ISland School's restoration project

New! EarthGen Habitat Restoration Certification

Posted on March 21, 2022March 23, 2022

School certification is EarthGen’s original and longest running program. Now we are introducing the eighth certification category, Habitat Restoration, to expand sustainability on school campuses into local communities. Habitat restoration provides […]

Students Design Stormwater Filtration Systems

Posted on February 17, 2022February 17, 2022

In the summer of 2021, EarthGen installed a Grattix box (aka a rain garden in a box) on Tyee High School’s campus with funding from the Port of Seattle and […]

EarthGen Seeking New Board Members

Posted on February 3, 2022May 17, 2023

To support the continued success and growth of the organization, EarthGen is seeking new, talented members for its Board of Directors. We invite community leaders who are committed to kids, K-12 education, climate solutions, and environmental justice to contact us to learn more.

“My students went from feeling apathy and discouragement to asking how they can learn more about the impacts of climate change.”

Hot and Hazy Summers Connect Climate Change to Local Experience

Posted on February 2, 2022February 4, 2022

Originally published on the ClimeTime website on February 1, 2022 Chelsea Freeman teaches high school in Tonasket, an agricultural community hit especially hard by the drought, record-breaking heat, and wildfire […]

"My favorite winter activity is bundling up for a long walk, or the very occasional polar plunge in Lake Washington."

Meet Rae, Our New Education Specialist

Posted on January 27, 2022February 2, 2022

EarthGen is thrilled to welcome Rae Jing Han as our new Education Specialist! Currently completing her doctorate at the University of Washington, Rae supports EarthGen’s teacher training and program development, […]

Olympia School District teacher Heath Bingman presents economic interests in EarthGen’s mock climate summit.

EarthGen Uses Gamification to Teach Climate Action

Posted on January 6, 2022January 13, 2022

While youth climate leaders often make the news, many young people believe climate change is too big a problem for them to solve. But young people are natural changemakers, and engaging them in civics and climate action can be as easy as playing a game.