Keep environmental education going strong through the end of summer with Pennies for the Planet
Tuesday, August 9th, 2011
With the promise of pool parties, popsicles, and backyard campouts, summer is a joyful rite of passage of childhood. However, students can lose months of knowledge over summer vacation. The Pennies for the Planet team rounded up some fun suggestions for how to jump start environmental education while you wait for the school year to begin.
Nature Scavenger Hunt: Having a hard time prying your kids away from video games and getting them outside? Make a ...
The best and most successful minds in fragrance will gather to dive deep into what it means to be sustainable.
Tuesday, June 7th, 2011
Up until the late 19th century, fragrance’s main goal was to replicate smells that actually occurred in nature. No “White Diamonds” or “Fresh Linen” — just lavender, citrus, and the like. The world’s first known perfume maker was a Mesopotamian woman named Etruscan, who distilled and filtered flowers, oil and calamus with other aromatics in the 2nd millennium BC. Since then, fragrances and perfumes have evolved quite a bit, incorporating many natural and not so ...
Three ideas for getting kids excited about conservation.
Wednesday, April 20th, 2011
A round-up of kid friendly activities for Earth Day from our friends over at Pennies for the Planet.
Plant a Butterfly Garden
Creating habitat for butterflies is easier than you think. In addition to ensuring our fluttery friends have plenty to eat and a place to lay their eggs, habitat gardens add beauty to any landscape. Butterfly habitat can be created in schoolyards, in backyards, and even on balconies or rooftops.
Butterflies eat nectar, so flowering plants are ...
