Table of Contents

EE NEWS AND EVENTS 5

The Heart of Sustainability 8
by Don Burgess and Tracie Johannessen

Farm to School and School Garden Program
Abernethy School – by Sarah Sullivan 12
Edible Corvallis – by Sara McCune 14
CREST – by Bob Carlson, West Linn-Wilsonville School District 15

Growing Kids Who Care: Connecting School, Place and Planet
by Becs Boyd
AL Kennedy School 16
Sunnyside Environmental School 19
Tillamook High School Citizen Scientists 20
Alaska Rural Systemic Initiative 21
Oregon Institute of Marine Biology 22

Hands-on Hanford: Linking Lessons to the World’s Largest Cleanup 24
by Erika Holmes, Washington Department of Ecology

Perspective: Revitalization of the Cultural Commons 32
by Chet Bowers, Professor Emeritus of Education

Empowering Their Voices: Students Sound Off on Puget Sound 35
by Nancy Skerritt and Kristin Edlund, Pacific Education Institute

Belly Biology on the Beach: Seattle Aquarium’s Citizen Science Program 38
by Karen Matsumoto, Seattle Aquarium

Partnering for Ocean Literacy on the Oregon Coast 40
by Rachael Bayor, Lincoln County School Liaison Coordinator

Bridging the Urban/Rural Divide 45
by Maureen Hosty, OSU Extension

NatureMapping Takes Kids – and Technology – Outside for Active Learning 48
by Diane Peterson, Waterville Elementary School

EE RESOURCE GUIDE 50

Learning Native Ways and Water Ways 55
by Sarah Smith, Coast Salish Gathering Newsletter

EE BOOK REVIEWS 56