800 Innes Ave, Unit 11
   San Francisco, CA 94124
   Phone:415-282-6840
   Fax:415-282-6839
  
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"Dear Myla and Anthony, Thank you for inviting us to Heron's Head Park. It was super fun. I loved that you let us weed-proof your plants. I liked you, and still do. I wish we had more time to weed. I really liked weeding. It was the best part. I liked acting it was a hospital. There was a super-choked plant. We saved it just in time. I pretended it was the emergency room." -- Sam, Miraloma Elementary



For Educators

LEJ offers free urban environmental education programs to more than 2,500 K-12 youth, with an emphasis on middle school- and high school-aged students. Programs are designed to be interdisciplinary and foster youth empowment. Teachers receive additional support in the form of technical workshops, service learning curricula, and guest presenters.

Students, teachers and community volunteers alike report that they complete our programs with a deeper understanding of the complex issues facing urban communities, and with a greater sense that they can be actively involved in improving the quality of life and environment of our city; many of the students participating in our projects have later become LEJ Youth Interns. In addition, we strongly promote the field of "the environment" as a viable career option for our students as a means to aid in diversifying the field, while providing new job opportunities for communities of color and low-income populations.

Classroom/service learning programs are available in wetlands restoration, native plant propagation, healthy foods, green building, and/or environmental health and justice. If you are a teacher or youth program coordinator interested in our programs, please fill out the Program Request Form (PDF) and fax or email it back to us.