Environmental Education and Social Justice Resources for Teachers

LEJ Publications:
"Calling Nature Home: Restoring Environmental Justice to a Wetland Habitat" Environmental Education Curriculum -- LEJ’s K-12 environmental education curriculum focuses on watershed studies, animals & habitats, plants, birds, water quality, marine biology, urbanization & habitat destruction, environmental justice, and environmental health. Activities match California's educational standards, including classroom and community-based activities. While the curriculum is based in the Hunters Point and Herons Head Park environments, many of the activities can be applied to any wetland area. 200 pgs. $25 includes shipping.
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“Education NOT Contamination” Environmental Justice Curriculum -- This curriculum provides seven in-depth lesson plans and materials that aim to illustrate the intersections between environmental justice and environmental health, covering topics of air pollution, Bay fish contamination, chemicals and biomonitoring, pesticides, community toxics mapping, food security, and open space. 240 pp. $30 includes shipping.
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Other Resources:
Free GIS Software
A comprehensive collection of GIS programs and tools that is updated daily. Most are either freeware or open-source.

NICS Shelter in Place Information
The National Institute for Chemical Studies helps communities manage safety, health, and environmental risks associated with the manufacture, storage, transportation and disposal of chemicals.

National Institute of Environmental Health Science Curriculum
The Environmental Health Science Education website provides educators, students and scientists with easy access to reliable tools, resources and classroom materials.

Scorecard
Get an in-depth pollution report for your county, covering air, water, chemicals, and more.

Organizations:
Crissy Field Center
Crissy Field Center offers programs to connect the diverse population of the Bay Area to urban environmental issues. Working in partnership with the National Park Service and Bay Area communities, the Center engages people with their environments to promote a more sustainable and environmentally just society. Crissy provides summer camp and school year educational programming.

Facing History & Ourselves
Facing History engages students of diverse backgrounds in an examination of racism, prejudice, and antisemitism in order to promote the development of a more humane and informed citizenry.

Stewardship and Environmental Education Collaborative of San Francisco
SEEC-SF offers integrated, accessible, place-based education programs that inspire San Francisco’s diverse school community to explore, appreciate, and care for nature in the City. By participating in SEEC-SF programs, students have opportunities to examine relationships between the natural and urban worlds and to contribute to San Francisco’s living natural history through habitat restoration, gardening projects, and other hands-on activities.

Teachers 4 Social Justice
Teachers 4 Social Justice is a grassroots non-profit teacher support and development organization. T4SJ organizes teachers and community-based educators and implements programs and projects that develop empowering learning environments, more equitable access to resources and power, and realizing a just and caring culture.