For Educators

As an educator, now retired, I most enjoyed working closely with my colleagues in the Oceanside Unified School District and with my friends at the San Diego Area and California Writing Projects as we explored environmental literacy and justice projects. Over the years, we collaborated on a variety of related experiential learning initiatives. The following resources are highlights from some of that work.

Plastic Pollution Text Set

Making to Make a Difference

Inspiring Civic Engagement and Environmental Advocacy

Leading with Climate Justice

Six Words for the Environment

Young Writers in Nature

Sea Level Rise

Water Conservation and Wyland’s National Mayor’s Challenge

Helmer was in 5th grade when he wrote his six-words for the Environment.