Sustainable Living
Investigate water, food, materials, and everyday choices. Learn from particular communities’ knowledge and practices, then try practical activities that encourage care for the places we live.
Explore how particular communities care for land, water, food, and one another, and try practical ways to care for the places you live.
What kids actually do here
Old traditions, real chores, and small experiments you can run in the yard.
The Blue Bottle Story
An old tradition of reuse and protection, told the way it was passed down.
Read the story →02Gullah Geechee
Learn about living Gullah Geechee communities and their relationships with coastal land, water, and foodways.
Explore →03Responsibility Chart
Water the plant. Feed the pet. Take the recycling out. Put your name on it.
Build your chart →04Camp Bold
STEM challenges you can do outside, fifteen minutes a day.
Join the camp →Where to start, by age
Every learner enters this subject from a different door. Pick the one that fits.
Responsibility Chart
First jobs that care for a plant, a pet, or a room.
Build the chart →3rd to 6thCamp Bold
Experiments in the yard and the kitchen.
Start the camp →TeensPrograms
The planned Rites of Passage program includes a proposed learning visit to Togo; details are still being finalized.
See the programs →Courses in this subject
The first courses are on the way.
Join free to be first to know when a course opens, and start with the stories and the chart above.
This subject connects to
Taking care of a place touches science, money and growing up. See how.
For parents
Learning sticks when it comes home. Here is how to keep the conversation going.
At the dinner table
- Where does the water from our tap come from, and where does it go after?
- What is one thing we throw away that we could use again?
- If we had a garden, what would you plant first?
What your child builds
- Habits that take care of a home, a block, and a planet.
- Learning from specific examples of land stewardship, past and present.
- The pride of growing or fixing something with their own hands.
Ready to step inside?
Explore current resources at your learner’s pace. The catalog separates available activities, previews, upcoming courses, and learning still in development.