{"id":794990,"date":"2024-08-27T14:59:57","date_gmt":"2024-08-27T18:59:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forests.org\/?p=794990"},"modified":"2024-08-27T15:57:36","modified_gmt":"2024-08-27T19:57:36","slug":"sfi-and-plt-expand-environmental-education-resources-with-spanish-language-guide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forests.org\/fr\/sfi-and-plt-expand-environmental-education-resources-with-spanish-language-guide\/","title":{"rendered":"Sustainable Forestry Initiative and Project Learning Tree Expand Environmental Education Resources with Spanish-Language Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"

WASHINGTON, D.C.<\/strong>\u2014The Sustainable Forestry Initiative<\/a> (SFI) and award-winning educational initiative Project Learning Tree<\/a> (PLT) are proud to announce the release of Explora tu Ambiente: Gu\u00eda de Actividades K-8<\/em><\/a>, the Spanish-language version of PLT’s best-selling Explore Your Environment: K-8 Activity Guide<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Explora tu Ambiente<\/em><\/a> provides environmental education and forest literacy resources to the more than 4 million Spanish-speaking students in U.S. public schools. Perfect for teachers and other formal educators, as well as informal educators like foresters and nature center staff, the guide contains 50 hands-on, multidisciplinary activities to connect Kindergarten through Grade 8 students to forests and nature.<\/p>\n

PLT is also expanding bilingual training opportunities for educators, with successful pilot programs already implemented in states like Illinois. A webinar<\/a>, organized in collaboration with Coraz\u00f3n Latino<\/a>, is scheduled for September 18, 2024, to kick off Hispanic Heritage Month and share inclusive outdoor learning strategies.Coraz\u00f3n Latino generates social, environmental, and conservation initiatives that foster natural resource stewardship, with a focus on the important connection between forests and human health, particularly those suffering from health disparities.<\/p>\n

“Forests are the heart of our planet and the source of our collective health. We firmly believe that educating our communities about the worth of forests is an investment in our future. Education is the bridge between indifference and action, between destruction and conservation,\u201d said Felipe Ben\u00edtez, Executive Director and Founder of Coraz\u00f3n Latino.<\/p>\n

“This initiative is a crucial step in our mission to provide high-quality environmental education to all learners,” said Josh Brankman, Vice President of Education at SFI. “By offering our flagship curriculum in Spanish, we’re not only improving access to nature-based education but also supporting STEM and forest literacy skills for multilingual learners.”<\/p>\n

The release of Explora tu Ambiente<\/em><\/a> aligns with the new SFI 2025-2030 Strategic<\/a>\u00a0Direction to foster a lifetime of learning to create positive change with diverse communities. The guide supports outcomes of our strategic direction, including efforts to ensure environmental education and forest literacy are integral to student learning, as well as increased collaboration with a diversity of communities.<\/p>\n

Foresters and conservationists are encouraged to support by:<\/p>\n