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Petaluma City Schools is committed to providing all students with high-quality environmental literacy experiences that are integrated with our local environment and enriched through strong partnerships with community organizations. Through collaboration with groups such as Cool Petaluma, Climate Action Pathways for Schools (CAPS), City of Petaluma, Friends of the Petaluma River, Point Blue Conservation Science, Petaluma Wetlands Alliance, Sonoma Environmental Education Collaborative, Blue Zones Project Petaluma, Good Grief Network, Recology Sonoma Marin, Fairfield Osborn Preserve, ReLeaf Petaluma, Daily Acts, and others, students engage in hands-on learning that connects classroom instruction to real-world environmental stewardship. Petaluma City Schools prioritizes ensuring that every student graduates environmentally literate and prepared to contribute to a sustainable future.
Inspired and informed by the Climate Action Board Resolution of 2021, PCS hosts monthly meetings including a wide range of stakeholders including community
A set of free, solutions-oriented instructional resources for grades K–12 on California environmental issues. Developed in response to teacher and community demand, the lessons empower students to address real-world environmental issues, from food waste to water use to wildfire management. Age-appropriate, solutions-focused, and trauma-informed, Seeds to Solutions prepares students to be environmentally literate, engaged community members.
Seeds to SolutionsThis podcast collection highlights stories of California TK-12 educators who teach reading, writing, listening, and speaking through the lens of environmental literacy and justice, giving a glimpse into what this type of work might look like in TK-12 classrooms.
Environmental SuperHeroes of the ELA ClassroomA resource designed as a starting point for teachers to address climate change at the appropriate developmental level for the age of the students.
Climate Change Resources for TK-8NEEF's SunWise program is a free environmental and health education program that teaches K-8 children about sun safety, UV radiation, and stratospheric ozone. Educators, parents, caregivers, and others who register for the SunWise program receive a FREE toolkit with over 50 cross-curricular, standards-based activities that encourage young people to explore, assess, and understand their natural environment and how it affects their health.
SunWise CurriculumFree sustainability lessons to use in your class and upload your own lessons to share.
Sustainability Lesson ClearinghouseNative curricula by Native people
Redbud Resource GroupFree climate resources for K-12
Subject to ClimateDaily K-12 activities throughout the month of April
Earth MonthActivities to do during the month of May to celebrate green schoolyards. California passed a resolution in 2014 to promote this event.
May Living Schoolyard MonthA TK-12th grade education program that provides educators with the tools and resources to help their students build the knowledge and skills needed for a changing energy future.
Energy is EverythingA wide variety of webinars from the California Environmental Literacy Initiative
CAELI webinarsDecember 5: Focus on Food Service (Brian Dufour, PCS) & Waste Management (Lisa Moore, Recology)
Kristen Franklin
PCS Environmental Literacy Coordinator
kfranklin@petk12.org