Saturday, August 31, 2024

The Art & Science of Going Barefoot

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One of my favorites on Instagram to follow is @aesthetic_logophile . The posts are always a pairing of a beautiful scene with an unusual wor...
Saturday, August 24, 2024

Heading Back to School: 2024-2025

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There are certain traditions that teachers have during Back to School season. In the past, mine (along with probably millions of other teach...
Saturday, August 17, 2024

The Top 40 EdTech Teaching Tools

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Back "in the old days" when all we had were radios and maybe a tape recorder or even the earliest Walkman, prior to all the new-fa...
Saturday, August 10, 2024

Canva Design School: Teacher Essentials

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A new school year is a-coming, fast and furious! Ready or not, here it comes! Given that factor, it's always good to start the year fres...
Saturday, August 3, 2024

Maker Mindset for Collisionable Inspiration

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I was at a class last week upping my game on my 3D printing skills as well as learning some other tech innovations we have available on our ...
Saturday, July 27, 2024

Goodbye, Dr. Wallace J. Nichols

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Earlier this week I was deeply saddened when I ran across the following on Dr. Wallace J. Nichol's social media feed (which I follow on ...
Saturday, July 20, 2024

Long Live Les Éco-Olympiades

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The 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris are a week away, beginning on July 26 and running until August 11th. Excitement is building across many se...
Saturday, July 13, 2024

Environmental Elmo

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Elmo, of Sesame Street fame, is one pretty well-known and easily recognizable muppet. A regular on Sesame Street since 1980, he's one of...
Saturday, July 6, 2024

Watching Wildlife: Vacation Style

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As a follow up to my Watching Wildlife post earlier this summer, it seems only natural to share a little Canva creation I made from our fam...
Saturday, June 29, 2024

4th of July 2024

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Happy Birthday America! 4th of July, our country's birthday, is definitely one of our biggest national holidays in the US.  Parades, pic...
Saturday, June 22, 2024

Fun With Fonts @ Google Labs GenType

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I'm a bit of a font fanatic. I love the ability to jazz things up with the digital creation of some tweaked typography. Perhaps then it...
Saturday, June 15, 2024

Happy Father's Day: June 16

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I always like to pay tribute here at GTG to seasonal holidays--both traditional and environmental ones. Mother's and Father's Day in...
Wednesday, June 12, 2024

Graduation Season

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School years are wrapping out and both teachers and students are getting out of school. One of my favorite times of the year as it is like s...
Saturday, June 8, 2024

Watching Wildlife

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As the weather is growing nicer in a lot of parts, here's some great advice from the National Park Service for anyone who may be out an...
Wednesday, June 5, 2024

World Environment Day: June 5th

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Annually, June 5th is World Environment Day. Led by the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP), this date is meant to unite people across...
Saturday, June 1, 2024

Marveling at Monarchs & Their Migration

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As the days warm up, I'm definitely outside more. Sitting at my patio table or lounge chair: sipping a cool beverage, reading a book, li...
Sunday, May 26, 2024

Simple Ways to Make Your Memorial Day More Sustainable

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As mentioned in my last post , he semi-official start to summer is Memorial Day weekend . Fun in the sun for everyone. With both summer and ...
Saturday, May 18, 2024

The Carbon Footprint of Your Cookout

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Summer's a-coming and that means so is barbecue and cook out season. A little al fresco, picnic style eating--what's not to love in ...