V.I. RC&D: Environmental Education Materials

RC&D Council members, Cedrick Lewis [left] & Dr. Louis Petersen [right] present package of Forestry & Environmental Education materials to Edith Williams Elementary School Principal [center].

Since 2003, the Virgin Islands Resource Conservation & Development Council, Inc. (VI RC&D ) has received $8,305 in grant funds from the VI Agriculture Department’s Urban & Community Forestry Assistance Program (U&CFAP) and $1,788 from the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service to purchase National Association of Conservation Districts’ (NACD) environmental education materials and distribute them to local schools. Over 16,850 environmental booklets have been provided to youths in 28 public and private schools and youth organizations on St. Croix and St. Thomas, at the Annual St. Croix Agriculture and Food Fairs, St. Croix Eco-Fairs, and teacher's QuEST workshops. Booklets were also provided to the Florida Trail Association through a cooperative effort with the Central Florida RC&D Council, and to the V.I. Waste Management Authority. Booklets are also available through the V.I. Network of Environmental Educators (VINE).

Books available for teachers and students include:

Fun Food Facts,

Field to Fridge,

It's a Wild World,

The Living Ocean,

Search for Soil,

Share the Water,

Habitat Heroes,

Tree Lab,

Habitat Network,

Earth's Bright Future,

Neighbors with Nature,

Water Connection,

People Places and Me, and

the Water Cycle Poster.

An Edith Williams Elementary School [St. Thomas] 2nd grader eagerly studies his new environmental comic book.
The selection of Forestry & Environmental educatio materials available from VIRC&D.

The selection of Forestry & Environmental educatio materials available from VIRC&D.

Fill out the Publication Order Form or call the VIRC&D Office at 340-692-9632 x5 to order up to 25 copies each of VIRC&D's Forestry & Environmental Education materials.