Children don’t protect what they don’t love. Environmental education at its best cultivates a felt connection to living systems—wonder at a bee’s flight, delight in a sprouting seed, awe under a night sky. And those feelings can be further solidified by developing a spiritual connection in which to root them.

A pile of discarded smartphones, laptops, and tangled cords might look like trash. In reality, electronic waste (e-waste) is the world’s fastest-growing waste stream.

The detached single-family home on a spacious suburban lot has long symbolized American prosperity. But as development sprawls further outward—consuming farmlands, wetlands, and forests—environmental costs climb: Low-density, car-centric housing developments are a key driver of carbon emissions, land degradation, and biodiversity loss.