Earth Friends Incorporated
Earth Friends provides a framework of 5 life-affirming learning modules for young children to understand all life on our planet.
Something is missing in education, especially in the formative years known as “early childhood.”
We call it Interconnected Awesomeness.
This is the magic of learning that we are all connected. From the trees to the stingrays to the mushrooms to you and to me and the clothes you are wearing while you read this.
We Are Earth Friends builds a foundation of understanding for all life on our planet through a nature-based, playful introduction to planetary systems, ecological relationships, food systems, and energy and production cycles. In the years to come, today’s children will be met with the complexity of natural and humanitarian challenges, and Earth Friends children will have a deeper understanding of their impact and their capabilities in stewarding our planet.
The youngest generation can rewrite the story of disconnection, distraction, and our diminishing natural world and become the future of positive human impact.
You can learn more about Earth Friends at earthfriends.us.
Earth Friends values:
reciprocity: Earth Friends celebrates the relationships found throughout all of life—the interconnected awesomeness. We are in a constant flow of give and receive with every being and every thing around us. The simple act of falling in love with our planet is an act of reciprocity.
“Paying attention is a form of reciprocity with the living world, receiving the gifts with open eyes and open heart.” Robin Wall Kimmerer
nourishment: Earth Friends learning affirms life. When children pay attention to the source of our food, they learn to nourish their body. When children deepen their love for nature, they nourish their soul. A generation of happy, healthy, caring humans will nourish our society.
ingenuity: Earth Friends believes that the children of today are going to be the doers, dreamers, artists, architects, leaders, innovators, and problem-solvers of tomorrow. Only through seeing our world through the lenses of love, curiosity, and wonder will they invent a happy, healthy, and vibrant future for all.
Earth Friends are the future of positive human impact.
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Every Kid in Class Deserves a Connection with Nature
The We Are Earth Friends program is a framework of 5 life-affirming learning modules in which young children build a foundation for understanding all life and all systems on our planet. The program aligns with early childhood curriculum and is most effective when taught consecutively from preschool to first grade, each year allowing children and teachers to scaffold the learning and activities. (learn more here ) Cultivating a love of where we live, an understanding of how we live, and an awareness of who we live with builds a bridge between the natural environment and the (human) built environment. Research shows that connecting children to nature, giving them time outside, increasing social emotional literacy, and preparing them for elementary years is key to their health, happiness, and well-being. This life-affirming foundation of learning will be a necessity for our coming generations and the collective ecological and humanitarian challenges they will face. Earth Friends aims to grow its impact by sponsoring 100 preschool to first grade classrooms across The United States by the start of the 2026-2026 school year with the complete We Are Earth Friends program. Your donation is the only way we can reach our goal. When we are able to create positive change in 100+ classrooms, we can begin to work toward our goal of We Are Earth Friends in 1,000 classrooms, then 10,000, and one day celebrate building this life-affirming foundation for over one million young children. We believe that Earth Friends can be the future of positive human impact.
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Melissa Frost Janna brings boundless imagination and dedication to every project she touches, creating rich, integrated educational experiences that reconnect both children and adults to the wonder of the natural world. Watching her inspire others to see...
- Cassandra Day1
Teaching environmental awareness to young children has great potential to help society solve some of the world's largest issues, like climate change.
Sol Refill 1We are so thrilled to sponsor two schools in Pittsburgh to foster earth love in our little ones!
RUTH ODGREN Margaret Holzer To the fundraiser: In Honor of Anne CohenMary Holahan1 Vivien Mo1
