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We at the Learning First Alliance are breaking out our gaters, gortex and field glasses to celebrate the approach of Earth Day on April 22nd.  

Because we agree with the truism that we should not cram all our environmental concern into a single day, we have planned several weeks of events focusing environmental education. (No, we don't think three weeks suffice either, but we're taking this admittedly short time to honor people who devote themselves to environmental education year-round.)

So, stay tuned to Public School Insights through the rest of April for interviews with and profiles of leading environmentalists and educators. Highlights will include exclusive interviews with:

• Renowned polar-explorer Will Steger, whose current expedition through Ellesmere Island is being broadcast on-line to schools across the country;
• Journalist Richard Louv, whose best-selling book Last Child in the Woods has helped spark a national movement to "leave no child inside;"
• West Philadelphia high school teacher Simon Hauger, whose largely low-income students built the world's first high-performance hybrid car;
• Portland, Oregon principal Tamala Newsome, who leads one of the nation's most celebrated green schools;
• Other people leading the environmental education movement in public schools nationwide.