6 Activities to Teach Food Justice
By Jeannie Russell Teaching about Food Justice means challenging students to explore and think critically about all aspects of our food systems – which connect …
Service Learning
Middle Schoolers Share Advice for Changing the World
We had the opportunity to ask 5th grade students at PS 165 in Queens, NY about their thoughts regarding how to create positive change in …
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Educator Spotlight: Felice Clyne-Davis
Felice Clyne-Davis is an amazing educator with whom HEART has had the pleasure and honor of partnering for many years while she worked as a …
Oh, What a Waste! Teaching About Food Waste
By Bob Schwalb “Don’t waste food! There are starving children all over the world who would love to have the food you’re about to throw …
Cultivating Compassion in Nassau County Communities
On the bright, sunny morning of June 5th, the Yes We Can Community Center in Westbury, NY was buzzing with excitement, filled with student presenters …
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Completing Small Tasks to Conquer a BIG Goal
By Liz Walch My service-learning students at the Academy for Global Citizenship are great at coming up with BIG ideas. And they not only have …
Bronx Schools Create Compassionate Communities
By Jeannie Russell In the fall of 2017, HEART kicked off a new and exciting program that greatly expands the reach and impact of our …
When It’s Time to Get Out of The Way! 5 Tips for Youth-Led Humane Education Projects
By Kristina Hulvershorn If you have planted the seeds of concern and compassion through humane education, there will likely come a time where students are ready …
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Teaching Students how to Raise Awareness about a Problem
“Awareness-raising” is when a person or group brings attention to a concern or issue with the intent of gaining supporters. It is one of the …
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Involved Every Step of the Way: The Service-Learning Bake Sale Saga!
By Liz Walch Getting a group of fifteen people to agree on anything can be a challenge. This was definitely the case for a group …
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Think Global/Act Local: Who Profits?
By Jeannie Russell One of the challenges to creating a meaningful service curriculum within our humane education framework is finding ways to link the kind …
International Human Rights Day
HEART has partnered with Collegio San Carlo, a high school in Milan, Italy for the past several years teaching a human rights elective via computer. …
Next Level Humane Education
By Kristina Hulvershorn My very best moments as a humane educator have always been when the learning becomes impassioned and active. What I mean is …
Getting Politically Active for Animals
By Chris Parrucci As people all around the country are deciding who they want to be the next President of the United States, some HEART …
Humane Education Tackles Tough Issues
By Jeannie Russell One of the challenges humane educators face in creating curricula and programming for general education settings is introducing students to meaningful human …