Conservation Resources

The Newport Student Conservation Association is filled with students who desire to learn more about their environment and how to best protect it, but we weren't born with all that knowledge! Everything our club has learned about conservation comes from educational resources like these that cover what conservation is, how everybody can play their part, and have even tipped us off to some great learning opportunities to take advantage of.

• Conservation News: Learn about the climate conservation news from all over the world being reported on every day.
• Conservation For Families - Help the Environment at Home: Since climate change has become such an important conversation, especially for young people, many are curious about how to get involved. Here are a few helpful habits to build to help with nature conservation.
• 7 Ways in Which Youth Can Protect the Environment: There's no designated age where you can start making changes to live in harmony with our environment, you can start whenever you want with some of these suggestions.
• What You Can Do at Home to Conserve Energy: Following a few of the practical actions listed here makes it easier to live sustainably when you're at home!
• Student Conservation Association Youth Programs: The Student Conservation Association has compiled a list of youth programs specific to high school students who are interested in conservation and want to go out and help the environment.
• How You Can Reduce, Reuse, Recycle: Learn more about how reducing, reusing, and recycling can not only help you but help your community and the environment at large!
• Youth Conservation Corps: The Youth Conservation Corps is a youth program that employs high school students for a few weeks to work in national parks, wildlife refuges, forests, and fish hatcheries to further develop their sense of civic responsibility and environmental stewardship.
• Litter Be Gone Safety Tips: Cleanup events are a great way to beautify your local community, but it's important to be safe while doing so. These tips can help make litter clean-up events safe for everybody.
• Ways to Help the Environment: What You Can Do: When it comes to helping the environment, everybody has a role to play even if you think your habits don't matter. Small everyday choices can truly add up!
• Conservation or Preservation: Which is Best?: While similar, there's a difference between the words conservation and preservation and it's important to know the difference especially when talking about natural resources and wild areas.
• The History and Future of Conservation: Learn about the history of conservation and the future of where it could go with regulations and dedicated people in environmental law.
• 17 Water Conservation Tips and Tricks: There are plenty of little things you can do around your home to help the environment, like saving water! Here are a few tips and tricks to help with water conservation around your home.
• 10 Easy Ways to Conserve Energy at Home and School: We like to use this page when we do outreach programs with schools to show kids just how easy it is for them to conserve energy wherever they go, especially at home and school!
• 9 Ways to Help Teens Take Local Action on Global Environmental Issues: Small actions have the chance to make a much bigger impact even with larger issues like climate change. Starting small and local can make all the difference!
• Easy Ways to Save Energy at Home: You can make small changes around your home to help fight air pollution and global warming through a few simple habits and home improvements.
• 10 Ways to Save Water at Home: You can do your part to ease the burden on your community's local water supply and can also help you and your family save money in the process.
• 37 Tips to Safely and Efficiently Help Remove Litter During Cleanups: Most people don't realize when they participate in an organized cleanup group that there are safe and efficient ways to do it.
• How To Organize a Community Cleanup: Community cleanups and trash pickup events are a great way to join your neighbors in maintaining your local community and performing a public service. Learn how to organize one for yourself!
• Conserving Earth: Learn about Earth's natural resources and how to care for them so that people in the future will be able to enjoy and benefit from them.
• Youth in Action: Community Cleanup: This document explains what a community cleanup is and what it takes to start one for yourself.
• Understanding Conservation: The best way to help conserve the Earth's plants, animals, and natural habitats is to learn more about how the different species interact and influence their ecosystems.
• What are the Differences Between Conservation and Preservation?: Learn more about the definition of conservation and preservation to better explain the differences between the two.
• Reduce, Reuse, Recycle: How we choose to handle waste affects the environment and everything in it and it's best to aim for a healthy environment to create a healthier and happier community.
• Protecting our Planet Starts with You: You can do your part to help protect the planet by making these ten simple choices.
• Climate Change and the Environment: Everybody is affected by climate change in some way and humanitarian action hasn't been able to address the climate crisis. Learn more about how UNICEF is aiming to help tackle the climate crisis to make a safer world for future children.