Students express their thoughts on issues related to population and the environment, then research a specific issue...
A "vessel of opportunity" skims oil spilled after the Deepwater Horizon/BP well blowout in the Gulf of Mexico in April 2010.
Students use the engineering design process to create and test prototypes for cleaning up oil spills. Students...
Students reaching for poker chips in Tragedy of the Commons simulation
In two simulation games, students determine individual short-term consumption strategies that will maximize resources for the entire...
An apple is sliced into pieces to model the current amount of agricultural land on Earth. Then...
Mother's hand holding the hand of her newborn baby
Students investigate three different data sets covering maternal mortality, and articulate the benefits and shortcomings of each...
The number of international migrants, and migrants as a percentage of world population, have increased from 1970 to 2020
Data in 10-year increments from 1970 to 2020.

PopEd Impact

64,000 educators trained
325 college
campuses
32,000 workshops conducted

"The activities not only bring out important content, but they also provide real-world context for environmental, population and sustainability issues. They engage participants in very thought-provoking and critical-thinking discussions.”

Helen de la Maza, Environmental Educator, Irvine, CA