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Eugene, Ore. — The city of Eugene has partnered with the School Garden Project of Lane County to build and implement five new school gardens and cafeteria composting programs in the 2011-2012 school year.

Scientists working in the jungles of Indonesia have rediscovered a large grey monkey so rare that many had believed it was extinct.

Los Angeles, Calif. — Students, teachers, construction workers, professors and others spent Martin Luther King, Jr. Day working at Los Angeles Academy Middle School in the South Park neighborhood.

The gray wolf that crossed into Northern California from Oregon just after Christmas looks to be sticking around for a bit.

Ames, Iowa — Despite the cold temperatures, Ames High School students are busy with a big outdoor project: they're designing and constructing Ames’ second school garden.

After witnessing fewer and fewer butterflies appearing each autumn to overwinter in a San Leandro, Calif. grove, this year naturalist Adrienne De Ponte found 5,000 of the orange-and-black butterflies clustered in the eucalyptus trees - up from 3,000 at their peak last year.

Chattanooga, Tenn. - Jim Watson has a long history in science that includes teaching high school biology, earth science, geology, physical science, chemistry, environmental science, ecology, applied science – everything, he says, except physics. The 35-year veteran science teacher is one of the most noted environmental educators in the Chattanooga area.

Laramie, Wyo. –  No form of energy production is without cost to the environment, but as scientists study wind development and its interaction with wildlife, they’re learning that the best way to keep birds and animals safe is the strategic placement of turbines.

Longtime advocates of energy-conservation efforts, Stevenson High School officials in Lincolnshire, Ill. has been honored for adopting earth-friendly architectural standards.

Hamlin, Pa. - The newest school in the Western Wayne school district, Evergreen Elementary School, is green on the outside and green on the inside.