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Hands-on sustainability education is central to the curriculum at one school in New York City, where the city is the classroom and the lessons carry real-world impacts. 

"We use a model of education that's called Expeditionary Learning, which means that our students learn through interdisciplinary expeditions," said Emily Hollyday, science teacher at West End Secondary School. "Students are connecting what they're learning in each of their classes and going out to do fieldwork in the city to learn from their environment."

The school works with the Children's Environmental Literacy Foundation (CELF), which is has a mission to establish sustainability as a central part of every child’s K-12 learning experience.

"I think students get excited about this kind of work because it's getting them out of the textbook, out of this theoretical way of learning, and connects all the disciplines in a holistic way that is based in their place, based in their community, based on what they see around them and what they think is important," said Tara Ocansey, the organization's executive director.

Another community is coming together around sustainability, this one in Washington, D.C. Lederer Gardens is a community garden where residents learn to grow food in a sustainable way.

"In a food desert, the young people don't have anything to eat. The children don't know where their food comes from, so they go over the 7-11 ... So when people come and they get this produce, they are as grateful to this program as you can imagine," said Michelle Coleman, the gardens' recreation specialist.

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