National Geographic Blog Wild: Kids Archives

November 16, 2009 2:51 PM

Blogging for Geography

Posted By Ford Cochran - BlogWild Editor

Friends and colleagues Sarah Caban (editor of the My Wonderful World blog) and Maggie Strassman (intern and University of Wisconsin Madison geography department superstar) have lined up a bevy of fired-up contributors for the first annual Geography Awareness Week Blog-a-Thon. The week, which runs through Saturday, coincides with the National Geographic Channel’s Expedition Week, and highlights the importance of geographic literacy and geography education in the United States.

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August 26, 2009 1:18 PM

Plan a Play Day for Kids

Posted By Ford Cochran - BlogWild Editor

Andrew Howley, who deftly manages National Geographic's homepage, gave me a shout to ask if I knew about KaBOOM! (exclamation point included) and their Play Day 2009 campaign. I didn't, so he filled me in: KaBOOM! is a non-profit devoted to helping communities find resources to build outdoor play spaces for kids, and to encouraging families to get their kids outside--to playgrounds, parks, any place fun and safe—to play. Outdoor play helps address an increasingly rife problem for youth that the author Richard Louv has termed Nature Deficit Disorder.

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New Life for Faded Blues

Posted By Ford Cochran - BlogWild Editor

National Geographic Kids magazine readers and website visitors set a Guinness World Record yesterday for contributing the most clothing ever for recycling—33,088 pairs of denim jeans.

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