Parent Resources

By no means comprehensive, the list of websites below just scratches the surface of available programming, organizations, and resources on topics of interest to many of our Treetops parents and other constituents. To make the list more manageable, we’ve divided the resources into the rough categories below, though many of the listings could be placed in more than one group.

GENERAL SITES
American Camp Association
NY State Department of Health

FOOD AND FARMING PROGRAMS
The Edible Schoolyard
Farm to School
The Farm School Programs
The Food Project
Local Harvest (Community Supported Agriculture)
Michael Pollan, Author of The Omnivore’s Dilemma

WILDERNESS AND OUTDOOR EDUCATION PROGRAMS
Chewonki Foundation
Outward Bound
Nature’s Classroom
NOLS (National Outdoor Leadership School)

NATURE AND ENVIRONMENTAL ADVOCACY RESOURCES
350.org
Adirondack Mountain Club
Children and Nature Network
Forest Stewardship Council
Richard Louv, author of Last Child in the Woods
Bill McKibben, Author, Educator, Environmentalist
National Audobon Society
Nature Conservancy
The Orion Society

ADIRONDACK RESOURCES
Adirondack Architectural Heritage
Adirondack Council
Adirondack Explorer
Adirondack Mountain Club
Adirondack Museum
Adirondack North Country Association
Adirondack Park Agency
Association for the Protection of the Adirondacks
North Country Public Radio
Residents Committee to Protect the Adirondacks
The Wild Center (Natural History Museum of the Adirondacks)