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The 2018 Green Schools Conf & Expo (GSCE) was held May 2-4 in Denver, CO. The conference offered engaging educational sessions, case studies, hands-on workshops and lectures from today's green school experts and provided an unmatched opportunity for green school advocates nationwide to collaborate…
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The June 2018 installment of NAAEE's monthly webinar series featured a roundtable of dynamite speakers working to connect research and practice. Watch the recording to learn more about how these organizations are working independently and together to build the evidence base for advancing…
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The 2018 National Environmental Justice Conference and Training Program, which is a national gathering of leaders who come together to engage communities as full partners in collaborative solutions to the many major issues and challenges affecting the nation today, was held April 25-27 in Washington…
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NAAEE is pleased to announce that the search for the 2018 EE 30 Under 30 is now open (May 1 - June 11, 2018)! In partnership with the Global Environmental Education Partnership (GEEP), and U.S. Forest Service, the EE 30 Under 30 program is searching for individuals from around the world, 30 years of…
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Guest blogger Dan Kriesberg shares an essay reflecting on the importance of outdoor education and effective teaching learned over 30 years of being in the field. Dan is a science teacher at Friends Academy (NY). He also is the author of "A Sense of Place: Teaching Children about the Environment with…
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Here’s an important date to note on your fall calendars. October 29, 2018 is the trial date for Juliana v. United States, the constitutional climate lawsuit brought by 21 young people to assert that the U.S. government has failed to protect essential public trust resources. It would be great to hear…
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For the May 2018 installment of NAAEE's monthly webinar series, we heard from Aimee Nezhukumatathil. Born to a Filipino mother and Malayali Indian father, Aimee is a writer and poet best known for her jovial and accessible reading style and lush descriptions of nature and landscapes.
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Help us set the standards for K-12 environmental education! We are in the process of revising the K-12 EE Guidelines for Excellence, first published in 1999 and updated about every five years since then. Our writing team developed this second review draft and we're inviting you to review this draft…
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We are so excited to announce the launch of a new research library: eeRESEARCH. This database is a partnership between the North American Association of Environmental Education (NAAEE) and the Children & Nature Network (C&NN), with support from the Pisces Foundation. With more than 1,000 peer…
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The following article is written by Josef Kittinger, the former director of a retreat center in the mountains of western Austria, Sankt Arbogast.
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In an interview conducted over 20 years ago, Carl Anthony, founding director of one of the nation’s first environmental justice organizations, Urban Habitat, shared his reflections on the early efforts of the first Earth Day and the environmental movement. His thoughts are still timely and can be…
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Learn about the upcoming World of Wonder conference in August and register! Read feature stories on nature pedagogy and journaling. Find out how early childhood environmental educators are documenting outdoor learning on the April 24 webinar. Find other professional development, job opportunities…
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Environmental education programs fared well in the new FY 18 budget bill.
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Here’s some great news and an important Climate Literacy and NGSS milestone in Washington state! With the signing of ESSB 6032, Washington advances to leading the nation in K-12 climate literacy having become the first state in the country to dedicate significant support for climate education. It is…
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Great new update on both FY 2018 & 2019 federal environmental education advocacy efforts.
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We were so excited about the newest Guidelines for Excellence, Community Engagement after having the opportunity to hear about them from Bora Simmons in a couple of meetings we attended, that the staff of the Kansas Association for Conservation and Environmental Education (KACEE) jumped right in!…
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In the April installment of NAAEE's monthly webinar series, we heard from Matt Krehbiel, Director of Science for Achieve. Matt Krehbiel helps provide support to states and districts in implementation of the Next Generation Science Standards. NAAEE was excited to partner with the National Wildlife…
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This poem created by a nine year old demonstrates the value of nature when it is nurtured by a family that makes an effort to make connections. Lily's Mom writes: "EE does a good job of incorporating the arts...[using] the creative part of our brain to help the logical part remember the facts."
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New supporting resources are available for the accreditation application process! Not only will you be reminded of the benefits of accreditation and have access to the necessary forms, but there are now examples of the tables and appendices for the application process.
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NAAEE will host two EE Advocacy calls over the next week to provide updates and guidance on securing support in the House for federal EE funding.
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When Detroit natives Timothy Paule and Nicole Lindsey noticed the numbers of dilapidated and vacant lots in their beloved city rising, they decided to implore a creative new solution to revitalize some of these spaces. Paule and Lindsey co-founded a nonprofit organization called "Detroit Hives" and…
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The EE community has a narrow window of opportunity ensure the House Appropriations Committee provides funding for EE programs at EPA and NOAA. Reach out to your representatives ASAP to ask for their support!
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All-day workshop, or 20-minute snapshot? Can both be effective ways to introduce new educators to NAAEE's Guidelines for Excellence? Learn how
one pair of EE professionals maximized a rapid introduction to the Guidelines with over 60 educators. -
Guest blogger Ryan Meyer, Executive Director of the Center for Community and Citizen Science out of the University of California-Davis, shares a suite of resources newly available through the Youth-focused Community and Citizen Science (YCCS) website.
