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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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Great new update on both FY 2018 & 2019 federal environmental education advocacy efforts.
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Education Day (16 November) at the 2017 UN climate change conference in Bonn (6 - 17 November 2017) sees the launch of a Virtual Special Issue of the journal, Environmental Education Research, focused on climate change education research.
As a taster of the launch event and a stimulus for engaging…
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Panelists explored highlights from the plenary panels of the 2017 research symposium, with an emphasis on the dynamism of the field within the context of responding to new horizons and challenges for researchers, research, and the NAAEE Research Symposium itself.
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Hear members of the Global Environmental Education Partnership (GEEP) discuss Tbilis+40, a global Call for Action, and what the future of EE holds for communities around the world.
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Guest blogger Erin Twamley kicks off back to school season with tips for helping middle and high school teachers integrate energy and climate change in the classroom using NAAEE and Kettering Foundation's Environmental Issues Forums (EIF).
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The North American Association for Environmental Education (NAAEE) and Kettering Foundation have recently released Energy Choices: What Should We Do About America’s Energy Future? This guide for deliberative forums takes on the complex network of economic, environmental, and political issues around…
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NAAEE is pleased to announce the second annual EE 30 Under 30 call for nominations is now open!
The application process closes on July 28th, 2017 at 11:59pm EDT. If you have any questions, please contact Amanda Luh at amanda@naaee.org.
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"Visualizing Change” is a website [ http://vischange.org/ ] that provides a toolkit full of examples and dynamic visuals and builds on advances in cognitive and social science research, to enable informal educators to use visual narratives on climate change to more effectively reach diverse…
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Launched in 2007 by Centre for Environment Education (CEE) at UNESCO’s 4th International Conference on Environmental Education held at Ahmedabad, India, the Handprint represents the belief that we can make a difference through individual and collective actions to solve the environmental problems.
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It’s going to be a big month for all of us both across the nation and ‘round the world. The celebration of Earth Day has been on April 22 since 1970, but this year there’s more happening than usual.
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How can educators help learners sort through information and materials that reflect the science about climate change that’s supported by 97% of scientists? Here are some practical suggestions for you.
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U.S. public concern about global warming has ebbed and flowed over the past decade and a half but has generally been on an upswing since hitting a recent low point in 2011. Concern has increased each of the past two years, coinciding with an improved economy and back-to-back unseasonably warm…
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The Global Environmental Education Partnership (GEEP) is pleased to share the first 10 cases as part of the GEEP case study collection.
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Remember when most news stories about climate change included a sentence like, “By 2050, scientists predict that a global temperature rise of two degrees will cause a large range of disruptions to the earth system?” Well, it’s 2017 and many of these disruptions are happening decades ahead of…
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The Washington Post celebrated the New Year with an amazing front page story that is even better online – enhanced with videos. I highly recommend that you look at it, and predict that you will find it to be an incredible story and an excellent teaching resource.
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Kick off our monthly webinar series in 2017 with Shaun Martin, the Senior Director for Climate Change Adaptation at World Wildlife Fund (WWF), who will speak on Tuesday, January 24 at 3:00 ET. Register now and we will send you the recording if you are not able to make it!
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Exciting cross-cultural experience for young adults from Alaska and Los Angeles.
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The NAAEE eePro Climate Change Education group and the NOAA Climate Education office invite YOU to join the #Teach4Climate social media campaign that started July 26 and runs till September 9th. It is easy. All the details are in the #Teach4Climate Back to School 2016 Media Kit.
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As you will see in the article below, the Natl Education Assn at their annual meeting this month agreed to follow Oregon’s lead and support the teaching of “climate justice”. The NEA is to publicize efforts in states and schools districts across the country, and their approval of this tact may give…
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Elvia Rodriguez Ochoa, Neighborhood Programs Director for Openlands in Chicago, is a multi-disciplinary artist, educator, and administrator, active for over twenty years. Steeped in community based practices, Elvia has helped foster the creative community in Chicago by collaborating with groups as…
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Science magazine stated: "Scientists have produced many reports, charts and animations to measure climate change over the decades. But few have achieved the resonance of this one from scientist Ed Hawkins, hailed for its stunning simplicity."
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William Scott blogs about the first NAEE/NAAEE joint meeting in Bristol, England, drawing people from Botswana, Japan, Kenya, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Taiwan, the UAE, the UK, and the USA for the GEEP international steering committee meeting.
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Follow the link for the key findings and commentary from the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication's report on "Global Warming and the U.S. Presidential Election".
