Funding & Opportunities

Participate in Nature walks, archery, geocaching and other fun activities that children and adults alike can participate in. This is a free festival hosted in the Madison, Wisconsin Area.

The Association for Butterflies is hosting their 8th annual Butterfly Education and Awareness Day on June 2nd, 2018.

On June 2 you can join a local group to hike, bike, backpack and more with the goal of leaving the area cleaner than you found it. Take the pledge to improve 2,802 miles of trail across the country.

All over the United States, there will be events to bring people outdoors

This is Zero Hour, a youth-led climate advocacy group, is hosting a Youth Climate March and other associated activities.

Organize and register a plastic cleanup event in your local community by June 5, 2018 as a way to help make 2018 "the world’s biggest-ever worldwide cleanup". Take the pledge and help #BeatPlasticPollution.

Sign-up to host a screening of PBS NOVA's new documentary, "Decoding the Weather Machine."

Maryland residents/organizations can apply to the Chesapeake Bay Trust for a grant up to $5,000. Projects must pertain to community engagement.

Receive discounted organizational consulting services for process facilitation, strategic planning, program evaluation, board development, and/or organizational capacity building.

Awards for Outstanding Achievement in Environmental Education

NAAEE

NAAEE Members are invited to submit nominations to recognize the positive contributions of individuals and organizations in the field of EE. Awardees will be recognized at the Annual NAAEE Conference. The deadline for 2018 award nominations is August 3.

The Wildlife Center of Virginia invites you to the 23rd Annual Call of the Wild conference on wildlife rehabilitation November 16-18, 2018 at the Best Western Inn & Suites Conference Center in Waynesboro, VA.
Wildlife rehabilitators, veterinary professionals, wildlife biologists, environmental educators, and wildlife enthusiasts from Virginia and beyond will share ideas and knowledge that can benefit wildlife, the environment, and the continually evolving field of wildlife rehabilitation. The conference is sponsored by the Wildlife Center of Virginia, one of the nation’s leading teaching and research hospitals for native wildlife, and the Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries [VDGIF].

More information can be found online.
http://wildlifecenter.org/call-wild-conference

University of Idaho McCall Outdoor Science School
Professional Residency for Masters Degree in Natural Resources
McCall, ID
Program highlights include:
- Hands-on teaching experience
- Graduate level courses in ecology, place-based education, leadership, and science communication
- Experience in outdoor science school and non-profit operations
- Community living in a spectacular natural environment
- Scholarship funding to support a commitment to diversity and inclusion

Expected to draw approximately 2,000 participants, the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education’s (AASHE’s) annual conference is the largest stage in North America to exchange effective models, policies, research, collaborations and transformative actions that advance sustainability in higher education and surrounding communities. We invite you to join us and share your knowledge, achievements and ideas.

The University of Michigan's School for Environment and Sustainability is hosting Galaxy 2018 from June 7-9, our inaugural annual Sustainability Learning Exchange. Held in beautiful Ann Arbor, MI, the conference features a three-day, hands-on Case Innovation Studio in which participants workshop their existing research/educational materials into multimedia cases for more effective training, outreach, and communication.

The Environmental Education Association of Oregon will be holding their Environmental Education Conference, "Exploring Our Connections through Environmental Education", September 28-30 in Canby, Oregon. The conference brings together educators from across Oregon for professional development, networking, and inspiration.

Are you interested in starting a conversation about climate change in your community? Sign up to host a community screening of NOVA's newest climate change film, Decoding the Weather Machine, and receive a free DVD and screening guide to help plan your event every step of the way , from advertising to execution.

NEEF will host a Twitter Chat on Wednesday, April 25 at 12:30 pm on the topic of connecting teens to the environment and the findings of NEEF's Teen Benchmark Survey.

For Earth Day, National Wildlife Federation, Participant Media, and the CAA Foundation are asking teachers and students in grades 6 to 12 to submit their best climate solution project ideas.

Keep America Beautiful, the nation’s leading community improvement nonprofit, is accepting applications for its 2018-2019 National Youth Advisory Council through June 8, 2018.

Join the New England Ocean Science Education Collaborative (NEOSEC) for two days of engaging workshops, field trips, network building opportunities, and speakers during the 7th biennial Ocean Literacy (OL) Summit! This year's Summit will take place in Boston, MA, on November 15 and 16, 2018, hosted by the University of Massachusetts at Boston and Northeastern University Marine Science Center.

The focus of the 2018 Ocean Literacy Summit will be Ocean Literacy Principle #2: The ocean and life in the ocean shape the features of Earth. The call for 2018 OL Summit presenters is now open! Professional scientists, informal and formal educators, environmental consultants, government officials, graduate students, resource managers, citizen scientists, and facilitators of citizen science are invited to present their work on the second day of the Summit (November 16, 2018). Apply to co-present during break out sessions, give a lightning talk, or present a poster.

Presentation proposals can be submitted here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/2018ol2.

The 20th Biennial Australian Association for Environmental Education Conference planning has begun for 2018. The Conference will be held at Southern Cross University at the Gold Coast, with a focus on 'Creating Capacity for Change'. The Conference offers a great opportunity to share ideas with colleagues. Click below to visit the Conference website for more information.

The organization People of the Global Majority in the Outdoors, Nature, and Environment (PGM ONE) will host a summit in Oakland, CA, from May 23-25, 2018, to convene hundreds of leaders of color who are at the forefront of the environmental movement. The three-day event will give professionals the chance to interact, create, and learn in an inclusive environment focused on racial equity in the field.

UN Environment is pleased to announce a call for applications from young environmental leaders through their program "Young Champions for the Earth"

Carbon Footprint Challenge provides an open collaboration platform to develop ideas to reduce carbon and environmental footprint of industrial processes and products throughout their value chain. The event will be organized within the Unitech International Network in collaboration with ETH Zürich. Idea submission will close on May 6th. Final event will be on June 25th and 26th.