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Recognize Excellence in EE Through an NAAEE Award Nomination!

Deadline: August 1. Do you know of an individual or organization that has accomplished great things in environmental education? You probably do! This is your chance to recognize the wonderful work of incredibly hardworking individuals and organizations for the benefit of the environment.

Photo of a masked woman sitting in front of an aquarium exhibit. A large fish stares out at the woman who is holding a photo of a kelp farm. In front of the woman is a table with colorful toys. A young masked child holds a carrot out to the woman.
Playing with and sorting objects related to farming is one key activity developed through the Ocean Farmers project. Educator Jeyleen is discussing these ideas with a guest. Photo credit: Aquarium of the Pacific
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Ocean Farmers: Learning Together Through Play

In the latest eeBLUE Harvest Stories, Ocean Farmers, a cross-sector, regional partnership, provides lessons in securing healthy and vital food access for generations. 

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RiSC Dune Grass Planting. Photo credit: Teri Brennan
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Building Resilience from the Classroom to the Community

Youth-led action and nature-based solutions for climate mitigation are the focus of two programs at the National Wildlife Federation. Read how fieldwork and research are powering the students' next steps.

ReNEW Schaumburg Elementary middle school 21CCLC students pause at a sandbar on a kayak trip to test for pollutants at the Bogue Falaya. Photo credit: Matt May.
ReNEW Schaumburg Elementary middle school 21CCLC students pause at a sandbar on a kayak trip to test for pollutants at the Bogue Falaya. Photo credit: Matt May.
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Reconnecting with Our Wetlands

In this eeBLUE Watershed Chronicles blog post, Polly Burns, Program Director at ReNEW Schools, and Dinah Maygarden, Director of the Coastal Education Program at the University of New Orleans, bring wetland and watershed science investigative projects to middle school students.

New offshore aquaculture exhibit at Mote Marine Aquarium in Sarasota Florida. Photo credit: Danielle Mosteller, Mote Marine Aquarium.
New offshore aquaculture exhibit at Mote Marine Aquarium in Sarasota Florida. Photo credit: Danielle Mosteller, Mote Marine Aquarium.
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Offshore Optics: Taking a Closer Look at Offshore Aquaculture

Read about a unique partnership between academia, industry, and public education that was formed to improve aquaculture literacy and confidence in a Florida community in the latest eeBLUE Harvest Stories blog.

The Sea Center staff tours TCAF to expand their knowledge of abalone aquaculture, so they can better teach aquarium visitors about large scale aquaculture and how it is helping save the endangered white abalone.
The Sea Center staff tours TCAF to expand their knowledge of abalone aquaculture, so they can better teach aquarium visitors about large scale aquaculture and how it is helping save the endangered white abalone. Photo Credit: Owen Duncan of the Santa Barbara Sea Center
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Bringing Aquaculture Mainstream

Each month, NAAEE will share blogs from the Aquaculture Literacy grantees as they implement innovative educational experiences that explore aquaculture topics in local communities. We can’t wait for you to “sea” what they are up to!

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Black Healing in Georgia: Landscapes of Past, Present, and Future

Access to nature can reduce anxiety, green schoolyards can impact students’ physical and socioemotional health, and environmental education can improve health-related quality of life. As environmental educators, we’re familiar with nature’s many gifts, including that of wellness and health. In this blog post, we’ll look specifically at how Geechee communities in Georgia supported and prioritized community health.