eePRO Feed: Conservation and Behavior Change

Golden butterfly fish above coral D. Rosenstrock
Golden butterflyfish above coral
Blog

An ESG Primer (Environment, Social, and Governance)

ESG, or environmental, social, and governance scoring relies on independent ratings that help you assess a company’s behavior and policies when it comes to environmental performance, social impact and governance issues. This blog covers the basics of ESG, including applications related to climate-change and pollution.

Two educators in a stream collecting water samples
Learning

Investigating Watersheds: From the Mountains to the River Basin

Berkshire Region (MA) 2022 Summer Professional Development Institute for Grades 3-8 Educators

Date and Time:

Monday, July 25, 2022, 8:30am to Friday, July 29, 2022, 3:30pm

Registration Deadline:

Saturday, June 18, 2022, 4:30pm

Organization: 
A smiling Black woman holding a camera in a park
Learning

FEE Academy - Environmental Journalism (Photography, Writing, Videography) courses

Moderator Endorsed: Global EE

All three Environmental Journalism (Photography, Writing, Videography) courses are opening on Friday, May 20th and will be available until Monday, June 20th. Based on the Young Reporters for the Environment four-step methodology, these courses are a great way to learn about how you can use journalism to raise awareness of environmental issues in your community! If you would like to enrol in an Environmental Journalism course, please use the enrollment key: Summer2022!

Date and Time:

Friday, May 20, 2022, 8:35am to Monday, June 20, 2022, 8:35am

Registration Deadline:

Monday, May 30, 2022, 8:36am

Organization: 
Job

Director, Roots & Shoots Partnerships

Reporting to the Senior Director of Roots & Shoots, the Director, Roots & Shoots Partnerships cultivates and manages key relationships with informal education organizations, including zoos, aquariums, gardens, museums, universities, after school networks, and more. With a focus on key markets across the U.S., the Director has primary responsibility for identifying strategically advantageous partnerships with like-minded organizations, cultivating and formalizing mutually beneficial partnerships with those organizations, and supporting them for maximum and mutual benefit.

Deadline to Apply:

Thursday, June 2, 2022, 9:30pm

Organization: 

Address:

Washington, DC
United States
a young student sitting at a desk wearing a white VR headset with NZ-VR on it
Blog

Using Virtual Reality to Educate Students About the Ocean

The ocean and marine environment face many challenges, including overfishing, pollution, temperature increases, the introduction of invasive species, and more. The BLAKE New Zealand (NZ) Virtual Reality (VR) program was launched in 2019 to connect young people with oceans and the marine environment in order to promote ocean stewardship. Read about the BLAKE NZ-VR project in this new GEEP Case Study.

Photo of a drone flying above a forest
Learning

Drone Data Analysis & Visualization (Field, Hurricane Island, ME)

This course is designed to teach students drone flight operations for the collection, mapping, and analysis of drone imagery taught by Jon Caris and Dr. Kathleen Dunckel on Hurricane Island, ME.

Date and Time:

Monday, August 1, 2022, 9:00am to Friday, August 5, 2022, 6:00pm

Registration Deadline:

Sunday, July 17, 2022, 11:59pm

Organization: 
A person measuring a sea turtle on a sandy beach
Learning

Sea Turtle Ecology & Conservation (Field, Yucatan Peninsula)

This is a 4-day field trip where students will practice nesting protocols and techniques at a key nesting beach in the Yucatán Peninsula taught by Dr. Melania C. López-Castro, Coordinator of the Sea Turtle Conservation Program at Pronatura Península de Yucatán.

Date and Time:

Sunday, July 10, 2022, 9:00am to Friday, July 15, 2022, 6:00pm

Registration Deadline:

Sunday, June 19, 2022, 11:59pm

Organization: 
Overlooking large body of dark blue water with heavy blue, purple, and pink clouds in the distance.
Resource

Groundwater Video Series

A deep dive into our hidden resource: 41% of the water used in Arizona comes from the ground and, in most areas, it is their only source of water. Understanding groundwater is of utmost importance to our continued survival in the arid southwest!

Resource Category:

Website, Classroom, Media, Video
Organization: 
Two people kneeling on a sandy dune, planting dune grass
RiSC Dune Grass Planting. Photo credit: Teri Brennan
Blog

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.

Job

Manager, Roots & Shoots Network

Reporting to the Senior Director, Roots & Shoots, the Manager, Roots & Shoots Network supervises and supports contracted regional hub coordinators based in 4-6 U.S. cities representing key locations for Roots & Shoots advancement. As the national lead for this activity, the Manager establishes benchmarks and success criteria in the areas of educator recruitment, institutional relationships, National Youth Leadership Council recruitment, and event management.

Deadline to Apply:

Monday, May 23, 2022, 9:30pm

Organization: 

Address:

Washington, DC
United States
Research

Teachers Have Their Say: Motivation, Skills and Opportunities to Teach Education for Sustainable Development and Global Citizenship

Moderator Endorsed: Research & Evaluation
Job

2022 NAAEE Conference & Research Symposium Call for Proposal Reviewers

NAAEE seeks volunteers to review proposals for the 51st Annual Conference and 19th Annual Research Symposium. Reviewers should have at least five years of experience in the field.

Deadline to Apply:

Wednesday, May 4, 2022, 5:00pm

Organization: 

Address:

United States
The deadline for this job has passed and it is not visible on the eePRO Jobs page.
Opportunity

NAAEE 2022 Conference and Research Symposium: Call for Presentations

The NAAEE 2022 Call for Presentations is open! Join us in Tucson, Arizona for the annual Research Symposium (October 11–12) and Conference (October 12–15).

Registration Deadline:

Wednesday, May 4, 2022, 12:00am

Organization: 
Blog

Parley for the Oceans: Fighting Marine and Coastal Plastic Pollution

Parley for the Oceans is an organization that focuses on attacking the problem of plastic pollution in the oceans. In 2019 we started the environmental education project, “Fighting Marine and Coastal Plastic Pollution.” This project empowered students to gather information about the types of plastics that are being used in Cancún households, raise awareness about reducing plastic consumption and pollution, and measure the behavioral changes that this program activated across 103 households.

A group of students build black mesh cages in an indoor room.
Hayden Mock (right), a student in OysterCorps, building aquaculture cages under the guidance of Todd Bracken from Rattlesnake Cove Oyster Company (left). Photo credit: Anita Grove
Blog

Students Carry On an Important Cultural and Economic Touchstone Through Oyster Aquaculture

Florida students participating in award-winning OysterCorps gain aquaculture literacy and career confidence as they learn about the cultural and environmental importance of oysters in their own backyard.

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.
Blog

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.