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January 28, 2021

Launching Our New eePRO Group: Young and Emerging Professionals!
Set in motion by environmental educators like you, this group connects and supports people who are new to the field. Engage in discussions on timely topics related to the unique opportunities and challenges of being a young or emerging EE professional, and gain access to the wonderful resources and opportunities that our eePRO platform offers. Learn more >

10 Nature-Themed Children's Books We're Excited for in 2021
New year, new books! Here are 10 great upcoming children’s books that celebrate the natural world.
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The Big Picture: Water Footprints’ Value to Environmental and Science Education
For educators who want to go beyond the water cycle, where do they start? What teaching strategy offers a useful perspective that engages students? One approach is the water footprint, a concept developed to account for and analyze the many ways humans use, overuse, and generally depend on water.
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Launch of ECOMASTERS: A Planet in Peril
ECOMASTERS: A Planet in Peril, has launched this week, this post is to find young environmental influencers who might be in your classes or network, who would want to showcase their local actions and work with our ECOMASTERS launch team.
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Environmental Escape Rooms: Making Learning about Climate Change Fun for Kids
Game-based environmental education can help distill complex themes and relationships into an easy-to-understand format, helping kids recall key concepts and associating positive emotions and fun with topics that often accompany “doom and gloom” imagery. Learn more about StemChef's virtual escape room where students can “escape” to find a low-carbon recipe that they can make at home.
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Meet the new moderators for the Data Literacy group
Meet Sarah Dunifon and Gustavo Requena Santos, the new moderators for the Data Literacy group. In this post, they introduce themselves and present their vision for the group in 2021.
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#NAAEE2020 Gems: Recommendations for EE Board Games
Too many missing pieces in Clue? Need something more challenging than Chutes and Ladders? Turn "bored" into "board" and upgrade your board game cabinet, or a friend's, with these #NAAEE2020 conference attendee recommendations.
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Natural Start Now Accepting Proposals for 2021!
Be a part of the Natural Start Alliance's annual conference, the nation's largest professional event for teaching, administration, research, and advocacy in nature-based early learning. Submit your proposal by February 5.
Read more >TakingNatureBlack Conference

Register today for #TakingNatureBlack, February 23–27, featuring an amazing lineup of environmental thought leaders. NAAEE is a proud to sponsor and exhibit at this exciting event.
Recordings Available for NAAEE2020

We also want to remind you that recordings of almost all of our 2020 conference sessions are available to registered participants for on-demand viewing in Whova until September 2021. Registration is still open for those who wish to take advantage of this on-demand access to the rich content—with the same “pay-what-you-can” fee options at conference.naaee.org.
Deadline for Natural Start Conference Proposals Approaching!

Be a part of the Natural Start Alliance's annual conference, the nation's largest professional event for teaching, administration, research, and advocacy in nature-based early learning. Submit your proposal by February 5.
From the eePRO Community

LEARNING
Professional Development
Water Wednesdays Webinar and Film Screening: Powerful Storytelling for Our Ocean
Applications Open: Emerging Urban Leaders (EUL) Cohort Program
Our Climate, Our Communities: Science, Systems, and Solutions
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OPPORTUNITIES
Grants, Contests, Publishing
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