Promoting Professional Development and Best Practice in EE
UL and NAAEE announce winners of 2019 UL Innovative Education Award!
To celebrate UL's 125th Anniversary, UL and NAAEE are recognizing six non-profit organizations for the difference they are making in their communities by advancing environmental education through STEM.
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Natural Start Alliance July Newsletter
The July Natural Start Alliance Newsletter is loaded with ideas for increasing access to nature-based early learning in a variety of settings! Read the July Member Spotlight, featuring Dondero Elementary School, a public school in New Hampshire with a robust outdoor education program. For even more tips on how to infuse nature into the lives of young children, don’t miss the July Feature Story written by Emilian Geczi.
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Recognize Excellence in EE Through an NAAEE Award Nomination!
Deadline extended: August 9. Do you know of an individual or organization that has accomplished great things in environmental education? You probably do! You probably know multiple people or organizations. This is your chance to recognize the wonderful work of incredibly hardworking individuals and organizations for the benefit of the environment.
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2019 ANCA Evolve Summit
August 20-24, 2019 - Join over 100 nature and environmental learning center peers at the Cincinnati Nature Center to network, learn, share, and return to your center inspired. ANCA's Summit focuses on open discussion and providing space for collective knowledge sharing through forums that include Open Space Sessions, which many participants attest is their favorite part of the event.
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Remembering All Parts of Our History this July 4th
On this July 4th, as you celebrate, let's remember all parts of our history. In his 1852 speech "What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?" Frederick Douglass asks inclusive questions about the founding United States and the meaning of freedom for all.
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A big old tree, is a big old tree, is a big old tree! Or is it? A question about educators' and teachers' perspectives and educational objectives.
Is a big old tree a hub for wild bee honeycombs? Is it a secret home for fairies or leprechauns? Or is it a terminal for an underground biological internet? It depends on the perspectives of the educators and teachers. Is your perspective a soup of mixed information, ideas, beliefs and values or is it a clear structure of principles, processess and strategies?
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MAEOE Has Adopted the Guidelines for Excellence!
The Michigan Alliance for Environmental and Outdoor Education (MAEOE) has taken the plunge and officially Adopted the Guidelines! What does that mean? Well, I'll let MAEOE speak for itself "By adopting them, we help move our organization's mission forward to promote environmental literacy. Currently, we already consciously promote the Guidelines through our EE certification program - which is in its fourth year."
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Reflections on Another Year in the Forest
As another year of Forest Fridays comes to a close, I am doing a lot of reflecting on the days gone by as well as a fair amount of dreaming and planning about future days. Here are my top takeaways from the school year.
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Call for Awards Nominations
Each year, we present awards at our annual conference to highlight outstanding achievements in environmental education. Is there an individual or organization you’d like to recognize? (Please note: Nominations may only be submitted by NAAEE members)
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Check Out our PRO Picks
We’ve tapped into our network of experts in specific subject areas to collect their recommendations for some of the most useful materials in EE. Look for the PRO Pick logo on resources throughout eePRO as we highlight outstanding materials.
From the eePRO Community
LEARNING
Professional Development
Be a Star Conference Presenter: Design a Session That Reflects How People Learn Best
Climate Change Science, Communication, and Action Online Course
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OPPORTUNITIES
Grants, Contests, Publishing
CWI’s 2020 Summer WEST Institute on Place Based Service-Learning and Sustainability
Apply by August 5th for the Earth Education for Sustainable Societies Workshop
Requests for Environmental Education Field-Building Projects
Enhancing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in the Coastal Sector
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RESOURCES
For Students and Educators
The life-altering, world-ending topic they’re still not teaching you about in school
Exploring Synergy: Environmental Literacy and the C3 College, Career, and Civic Life Framework
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