Act now to get the lowest registration rates and secure your place at the premier gathering for environmental educators - NAAEE's 38th Annual Conference, Portland, Oregon, October 7-10! Early Bird rates are in effect until August 15. Register at: http://www.naaee.org/conference/registration

Browse the conference program and preview all of the amazing sessions on offer: http://convention3.allacademic.com/one/naaee/naaee09

Is your organization interested in reaching out to conference attendees? Exhibit space is still available and a booth purchase includes one full registration and one discounted full registration. Learn more at: http://www.naaee.org/conference/exhibitors-advertisers

NAAEE is pleased to announce the availability of the following scholarship opportunities for the 2009 conference:

· Affordability Scholarship -- A limited number of Affordability Scholarships will be awarded to provide discounted full conference registration to NAAEE members who have lower incomes and little or no financial support from their employer. (Students and retirees are not eligible.) Deadline: June 12, 2009

· Diversity Scholarship -- Diversity is a key element of NAAEE’s formal Strategic Plan to enrich the field of environmental education. Diversity Scholarships are an opportunity to promote interaction and exchange within a wide variety of cultures and perspectives. Deadline: June 12, 2009

· The William B. Stapp College Student Scholarship -- The Stapp Fund was established in 2001 in honor of NAAEE international leader Dr. Bill Stapp (1930-2001) to help students from around the world attend NAAEE's annual conference. Deadline: June 12, 2009

Please see the Web site for further information about all of the scholarships, as well as directions and access to online nomination forms.

Deadline: August 15, 2009
NAAEE seeks photos that will inspire people to achieve environmental excellence. Entries may include anything that reflects the theme of "Our Richly Diverse Natural World." We consider the natural world as inclusive of different settings within the animal and plant kingdom, which includes people. The photography contest is one element of a larger effort by NAAEE to re-invigorate the use of the arts in the EE field, and is sponsored by the Albert I. Pierce Foundation for the third year in a row. Winning photos will be displayed at the NAAEE annual conference in Portland. Download the rules and an application from the Web site.

Photo credit -2008 NAAEE/Pierce Foundation photo contest Amateur Category
First Prize – Tranquility, Brian Brush, Kentucky

· Wednesday, October 7 ~ Opening Plenary ~ 7 pm
Welcome by Rex Burkholder, Metro Council; Welcome to Salmon Nation! with Peter Donaldson

·Thursday, October 8 ~ Lunch Plenary ~ 11:45 am
The Future of EE in North America with Elizabeth Kilvert (Canada), Ruth McCully (USA), and Salvador Morelos Ochoa (Mexico)

·Thursday, October 8 ~ Keynote ~ 5 pm
A Sense of Wonder with Kaiulani Lee

·Saturday, October 10 ~ NAAEE Awards Luncheon ~ 11:30 am
Keynote by Charles Jordan

Kaiulani Lee	Charles Jordan

Peter Kahn

Peter Kahn will kick off the 2009 two-day NAAEE Research Symposium with a keynote address on “technological nature.” Professor Kahn, Director of the Human Interaction with Nature and Technological Systems Laboratory at the University of Washington, will discuss his research on the psychological effects of people interacting with four instantiations of technological nature.


Learn more about the Research Symposium at: http://www.naaee.org/conference/research-symposium

The Research Symposium requires a separate registration from the Annual Conference. Register at: http://www.naaee.org/conference/registration