Thursday, October 8, 2009, 11:45 am - 1:15 pm ~ Online
If you are unable to attend the NAAEE conference in Portland, please join us for a live streaming of this plenary session, presented by these EE leaders from Canada, Mexico, and the United States:

· Elizabeth Kilvert - Research and Strategy Advisor for Environment Canada
· Ruth McCully - Director of US EPA’s Office of Children's Health Protection and Environmental Education
· Salvador Morelos Ochoa - Head of the Center of Education and Training for Sustainable Development in Mexico

Check out the July issue of National Geographic's My Wonderful World newsletter. The theme for this edition is "Become a Citizen Scientist" and the NAAEE conference is mentioned as an event to attend. My Wonderful World engages readers in geographic learning at home and in local communities and has a worldwide readership of 85,000+. Online edition available here:

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Deadline: September 4, 2009
Teachers can win a free trip to Antarctica this November with author and environmentalist, Robert Swan, aboard his International Antarctic Treaty Expedition (IATE), November 16-30, 2009. Cruise along the Antarctic’s spectacular ice cliffs. Follow whales while they’re feeding. Visit one of the largest gatherings of Gentoo Penguins. Sail past the infamous Cape Horn and take part in Robert Swan’s Leadership on the Edge program. Visit the Web site for complete details and enter today!

Deadine: August 15, 2009
The Leave No Trace Center for Outdoor Ethics Connect Grants provide direct support, training, and educational materials for organizations and people that serve culturally diverse communities.

November 2-20, 2009 ~ Amravati, India
This three-week course from Environmental Education and Conservation Global and the Nature Conservation Society, Amravati, will show how social marketing techniques can be integrated with education and communication strategies to produce focused campaigns that are effective tools for solving environmental problems. Amravati University will host the course with field trips to two Project Tiger reserves. For more information, email emccrea@eecg.org

October 12-14, 2009 ~ Copenhagen, Denmark
Danish Science Communication and the Danish Ministry of Education are inviting teachers from all over the world to attend the first international teachers’ conference, Inspiring Climate Education (ICE09). Participants will share their own ideas and work together in developing new methods and recommendations for teaching climate change.

February 14 - April 16, 2010 ~ Costa Rica
This unique nine-week study abroad program is being offered by Earth Education International (Costa Rica) and Humboldt State University. Participants can receive 12 undergraduate or nine graduate credits in a home-stay experience including extensive field study and volunteer work opportunities.

The Environmental Education and Training Partnership (EETAP) and the University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point (UWSP) online EE courses and schedule are listed below.

Fundamentals of Environmental Education (FEE)
June 1 - August 21, 2009
12-week course for classroom teachers and nonformal educators who work with students and/or teachers provides the knowledge and skills necessary to incorporate quality environmental education into their instruction. $200 scholarships available. See course Web site for details.

Making EE Relevant for Culturally Diverse Audiences (MEER)
June 1 - August 7, 2009
10-week course designed to provide the basic knowledge and skills needed to make EE relevant to culturally diverse audiences. Through this course participants will broaden their perspective of EE to encompass interests and issues of concern to culturally diverse audiences, assess barriers to participation among culturally diverse audiences, and apply cultural competency skills in building relationships and partnerships with members of an audience they intend to work with in the future. $100 scholarships available. See course Web site for details.

Deadline: August 24, 2009
There are currently three vacancies on the Advisory Council that must be filled: one State Department of Education (2009-2012); one Primary and Secondary Education (2009-2012) and one senior American (2009-2012). Applications for the EPA NEEAC should be submitted in electronic format to the Designated Federal Officer or online. See the Web site for details.

All 391 National Parks are offering free park admission on August 15-16 as a way to provide inexpensive recreation for families during these tough economic times. For a list of family fun activities this summer visit:

October 14-17, 2009 ~ Champaign-Urbana, Illinois
Early Bird Deadline: September 14th
Hosted by the Environmental Education Association of Illinois, this year's conference is one that promises to deliver! Not only will the conference include over 80 concurrent sessions, 12 workshops, 14 field sessions, six field excursions, and a dynamic four-speaker presentation lineup - there will be a local foods EAT-Cology evening event and a myriad of other events to network and connect with other EE professionals.

October 14-17, 2009 ~ Champaign-Urbana, Illinois
Early Bird Deadline: September 14th
Hosted by the Environmental Education Association of Illinois (EEAI), this year's conference is one that promises to deliver! Not only will the conference include over 80 concurrent sessions, 12 workshops, 14 field sessions, six field excursions, and a dynamic four-speaker presentation lineup -- there will be a local foods EAT-Cology evening event and a myriad of other events to network and connect with other EE professionals.

Submission Deadline: September 14, 2009
The Tenth Biennial Coalition for Education in the Outdoors Research Symposium will take place on January 15-17, 2010, at Indiana University's Bradford Woods, in Martinsville, Indiana. The symposium will bring together emerging and established scholars from a host of disciplines and the topics stem from many contexts. Following the symposium, presenters may submit their papers for inclusion in the refereed publication, Research in Outdoor Education (Vol. 10).

· Climate Crossroads is a research-based framing guide providing strategies for connecting with Americans who are not yet engaged in global warming issues.
· Re: Green - The Ecological Roadmap study on Americans' social values and environmental worldviews is a communications tool, showing how different segments of the public relate to the environment - and why.

For full access to the site (social values data, maps, and focus group reports), contact meredith@thesocialcapitalproject.org

Based on a true story, this children’s book tells the story of Lucky, a parrot who is captured in the wild and eventually regains his freedom with the help of a young Indonesian boy. The book teaches children to be kind to animals and is a natural fit for wider educational curriculum including geography and culture of Indonesia, the natural history, behavior, and physical characteristics of parrots and tropical forest ecosystems, as well as real-life conservation efforts.

The Web site incorporates all these topics with sample lesson plans and class activities, and includes a narrated documentary video clip of the real Lucky.

For more information about bringing Lucky to your school or classroom at the special discount rate, contact the Avian Welfare Coalition at info@avianwelfare.com

This National Geographic News article, by Anne Minard, discusses astrophysicists study of the activity, or inactivity of the sun and its potential impact on the Earth's climate.

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