Deadline: February 1, 2010
Join the New York State Outdoor Education Association as they host attendees from around the world in Buffalo-Niagara, New York.



39th NAAEE Annual Conference ~ September 29 - October 2, 2010

7th Annual Research Symposium ~ September 28-29, 2010

The Call for Presentations is Open - www.naaee.org/conference/call-for-presentations
Nine strands compliment the conference theme, "Building Connections - Bridging Gaps," and include:

Arts, Culture, and Spirituality
Conservation Education
Innovative Programs and Practices
Network and Leadership Development
Place-based Education
Socio-ecological Justice and Community Engagement
Teaching and Learning Sustainability
Energy Education and Green Technology
Urban and Rural Interface

Deadline to submit: February 1, 2010(limit film to 1h45m)
For the first time NAAEE will offer film makers a regular presentation timeslot. NAAEE offers environmental film makers the opportunity to screen programs and obtain audience feedback. The film maker or a representative must be present to introduce the program. Programs with accompanying teaching materials are preferred. Your 40-word description should “sell” your film to the potential audience at the conference. In your 250-word description, which NAAEE’s film judges will use to determine which programs are accepted, describe the film content, the target audience, the run time, and the type of materials you have for either K-12 teachers or nonformal educators. The number of film presentation slots is limited to ten (10).

Details on the strands, submission and review process are at

Nomination Deadline: January 15, 2010
The Richard C. Bartlett Award is presented annually by the National Environmental Education Foundation to an outstanding teacher who has successfully integrated environmental education into his or her daily curriculum. The 2010 prize will be given to a high school teacher who can serve as an inspiration and model for both students and colleagues. The winner receives a $5,000 award and a trip to Washington DC. To learn more or submit your nomination visit

Register by: December 15, 2009
From classroom bean plant experiments to outdoor compost projects, pots of pansies to large raised beds, the Green Thumb Challenge aims to motivate schools across the country to plant 10,000 indoor or outdoor gardens in 2010. The Green Education Foundation (GEF) Web site provides all of the informational resources needed to start and maintain a garden of any size, and includes standards-based lessons that link gardening to science, math, language arts, creative arts, and technology. Register by December 15, 2009, to be entered into a raffle for free garden kits and cash prizes to jump start your school or youth garden. Registration also entitles your school eligibility for a $5,000 grant!

Deadline: December 31, 2009
This EPA-sponsored program recognizes young people across America for projects demonstrating their commitment to the environment. Visit the Web site for project examples, submission guidelines, eligibility requirements, and application.

Demographic changes and the emergence of a more global society have challenged the field of environmental education (EE) to be more inclusive and to offer programming that is relevant to culturally diverse groups. But what do we mean by diversity, and where is the EE field going with it?

Still Developing the Toolbox: Making EE Relevant for Culturally Diverse Groups, by Joanne M. Lozar Glenn, addresses this question and profiles five organizations working to connect their programming to the communities they serve. From creating learning groups to reaching urban, immigrant, and native audiences, these organizations address what it means to work with diverse audiences, and how connecting with these communities changes what they’re doing and how that work gets done.

The article includes 10 “learnings” that have emerged from environmental educators who are on the ground and at the forefront of efforts to make EE more inclusive. The article also provides a list of resources (books, articles, Web sites, programs, and organizations and individuals) designed to inspire readers who want to learn more about this topic and to get ideas they can apply to their own work.

June 18 - July 3, 2010
Application Deadline: January 6, 2010
Funded by Toyota Motor Sales, USA, Inc., and administered by the Institute of International Education, the program aims to advance environmental stewardship and global connectedness in U.S. schools and communities through creative, interdisciplinary, and solution-based teaching methods.

January 5, 2010, marks the 8th annual National Bird Day celebration.
Today nearly 12 percent of the world's 9,800 bird species may face extinction within the next century, and millions of captive birds lead miserable lives languishing in cages. Participate by hosting a bird-related event. A full suite of information and activities can be found on the Web site.

Free National Bird Day posters are available to educators! Contact Monica Engebretson for more information at monica@bornfreeusa.org or (916) 447-3085 x 210

January 22 - March 14, 2010
Are you seeking a K-12 professional development opportunity that will enhance your qualifications, competency, and self-confidence in integrating Earth system science, climate, and global change into your science classroom? The National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) offers a series of six- and seven-week online courses for middle and high school teachers that combine geoscience content, information about current climate research, easy to implement hands-on activities, and group discussion.
· CD 501 Introduction to Earth's Climate
· CD 502 Earth System Science: A Climate Change Perspective
· CD 503 Understanding Climate Change Today

Create an environmental vision for tomorrow at the Nicholas School of the Environment at Duke, while maintaining a commitment to your employer and family! The Duke Environmental Leadership Program offers an innovative, two-year Master of Environmental Management degree for environmental professionals. The DEL-MEM is an online and on-campus program providing a perspective of interdisciplinary and global themes, strategic approaches to environmental management, and effective leadership and communication skills. Information sessions available now at Duke or via virtual sessions. Check the schedule >>

Apply by: January 28, 2010
Miami University’s Project Dragonfly, honored in 2008 with the NAAEE award for “Outstanding Service to Environmental Education” at the global level, is accepting applications for its 2010 Earth Expeditions graduate field courses and the Global Field Master’s Program (GFP). The courses and the GFP combine summer field courses in Africa, Asia, and the Americas with Web learning communities and bring together graduate students, scientists, educators, and community leaders at critical conservation field sites worldwide for firsthand experience with inquiry-driven education, environmental stewardship, and global understanding.

Each accepted applicant is awarded a tuition scholarship covering 2010 field course tuition, equivalent to $3,100 (Ohio residents) and $7,100 (non-Ohio residents). This tuition reduction applies to all applicants, regardless of residency or nationality. Award recipients are responsible for travel and field costs.

Earth Expeditions courses and the GFP Master’s may be completed part-time from anywhere in the US or abroad, and are open to educators and other professionals from all settings and disciplines.

January 26 - March 7, 2010 ~ Online
Brian Day, the NAAEE Executive Director, will be the instructor for this Duke Environmental Leadership (DEL) Program. This course provides environmental professionals with an introduction to the strategies and tools of environmental communication that effectively lead to changes in behavior. The environmental social marketing tools gained will benefit all practicing environmental professionals faced with the challenge of changing behaviors.
Contact: del@nicholas.duke.edu

February 12-21, 2010 ~ Belize
Join the NAAEE International Commission and explore the tropical paradise of Belize while learning how education is helping this Central American country conserve its diverse habitats and unique cultures. From centers of Mayan heritage to the teeming barrier reef, and wildlife sanctuaries to butterfly breeding programs, this trip will focus on the diversity of EE activities happening throughout the country. The field trip is being organized as a collaboration between NAAEE and Monkey Bay Wildlife Sanctuary.

This 32-credit master’s degree program brings educators from schools, museums, nature centers, and alternative teaching settings together in learning communities to develop and deepen their capacity to integrate ecological concepts into the curriculum. The program has two cohorts, one in the Pacific Northwest and one in the Northeast. The program includes two field-study summers and three distance learning school-year semesters.

Spring or Fall 2010
Students (grades 5-12) along with their adult chaperones will experience marine science and sailing on the waters of Puget Sound aboard the 61' Carlyn. Students will take the helm from the minute they step on board, conducting original marine science research and learning to operate the vessel under the careful guidance of the Salish crew. Scholarship money is available for qualifying schools and students! Contact Education Director, Nikken Palesch, at nikken@salish.org or (206) 780-7848 (Salish office) with questions.

The Canadian Journal of Environmental Education is a refereed journal seeking to further the study and practice of environmental education. Information on the Call for Book Reviews, Volume 15, including the updated book list and reviewer requirements are listed on the Web site.

January 29, 2009 ~ La Conner, Washington
CFP Deadline: December 15, 2009
The Storming the Sound conference is a great opportunity for teachers, environmental organizations with education programs, and students with an interest in a career in environmental education. To submit a one-hour presentation, include your name, affiliation, and contact information, along with your presentation title and brief description and send to:
Glen "Alex" Alexander, Education Coordinator, Padilla Bay Reserve, 10441 Bay View-Edison Rd, Mount Vernon, WA 98273
Phone: 360-428-1070 Email: alex@padillabay.gov

The latest film from documentarian Les Blank follows American tea importer, David Lee Hoffman, to some of the most remote regions of China in search of the world's finest teas. Hoffman is obsessed; during his youth he spent four years with Tibetan monks in Nepal and was introduced to some of the finest of teas. Unable to find anything but insipid tea bags in the U.S., Hoffman began traveling to China, the homeland of tea. There, he struggles against language barriers and Byzantine business codes to convince the Chinese that the farmers make better tea than the factories and that their craft should be honored and preserved.

The Yale University peer-reviewed bimonthly Journal of Industrial Ecology, is making available a series of free, downloadable articles on the greenhouse gas emissions from corn ethanol.

The Eco-Schools USA goals are simple: 1) green the school buildings, 2) green the school grounds, and c) green the educational programming at registered schools. It is the new US component of an international network of 30,000 schools in 43 nations. A Web site makes Eco-schools USA registration simple for individual schools also seeking opportunities to join up with other green school programs evolving across America. The program encompasses a rich set of educational "pathways" such as energy, water, green hour outdoors, and climate change -- partners include SchoolTube.com, Facing the Future, Al Gore's Climate Project, and the HSBC climate initiative.

This NSTA site provides free resources for science teachers to use in their classroom. The search tool allows teachers to search by keyword for the resource types (CDs, Kits, Videos) they are seeking.

In municipalities across America, engaged citizens and civic leaders are actively seeking innovative ways to improve the accessibility, quality, and quantity of play and play spaces for children. To help cities build awareness & political capital and develop a policy on play, KaBOOM! identified 12 relevant and innovative best practices in play. Check out the full report here

The Will Steger Foundation developed Citizen Climate, a new high school curriculum tied to national standards that focuses on global climate solutions. This curriculum emphasizes civic engagement and helps teachers and students understand the critical and complex climate solutions being discussed on the national and international stage. It also allows students to formulate statements about what they would like to see happen in climate policy and how these policies and actions can be replicated in their states and local communities.

Educators are invited to nominate (with parental permission) students who are extremely bright in many subjects (such as energy, botany, sustainability, rainforests, meteorology, geology) – who know, for example, how the environment is woven into subjects from language to math, from history to science -- for a game show to air in 2010. Mark Burnett Productions of Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader? fame is now casting children (ages 6-12) who are exceptionally advanced for their age in one or more subjects. Please email kidgeniuscasting@gmail.com, or call (310) 903-5573 for more information. Learn more about Mark Burnett Productions:

The purpose of this guide is to provide the basic steps needed to restore or create wildlife habitat. It is designed so that students complete several tasks that will lead to establishing a forest, meadow, or wetland on school grounds. The projects can range in size from a small 20’ by 20’ area to an acre or more. These steps were developed from the experiences of several schools that have completed similar projects. The process incorporates critical thinking and decision-making skills while challenging students in reading, writing, science, mathematics, and language arts.

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