With so much attention now focused on how to help solve our environmental challenges, members of the North American Association for Environmental Education are ready to answer the question "What can I do?" For over 36 years, NAAEE's annual conference has provided hundreds of ideas for how to teach others to help our planet be more sustainable. This year's NAAEE conference, in Wichita, Kansas, on October 15-18, features many ways to share the message that every action matters in sustaining our planet. During the four days of events, participants also will be inspired by a host of artistic expressions in words, pictures, and songs. Registration is now open.
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Early Bird Deadline: August 15, 2008

The 37th Annual NAAEE Conference offers more than fantastic workshops and great networking.it also has opportunities to explore the unexpected beauty of Kansas through amazing field experiences. Join us October 14-19, 2008, for the chance to visit unique locations and learn more about the environment of the tallgrass prairie and other attractions in the "land of AAAHs".

Looking to advance your career? See what professional opportunities are available? Move to a different state? Seeking a qualified candidate to fill a job opening in your organization? Check out the NAAEE EE-Link job service! An average of 40 new jobs are added weekly to the site and a Jobs-Report is sent to a growing list of subscribers every Monday morning. Subscribe to the Jobs-Report. View jobs. Add a job.

The Albert I. Pierce Foundation and NAAEE photo contest is still accepting entries. Deadline for submissions is July 30th.

Categories for submissions:
· Amateur Category – Persons who have not sold their images
· Advanced Category – Persons who have sold images or have placed in a competition.

2007 Winner: Corona Beach Sunrise by Mark Buckler of North Carolina

Summer 2009
Application Deadline: September 12, 2008
The Fulbright-Hays Seminars Abroad Program is open to educators and administrators with responsibilities for curriculum development in fields related to humanities, languages, and area studies. All seminars are in non-western European countries and are designed to provide a broad and introductory cultural orientation to particular countries. The program is geared towards those educators with little or no experience in the host country who demonstrate the need to develop and enhance their curriculum through short-term study and travel abroad. Seminars take place from late June to mid-August for a duration of four to six weeks.
Contact: Gale Holdren at gale.holdren@ed.gov or Michelle Ward at michelle.ward@ed.gov.

Deadline: June 27, 2008
This new initiative of the National Audubon Society for environmental professionals is designed as a supplement to full-time jobs or research. The TogetherGreen Conservation Leadership Initiative is an opportunity for conservation leaders, established and emerging, to receive $10,000 to support a conservation project, to fund professional development and training opportunities, and to become part of a community of conservation fellows. Apply by June 27th.

October 19-25, 2008 (includes four-day workshop and day trips to Philadelphia and/or New York)
Application Deadline: July 1, 2008
The Stroud Water Research Center has translated its Leaf Pack program (www.stroudcenter.org/lpn) into Spanish and is offering a workshop on its campus in the U.S. to train teachers and community leaders from Latin America how to use it to conduct stream investigations and watershed studies. Participation in the four-day workshop is free, and airfare, food, and lodging in the United States will be provided. Candidates must be associated with an educational or conservation organization or a municipal government that supports their attendance and is committed to implementing the Leaf Pack program in its region. Candidates should be highly motivated and speak some English, although fluency is not required since Spanish-speaking staff will be present to help with translations.

To increase the number of educators receiving EE training, the Environmental Education and Training Partnership (EETAP) will make the highly successful course Fundamentals of Environmental Education (FEE) available to universities across the country. There is no cost to obtain, and a $500 honorarium is offered after faculty have successfully taught the course to at least 15 students.

The Fundamentals of Environmental Education online course developers and reviewers included six past-presidents of NAAEE and is based on the NAAEE Guidelines for the Initial Preparation of Environmental Educators document. The University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point (UWSP) has offered this course over the last 10 semesters and receives excellent feedback from students. Summer 2007 revisions more directly address the NAAEE competencies for a professional environmental educator.

Read the syllabus, a matrix demonstrating how it addresses the NAAEE competencies, and how to use this course to teach EE online. Interested faculty members can learn how their university can obtain the course from UWSP by clicking on the link below, or contact Ali Cordie Ali.Cordie@uwsp.edu

With many funding agencies requiring program evaluations, this new, free online resource from the University of Michigan will help you through the process step-by-step, starting with choosing approaches and resources based on your experience/skill level. Funded by and in partnership with the US EPA and US Forest Service, MEERA helps educators evaluate to what extent they have met the goals and objectives of their project.
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October 24-25, 2008 ~ Ponca, Nebraska
The 2008 Nebraska Alliance for Conservation and Environment Education Annual Conference aims to help classroom educators and resource professionals incorporate environment education into their curricula and outreach programs. The conference schedule includes several educator workshops, and numerous concurrent sessions all dealing with new programs, curriculum, and resources available for educators.

Sea Camp is a week-long adventure exploring the wonders of the marine and estuarine environments. Texas A&M University at Galveston is offering free teacher internships and hands-on, marine-oriented summer programs for students ages 6–18.

Press Release - May 5, 2008
"More than 10,000 low income children throughout Western Washington will connect more closely with the natural world around them thanks to a $200,000 state grant awarded jointly to three of the state’s leading nonprofit environmental education organizations – IslandWood on Bainbridge Island, North Cascades Institute in Sedro-Woolley and Olympic Park Institute in Port Angeles."
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The Ecological and Environmental Education SIG of the American Educational Research Association (AERA) is inviting proposals for the April 2009 Meeting in San Diego, California. Proposals for symposia, papers, posters, roundtables, or interactive presentations on the theme of 'Working the Disciplines in Ecological and Environmental Education Research' must be submitted on the AERA Web site.
For the full call, see the EEE-SIG Web site (www.bath.ac.uk/cree/eeesig) or contact Connie Russell, Program Chair crussell@lakeheadu.ca.

Deadline: July 15, 2008
The peer reviewed Community Literacy Journal is inviting article submissions for its Fall 2009 special issue on Sustainability, the Environment, and Community Literacy, that explore the interconnections among community, biospheric literacy, and sustainable practices.

Technical Education Research Centers (TERC) is seeking high school science teachers to pilot or field test its Biocomplexity and the Habitable Planet, an innovative 11th-12th grade capstone course in ecosystem/environmental science, during the 2008-2009 school year. Stipends provided.
Contact: Tara Robillard at tara_robillard@terc.edu or call 617-873-9872.

The Center for Advancement of Informal Science Education (CAISE) Inquiry Group on Public Participation in Research is seeking information on the ways that non-scientists are participating in scientific investigations. Some of the questions include:
· What are new and innovative ways in which non-scientists are contributing to or doing research?
· What are models for public-scientist interaction around scientific research?
· How do radio, television, museum visits, and other ISE experiences facilitate or push the boundaries of public participation in research?

Please email thoughts, leads, publication references, and/or case studies to Rick Bonney, CAISE Inquiry Group leader and Director of Program Development and Evaluation, at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology at reb5@cornell.edu.

The EoE Collection is anchored by an electronic version of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Nobel Prize-winning reports. It also includes articles by climate experts, biographies of individuals who have made important contributions to climate science and policy, a timeline of key events in the history of climate science and policy, a climate glossary, and much more. Scientists, educators, environmental professionals, and concerned citizens should find the collection to be an invaluable resource.
EoE seeks to expand the collection with articles on a wide range of climate-related topics written for a large and diverse global audience.

NASA, May 14, 2008, press release "NASA Study Links Earth Impacts to Human-Caused Climate Change," announces a NASA-led study showing impact on range of Earth's natural systems by human-caused climate change.
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Every week during the school year, the Kids’ Connection program translates information from National Public Radio’s Science Friday into curriculum for middle school teachers. Science Friday host Ira Flatow covers a broad range of environmental topics and discusses the latest research with scientists, policymakers, authors, and advocates.

The ICUE Web site geared toward high school students incorporates fun and learning with a combination of news, eLearning, games, and social networking. It was developed based on research from the MIT Education Arcade, a research group devoted to integrating gaming and peer collaboration into traditional learning and environments, and NBC News archives.

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