Thank you to the 1100+ people who attended the 36th Annual NAAAEE conference in Virginia Beach. It was the largest conference in recent memory. Your feedback has been heartening and we are building on this energy for next year. Conference planning never ends!

NAAEE Announces 2008 CFP
Deadline: January 15, 2008
The 37th Annual NAAEE conference in Wichita, Kansas, is only 10 1/2 short months away. It seems like a long time, but advance planning is already underway. In fact, the Hyatt Hotel chefs are working with local farmers on the food they will serve us. Crops are being planted now, so they will be ready to harvest in time to feed us on October 15-18, 2008. Don't you love it when a great plan comes together?

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Deadline: January 15, 2008
This American Planning Association (APA) contest encourages U.S. high school students to address some of the critical planning issues in their own communities. APA is promoting awareness of all the elements that go into making a great neighborhood through this essay contest and the 2007 National Community Planning Month’s theme, "Great Streets, Great Neighborhoods: Greening Streets and Neighborhoods."

Deadline: December 31, 2007
The National Ocean and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) Teacher at Sea program gives K-16 teachers an expenses-paid, first-hand experience of science and life at sea. Teachers may select a cruise aboard one of NOAA's 19 ships, of which there are three main research vessel types: Fisheries, Oceanographic/coastal, and hydrographic. Cruises can be from one-week to a month and take place throughout the year.

Deadline: March 26, 2008
The Davidson Institute for Talent Development is offering high achieving young people (under age 18) the opportunity to be named as 2008 Davidson Fellows. Scholarships in the amount of $50,000, $25,000, or $10,000 will be awarded to recognize a significant piece of work in the categories of Science, Technology, Mathematics, Music, Literature, Philosophy, or Outside the Box.

Deadline: December 7, 2007
The California Coastal Commission’s Whale Tail Grants Program funds projects that encourage people to value and take action to improve the health of California’s coast, marine life, or watersheds that connect with the coast. Emphasis is on reaching underserved students and members of the public.

Applied Environmental Education Program Evaluation
February 18 – May 9, 2008 ~ Online
Course designed to assist environmental educators and natural resource professionals in evaluating their education programs, providing the opportunity to develop and apply skills in designing evaluation tools.

Fundamentals of Environmental Education
February 4 – April 18, 2008 ~ Online
This Fundamentals of EE course provides classroom teachers and non-formal educators with the knowledge and skills necessary to incorporate quality EE into their instruction.

March 10, 2008 ~ Washington, DC
This Ecological Society of America (ESA) conference will include presentations by leading scientists, and keynote speaker Dr. Jose Goldemberg, Co-President of the Global Energy Assessment (GEA) Council and Professor at the Universidade de Sao Paulo, and lead author of the World Energy Assessment.

Submission deadline: December 15, 2007
Be a part of the 8th Annual Bioregional Outdoor Education Conference, "Celebrating the Colorado Plateau: Tracing Our Connections" in Blanding, Utah, on February 29 ­- March 2, 2008! This conference annually brings teachers and educators from the Colorado Plateau together to learn how to better incorporate Place-based education into their classrooms. Download a Presenters Guidelines form from the conference page on the BOEP Web site or contact Jon Orris at (435) 587-2156 or jorris@boep.org.

The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy offers 350 downloadable lessons and activities on energy efficiency and renewable energy, organized by grade level and topic.

The first 500 educators to respond to a survey the Entomological Foundation is conducting will receive the science education kit free once it is developed. The survey is to help determine what the needs of K-12 educators are regarding the use of insects in teaching science. Follow the link to the survey:

The Henry Ford Learning Institute with grants from the Ford Motor Company Fund and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to launch a national network of small high schools modeled after the Henry Ford Academy in Dearborn, Michigan. This network of community-based high schools will provide underserved students in urban areas with quality, real world learning environments, a college-preparatory culture, and demanding academic standards. The first school - The Henry Ford Academy: Power House High will open in Chicago in 2008, in the former Sears Roebuck building. The curriculum will use the renovated building's "green" features to enhance lessons on the environment, clean technologies, and sustainability.

October 17, 2007, New York Times Op-ed article by Thomas L. Friedman, spotlights Van Jones, an African-American Social Activist and his enlightened approach on teaching 'green.'
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From The JASON Project, this free and online curriculum is designed to teach students (grades 5-8) how powerful storms form and how advanced technology is used to better understand and forecast weather. The five- to nine-week core science unit covers key middle school National Science Education Standards, and can be aligned to state standards.

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