NAAEE is pleased to announce the availability of the following scholarship opportunities for the 2008 conference:

How can your organization promote quality environmental education? The answer is, Adopt the Guidelines!

NAAEE and the National Project for Excellence in Environmental Education are encouraging stakeholder groups to adopt the Guidelines and apply them to their work. By adopting the Guidelines, your organization will help to develop awareness of the National Project for Excellence in Environmental Education, improve the quality of environmental education practice, and build credibility for the field. For more information and a partial list of the organizations that have Adopted the Guidelines go to:

Educators hungry for high quality environmental education resources may be looking for just what you provide. But how can they find your materials? One answer is through NAAEE's online EE Resource Directory. Plan to sign up for the EE Resource Reviews workshop at the 2008 NAAEE conference in Wichita. You'll learn to use the Guidelines for Excellence to assess your materials. Then choose between two options: bring your own resource and start your online self-review (computers and guidance provided, review submission fees waived), or train and join the national team of peer reviewers so you can provide valuable feedback to others. Registration opens June 2!

Environmental Education Research – (5 issues) Member Price $38 US
An international refereed journal which publishes papers and reports on all aspects of environmental education to help advance understanding of environmental and sustainability education.

Applied Environmental Education and Communication – (4 issues) Member Price $33 US
Provides practitioners with specific recommendations based on experience and research. Authors are encouraged to report what worked and what did not and to make suggestions for future strategies. This multidisciplinary journal is written in a straightforward style with a minimum of technical jargon.

The NAAEE International Commission has arranged these two amazing opportunities for NAAEE:

· The Virtual Australian Tour
July 2008
Includes participation in the 2008 Australian Association for Environmental Education (AAEE) conference on July 9-12, 2007 ~ Darwin, Northern Territory
Price reduction announced!

· Cuban Environment & Sustainability: Education Study Tour and Exchange
November 29 - December 8, 2008
10-day Professional Development Delegation to Cuba

The Great Plains Nature Center provides attendees of the 2008 NAAEE Annual Conference the opportunity to learn about the grasslands, wetlands, and woodlands indigenous to the Great Plains. View native fish in a 2,200-gallon aquarium. Compare your hearing to that of a bobcat or your vision to that of a pronghorn. The center is adjacent to the 240-acre Chisholm Creek Park that offers more than two miles of trails and boardwalks.

Deadline: June 20, 2008
To help provide teachers around the country with support for their innovative work to bring EE into the classroom, the National Environmental Education Foundation (NEEF) is launching this opportunity for up to 25 teachers to secure as much as $5,000 to $10,000 in funding to bring innovative environmental themes into their coursework.

April 23 - May 23, 2008
Do you have a positive story of how you and your organization are bringing environmental education to students? EE Week would like to hear about it! Simply upload your own photos and stories on the new EE Week Photo Blog. Your story can be about activities either inside or outside the classroom, before, during, or after EE Week.

Deadline: May 15th, 2008
Urban Re:Vision is holding a national poster competition intended to engage students in the national dialogue surrounding environmental issues. “Envision2050: Is the Future Nature?” asks students grades 6-12 to imagine their world in the year 2050 and present their ideas in the form of a poster. A variety of prizes will be awarded including four, 30-day scholarships to The National Outdoor Leadership School in Wyoming and public showings at the Sony Wonder Technology Lab.

Tree Canada facilitates funding from environmentally-conscious companies, such as Shell Canada, GAP, Telus, and Home Hardware, for the Greening Canada's Schoolgrounds program. Selected schools receive educational information, technical advice, and financial support up to $5,000 towards the transformation of their school grounds into environmentally enriched learning landscapes.

Apply online: April 19 - October 19, 2008
The Weather Channel's Forecast Earth is inviting high school students to apply to be part of the Forecast Earth Summit, December 5-7, 2008, in Washington DC. Freshmen, sophomores, and juniors during the 2008-09 school year are eligible and must submit a 200-word essay outlining what they personally are doing to combat climate change, along with contact information, and a photo.

Submissions accepted through May 20, 2008
What changes would you like to see in the United States and how should we get it done? Submit videos of your ideas in song, speech, comedy, poetry, or any type of visual expression. Cash prizes offered in various categories.

Check out the list of diversity summer programs for 2008. List includes general and college-specific programs.

The National Council for Science and the Environment (NCSE) is offering pdf versions of two publications from the 2007 National Conference on Science, Policy and the Environment: Integrating Environment and Human Health. The first report, Integrating Environment and Human Health, discusses the connection between human health and the health of the planet. The second publication Climate, Poverty and Health: Time for Preventive Medicine, describes the negative impacts of climate change on human health and how poverty exacerbates the impacts.

Explore Alaska’s legendary natural and cultural heritage with Alaska Geographic Institute. Accredited teacher trainings and field seminars are hands-on experiences set in remote locations throughout Alaska. Courses in 2008 include “Recovering the Sound: After the Exxon Valdez,” “Bears and Wilderness of Admiralty Island,” and “World of Wolves”. All courses are offered in partnership with Alaska’s national parks, forests, and refuges.
Contact: institute@alaskageographic.org

May 15-18, 2008 ~ Oregon, Illinois
The Environmental Education Association of Illinois (EEAI) 2008 Annual Meeting and Conference "Looking to the Past, Protecting the Future: Natural History, Personal Stewardship, Ecological Sustainability," will offer concurrent sessions, field sessions, and workshops. Highlights include kickoff speaker Karl Rohnke, who has written over 15 books on the field of adventure education. Visit the Web site for more information and download a conference registration packet.

May 27 - July 6, 2008 ~ Online
The Environmental Science Education: Summer Ecological Field Studies (EDCI 580-02) course is designed for educators of children in grades 6-12 to learn and practice basic ecological field techniques and integrate them into their instruction. This course focuses on summer field ecological studies including stream, forest, plant, and bird studies. All studies will be completed outdoors in your local environment. A wide variety of field study techniques will be presented and the participants will share the results of the studies. Basic ecological concepts will be presented in the context of the field studies. Participants will have many opportunities to share their views on a variety of topics related to the environment and education. This course is a great opportunity to meet and interact with educators whose work focuses on ecology and young people. Three graduate credits available.

October 10-11, 2008 ~ San Francisco, California
This 3rd San Francisco Green Schoolyard Alliance Growing Greener School Grounds Conference aims to bring together over 300 K-12 teachers and community members from San Francisco, the greater Bay Area, and beyond to learn more about creating and sustaining vibrant outdoor learning environments. The conference begins with a resource fair and keynote address, and the following day attendees will attend full or half day workshops such as: designing, building, and maintaining school gardens, attracting wildlife to school grounds, building and using renewable energy systems at schools, tracking water use on school grounds, reducing waste, building schoolyard artwork, cooking with garden produce, green schoolyards and children's health and nutrition, and many other topics. Many of the workshops will also focus on ways to connect outdoor classrooms to the state curriculum framework.
Contact: Rachel Pringle, Programs Manager, rachel@sfgreenschools.org

May 31 - June 1, 2008 ~ St. Louis, Missouri
Prepare for the 2009 International Year of Astronomy (IYA) by attending a weekend of workshops on presenting astronomy to the public. The program will be held before the meeting of the American Astronomical Society, which this year includes an IYA symposium from the Astronomical Society of the Pacific. A limited number of scholarships are available to cover travel costs thanks NASA's Spitzer Science Center.

July 7-11, 2008: secondary school teachers & July 21-25, 2008: elementary school teachers ~ Millbrook, New York
Join the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies scientists and educators for one week of free professional development. This experience will center on ecosystem ecology, focusing on aquatic ecology for secondary school teachers and water, food, and waste systems for elementary school teachers. Fellowships are available for high school teachers interested in researching tidal marshes.

Opportunity #1
The Science Education for Public Understanding Program (SEPUP) is seeking teachers to validate Ecology and Cell tests. All that is required is to give the test to students and return answer sheets to SEPUP. The tests are 40-50 questions, a mix of multiple choice and short answer, and are all directly from, or based on test questions from national test bank sources. Each test is designed to take one class period. Seeking test results by mid-June. Funding and grant restrictions prohibit pay for this help, but a small gift certificate to Amazon.com is offered as a thank you.

Opportunity #2
SEPUP is accepting applications for field test centers to participate in the national field test of our new course "Science in Global Issues" for the 2008-2009 school year. The development of this National Science Foundation funded curriculum is utilizing a process of backward design to develop four biology units and an accompanying introductory unit on sustainability. The process will begin with an all expense paid trip to the summer conference, July 28 – August 1, 2008, for professional development to prepare for field testing.

Application Deadline: May 21, 2008
August 12-14, 2008 ~ Boulder, Colorado
The GLOBE Program Office and Watershed Dynamics ESSP are offering this professional development opportunity for teachers introducing the second curriculum module on watershed dynamics and the inter-relationship between landcover and stream flow. Globe is seeking pilot teachers who can implement a three-week curriculum in the fall of 2008 and provide feedback and suggestions. Travel funding is available.

Adventures with Jonny is a very unique outdoor children's series that combines three books into one. The book opens with a colorfully illustrated, rhyming children's story to pique the child's interest in the sport of fishing. The second section is a parental tutorial to aid parents in the proper introduction of their children to the sport. The book concludes with a fish identification game and a writing journal so that kids may record their early fishing adventures. Adventures with Jonny has teamed up with Project F.I.S.H. in a combined effort to reach more children and introduce them to the great sport of fishing.

Careers in Renewable Energy, by Gregory McNamee, guides job seekers to the thousands of employers in this growing field. Useful for adults ready to retool their careers as well as students looking for green-collar opportunities, the book lists 50 schools that are leaders in renewable energy education, along with other resources. Published by PixyJack Press, a 100% solar- and wind-powered independent publisher in Colorado.

Planned for full release in Fall 2008, LandScope America is an interactive conservation Web site linking maps, data, and stories about natural places of America’s lands and waters. This online resource for the land-protection community and the public is a collaborative project of NatureServe and the National Geographic Society. Tour the site, sign-up for the newsletter, and learn more about conservation efforts and issues in the U.S.

Submit your video by June 2, 2008
Jimmy Kimmel Live is looking for a knowledgeable science teacher who would feel comfortable taking Jimmy through multiple unusual and entertaining science experiments for a potential new segment on Jimmy Kimmel Live. Ideally, if the right personality for the segment is found, this could be a recurring bit. Interested? Submit a brief video introducing yourself, share some background information, mention a few potential experiments, and explain why you would be a good candidate for this segment. The video should be no longer than five minutes and can be emailed or mailed to:
Tara Varilek
Jimmy Kimmel Live
6834 Hollywood Blvd., 6th Floor
Hollywood, CA 90028