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WyAEE News:
The Story of StuffGovernor Freudenthal Signs Letter to U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan in Support for No Child Left Inside Act
Sue McGuire, President of WAEE, to Lead the Affiliate Network
Environmental Education Group Recognizes Keown's Service
SEEDS OF SUCCESS
21st Century Youth Conservation Corps Proposal
Japan-U.S. Teacher Exchange Program for ESD
President's Environmental Youth Awards(PEYA)
Audubon Wyoming’s Regional Community Naturalists!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Governor Freudenthal Signs Letter to U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan in Support for No Child Left Inside Act

Wyoming Governor Dave Freudenthal cosigned a letter to the U.S. Secretary of Education, Arne Duncan, along with several other U.S. governors, in support of the No Child Left Inside Act that will be before both houses of Congress in 2010. The Act will fund Environmental Education across the nation in states with Environmental Literacy Plans.

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Sue McGuire, President of WAEE, to Lead the Affiliate Network

Sue McGuire, President of WAEE, to Lead the Affiliate
NetworkExecutive Director of NAAEE, Brian Day (left), with officers of NAAEE and the Affiliate Network. Sue McGuire is third from left..

What is the Affiliate Network?
The affiliate organizations formed the Affiliate Network of NAAEE to network, support, and gain new perspectives through shared learning. The Affiliate Network provides a forum for ongoing dialogue and activities that work to enhance Environmental Education capacity at all levels. The Network strives to improve efficiency, greater effectiveness, and a stronger and more unified voice for EE on the provincial, state, territorial, regional, national, and international levels.

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Environmental Education Group Recognizes Keown's Service

Duane Keown Oct. 19, 2009 -- A national environmental education association has presented its top individual award to Duane Keown, retired UW professor of science education.

He received the North American Association for Environmental Education (NAAEE) 2009 Distinguished Outstanding Service to Environmental Education by an Individual Award at the group's recent annual meeting.

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SEEDS OF SUCCESS

Welch's As a family farmer-owned company that is proud to grow and nurture grapes, Welch's is here to help teach the value of sustainable agriculture and healthy eating.

This year, in partnership with Scholastic, Welch's is supporting school garden programs through Welch's Harvest Grants. Whether you're a child or an adult, planting and tending a garden helps build an understanding of our environment and cultivates a respect for nature.

Teacher scan apply for a Welch's Harvest Grant and win a school garden by visiting scholastic.com/harvest.

Two schools in every state will be awarded a valuable garden package to help provide entire school communities with a dynamic setting for hands-on discovery, experimentation, and learning.

The benefits of gardening are far-reaching and have relevant applications across all areas of learning. You can also visit scholastic.com/harvest to learn more and to access helpful resources and tools to help nurture your child's love of gardening.

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145 Groups Urge Funding for DOI's 21st Century Youth Conservation Corps Proposal

National Wildlife Foundation National Wildlife Federation took the lead on an organizational sign-on letter to the House and Senate Interior, Environment and Related Agencies Appropriations Subcommittees in support of the President’s budget recommendation for the 21st Century Youth Conservation Corps. The letter closed with the signatures of 145 conservation, youth, community service, education and hunting and angling groups. National signers ranged from the Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies to the Boy Scouts of America to the Outdoor Industry Association. The letters were delivered to Congress on Wednesday, June 3rd. President Obama’s fiscal year 2010 budget proposal at the Department of Interior contains an historic $50 million in new investments to connect children and families to the great outdoors. The budget targets $30 million for educating young hunters and anglers, and doubles funding from $20 to $40 million for Youth Careers in Nature. This DOI initiative, dubbed the 21st Century Youth Conservation Corps, will bolster environmental education, recreation, and service programs throughout the Department and engage thousands of youth in the outdoors.
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Japan-U.S. Teacher Exchange Program for ESD

The Japan-U.S. Teacher Exchange Program for Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) will provide up to 48 U.S. teachers and administrators with the opportunity to travel to Japan on this fully-funded program to learn about ESD efforts and strengthen ESD curricula in both countries. ESD is “a vision of education that seeks to balance human and economic well-being with cultural traditions and respect for the earth’s natural resources,” according to the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).

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President's Environmental Youth Awards(PEYA)

President's Environmental Youth Awards(PEYA)
Since 1971, EPA has sponsored the President's Environmental Youth Awards(PEYA). The program recognizes young people across America for projects which demonstrate their commitment to the environment. Young people in all 50 states and the U.S. territories are invited to participate in the program. Projects submitted in the past have covered a wide range of subject areas including recycling programs in schools and communities; construction of nature preserves; major tree planting programs; videos, skits, and newsletters created by students that focused on environmental issues; and environmental science projects. To be eligible to compete, a student or students, sponsored by an adult, must submit to their local EPA regional office evidence of a completed project as defined in the PEYA application, as well as a completed application.  read more...






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Audubon Wyoming’s Regional Community Naturalists!

Wyoming Audubon Community Naturalists
As Audubon Wyoming’s community naturalists, we would like to offer ourselves as presenters or field trip leaders as a resource to Wyoming’s classrooms and communities. We are committed to providing Wyoming schools with effective State Standard Aligned hands-on nature educational programs, special event organization, and to promote the solid conservation efforts of The National Audubon Society. Using monies Audubon Wyoming receives from donors and grants, we have the time and the resources available to give your classroom a FREE high quality nature presentation on about any topic that you are studying.

We were very successful last year giving educational programs for schools in Wyoming, and we hope to continue that work this school year. Below is a copy of our brochure that outlines what the community naturalist program is, and how it can be a resource to Wyoming’s Environmental Education movement. Please feel free to use us as a supplement to Wyoming’s EE.

Please feel free to email or call us with any questions. You can also take a look at our website if you want to know more about what we do.  http://audubonwyoming.org/CNE_Northeast.html



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