WyAEE News:
Dear NCLI Coalition member
Wyoming Project WET and Casper
College will be offering several free workshops
Wyoming Game and Fish Department Opportunities
Governor 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!
Dear NCLI Coalition member:
WE NEED YOUR HELP! The U.S. Department of
Education (DOE) is working right now on the reauthorization of the Elementary and
Secondary Education Act (aka No Child Left Behind), and they need to hear from you
about the need to include provisions for pre-K through grade 12 environmental and
outdoor education as outlined in the No Child Left Inside Act, sponsored by Senator
Reed and Congressman Sarbanes. It is essential that DOE hear from every one of us
about the value of environmental and outdoor education to student success and teacher
quality. Use the address,
ESEA.comments@ed.gov and let Secretary Duncan and the Obama Administration
know that you support the inclusion of NCLI in the reauthorized ESEA.
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Wyoming Project WET and Casper College will be
offering several free workshops this summer in southwestern Wyoming
Project
WET is an interdisciplinary curriculum with water as a common theme. The curriculum
offers classroom ready activities in the social sciences, language arts, fine arts,
and sciences. The workshop is appropriate for K-12 classroom teachers. With water
as an underlying theme, these activities provide relative constructs to build upon
in classrooms.
Sponsored by the Green River/Rock Springs Water Board and the Upper Green River
Joint Powers Board, these workshops will be free. To reserve a spot, we ask for
a deposit that will be refunded after completion of the workshop. Attached is a
flyer with location and time information with instructions on how to register and
reserve a spot. PTSB credit is available.
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EXPO POSTER, POETRY, AND ESSAY COMPETITION FOR
WYOMING SCHOOLS
In conjunction with the
Expo, we conduct a poster, poetry, and essay competition, which is a competition
for all Wyoming students. This year's Expo theme is "Wyoming's Wildlife... Our Legacy."
All competition entries must integrate this theme into their product. The entries
that comply with the competition criteria will be displayed in the Wyoming People,
Places, and Culture Gallery at Expo '10 in Casper, Wyoming, September 9th-11th,
2010. Savings bonds donated by Wyoming businesses will be awarded to the winners.
The first, second and third place winners in each category will receive a $200,
$150, and $100 savings bond respectively. All winners will also receive an award
ribbon, certificate and complimentary one-year subscription to Wyoming Wildlife
magazine. In addition, winners will also have the opportunity to be recognized at
the Expo '10 Awards Banquet, held in Casper during the Expo.
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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
Executive 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
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
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 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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North American
Association for Environmental Education Announcements
NAAEE's News / Announcements
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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!
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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