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Year 4 of the Cal Water H2O Challenge is here! Cal Water and the North American Association for Environmental Education are inviting fourth, fifth, and sixth grade classrooms located in Cal Water service areas to design and submit solutions to global or local water-related issues for a chance to win…
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Lots of news and valuable sharing this month--so settle down with a cup of holiday cheer and dig in! Be sure not to miss the Call for Proposals for our annual conference--due January 12th; a link to our very popular webinar on Kindergarten Readiness; a feature story on learning to care for one's…
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Join an international lineup of presenters and be a part of the World of Wonder: An International Nature-Based Early Learning Conference, taking place on August 1-4, in Chicago! The Natural Start Alliance invites you to submit a proposal for a 60-minute presentation or a 90-minute workshop. We are…
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A new national survey of nature-based early childhood educators found that the number of nature preschools and forest kindergartens operating in the U.S. is at an all-time high. The study, conducted by four associations serving early childhood professionals, identified more than 250 nature…
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Learn how NAAEE members and friends are representing the field of Environmental Education during the 23rd Conference of Parties (COP23) in Bonn, Germany from November 6-17, 2017.
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Save-the-date for the 2018 nature-based preschool conference in Chicago! Read about the new volume of International Journal of Early Childhood Environmental Education and editor, Dr. Yash Bhagwanji. Learn how to build a movement to help young children connect with nature and care for it. Get…
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Visit ActNowforEE.org to help shape an action plan for EE for the next 10 years. This Call for Action was developed by environmental education leaders from around the world, but it is in draft form. To make this a truly useful tool, we need input from environmental educators like you!
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WE NEED YOUR INPUT!!!The K-12 EE Guidelines for Excellence were first published in 1999 and have been updated about every five years since then. We are in the process of revising these guidelines once again. The process is iterative. Our writing team developed a first draft. We…
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Panelists explored highlights from the plenary panels of the 2017 research symposium, with an emphasis on the dynamism of the field within the context of responding to new horizons and challenges for researchers, research, and the NAAEE Research Symposium itself.
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Hear members of the Global Environmental Education Partnership (GEEP) discuss Tbilis+40, a global Call for Action, and what the future of EE holds for communities around the world.
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The The System of Lifelong Environmental Education in Tomsk Region case study describes a government-sponsored initiative that supports environmental education efforts across all levels of formal and nonformal education in the Tomsk Region, Siberia, Russia.
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Learn about the Role of Place in nature-based early childhood education. Get tips from the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts about using nature and the outdoors to promote children's development and growth. Meet new members, check out the latest professional development and job opportunities.
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Guest blogger Erin Twamley kicks off back to school season with tips for helping middle and high school teachers integrate energy and climate change in the classroom using NAAEE and Kettering Foundation's Environmental Issues Forums (EIF).
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NAAEE has recently released Let’s Talk About Water: A Guide to Developing Discussion Materials to Get Your Community Deliberating, in partnership with the Kettering Foundation. The guide was created to help you develop a deliberative issue framework and simple discussion materials for groups of…
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Join us for the Leaf Pack Network full-day workshop at the NAAEE Conference this fall in Puerto Rico!
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Read the August Newsletter and learn about an E-STEM public school that offers half-day nature preschool programs, meet other new members, and check out the latest professional development opportunities and job openings.
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The North American Association for Environmental Education (NAAEE) and Kettering Foundation have recently released Energy Choices: What Should We Do About America’s Energy Future? This guide for deliberative forums takes on the complex network of economic, environmental, and political issues around…
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NAAEE is pleased to announce the second annual EE 30 Under 30 call for nominations is now open!
The application process closes on July 28th, 2017 at 11:59pm EDT. If you have any questions, please contact Amanda Luh at amanda@naaee.org.
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"Visualizing Change” is a website [ http://vischange.org/ ] that provides a toolkit full of examples and dynamic visuals and builds on advances in cognitive and social science research, to enable informal educators to use visual narratives on climate change to more effectively reach diverse…
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Launched in 2007 by Centre for Environment Education (CEE) at UNESCO’s 4th International Conference on Environmental Education held at Ahmedabad, India, the Handprint represents the belief that we can make a difference through individual and collective actions to solve the environmental problems.
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Read the latest edition of Natural Start's News! We offer a great "how-to" guide for advocating for young children; announce open registration for the National Nature-based Preschool Conference in Seattle; list lots of job opportunities; share our newest Member Spotlight: Tiny Explorers in Oregon…
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Emerging research is demonstrating more and more the importance of hope in tackling long-term, large-scale issues like climate change. We have learned that feeling fearful and helpless does not effectively move us to action, and it is important that we approach climate change education from angles…
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Harold Hungerford has been a public school teacher and administrator, and a professor in science and environmental education at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale. Mr. Hungerford is a pioneer of environmental education in the United States, and his recent memoir, "Hell's Bells" is now…
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This blog originally appeared on Jesus Jazz and Buddhism and is reposted here with permission from Dr. Joe Lombardi. Explore the world of music and connecting to nature through the work of Joe Lombardi.
