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One never knows how a simple nature experience can impact a student, a child, a grandchild. It all started as a simple observation and then recreation and a recommendation and then an acceptance letter. The parable is, never miss the opportunity to share nature with someone else...we never can…
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Join SEI as we take a look at some of the highlights from this semester of the Climate Corps Education Outside training program!
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CUBE Co-Founder Therese Keita describes working towards advancing STEAM-equity and climate action on the African continent.
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The "culture of danger," as in child-proofing homes, daycare facilities, and outside play areas, has touched every aspect of early childhood education. How can one go about playing in backyards and play areas when one lives near bears, moose, and coyotes? It is all about acquiring knowledge of…
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After college, I became disheartened that environmental education was not the career path that I wanted to continue. Every position I saw offered low wages, part-time, or volunteer work. Then I found Westgate Community School (WCS), a K–12 charter school unlike any other. Environmental Education and…
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CEE-Change Fellow Eileen Boekestein poetically expresses how the environmental education career journey isn't a pipeline, but a braided river of ever-changing entry points.
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What's the Worldwide Teach-In? Learn about a bottom-up educational event led by educators and community members.
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Members of the Climate Change eePRO Group met at the NAAEE Annual Conference in October 2022. This blog recaps what was discussed and shares links to resources that were mentioned during the session.
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CEE-Change Fellow Justin Kaput found that passion and dedication can be tested and ultimately victorious when fostering climate action in students, even when a global pandemic intervenes. Over two years, Justin's students created and adapted their Climate Walk events to allow for a truly meaningful…
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We learn through personal experiences. In turn our verve for whatever we learn is contagious. The author discovered photography as a means of expressing her love for the natural world. Up at 5:15 AM, she would go to Bard Lake and discover the moments of sunrise and the natural world in that time…
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We truly appreciate the collective exchange of ideas each of the presenters and keynote speakers facilitate and champion at the NAAEE Annual Research Symposium and Conference. In this post, we're amplifying sessions at NAAEE2022 that center Native voices, culture, and knowledge.
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Share ideas, collaborate, and advance, together. Join an eePRO Group Meeting at NAAEE2022 on Friday, October 14 from 1:00 PM–2:00 PM MST.
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NOAA’s Environmental Literacy Program is excited to announce that it is funding nine new projects that will use education to build the foundation for resilience to weather and climate hazards.
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National Latinx and Hispanic Heritage Month takes place every year from September 15 to October 15, as a time to recognize and celebrate the contributions, diverse cultures and histories of the Latinx community in the United States.
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Luis Camargo, the founder of Organizacion para la Educacion y Protection Ambiental, describes the pillars for a nature-based regenerative education in this blog post.
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Melanie Schikore writes about her Community Action Project (CAP) that uses action research methods to work towards community sustainability goals, particularly the transformation of grass lawns to sustainable yards.
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Getting from changing minds to changing behavior is a challenge all environmental educators face. By providing our audiences with ownership over their actions—and consequences—we can successfully meet this challenge. Learn how New Orleans' teens did just that.
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The Sustainable Earth Educator Awards is thrilled to recognize 19 educators across the country. Learn more about the awardees and two projects.
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In the latest Watershed Chronicle, community organizations partnered with Texas middle schools to enhance watershed STEM learning in an after-school program, giving students creative space to express their knowledge of local ecosystems in various visual art projects.
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Meet Zaineb Akbarally, a 2021 Youth Innovation Challenge Winner whose organization WNPS Youth Wing proposed a Blue Carbon Toolkit.
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Specialists are reporting young children in daycare "acting out." But behaviors are reactions to feelings. What if we listened to what young children are communicating through behavior?
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In the latest eeBLUE Harvest Stories, Maine Sea Grant and partners work together to make new aquaculture learning opportunities accessible to more than just the coast.
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Visit the B-WET 20th-anniversary website for stories that illustrate how the B-WET program has impacted students, schools, and communities over the past 20 years. And look for B-WET posts highlighting #BWET20andGROWING on NOAA Education’s social media and B-WET’s Facebook page on August 8-19.
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In the latest Watershed Chronicle, Executive Director Susan McClure shares how Lake Champlain Maritime Museum brings together informal educators and families to enrich watershed learning through lake stewardship.
