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Urban planner Mara Mintzer asked it best: What would happen if we asked children to design our cities? Introducing young people to civic engagement through real-world examples can set the foundation for future implementation of policies that elevate environmental education.
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Once a month, passionate environmental education (EE) advocates are invited to participate in an hour-long discussion of current and upcoming EE policy opportunities at the state and federal levels.
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Explore opportunities to advocate for early childhood education at the Nature-Based Early Learning Conference held July 26–30.
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Research is key to environmental education’s success. This research guide, part of our "eeRESEARCH Weekly Highlights" social media posts, highlights some recent discoveries in advocacy.
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Doors are opening for environmental education across the U.S. Thanks to innovative state and local policies, we’re seeing increased support and recognition for the power of EE in our daily lives. Six recent policy wins illuminate the success of advocacy work across the field of EE.
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NAAEE has been a leader in the field of environmental education for five decades. This year marks our 50th anniversary. Explore the unique ways we’re working to advance EE policy across the U.S.
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Is your organization looking for your next big project? Because we have some great regional funding opportunities for you with deadlines ranging from July–November!
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Enjoy this Q+A blog post as you get to know our newest group moderators, Jason and Sarah.
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A holistic approach to early childhood education is composed of three interlocking bodies of knowledge: the concrete mind, literacy/alphabetization, and opsistiation. Principles, processes, and strategies operate differently within them. This third blog of a series of eight discusses the principles…
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In this eeBLUE Watershed Chronicles blog post, Kirsi Johnson from St. Lucie County, Florida, Environmental Resources Department, and Oxbow Eco-Center share how they were able to bring meaningful watershed experiences to students despite limitations caused by COVID-19.
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Where were the first steps you remember taking outdoors? As a child, did you find yourself mesmerized by summer fireflies or with the icicles of winter? Reflections on early environmental experiences can provide EE professionals with renewed motivation. Share your memories and the values gained, by…
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How did one of the largest cities in Japan with a population of 3.75 million reduce garbage waste production by 43%? This GEEP case study sets out to investigate exactly how the Eco-Picture Diary Environmental Education Project reduced waste through effective environmental education.
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As environmental education professionals, we may collect sensitive data on our program participants. As such, it's important to understand how to protect our participants using confidential and anonymous data.
Learn about the differences between these two data types in an article adapted from the…
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In collaboration with NAAEE, Duke University is highlighting recent research on relevant topics to help EE practitioners learn from academic literature. This month, learn about positive conservation outcomes to celebrate a recent research project funded by eeWORKS.
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Technology can be overwhelming, this session won’t be. Join us for practical tips on running your Affiliate in the age of the cloud, specifically Google Suite. We will explore tools and resources for increasing efficiency, collaboration, and teamwork. You’ll leave with resources and new confidence…
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On Wednesday, June 30, at 7:30PM ET, join a great group of young and emerging EE professionals like yourself for 30 minutes to connect and recharge.
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Discover the unique ways that members of our EE community are restoring ecosystems as a part of personal journeys, classroom units, and community development.
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In honor of Pride month, we’re amplifying LGBTQ+ representation and resources in environmental education.
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Learn how the UN Decade on Restoration will begin in science classrooms across Washington state! Fifteen teachers at eight schools across the state are partnering with the Washington Native Plant Society to pilot Youth Ecology Education through Restoration (YEER), a program in which middle school…
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The Cumberland River basin sits within the third most biodiverse freshwater ecosystem in the world. More than three million people and thousands of species rely on its clean and abundant water. Yet across the region, habitat changes continue to threaten precious and rare aquatic ecosystems. Mill…
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Subscribe to eeADVOCATE for quarterly reviews of environmental education's policy accomplishments, previews of opportunities that lie ahead, and tools for engaging in advocacy for the EE field.
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For World Environment Day 2021, artist Donna Iona Drozda writes poetically in this personal environmental education essay of how she and her partner BD came to restore a deeply scarred 50 acres of land to form Blue Bird Gulch, a tree farm retreat.
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World Environment Day 2021 is all about ecosystem restoration, and documentaries are a great way to see the range of what that can look like! From rainforests in India to the island of Wasini, here are six powerful shorts to watch in the classroom with your students.
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I'm putting together a summer reading list for this year, and I hope you'll join! Take a look at some of the titles on my list, learn about a great resource compendium on data equity, and suggest some titles of your own.
