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Read the latest Natural Start Alliance Newsletter to read stories of how nature-based educators across the country are adjusting to teaching and connecting with students and families from a distance.
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This Teacher Appreciation Week, NAAEE staff member Stacie Pierpoint gives thanks to two high school science teachers who influenced her life-long interest in the environment.
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Nearly two months into COVID-19 school closures, eePRO group moderator Natalie Crowley reflects on what she misses most about taking her students out into nature.
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How do we make the facilities we teach at as flexible as our teaching? It is no surprise that things won't be the same in the wake of current events.
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In these strange times of the pandemic, First Nations offer a timeless lead into an alternate way of life with knowledge from past generations and the responsibility on passing on to future ones.
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We have a very narrow window of opportunity to ask Congress to include provisions in the next stimulus package that will make it easier for EE programs to access relief funds and make adjustments to program capacity for health and safety. Please call or email your Senators and Reps today!
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NAAEE is offering technical assistance to Affiliates seeking COVID emergency relief funds through the federal CARES Act. Interested Affiliates should complete a self-assessment tool to determine their readiness and eligibility to apply.
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This month's Natural Start Alliance Newsletter focuses on how nature-based educators are navigating the new normal of distance learning in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. Browse resources from Natural Start's archives, learn how Alliance members are approaching nature preschool from home, and sign…
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Learn about zero-waste classrooms from Jacqueline Omania, a teacher in Berkeley, CA who started the Zero Waste Classroom Project five years ago to educate her students about the impact of landfill waste and plastics in the oceans.
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The resources and information on these pages were compiled to provide support for educators, caregivers, and home-schoolers during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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New stimulus package impacts for nonprofits and guidelines for spending time outside.
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At the annual Eco-Campus award ceremony last December, Taiwan schools that obtained awards gathered at Jinlong Elementary School, New Taipei City, to celebrate and showcase their work of 2019.
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The Foundation for Environmental Education's Eco-Schools program is celebrating 25 years!
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Climate Change brings with it many challenges, including climate anxiety. This blog provides a few resources to help people cope with the impact of climate change anxiety.
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Researchers at San Jose State University examine the impact of a course on actions to reduce impact on Climate Change.
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Nominate yourself or a fellow leader to join this inspiring global community of young environmental education leaders before May 8.
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As environmental educators, what’s more positive than sharing the knowledge we have? Expanding our knowledge-base so that we can continue to be leaders in our field and help shape a new generation to be more resilient than ever! Keep learning in an ever-changing world.
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With school closures all over the world and emphasis on the importance of hand-washing to prevent the transmission of germs, it can be helpful to teach children to understand how germs are 'handed' from one person to another and there is no better time to share this than on world water day
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With school closures all over the world and talk of an invisible enemy, it can be helpful to teach children to understand that ‘seeing’ is not always believing and that invisible energies are all around us all the time and they are not always the enemy.
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[Resources updated April 7] COVID-19: Events are being canceled. People are physically distancing. Confirmed cases are increasing. These are unprecedented times. Hopefully, this list of resources will help. I will continue to update it as time permits.
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Government agency staff have access to unique resources and operate under unique constraints. This eePRO group is an opportunity for environmental education government agency staff to be part of a Professional Learning Community to learn from each other.
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Learn how new children's book, Earth Hour aims to inspire children to take action to protect the planet. Written by author and sustainability consultant Nanette Heffernan.
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We are pleased to announce our first EE 30 Under 30 Changemaker grantees! Thanks to a new opportunity open to EE 30 Under 30 alumni, thirteen young leaders from eight countries will receive small grants and technical support over the coming year to implement environmental education projects that…
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How do the humanist principles and poststructural ecofeminism fit within the domain of e-STEM? Read E-STEM eePRO moderator, Kenneth Rainer's recent blog.