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Communities across the globe are rethinking how we approach plastic use in our daily lives. Opportunities for recycling large portions of our plastics are diminishing, and communities are being forced to cancel parts of their recycling programs. What are communities, cities, and even countries…
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On Earth Day 4/22/19, NPR released the results of their poll about climate change education – and there’s plenty of good news in the results!
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Register for the 2019 Natural Start Conference in historic Manchester, NH, July 31-August 3, to connect with an international community of nature-based early learning professionals. This is the nation’s largest professional event for teaching, administration, research, and advocacy in nature-based…
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In this guest blog, middle-schooler Dalia Melody Hembal shares her research on water conservation. To learn more about Grades of Green, visit https://www.gradesofgreen.org/.
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Each year, children are endowed with a Nature Name that is theirs for the year. The animal chooses them, and not the other way around. There is a very special reason that the animal chose them, and it is the child's job to determine why they were chosen by that particular animal. But what happens…
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Tia Wells writes about her experience starting an outdoor education program at her daughter's urban public school in Baltimore, MD.
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Emma Huvos, founder of Riverside Nature School, writes about her experience starting a nature school for children ages 3 to 6 on her family's farm in West Virginia.
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On September 19, the 2018 US Department of Education Green Ribbon Schools, District Sustainability Awardees, and Postsecondary Sustainability Awardees received accolades at a ceremony in Washington, DC for their sustainable, healthy facilities; wellness practices; and sustainability learning.
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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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The Global Environmental Education Partnership (GEEP) is pleased to share the first 10 cases as part of the GEEP case study collection.
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Do you teach environmental education at a college or university? Are you responsible for designing staff development? We've recently published five resource guides focused on each of NAAEE's Guidelines for Excellence publications.
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NAAEE's Director of Advocacy and Affiliate Relations, Sarah Bodor, will speak about the Every Student Succeeds Act and opportunities it provides for the field of EE in the next edition of our monthly webinar series on Wednesday, September 28 at 3:00 ET.
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Learn about using mud in your natural classrooms. Read about a bilingual, green preschool. Find out how to register yourself and/or your exhibit at the October NAAEE conference in Madison. Keep up with the latest ECEE news and job opportunities.
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Many students, teachers and school personnel have an interest in “greening” their school but have no idea of how to start. Read about how an environmental education consultant and her daughter engaged their local high school in the GreenSchools movement by strategically including all school…
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Sc3 Student Fellow Sophie Stern shares her thoughts on her experience at the Student Climate and Conservation Congress (Sc3)
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On October 17, PLT Green Schools and the Green Schools Alliance will introduce eePRO Green Schools, a new special interest group for members of the North American Association for Environmental Education.
