Advocacy, Policy, and Civic Engagement
Looking to advocate for EE, gain support for your programs, learn about ways to organize EE activities to your community, or secure funding for a new project but not sure where to start? Let this group assist you in your efforts. From the latest in state environmental literacy plans, to the No Child Left Inside Act, to our allies in STEM, green schools, and nonformal education, join this group to discuss how we can work together to secure the future of environmental education, bring EE to our communities and the world, and rally support and recognition for the field.
Moderators
Brock Adler
Brock Adler is an environmental education consultant and lobbyist, green investor, and Chair of the NAAEE Advocacy Committee. He has worked and volunteered in the field for many years, and helped lead the effort to include environmental education in the 2015 federal education bill.
Michele Archie
Michele Archie leads Harbinger Consulting’s public deliberation, economic analysis, and Geotourism work. Michele holds a Master’s Degree in environmental studies from the University of Montana.
Michele has been involved with NAAEE’s Environmental Issues Forums program from its inception, contributed to the Environmental Education Community Engagement Guidelines, and has developed curricula and conducted trainings related to community engagement in public deliberation.
Since 2003, Michele has led Harbinger’s work engaging communities and public lands managers in understanding and expanding economic relationships between national parks and other public lands and their gateway communities. Harbinger has conducted more than 25 of these economic studies, where effective engagement has frequently spurred collaborative sustainable tourism and economic development efforts.
Sarah Bodor
NAAEE’s Director of Policy & Affiliate Relations, Sarah Bodor comes from the Chesapeake Bay Foundation, where she held a number of program management and leadership positions throughout the organization. She worked closely with state education agencies in Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Virginia to develop and pilot standards-based curricula and provide teacher professional development. Her background also includes communications and fundraising. In 2008, she served as the writer of Maryland’s Children in Nature Plan, which resulted in passage of Maryland’s environmental high school graduation requirement.
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It's time once again for our annual campaign to make sure environmental education programs at EPA and NOAA are well-funded in the federal budget. Advocates are needed to do outreach to their Members of Congress over the next few weeks to generate support for these critical programs.
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Join NAAEE efforts now to renew crucial federal funding for environmental education for 2023.
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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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NAAEE sees continued signs of potential increases in funding for critical EE programs in the fiscal year 2023 federal budget.
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Washington passes outdoor school for all legislation. Maine passes climate literacy bill. Maryland secures extension for green schools funding.
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NAAEE endorses the No Child Left Inside Act of 2022, introduced into the House and Senate on April 7, and calls on the environmental education community to rally around this groundbreaking legislation.
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The Youth Outdoor Policy Partnership tracks state policies that support getting kids outside everywhere they live, learn, work, and play. This report highlights policy trends and summarizes specific bills and initiatives that were passed or enacted in 2021.
