For over 25 years, CLEARING has been a highly-regarded publication for environmental educators throughout the Pacific Northwest. Yet younger teachers and educators new to the scene may not be familiar with this important and historic resource. Are you one of them? As an online publication, CLEARING continues to serve as a forum for innovative ideas, activities and resources for teaching environmental and place-based education. Visit www.clearingmagazine.org and see the latest articles, interviews and book reviews. And now there's a way for you to catch up on content you might have missed! The Best of Clearing is an amazing collection of articles, activities and stories from past issues of Clearing. This 280-page book contains information found nowhere else, including stories of classroom and community-based programs around the region, innovative lesson plans, K-12 activity ideas across the curriculum, and essays by such notable educators as David Orr, Mike Weilbacher, Cliff Knapp, Gloria Snively, Tony Angell, and Greg Smith. Check out the Table of Contents here. The Best of Clearing serves as a unique historical archive of the environmental education movement in the Pacific Northwest. If you want to know where we are going, it helps to see where we have been. Please help CLEARING maintain its voice in environmental education by purchasing a copy. You will be inspired by the outstanding programs and projects that have taken place over the years, and documented in CLEARING. Benefit from the wisdom of those who preceded you! The cost is just $20.00 and you can purchase it through the Clearing website via PayPal. Together we are building a strong EE community here in the Pacific Northwest.  Thank you for your support. Editor/Publisher (503) 703-1943