Arizona Association for Environmental Education

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NAAEE 2022 - That's a Wrap, Please Share Your Feedback!

Stacie Pierpoint

We want to hear from you. NAAEE strives to provide the best experience possible for attendees. Share your feedback on our NAAEE 2022 in-person and virtual Conference and Research Symposium by taking our survey.

Posted: 10/24/22

Program/Initiative: Arizona Association for Environmental Education, Annual Conference

AAEE Virtual Annual Conference: Environmental Literacy

Arizona Association for Environmental Education

Join the Arizona Association for Environmental Education on September 23, 2022, for the 2022 One-Day Virtual Conference!

Posted: 09/20/22

Type: Conferences

Letters to a Pre-Scientist Program

Are you a 5-8th grade STEM teacher who wants to connect your students with real STEM professional mentors to help them see themselves in STEM? Apply to host the 22-23 Letters to a Pre-Scientist program!

Posted: 05/20/22

Type: Cohort Program

Inclusion in Environmental Learning: Share your Insight!

University of Arizona

Attention all paid staff members (Directors, administrative staff, instructional staff, etc.) from Environmental Learning (EL) organizations in the U.S. that offer youth-based education programs! Can you give 20 minutes of your time to complete a survey?
My study is titled “Inclusive Practices in Environmental Learning for Students with Disabilities: What are Environmental Learning organizations doing?”. The survey focuses on what EL Organizations are doing to increase accessibility to diverse populations so all children can fully participate in their educational programs.

Posted: 03/22/22

Type: Survey

A screenshot of the front page of the Affiliate Network Work Plan

NAAEE Affiliate Network 2022-2025 Work Plan

It is with great pleasure and excitement that we share the “final” iteration of the 2022-2025 Affiliate Network Work Plan. This plan is a result of several years of work culminating in a facilitated process to create strategies and tactics to help us reach the Network Goals established last year. This post contains a copy of the work plan, the launch webinar recording, and copies of the slides from the webinar for Affiliates to use.

Posted: 03/02/22

Type: Article/Report

International Journal of Early Childhood Environmental Education (IJECEE) Volume 8, Number 3

NAAEE- NATURAL START ALLIANCE

Articles in this issue include: “Nature preschool as a promoter of physical activity in young children: An exploratory study of nature preschool in a northern climate” by Julie Ernst, University of Minnesota Duluth, USA; Eva Burgess, Oak Hill School, USA; and Lexi Bruno, Wind Ridge School House, USA; “Kindergarten deforestation experts: Interdisciplinary learning for understanding and addressing global issues” by Kim Waite, Prescott College, USA

Posted: 09/09/21

Type: Journal , NAAEE Publication

Climate Change in the Southwest—Tools for Educators

Asombro Institute for Science Education

Engage your students in the latest science through hands-on activities about climate change! Whether you consider yourself a climate novice or expert, these workshops will help expand your climate change teaching. You will practice activities that engage students in experiments, games, and more, based on current USDA Southwest Climate Hub research, to promote high- level thinking about climate change. Each workshop is focused on a different climate change theme; attend one or all: Asombro.org

Posted: 04/30/21

Type: Workshops

Deadline: 06/20/21

Promotional graphic reading: Summer Institute for Climate Change Education. Accompanied by a color graphic of four globes under heat maps, with the word Clean.

Summer Institute for Climate Change Education: A Regrounding in Truth

Climate Generation: A Will Steger Legacy

This three-day experience is full of powerful and engaging keynote speakers, meaningful discussion about the intersection of social justice and climate change, and collaborative conservations between a national network of climate change education leaders. Leave feeling reinvigorated for the new school year and prepared to educate your students to be global citizens.

Posted: 04/21/21

Type: Workshops

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Support Environmental Education Funding in Congress

Brock Adler

IMMEDIATE ACTION REQUESTED: Please call your Representatives and Senators by this Friday, April 23, 2021! Healthy increases to environmental education funding at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) are on the horizon. We have a…

Posted: 04/19/21

Program/Initiative: Alaska Natural Resources and Outdoor Education Association, Alliance for New Jersey Environmental Education, Arizona Association for Environmental Education, Arkansas Environmental Education Association, California Association for Environmental and Outdoor Education, Coalition for Conservation and Environmental Education (C2E2), Colorado Alliance for Environmental Education, Columbia Basin Environmental Education Network, Connecticut Outdoor and Environmental Education Association, Delaware Association for Environmental Education, District of Columbia Environmental Education Consortium, E3 Washington, Environmental Education Alliance of Georgia, Environmental Education Association of Alabama, Environmental Education Association of Illinois, Environmental Education Association of Indiana, Environmental Education Association of Oregon, Environmental Education Association of South Carolina, Environmental Education Center of South Dakota, Environmental Education Council of Ohio, Environmental Education of New Mexico, Environmental Educators of North Carolina, Hawai'i Environmental Education Alliance, Idaho Environmental Education Association, Iowa Conservation Education Coalition, Kansas Association for Conservation and Environmental Education, Kentucky Association for Environmental Education, League of Environmental Educators in Florida, Maine Environmental Education Association, Maryland Association for Environmental and Outdoor Education, Massachusetts Environmental Education Society, Michigan Alliance for Environmental and Outdoor Education, Minnesota Association for Environmental Education, Mississippi Environmental Education Alliance, Missouri Environmental Education Association, Montana Environmental Education Association, Nebraska Alliance for Conservation and Environmental Education, Nevada Environment Education Association, New England Environmental Education Alliance, New Hampshire Environmental Educators, New York State Outdoor Education Association, Pennsylvania Association of Environmental Educators, Rhode Island Environmental Education Association, Southeastern Environmental Education Alliance, Tennessee Environmental Education Association, Texas Association for Environmental Education, Utah Society for Environmental Education, Vermont Education and Environment Network (VEEN), Virginia Association for Environmental Education, West Virginia, Wisconsin Association for Environmental Education, Wyoming Alliance for Environmental Education

Join Us on Twitter for National Environmental Education Week

NAAEE

National Environmental Education Week is approaching next week, April 19–23! Join us on Twitter, where we will be hosting a live twitter chat on Tuesday, April 20th as well as a hashtag campaign for environmental education opportunities.

Posted: 04/13/21

Type: Event