California Association for Environmental and Outdoor Education

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

K12 Land Trust Collective Evaluation

Feather River Land Trust

The Feather River Land Trust and its Learning Landscapes program is releasing an RFP related to a 360 degree program audit tool and process. After initial vetting and design with FRLT it would be piloted with a leadership cohort of 15 land trusts, and finally scaled to the 200+ programs. This collective evaluation process is funded for 3 years. We seek proposals from national evaluators interested in working within the land trust programs, a subset of the larger EE field.

Posted: 02/07/22

Type: Request for Proposals (RFP)

Deadline: 02/19/22

SoCal Climate Champions Grant

DoGoodery

The SoCal Climate Champions grant is accepting applications now through November 5, 2021. The grant is open to nonprofits working on climate solutions for communities in Southern California (see Eligibility for more details). Awarded grants will range from $40,000 to $50,000 and will be distributed by the end of 2021.

Posted: 10/27/21

Type: Grant

Deadline: 11/06/21

Intro to Electric Vehicle Lessons for Schools: Southern California

EcoRise

Southern California Teachers can join EcoRise to explore curriculum and resources that introduce students to electric vehicles, transportation, energy, and sustainability.

Posted: 07/21/21

Type: Workshops

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

Teaching for Sustainable Communities Teacher Institute

Join the California Global Education Project at California State University, Long Beach for Teaching for Sustainable Communities: Empowering Eco-literate Global Citizens. A free virtual institute for California teachers: June 21-25, 2021. 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. synchronous with afternoon time asynchronous. This institute will feature: Interdisciplinary study in teaching environmental justice literacies and global competence; and examining sustainable communities with a social, economic, and spatial justice, and ecological lens.

Posted: 04/28/21

Type: Cohort Program , Event

Deadline: 05/31/21

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

Washington DC at dusk. The Washington Memorial stands illuminated on the left. The Jefferson Memorial, also illuminated stands to the right. The river runs in the foreground.

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

California Association of Museums: 2021 Virtual Summits

California Association of Museums

From exploring social impact to advancing equity and inclusion, the California Association of Museums 2021 Virtual Summits explore topics relevant to museums, science centers, nature centers, and aquariums.

Posted: 03/19/21

Type: Conferences