New York State Outdoor Education Association

Climate Education: NY Teachers on the Frontlines

Climate and Resilience Education Task Force

Join the Climate and Resilience Education Task Force’s Youth Steering Committee for a virtual youth-led panel with New York City teachers, Climate Education: NY Teachers on the Frontlines on Monday, December 12th, 2022 from 5:00 PM–6:30 PM EST.

Posted: 11/17/22

Type: Workshops

Deadline: 12/13/22

Nature Based Learning Symposium

Rochester Ecology Partners

Join Rochester Ecology Partners on August 30th and 31st, at the Magnolia Shelter in Durand Eastman Park, to gain a deeper understanding of nature-based learning through engagement with our environment, discussions, and workshops.

Posted: 08/16/22

Type: Conferences , Event

Two people kneeling on a sandy dune, planting dune grass

Building Resilience from the Classroom to the Community

Jimena Cuenca

Youth-led action and nature-based solutions for climate mitigation are the focus of two programs at the National Wildlife Federation. Read how fieldwork and research are powering the students' next steps.

Posted: 05/03/22

Program/Initiative: New York State Outdoor Education Association, Texas Association for Environmental Education, National Wildlife Federation, Climate Change Education and Climate Justice, ee360+

Milkweed Adaptation Research and Education Network Summer 2022 Educator Workshop

MAREN

Calling Grades 6–16 Science and Informal Educators: This summer workshop prepares educators to engage students in citizen science data collection about the milkweed plants, herbivores, and pollinators. Data will help us make better decisions about how to plant milkweed to support monarch butterfly populations.

Posted: 03/28/22

Type: Conferences , Event

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

Grassland Ecosystems at Freshkills Park

Freshkills Park Alliance

This 5-lesson series is the first-ever curriculum about grassland ecosystems in New YorkCity, with materials for K-8.

Posted: 07/20/21

Type: Classroom , Lesson Plan

Putting Green

A new sport is sweeping the North Williamsburg waterfront! Putting Green has put (pun intended) together a 18-hole mini-golf course that has been designed by local artists and designers, community and school groups, environmental advocacy organizations and public agencies in the city to educate and engage residents on climate change and environmental issues.

Posted: 07/16/21

Type: Website , Activity

Screenshot of a person outside near a ridge of sand dunes.

Stepping Outside

T'Noya Thompson

In this month's eeBLUE Watershed Chronicles blog post, Mary Ronan from the Reinstein Woods Nature Preserve shares the insights and joys witnessed during virtual place-based programs that transported students into the world of the Great Lakes.

Posted: 05/11/21

Program/Initiative: New York State Outdoor Education Association, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), eeBLUE

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