Rhode Island Environmental Education Association

State EE Advocacy News (March 2022)

Sarah Bodor

New Mexico passes funding for outdoor learning initiatives and grants to school districts. A Rhode Island bill would bolster climate literacy. Washington Legislature considers an outdoor education bill.

Posted: 03/15/22

Program/Initiative: E3 Washington, Environmental Education of New Mexico, Rhode Island Environmental Education Association

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

image of Jeanine Silversmith with medium length dark curly hair, glasses, smiling, and wearing a light gray sweater, standing in front of leafy green trees

Affiliate Highlight: Rhode Island Environmental Education Association

Sam Bower

Jeanine Silversmith, Executive Director of the Rhode Island Environmental Education Association joined us to discuss the important role advocacy plays in securing the future of environmental education in the state of Rhode Island. Part of that work includes advocating for the successful passage of a…

Posted: 12/15/21

Program/Initiative: Rhode Island Environmental Education Association

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

2021-2022 NOAA New England Bay Watershed Education and Training (B-WET) Funding Opportunity

NOAA’s Bay Watershed Education and Training (B-WET) program is an environmental education program that promotes place-based, locally relevant, experiential learning for kindergarten through grade 12 students and their classroom teachers and educators. The 2021-2022 New England B-WET regional funding opportunity can be found at Grants.gov under Opportunity Number NOAA-NMFS-GARFO-2021-2006802. Please see the funding opportunity for full details.

Deadline: April 1, 2021
Areas served: Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island
Contact: Deirdre Kimball, Greater Atlantic Regional Fisheries Office, 978-281-9290, deirdre.kimball@noaa.gov

Posted: 02/17/21

Type: Grant

MAEOE 2021 Conference

MAEOE

Join MAEOE at their annual conference beginning February 3! The theme is Climate, Nature, People, and Education; It's all connected! If you are a member of your state affiliate, join the 2021 MAEOE Virtual Conference for member rates, 20% discount.

Posted: 01/26/21

Type: Conferences

Call for Applicants: 2021 Citizen Science, Civics, and Resilient Communities (CSCRC) Project

National Informal STEM Education (NISE) Network

The NOAA-funded Citizen Science, Civics, and Resilient Communities (CSCRC) project is pleased to make available one-time stipends to 20 recipients selected through a competitive application process . The purpose of the stipend is to support the implementation of the CSCRC project, which includes engaging public participants in active learning about climate hazards through citizen science, deliberative forums and resilience planning.

Posted: 12/15/20

Type: Call for Presentations/Submissions , Grant

Deadline: 01/16/21

Ocean Science Exploration Camp at the Inner Space Center

The Inner Space Center’s Ocean Science Exploration Camp is a week-long, Rhode Island, day camp (9am- 3pm daily), for youth, ages 11-14, that explores different oceanographic themes.

Posted: 03/11/20

Type: Workshops

Deadline: 06/22/20