Texas Association for Environmental Education

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Building Resilience from the Classroom to the Community

Emily Fano

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+

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

Summer Institute for Climate Change Education: Atlanta, Houston, South Florida Cohort

EcoRise

EcoRise is leading a cohort at Climate Generation's Summer Institute for Climate Change Education! We are thrilled to provide free participation to twenty five K–12 public school teachers in Atlanta, Houston, and South Florida. BIPOC teachers are highly encouraged to register to help increase representation in conversations about climate change.

Posted: 06/24/21

Type: Workshops

Deadline: 07/20/21

International Journal of Early Childhood Environmental Education (IJECEE) Volume 8, Number 2

NAAEE- NATURAL START ALLIANCE

The International Journal of Early Childhood Environmental Education (IJECEE) is a peer-reviewed open-access electronic journal promoting early childhood environmental education for global readership and action. IJECEE publishes scholarly written work, anonymously and expertly reviewed by peers, that focuses on book reviews, educational approaches, evaluation models, program descriptions, research investigations, and theoretical perspectives pertinent to the education of all young children (birth to eight years).

Posted: 04/28/21

Type: Journal , NAAEE Publication

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

EarthX Earth Day Xpeditions

EarthX

In a month-long celebration of Earth Day, Earth Day Xpeditions offers teachers a variety of interactive environmental activities curated from our content partners for either virtual or in-person learning. Each PK-12 grade activity comes complete with online access to background information as well as an activity correlated to Next Gen Science Standards and the TEKS.

Posted: 04/01/21

Type: Classroom , Activity

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

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Eco-Literacy & Classroom Grants

EcoRise

EcoRise is hosting four virtual regional-based trainings for teachers in the month of February: Feb 4th (Houston), Feb 6th (Dallas), Feb 11th (San Antonio), and Feb 18th (Austin). Learn about classroom sustainability projects and how Eco-Audits can empower students to create innovation feasible action plans and even apply for grants!

Posted: 01/25/21

Type: Event