On Thursday July 14th, a public forum will be held to discuss the draft of the Environmental Literacy Plan. The Environmental Literacy Plan grew out of the efforts of a large number of formal and informal educators in response to the No Child Left Inside legislation currently being considered in Congress. The meeting will...
Red Rock Canyon Las Vegas, Nevada June 1st, 2010 MRS. OBAMA: Thank you. Thank you so much. (Applause.) Woohoo! (Laughter and applause.) Oh, my goodness, I am just delighted to be here. This is beautiful. And you notice, kids, how quiet it can be outside? We’re outside! I live in the city. It is...
The Office of Education Programs at Brookhaven National Laboratory invites you to participate in a Long Island Environmental Education Summit on April 13, 2011. The Summit is being held at Brookhaven starting at 9:00am. We have several goals in mind. We would like to bring together as many groups and individuals, as possible, who...
ELP 2010 Report
2010: Reading, Writing & Thinking the Hudson Valley July 27-29 FDR Home & Presidential Library, Hyde Park, NY Placed-Based Education Pioneer David Sobel To Keynote Summer Institute Area educators are invited to discover new ways to use the region’s special places to teach all disciplines and grade levels at Reading, Writing, & Thinking the...
The New York State Outdoor Education Association (NYSOEA), a not-for-profit 501(C) (3), is the lead organization and one of the oldest environmental and outdoor education organizations in the country. NYSOEA’s Environmental Literacy Committee was formed in January 2009. Members of this committee meet monthly and consist of the following partners: Audubon New York, Children...
The technological wonders of our age have allowed us to be tuned in and stay better connected to our favorite entertainment, social networking sites and current affairs. As we become more connected we have also become more disconnected from our natural world. As educators we see first hand that parents are skeptical of the...
October 18-21
Outdoor education has always been GREEN...and an effective way to teach STEM!
