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...
Since 2005, Environmental Concern has been connecting the magic of imaginations with the wonders of wetlands through the Write On! Wetland Challenge. Kindergarten through 9th grade students across the nation have brought wetland stories and illustrations vividly to life. Now, we hope to deepen that connection by integrating the winning stories into the classroom....
Teaching the Hudson Valley’s annual summer institute July 27-29, 2010 Thursday 7/29, 1-3pm Environmental Literacy Panel PAUL HAI, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry YUSUF WASI BURGESS, environmental educator, NYS Dept. of Environmental Conservation SUSAN HERETH, education coordinator, Scenic Hudson TYRELL HUGHES, Natural Leaders Network JEN KRETSER, The Wild Center SEAN MAHAR, Audubon...
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...
We just logged a major victory for No Child Left Inside, perhaps our most significant. President Obama’s budget that was released yesterday includes environmental literacy in the U.S. Department of Education budget for the very first time. We now have the Obama administration officially on our side, and better yet, in their budget. President...
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...
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Outdoor education has always been GREEN...and an effective way to teach STEM!
