Environmental Education in Georgia
June 9, 2010
Free Booklet: A Garden for Every Child This booklet is designed to reconnect children (ages 2-8 years) to nature through a series of lessons, including decomposition, the composting process and importance of good soils. Supplies are limited. Free copies are available on a first come, first serve basis.
Upcoming Events
2010 International Year of Biodiversity
Now until Friday, Dec 31, 2010
Community Gardening Conference Registration Now Open! The 31st annual American Community Gardening Association (ACGA) conference will be held at the Loudermilk Center in the heart of Atlanta, GA from August 5-8, 2010. The "Youth and Adult Education" conference theme includes information on school gardens and partnerships, teacher training, curricula, youth-led presentations, and environmental education/action Early/discounted registration ends June 30, 2010.
Junior Naturalist Summer Day Camp
Now until Friday, Jul 30, 2010 9 AM to 3 PM
Wild Summer Days Camp
Now until Saturday, Jul 17, 2010 9:30 AM to 3 PM
Camp Kingfisher at the Chattahoochee Nature Center
Chefs Move to Schools Program As part of her effort to turn policies into practical solutions for America's families, First Lady Michelle Obama is calling on chefs to get involved by adopting a school and working with teachers, parents and school nutrition professionals and administrators to help educate kids about food and nutrition. This initiative ties in well with Farm-toSchool programs.
2010 Outdoor Classroom Symposium - Save the Date! Please save the date for Georgia's 14th annual Outdoor Classroom Symposium to be held Friday, November 5, 2010, at Zoo Atlanta! This year's theme is "Get Outdoors! Teaching Locally, Connecting Globally."
Weekdays 8 AM - 6 PM until Aug 13, 2010
Cool Waters - Water Education for Educators
Wednesday, Jun 9, 2010 until Friday, Jun 11, 2010 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM
Kennesaw Mountain Summer Junior Ranger Day Camp
Weekdays 9 AM - 4 PM until Jun 18, 2010
Get Green Video Contest Winners Announced! Planet Connect received over 120 entries to their "Get Green Video Contest." View the winners' videos!
Leopold Education Project Workshop
Wednesday, Jun 9, 2010 9 AM to 2 PM
Contests & Awards 2010 NAAEE Environmental Photo Contest NAAEE Conference Scholarships Rachel Carson Sense of Wonder Photo, Essay, and
Poetry, and Dance Contest Young Birder of the Year Contest Apps for Healthy Kids Competition International Essay Contest - "My Role in Creating a
Peaceful World" Entomological Society President's Education Award Funky Nests in Funky Places Wildlife Habitat Council's Certification and Awards
Program EcoFocus Film Festival: Environmental Short Film
Georgia's Native Waters Workshop Thursday, Jun 10, 2010 9 AM to 2 PM
Master Naturalist Program Thursdays 9 AM - 4 PM
Competition
ASCD Outstanding Young Educator Award
Green Thumb Challenge 2010
Turn Your Trash Into Treasure Contest
Georgia's Native Seasons
Audubon Photography Contest
Workshop
Spirit of Green School Recycling Grant Awards
Frog Art Contest
Friday, Jun 11, 2010 9
Bob the Bunny's Environmental Cartoon Competition AM to 2 PM
Siemens We Can Change the World Challenge (High
School)
Ranger Rick Photo Contest
John Muir Youth Award
Facilitator Training -
Nominate a Kid for Radio Disney's Team Green!
Georgia's Native Waters /
National Schoolyard Birding Competition
Native Seasons
Edison Science Teaching Units and Awards Program
Georgia Green & Healthy Schools Awards Program
Friday, Jun 11, 2010 2
PM to 4:30 PM
Grants
NAAEE Conference Scholarships
Nature of Learning Grants
Kodak American Greenway Grants
Amphibian Monitoring
National Environmental Education Training Program Workshop
Grant
National Education Association's Green Across America Friday, Jun 11, 2010
Community Foundation for Central Savannah River Area 7:30 PM to 9:30 PM
Grant
Leave No Trace: Connect Grants for Culturally Diverse
Communities
Georgia Nature Center Field Trip Grants
Exploring Nature through
Wal-Mart State Giving Program
Art Saturday Drawing
Spirit of Green School Recycling Grant Awards
Series with Atlanta Artist
Lorrie Otto Seeds for Education Grant Program
Carol Sutherland
Project Learning Tree GreenWorks! Pollinator Garden
Grants
Saturday, Jun 12, 2010
Build-A-Bear Foundation Grants
10 AM to 3 PM
Best Buy Consumer Electronics Recycling Grant Program Saturday, Jul 17, 2010
Waste Management Charitable Giving
10 AM to 3 PM
Fruit Tree Orchard Grants
$500 Do Something Growth Grants
The Canopy Fund
Donorschoose.org
Chattahoochee River
Norcross Wildlife Foundation Grants
Canoe Trip for EEA
Walmart Store and Sam's Club Giving Programs
Members
Walmart State Giving Program
Toyota Grants Programs
Saturday, Jun 12, 2010
Annie's Grants for Gardens
3 PM to 6 PM
Annenberg Foundation
Ben & Jerry's Foundation
Jenny Jones Community Grant Program
Project AWARE Foundation Grant
Georgia Sea Turtle and
AIAA: Grants for Science and Math Programs
Diamondback Terrapin
Reader's Digest Foundation "Make It Matter" Grants
Conservation Teacher
National Education Foundation Achievement Grant
Workshop
Sylvan Dell Publishing Educational Resource Grant
Learning and Leadership Grant
Weekdays Jun 14, 2010
Digital Wish Grants
until Jun 18, 2010
4imprint In-Kind Grants
Captain Planet Foundation $250 - $2,500 Grants
National Geographic Society Young Explorer Grants
American Honda Foundation Grants
Environmental Education
David, Helen, and Marian Woodward Grants
Techniques & Strategies
Pay it Forward Foundation Minigrants
I: Our Shared Forests &
Braitmayer Foundation Grants
Project Learning Tree
Dollar General's Community Grants
Campus Ecology Fellowships
Monday, Jun 14, 2010
Toshiba America Grants for Enhancing Math and Science until Tuesday, Jun 15,
Ed.
2010 9 AM to 5 PM
Operation Green Plant - Free Seed Grants
Tellabs Foundation Environmental Grants
Lowe's Charitable & Educational Foundation Grants
Teacher Master Gardener
Jobs & Internships
Workshop
Program Specialist/Naturalist, Sandy Creek Nature
Center, Athens, GA
Monday, Jun 14, 2010
Volunteen and Public Programs Supervisor, Zoo Atlanta, until Friday, Jun 25,
Atlanta, GA
2010 9 AM to 3 PM
Contract Educator, Cochran Mill Nature Center,
Palmetto, GA
Informal Education Internship, Zoo Atlanta, Atlanta, GA
Environmental Educator, Wahsega 4-H Center,
Animals Across the
Dahlonega, GA
Curriculum Teacher
Environmental Educator, Fortson 4-H Center, Hampton, Workshop
GA
Southeast EE Jobs & Internships
Tuesday, Jun 15, 2010
National EE Jobs Database
until Thursday, Jun 17,
2010 9 AM to 4 PM
Teaching Resources
Special Days for EE: 2010 Planner
Gulf Oil Spill Resources for Educators
Environmental Experiences for Early Childhood -
Let's Go Native!
Curriculum Guide and Music CD from PLT
Georgia's Native Seasons
Getting WILD About Environmental Literature
and Native Waters
Habitat Workshop
Tuesday, Jun 15, 2010 9 AM to 2 PM Wednesday, Jun 16, 2010 9 AM to 2 PM
Monarchs Across Georgia Educator Workshop
Tuesday, Jun 15, 2010 until Wednesday, Jun 16, 2010 9 AM to 2:30 PM
Leopold Education Project National Conference
Jun 16, 2010 until Jun 19, 2010
Environmental Education Techniques & Strategies II: WOW, Wonders of Wetlands
Wednesday, Jun 16, 2010 until Thursday, Jun 17, 2010 9 AM to 5 PM
Tadpole Times
3rd Wednesday of Month 10 AM - 11 AM from Jun 16, 2010 until
Dec 15, 2010
Jr. Ranger Camp in Helen - Deer Badge
Thursday, Jun 17, 2010 until Friday, Jun 18, 2010 9 AM to 2 PM
Environmental Education Techniques & Strategies IV: Chattahoochee River Corridor Multidisciplinary Field Study Friday, Jun 18, 2010 9 AM to 5 PM Friday, Jul 16, 2010 9 AM to 5 PM
EE Certification Core Course 1: Foundations of Environmental Education
Friday, Jun 18, 2010 until Sunday, Jun 20, 2010 1 PM to 12 PM
Rain Barrel Workshop
Saturday, Jun 19, 2010 10:30 AM to 11:30 AM
Pollinator Week
Monday, Jun 21, 2010 until Sunday, Jun 27, 2010
Georgia Teacher Conservation Workshop Weekdays Jun 21, 2010 until Jun 25, 2010
Coastal Ecology Teacher Workshop Tuesday, Jun 22, 2010 until Friday, Jun 25, 2010
Project WET, WILD and Adopt-A-Stream for Teachers 8:30 AM - 4 PM from Jun 22, 2010 until Jun 25, 2010
Saving Species Teacher Workshop Tuesday, Jun 22, 2010 until Thursday, Jun 24, 2010 9 AM to 4 PM
Jr. Ranger Camp in Helen - Fox Badge Wednesday, Jun 23,
2010 until Friday, Jun 25, 2010 9 AM to 2 PM
Love Is In the Air - Frog Monitoring Friday, Jun 25, 2010 7:30 PM to 8:30 PM
Great American Backyard Campout Saturday, Jun 26, 2010
Lakes Appreciation Month Thursday, Jul 1, 2010 until Saturday, Jul 31, 2010
Clean Beaches Week Thursday, Jul 1, 2010 until Wednesday, Jul 7, 2010
Swamp Saturday 1st Saturday of Month 9:30 AM - 11 AM from Jul 3, 2010 until Dec 4, 2010
Smithgall Eco-Kids Camp
Tuesday, Jul 6, 2010 until Friday, Jul 9, 2010 9 AM to 3 PM
World Population Day
Sunday, Jul 11, 2010
PFI-Earth and Environmental Science for Middle and High School Educators (6 days)
Sunday, Jul 11, 2010 until Friday, Jul 16, 2010
Environmental Education Techniques & Strategies III: WET & WILD
Monday, Jul 12, 2010 until Tuesday, Jul 13, 2010 9 AM to 5 PM
Georgia Master Naturalist Classes
2nd Tuesday of Month 9 AM - 4 PM from Jul 13, 2010 until Aug 10, 2010
Raptors in Flight
Saturday, Jul 17, 2010 10 AM to 11:30 AM
PFI-Earth and Environmental Science for Elementary School Educators (6 days)
Sunday, Jul 18, 2010 until Friday, Jul 23, 2010
18th Annual National Children & Youth Garden Symposium
Thursday, Jul 22, 2010 until Saturday, Jul 24, 2010
PFI-Ground Level Ozone - Advanced Air Quality (3 days)
Sunday, Jul 25, 2010 until Tuesday, Jul 27, 2010
Bat Blitz Family Education Night
Sunday, Jul 25, 2010 6:30 PM to 9:30 PM
Environmental Education Workshop in Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Monday, Jul 26, 2010 until Saturday, Jul 31, 2010 8 AM
PFI-Recycling and Composting in the Classrooom (3 days)
Wednesday, Jul 28, 2010 until Friday, Jul 30, 2010
Certified Interpretive Guide Training Workshop
Tuesday, Aug 3, 2010 until Friday, Aug 6, 2010 9 AM to 5 PM
American Community Gardening Association Conference
Thursday, Aug 5, 2010 until Sunday, Aug 8, 2010
EE Certification Core Course 2: Fostering Learning
Friday, Aug 13, 2010 until Sunday, Aug 15, 2010 1 PM to 12 PM
ESCI/EFND 8310 Inquiry Into Ecojustice Issues Thursdays 5 PM - 7:45 PM until Dec 9, 2010
Gold Fever Saturday, Aug 21, 2010 9 AM to 12 PM
Free Outdoor Classroom Webinar and Tips for Educators Tuesday, Aug 24, 2010 3 PM to 4:30 PM
Monarchs Across Georgia Educator Workshop Friday, Aug 27, 2010 until Saturday, Aug 28, 2010 5 PM to 4 PM
Snake Day 2010 Saturday, Aug 28, 2010 10 AM to 4 PM
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Big Haynes Creek Wildlife Festival
Saturday & Sunday 10 AM - 5 PM from Aug 28, 2010 until Aug 29, 2010
Organic Harvest Month
Wednesday, Sep 1, 2010 until Thursday, Sep 30, 2010