EEinGeorgia, Feb. 1, 2011

Environmental Education in Georgia

February 1, 2011

Upcoming Events

2011 EEA Conference Registration Now Open The Environmental Education Alliance (EEA) of Georgia's "Sustaining a Changing World: Environment, Economy, Community" conference will be held Friday, March 11 at Kennesaw State University's Continuing Education Center in Kennesaw, GA. Discounted registration is available until February 11, so be sure to register early.
Designing Your Schoolyard Habitat - Webinar Are you ready to create a schoolyard habitat, but not sure how to start? Then join the National Wildlife Federation for a free webinar (February 3, 2011) on the special design and project planning considerations for installing a habitat on school grounds and using it for teaching. Advance online registration required.

2011 International Year of Forests Now until Saturday, Dec 31, 2011
International Year of Youth Now until Thursday, Aug 11, 2011
National Bird-Feeding Month Tuesday, Feb 1, 2011 until Monday, Feb 28, 2011
Online Course: Environmental Communication for Behavior Change Tuesday, Feb 1, 2011 until Tuesday, Mar 15, 2011
Grey Fox Program Tuesdays 10 AM - 2 PM until Apr 26, 2011

NAAEE - Call for 2011 Proposals The North American Association for Environmental Education is requesting presentations and workshops for its annual conference and research symposium, "Rooted in Time: Branching to the Future," October 12-15, 2011 in Raleigh, NC. Submissions for both the conference and symposium are due February 1, 2011.
NMEA - Call for Presentations National Marine Educators Association (NMEA) announces its call for proposals for the annual conference taking place June 29-July 2, 2011 in Boston, Massachusetts. The deadline for submission is February 18, 2011.

Journey North Begins Wednesday, Feb 2, 2011
World Wetlands Day Wednesday, Feb 2, 2011
Endangered Plant Stewardship Network Teacher Workshop Wednesday, Feb 2, 2011 9 AM to 3 PM
"First Wednesday" Home School Series 1st Wednesday of Month 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM from Feb 2, 2011 until May 4, 2011

Book on Children's Environmental Awareness - Call for
Chapter Proposals
The book will include a compilation of essays by informed adults including K-12 classroom teachers, university educators, museum and nature center educators, outdoor recreation professionals, parents, and more. Prospective contributors should submit a book chapter title, 250-word abstract, and biography by February 28, 2011.

Jr. Master Naturalist Home School Series 1st Wednesday of Month 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM from Feb 2, 2011 until May 4, 2011
Projects WET, WILD and Learning Tree Facilitator Workshop Thursday, Feb 3, 2011 until Friday, Feb 4, 2011 8 AM to 6 PM

Survey of EE Topics of Interest for Upcoming Webinars
Green Teacher magazine will be hosting up to 30 free, onehour webinars from February through November 2011. To ensure that the sessions will meet the greatest needs of environmental educators (both formal classroom teachers and non-formal youth educators), please complete a five-minute survey about the EE topics of greatest interest to you by February 9, 2011.

Designing Your Schoolyard Habitat - Webinar Thursday, Feb 3, 2011 4 PM to 5 PM
Farm to School for Parents Friday, Feb 4, 2011 9 AM to 12:30 PM

Project WET Water Education Survey Project WET is a high-quality, classroom-tested water education program for K-12 teachers, but there is also a need for educational resources for children ages 3-7. Everyone who completes a short survey on water education for children in this age range will be entered into a drawing for a free iPad.
EE Article from Harvard Graduate School of Education This article includes teaching guidelines from EE experts such as allowing students to draw their own conclusions rather than telling them what to think, avoiding excessive "doom and gloom" (especially with young children), focusing on solutions, and taking an interdisciplinary approach.

Monarchs in Mexico Trip to the Overwintering Colonies Saturday, Feb 5, 2011 until Saturday, Feb 12, 2011 Saturday, Feb 12, 2011 until Saturday, Feb 19, 2011
Bacterial Monitoring Workshop for Quality Assurance Saturday, Feb 5, 2011 9:30 AM to 12:30 PM
Super Museum Sunday at the Savannah-Ogeechee Canal Museum Sunday, Feb 6, 2011 9 AM to 5 PM

Moving Outdoors in Nature Act The Moving Outdoors in Nature Act aims to improve children's health, support economic growth and strengthen the future of conservation in America by reconnecting children, youth and families with the natural world.
Yogi Bear to Help Kids "Be Out There" The National Wildlife Federation is teaming up with the film "Yogi Bear" to inspire kids and families to learn about wildlife and get outside in their neighborhood or favorite park. Visit the "Be Out There" Web site to find out how to make being outdoors an easy, fun, and healthy part of everyday life!
Travel Opportunities for Educators Get out of the classroom and into the field to learn about cutting edge research and conservation efforts, develop professional skills, and make a difference for our shared environment. A diverse selection of travel and learning opportunities for educators is currently available.

National Green Week Weekdays Feb 7, 2011 until Feb 11, 2011
Designing, Planning and Creating Schoolyard Gardens Web Seminar Tuesday, Feb 8, 2011
Continuing Education for Nature Enthusiasts 2nd Tuesday of Month 9 AM - 4 PM from Feb 8, 2011 until Aug 9, 2011
Year of the Coyote: Intensive Nature Awareness and Survival Training Friday, Saturday & Sunday Feb 11, 2011 until Feb 13, 2011 Friday, Saturday & Sunday Mar 4, 2011 until Mar 6, 2011 Friday, Saturday & Sunday Apr 1, 2011 until Apr 3, 2011 Friday, Saturday & Sunday Apr 29, 2011 until May 1, 2011

Advanced Training for Environmental Educators in Georgia Advanced Training for Environmental Educators in Georgia (ATEEG), a professional certification program offered by the Environmental Education Alliance (EEA) of Georgia, will offer Core Course 1 at the Charlie Elliott Wildlife Center in Mansfield, GA. The program will begin at 1 p.m. February 25, 2010 and adjourn at noon February 27, 2010.
Contests & Awards
Green City Award Community Recycling Education Contest

Georgia's Native Habitats Friday, Feb 11, 2011 until Saturday, Feb 12, 2011
Environmental Education Research Tour in Cuba Feb 12, 2011 until Feb 20, 2011
Learning About Birds Curriculum Training Saturday, Feb 12, 2011 2 PM to 5 PM Wednesday, Feb 23, 2011 6:30 PM to 8 PM

Georgia Project WET School and Teacher of the Year Awards Write On! Wetlands Challenge: The Writer's Challenge NSTA Shell Science Lab Challenge: $20,000 Lab Makeover ExploraVision Contest National Ag Day Essay Contest Christopher Columbus Awards for Middle School Students American Forest & Paper Association Recycling Awards Amgen Award for Science Teaching Excellence Community Garden Greenhouse Give-A-Way Contest Green Prize in Public Education Alliance for Climate Education Action Scholarships Intel and Scholastic Schools of Distinction Awards & Grants

Red Fox After-School Program: Winter-Spring Semester
Monday, Feb 14, 2011 3:30 PM to 6 PM Monday, Feb 21, 2011 3:30 PM to 6 PM Monday, Feb 28, 2011 3:30 PM to 6 PM Monday, Mar 7, 2011 3:30 PM to 6 PM Monday, Mar 21, 2011 3:30 PM to 6 PM Monday, Mar 28, 2011 3:30 PM to 6 PM Monday, Apr 4, 2011 3:30 PM to 6 PM Monday, Apr 18, 2011 3:30 PM to 6 PM Monday, Apr 25, 2011 3:30 PM to 6 PM
Earth Climate Course - Webinar
Wednesday, Feb 16, 2011 6:30 PM to 8 PM

Hickory Springs' EarthCare Challenge II Planet Connect: Get Green Video Contest Win a Science Assembly for Your School NASA Waste Limitation Management and Recycling Design Challenge Kids' Science Challenge Marine Wildlife Photo Contest Eco-Hero Awards Program Population Connection Video Contest National Garden Clubs' School Garden Project Awards Garden Club of Georgia Scholarships Do Something $10,000 Grant Awards Citizen Science Paper Competition Bonnie Plants 3rd Grade Cabbage Grant Program and $1,000 Award Mantis Tiller/Cultivator Awards Young Naturalist Awards for Grades 7-12 Igniting Creative Energy Competition The Purpose Prize Richard C. Bartlett Environmental Education Award Siemens We Can Change the World Challenge (Elementary School)

GA Science Teachers Association (GSTA) Conference Thursday, Feb 17, 2011 until Saturday, Feb 19, 2011
Master Naturalist Certification Class 3rd Thursday of Month 9 AM - 4 PM from Feb 17, 2011 until Oct 20, 2011
Arbor Day in Georgia Friday, Feb 18, 2011
The Great Backyard Bird Count Friday, Feb 18, 2011 until Monday, Feb 21, 2011
Teaching about the Gulf Oil Spill -- Webinar Wednesday, Feb 23, 2011
Georgia River Network Annual Conference Friday, Feb 25, 2011 until Saturday, Feb 26, 2011
Advanced Training for Environmental Educators in Georgia Friday, Saturday & Sunday Feb 25, 2011 until Feb 27, 2011
Athens Family Nature Club Saturday, Feb 26, 2011 3 PM to 5 PM Saturday, Mar 26, 2011 3 PM to 5 PM Saturday, Apr 16, 2011 3 PM to 5 PM

Siemens We Can Change the World Challenge (Middle School) Siemens We Can Change the World Challenge (High School) Endangered Species Day Art Contest National Association of Biology Teachers Awards Jr. Duck Stamp Art Contest Students Give Water a Voice Competition Georgia Give Wildlife a Chance Poster Contest PBS Teachers Innovation Awards Live Deliberately Essay Challenge Wildlife Forever State-Fish Art Contest NMEA Marine Education Awards Nature Hills Nursery Green America Awards SunWise with Shade Poster Contest Do Something "Increase Your Green" School Contest Presidential Awards for Excellence in Math & Science Teaching American Birding Association Youth Birding Scholarships Google Science Fair Competition Thacher Environmental Research Contest Georgia Community Problem Solving Program

Keep America Beautiful's Great American Cleanup Tuesday, Mar 1, 2011 until Tuesday, May 31, 2011
Georgia Walk to School Day Wednesday, Mar 2, 2011
National Ground Water Awareness Week Mar 6, 2011 until Mar 12, 2011
Georgia Organics Conference Friday, Mar 9, 2012 until Saturday, Mar 10, 2012
Educator Workshop: Photographs, Poems, Pencils and Pluff Mud Friday, Saturday & Sunday Mar 11, 2011 until Mar 13, 2011
Environmental Education Alliance Conference 2011 Friday, Mar 11, 2011 until Saturday, Mar 12, 2011 8 AM to 4 PM
National Wildlife Week Sunday, Mar 13, 2011 until Sunday, Mar 20, 2011
Intracoastal Waterway Wetlands Teacher Training Expedition Sunday, Mar 13, 2011 until Friday, Mar 18, 2011 Sunday, Jun 19, 2011 until Friday, Jun 24, 2011
National Agriculture Day Tuesday, Mar 15, 2011

National Marine Educators Association Stipends and Scholarships Children's Environmental Painting Competition Green Energy Challenge for Schools Gloria Barron Prize for Young Heroes ING Unsung Heroes Awards Windland Smith Rice International Youth Photography Competition 2011 Eco-Meet Middle School Challenge AAAS Leadership in Science Education Award Best Buy Teach@15 Awards Golden Carrot Awards Ranger Rick Photo Contest John Muir Youth Award Nominate a Kid for Radio Disney's Team Green National Schoolyard Birding Competition Edison Science Teaching Units and Awards Program Georgia Youth Birding Competition Georgia Green & Healthy Schools Awards Program Grants The Big Read Grants

2nd Annual Georgia School Wellness Summit Friday, Mar 18, 2011 until Saturday, Mar 19, 2011 11 AM to 3:30 PM
Green Carpet Gala Saturday, Mar 19, 2011 7 PM to 9 PM
World Water Day Tuesday, Mar 22, 2011
World Meteorological Day Wednesday, Mar 23, 2011
Callaway Gardens Annual Plant Fair & Sale Thursday, Mar 24, 2011 until Sunday, Mar 27, 2011
Callaway Gardens Gardening School Friday, Mar 25, 2011
Georgia Adopt-A-Stream Confluence Saturday, Mar 26, 2011 9 AM to 5 PM
Earth Hour Saturday, Mar 26, 2011 8:30 PM to 9:30 PM
Keep Georgia Beautiful Month Friday, Apr 1, 2011 until Saturday, Apr 30, 2011
Children & Nature Awareness Month Friday, Apr 1, 2011 until Saturday, Apr 30, 2011

Professional Development: Wildlife Conservation Grants Wildlife Conservation Grants NEA Foundation Green Grants Earthwatch Educator Fellowships Sodexo Global Youth Service Day Lead Organizer Grants Katie's Krops Garden Grants Welch's Harvest Grant Five Star Wetland and Stream Restoration Grants Fuel Up to Play 60 School Wellness Grants Siemens STEM Academy Summer of Learning Celebrate Urban Birds Mini-Grants Gannett Foundation Community Action Grants Alliance for Climate Education Action Scholarships Intel and Scholastic Schools of Distinction Awards & Grants Lowe's Toolbox for Education Grants Sodexo STOP Hunger Scholarships and Grants 2011 Richard Parks Scholarship for Young Birders Toyota Tapestry Grants for Science Teachers Eugene Odum Environmental Grant

National Garden Month Friday, Apr 1, 2011 until Saturday, Apr 30, 2011
National Environmental Education Week Sunday, Apr 10, 2011 until Saturday, Apr 16, 2011
National Environmental Crimes Prevention Week Sunday, Apr 10, 2011 until Saturday, Apr 16, 2011
National Volunteer Week Sunday, Apr 10, 2011 until Saturday, Apr 16, 2011
School Building Week Weekdays Apr 11, 2011 until Apr 15, 2011
National Healthy Schools Day Monday, Apr 11, 2011
Pollinators, Plants and People Webcast Wednesday, Apr 13, 2011
Green Eggs and Sand - Horseshoe Crab & Shorebird Workshop Friday, Saturday & Sunday Apr 15, 2011 until Apr 17, 2011
Global Youth Service Days Friday, Saturday & Sunday Apr 15, 2011 until Apr 17, 2011
Georgia Youth Birding Competition Saturday & Sunday Apr 16, 2011 until Apr 17, 2011

Horace Mann Scholarship Program for Educators Bonnie Plants 3rd Grade Cabbage Grant Program and $1,000 Award Mantis Tiller/Cultivator Awards Royal Bank of Canada Blue Water Project Leadership Grants 21st Century Museum Professionals Grants Braitmayer Foundation Grant Lemelson - MIT InvenTeam Grants Community Action for a Renewed Environment (CARE) Grants BoatU.S. Foundation Grant American Wilderness Leadership School Scholarships National Marine Educators Association Stipends and Scholarships Dorothy Stout Professional Development Grants Brimstone Award for Applied Storytellling Shade Structure Grants Northrop Grumman Grants Best Buy @15 Community Grants Herb Garden Grants Ashoka's Youth Venture RBC Blue Water Project Community Action Grants

National Park Week Saturday, Apr 16, 2011 until Sunday, Apr 24, 2011
National Public School Volunteer Week Sunday, Apr 17, 2011 until Saturday, Apr 23, 2011
John Muir Day Thursday, Apr 21, 2011
Earth Day Friday, Apr 22, 2011
Stewardship Week Sunday, Apr 24, 2011 until Sunday, May 1, 2011
Georgia Mountain BirdFest Thursday, Apr 28, 2011 until Sunday, May 1, 2011
National Arbor Day Friday, Apr 29, 2011
Compost Awareness Week May 1, 2011 until May 7, 2011
Drinking Water Week May 1, 2011 until May 7, 2011
American Wetlands Month Sunday, May 1, 2011 until Tuesday, May 31, 2011
Join Hands Day Sunday, May 1, 2011

$500 Do Something Growth Grant $500 Do Something Seed Grant Pepsi Refresh Project Grants PepsiCo Foundation Grants Verizon Foundation Literacy and Education Grants Kinder Morgan Foundation Grants ING Foundation Grants MeadWestvaco Foundation Grants Ways to Help Jenny's Heroes Grants Waste Management Charitable Giving Fruit Tree Orchard Grant The Canopy Fund Donors Choose Norcross Wildlife Foundation Grant Global ReLeaf Grants Toyota Grant Programs Annie's Grants for Gardens Open Meadows Foundation Grants for Women and Girls

Annenberg Foundation Ben & Jerry's Foundation Project AWARE Foundation Grant AIAA: Grants for Science and Math Programs Reader's Digest Foundation "Make It Matter" Grant National Education Association Student Achievement Grant Georgia Master Gardener Grant NEA Learning & Leadership Grant Digital Wish Grant 4imprint In-Kind Grant Captain Planet Foundation Grant National Geographic Society Young Explorer Grant Fund for Wild Nature Small Grants American Honda Foundation Grants Pay it Forward Foundation Minigrant Dollar General Literacy Foundation Grants Campus Ecology Fellowships Toshiba America Foundation Grants Operation Green Plant Free Seed Grant

Tellabs Foundation Environmental Grant Lowe's Charitable & Educational Foundation Grants Jobs & Internships Environmental Education Intern, Fernbank Museum of Natural History, Atlanta, GA Preschool Teacher, Epworth Day School, Candler Park, GA Communications Director, Upper Chattahoochee Riverkeeper, Atlanta, GA Spring Break Camp Counselors, Piedmont Park Conservancy, Atlanta, GA Wildlife Education Internship, Georgia DNR - Charlie Elliott Wildlife Center, Mansfield, GA Canoe Guide, Chattahoochee Nature Center, Roswell, GA Seasonal Interpreters/Naturalists, Georgia State Parks, GA Contract Educators, Cochran Mill Nature Center, Palmetto, GA Environmental Educator, Wahsega 4-H Center, Dahlonega, GA Environmental Educator, Fortson 4-H Center, Hampton, GA Southeast EE Jobs & Internships National EE Jobs Database Teaching Resources Special Days for EE: 2011 Planner The Down and Dirty Science NSTA Web Seminar Archives

Teaching Resources for a World of 7 Billion Food, Farming, and Community: An Educational Program on Sustainable Food Systems Earth Science Literacy Principles Shout Online Environmental Learning Program COSEE NOW Ocean Gazing Podcasts Loop Scoops Sustainability Videos and Lessons One Species at a Time Podcast Series Early Childhood Environmental Education Programs: Guidelines for Excellence
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