EEinGeorgia, Mar. 2, 2011

Environmental Education in Georgia

March 2, 2011
Apply Now for Summer EE Workshops! Now is the time to apply for upcoming summer EE workshops. Many have spring application deadlines.
2011 EEA Conference - Register Now! 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. You may register online or onsite.
Journey North: A Global Study on Wildlife Migration and Seasonal Change Begin tracking the arrival of spring and the migrations of numerous wildlife species using this free online program for educators and students.

Upcoming Events
2011 International Year of Forests Now until Saturday, Dec 31, 2011
International Year of Youth Now until Thursday, Aug 11, 2011
Online Course: Environmental Communication for Behavior Change Now until Tuesday, Mar 15, 2011
Keep America Beautiful's Great American Cleanup Now until Tuesday, May 31, 2011
Georgia Walk to School Day Wednesday, Mar 2, 2011
"First Wednesday" Home School Series 1st Wednesday of Month 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM from Mar 2, 2011 until May 4, 2011

National Student Energy Survey
During March 2011, many U.S. schools will highlight energy issues by taking part in the National Student Energy Survey of secondary school students. Educators are encouraged to have their students participate. Read more for details and the results of last year's survey. The survey ends March 15, 2011.
Air Quality Index Flag Program for Georgia Schools
Mothers & Others for Clean Air is promoting a new initiative to help protect children and youth from the effects of bad air. The school Air Quality Index flag program makes the air quality known to the entire school community with flags that fly daily reflecting the air quality.
Children & Nature Network's Let's G.O.! Tool Kit
Let's G.O.! is a youth-inspired, youth-led Children & Nature Network initiative to rally people of all ages to play, serve and celebrate. The goal is to encourage intergenerational groups to get outside together to be active, have fun and connect with nature. The online toolkit features 10 steps for planning, registering, sharing and documenting your April 2011 event.
Green Teacher's 2011 Webinar Series
Green Teacher is excited to announce the launch of its 2011 Webinar series. A total of 30 FREE webinars on various environmental education topics will be presented this year. (Past webinars are also available online.)
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 environment. A diverse selection of travel and learning opportunities for educators is currently available.

Jr. Master Naturalist Home School Series 1st Wednesday of Month 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM from Mar 2, 2011 until May 4, 2011
Farm to School for Elementary School Educators Workshop Thursday, Mar 3, 2011 9 AM to 3 PM
Year of the Coyote: Intensive Nature Awareness and Survival Training 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
Zoo Atlanta Educator Appreciation Day - FREE! Saturday, Mar 5, 2011 9:30 AM to 4:30 PM
National Ground Water Awareness Week Mar 6, 2011 until Mar 12, 2011
Red Fox After-School Program: Winter-Spring Semester 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
Continuing Education for Nature Enthusiasts 2nd Tuesday of Month 9 AM - 4 PM from Mar 8, 2011 until Aug 9, 2011

Contests & Awards Igniting Creative Energy Competition Through Your Lens School Facilities Photo Contest The Purpose Prize Richard C. Bartlett Environmental Education Award Promising Practices Awards for Character Education Siemens We Can Change the World Challenge (Elementary School) 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 Junior Duck Stamp Art Contest Students Give Water a Voice Competition Georgia Give Wildlife a Chance Poster Contest Georgia Youth Birding Competition Craig Tufts Educational Award 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 Green Your School Challenge World of Children Awards 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 National Marine Educators Association Stipends and Scholarships Discovery Education 3M Young Scientist Challenge Paddle Georgia and Project WET/AAS Training - Educator's Scholarship The Clean Air Campaign's "Young Lungs At Work" Art Competition Young Lungs at Work Art Competition Children's Environmental Painting Competition Keep the Sea Free of Debris Art Contest Earth Week Classroom Lunch Waste Challenge Green Energy Challenge for Schools ThinkQuest Competition Project Blue Planet Middle School Challenge Gloria Barron Prize for Young Heroes

Grey Fox Program Tuesdays 10 AM - 2 PM until Apr 26, 2011
School Grounds for Healthy Play and Learning - Green Teacher Webinar Tuesday, Mar 8, 2011 7:30 PM to 8:30 PM
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
Saturday Spotlight - Plant a Tomato Plant Saturday, Mar 12, 2011 10:30 AM to 11:30 AM
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

ING Unsung Heroes Awards Elmer's Glue Crew Recycling Program Together Green Conservation Leadership Program Windland Smith Rice International Youth Photography Competition 2011 Eco-Meet Middle School Challenge James M. Becker Award for Global Understanding Brower Youth Awards AAAS Leadership in Science Education Award Water: Celebrate the Essential - Video Contest Rachel Carson Intergenerational Sense of Wonder Contest NSTA New Science Teacher Academy Fellows Save the Frogs! Poetry Contest Kids Konserve Waste-Free Lunch Challenge for Schools 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 Green & Healthy Schools Awards Program
Grants Royal Bank of Canada Blue Water Project Leadership Grants Disney Friends for Change Grants Ocean Project Small Grants Program 21st Century Museum Professionals Grants Braitmayer Foundation Grant Coca-Cola/KAB Recycling Bin Grants Lemelson - MIT InvenTeam Grants Syngenta IPM in School Gardens Grant Community Action for a Renewed Environment (CARE) Grants Grants for Improving Literacy Through School Libraries Nature Hills Nursery Green America Awards BoatU.S. Foundation Grant American Wilderness Leadership School Scholarships World of Children Awards Planting Science Teacher Workshop Jamba Juice Fruit Tree Grants National Marine Educators Association Stipends and Scholarships McCarthey Dressman Teacher Development Grants

Project WET Educator Workshop Wednesday, Mar 16, 2011 9 AM to 3 PM
Master Naturalist Certification Class 3rd Thursday of Month 9 AM - 4 PM from Mar 17, 2011 until Oct 20, 2011
2nd Annual Georgia School Wellness Summit Friday, Mar 18, 2011 until Saturday, Mar 19, 2011 11 AM to 3:30 PM
Rain Garden Workshop: Blooming a Stewardship Ethic Saturday, Mar 19, 2011 9 AM to 1 PM
Saturday at the Rock: Recycling the Rain Saturday, Mar 19, 2011 9:30 AM to 11:30 AM
Greening Youth Foundation's Green Carpet Event Saturday, Mar 19, 2011 7 PM to 9 PM
March Home School Day - Alien Invaders Monday, Mar 21, 2011 10:30 AM to 11:30 AM
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

Paddle Georgia and Project WET/AAS Training - Educator's Scholarship Dorothy Stout Professional Development Grants McCarthey Dressman Academic Enrichment Grants Harry Passow Classroom Teacher Scholarship Brimstone Award for Applied Storytelling Shade Structure Grants Northrop Grumman Grants Together Green Conservation Leadership Program 2011 Toyota International Teacher Program to Costa Rica Best Buy @15 Community Grants Herb Garden Grants From Global to Local: Bridging Science Content, Skills and Values Workshop Ashoka's Youth Venture RBC Blue Water Project Community Action Grants $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

Athens Tracking Club Saturday, Mar 26, 2011 8:45 AM to 12 PM Saturday, Apr 16, 2011 8:45 AM to 12 PM
Georgia Adopt-A-Stream Confluence Saturday, Mar 26, 2011 9 AM to 5 PM
Athens Family Nature Club Saturday, Mar 26, 2011 3 PM to 5 PM Saturday, Apr 16, 2011 3 PM to 5 PM
Earth Hour Saturday, Mar 26, 2011 8:30 PM to 9:30 PM
The Need to Reconnect with Nature - Green Teacher Webinar Wednesday, Mar 30, 2011 7:30 PM to 8:30 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
National Garden Month Friday, Apr 1, 2011 until Saturday, Apr 30, 2011
Camp Kingfisher Spring Break Camp Monday, Apr 4, 2011 until Thursday, Apr 7, 2011 8 AM to 6 PM
Developing Artistic Approaches to EE - Green Teacher Webinar Thursday, Apr 7, 2011 7:30 PM to 8:30 PM
Reptile Fest Saturday, Apr 9, 2011 11 AM to 3 PM

Digital Wish Grant 4imprint In-Kind Grant Captain Planet Foundation Grant National Geographic Society Young Explorer Grant Fund for Wild Nature Small Grants

National Environmental Education
Week
Sunday, Apr 10, 2011 until Saturday, Apr 16, 2011

American Honda Foundation Grants

National Environmental Crimes

Pay it Forward Foundation Minigrant

Prevention Week

Dollar General Literacy Foundation Grants Campus Ecology Fellowships

Sunday, Apr 10, 2011 until Saturday, Apr 16, 2011

Toshiba America Foundation Grants Operation Green Plant Free Seed Grant Tellabs Foundation Environmental Grant Lowe's Charitable & Educational Foundation Grants

National Volunteer Week
Sunday, Apr 10, 2011 until Saturday, Apr 16, 2011

School Building Week

Jobs & Internships

Weekdays

Wildlife Education Internship, Georgia DNR - Charlie Elliott Wildlife Center, Mansfield, GA Apr 11, 2011 until Apr 15, 2011

EE Spring Break Camp Supervisor, Piedmont Park Conservancy, Atlanta, GA Canoe Guide, Chattahoochee Nature Center, Roswell, GA Seasonal Interpreters/Naturalists, Georgia State Parks, GA

National Healthy Schools Day Monday, Apr 11, 2011

Water Education Internship, Water Conservation Office, Athens, GA Environmental Education Coordinator, City of Roswell, Roswell, GA FoodCorps, Service Member, Nationwide Camp Kingfisher Summer Staff, Chattahoochee Nature Center, Roswell, 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

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

National EE Jobs Database

Global Youth Service Days

Teaching Resources

Friday, Saturday & Sunday Apr 15, 2011 until Apr 17, 2011

Special Days for EE: 2011 Planner How-to Composting Videos Canopy in the Clouds Multimedia Project and Lesson Plans Rethinking School Lunch: A Visual Guide

Georgia Youth Birding Competition
Saturday & Sunday Apr 16, 2011 until Apr 17, 2011

Bobs and LoLo Nature-Related Songs and Music Videos Food, Farming, and Community: An Educational Program on Sustainable Food Systems Climate Wizard National Lab Network

National Park Week
Saturday, Apr 16, 2011 until Sunday, Apr 24, 2011

Soils of the U.S. Mapping Tool

Georgia Farm to School Implementation Handbook

PollinatorLIVE: A Distance Learning Adventure

Saturday at the Rock: Tales from the Hive (honeybees and pollination) Saturday, Apr 16, 2011 9:30 AM to 11:30 AM
National Public School Volunteer Week Sunday, Apr 17, 2011 until Saturday, Apr 23, 2011
Screen-free Week Monday, Apr 18, 2011 until Sunday, Apr 24, 2011 Sunday, Sep 18, 2011 until Saturday, Sep 24, 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 Apr 28, 2011 until May 1, 2011
National Arbor Day Friday, Apr 29, 2011
Save the Frogs Day Friday, Apr 29, 2011
Celebrate Earth Youth Program Saturday, Apr 30, 2011 10 AM to 1 PM
Learning About Birds Curriculum Training Saturday, Apr 30, 2011 1 PM to 4:30 PM
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
Go Green Event Sunday, May 1, 2011 3 PM to 6 PM
National Wildflower Week Monday, May 2, 2011 until Sunday, May 8, 2011
Georgia Air Quality Awareness Week Weekdays May 2, 2011 until May 6, 2011
Teacher Appreciation Week Weekdays May 2, 2011 until May 6, 2011
National Teacher Day Tuesday, May 3, 2011
Astronomy Day Saturday, May 7, 2011
National Lab Day Thursday, May 12, 2011
International Migratory Bird Day Saturday, May 14, 2011
Adopt-A-Stream Getting Started Workshop Saturday, May 14, 2011 10 AM to 2 PM
Camp Kingfisher Open House Saturday, May 14, 2011 1 PM to 4 PM

Bike-to-Work Week/Day May 16, 2011 until May 20, 2011
Endangered Species Day Friday, May 20, 2011
Saturday at the Rock: Canoe Rock Eagle Lake Saturday, May 21, 2011 9:30 AM to 11:30 AM
Compost Awareness Youth Program Saturday, May 21, 2011 10 AM to 1 PM
International Day for Biological Diversity Sunday, May 22, 2011
World Turtle Day Monday, May 23, 2011
Certified Interpretive Guide Training Workshop Tuesday, May 24, 2011 until Friday, May 27, 2011 9 AM to 5 PM
Rachel Carson's Birthday Friday, May 27, 2011
Don't Fry Day Friday, May 27, 2011
Wild Play! Basic Day Camp Session 1 Tuesday, May 31, 2011 until Friday, Jun 3, 2011
Camp Kingfisher, Chattahoochee Nature Center Weekdays 8 AM - 5 PM until Aug 12, 2011

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