December 4, 2001

["Katharine N. Wang" <wangkn@xxxxxxxxxx>]

EE-NEWS @NAAEE
December 4, 2001

The semi-monthly email bulletin provided by the
North American Association for Environmental Education (NAAEE),
with funding from the Environmental Education and Training Partnership
(EETAP).


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EE-NEWS ITEMS
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* RESEARCH/PUBLISHING OPPORTUNITIES*
1. Environmental Education Association of Oregon - Call for Presentations
and Field Trips
2. Applied Environmental Education and Communication - Call For Papers

* GRANTS*
3. Toyota Tapestry Grant

* UPDATES FROM THE HILL*
4. Comprehensive Retirement Security and Pension Reform Act of 2001

* EE RESOURCES*
5. NAAEE Annual Conference - Proposal Reviewers Needed
6. Middle-School Earth Systems Science Course
7. Salt Lake Valley Watershed and You
8. Multicultural Environmental Education and Communication


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RESEARCH/PUBLISHING OPPORTUNITIES
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1. ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATION OF OREGON - CALL FOR PRESENTATIONS
AND FIELD TRIPS
March 15 - 17, 2002 - The Oregon 4-H Conference and Education Center, Salem,
Oregon

The 2002 EEAO conference theme is "Energy: The Current That Moves Us."  The
theme refers to energy in the electrical sense, energy through food chains,
or the spiritual energy that sustains you as an educator.  This three-day
annual event attracts both formal and informal educators, university
professors, and college students. Proposals for concurrent workshops,
presentations, hands-on sessions, panel discussions and field trips (either
half day (4 hours) or full day excursions to local education sites, natural
areas, or other points of interest) are now being accepted.

Proposal Deadline: February 1, 2002.  For more information, or to submit a
proposal, please contact Dara Wilkinson, 2273 Riviera Ct, Hubbard OR  97032;
email: ddwilkinson@xxxxxxxxxxx



2. APPLIED ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION AND COMMUNICATION - CALL FOR PAPERS

Applied Environmental Education and Communication is an international
peer-reviewed quarterly for both academics and practitioners that features
articles, a discussion and editorial section, and books and materials
reviews. The journal seeks to advance a synergistic relationship between
research and practical information to help readers solve real environmental
problems. Authors are encouraged to report what did not work as well as what
did work and make suggestions for future strategies.  This multidisciplinary
journal is written in a straightforward style with a minimum of technical
jargon.

The journal is currently accepting articles for Volume 1, which will be
published in 2002.  For submission guidelines visit:
http://www.aeec.org/



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GRANTS
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3. TOYOTA TAPESTRY GRANT

The 2002 Toyota Tapestry program will award 50 grants of up to $10,000 each
and a minimum of 20 "mini-grants" of $2,500 each to K-12 science teachers.
Grants will be awarded in three categories:  Environmental Science
Education, Physical Science Applications, and Literacy and Science
Education. Projects should demonstrate creativity, involve risk-taking,
possess a visionary quality, and model a novel way of presenting science.

Application deadline: January 17, 2002.  For more information and an
application, visit:
http://www.nsta.org/programs/tapestry/index.htm



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UPDATES FROM THE HILL
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4. COMPREHENSIVE RETIREMENT SECURITY AND PENSION REFORM ACT OF 2001

On December 3rd the Senate voted 94-1 against a proposed amendment to the
Railroad Retirement Bill (H.R. 10) that would have opened up the Arctic
National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) to oil and natural gas drilling.  The energy
amendment, sponsored by Senate Minority Leader Trent Lott (R-MO) and Senator
Frank Murkowski (R-AK), was combined with a six-month ban on human cloning.
Senate Democrats are expected to introduce new energy legislation later this
week that will focus on conservation and renewable energy.

Comprehensive Retirement Security and Pension Reform Act of 2001 (H.R. 10)
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d107:HR00010:@@@L&summ2=m&;

Senate Defeats Energy Rider Which Would Open ANWR, ENS, December 3, 2001
http://ens-news.com/ens/dec2001/2001L-12-03-09.html



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EE RESOURCES
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5. NAAEE ANNUAL CONFERENCE - PROPOSAL REVIEWERS NEEDED
August 6-10, 2002- Park Plaza Hotel, Boston, Massachusetts

NAAEE is seeking volunteers to assist in the Presentation Proposal Review
Process.  The symposia, presentations, workshops, hands-on, poster, and
interact sessions are the heart of the conference and provide conference
participants an opportunity to learn from one another.  NAAEE seeks the best
presentations, those that are thought provoking, uplifting, and will move
environmental education forward.

Approximately 15 proposals will be sent to each reviewer on January 31st,
and scores will need to be returned by February 15th.  Reviewer applications
are due January 25, 2002 and can downloaded from:
http://www.naaee.org/html/conferences.html



6. MIDDLE SCHOOL EARTH SYSTEMS SCIENCE COURSE
Begins January 28, 2002

A 16-week graduate course for Middle School teachers on Earth Systems
Science developed at the Center for Educational Technologies, Wheeling
Jesuit University and sponsored by NASA. This online course implements a
student-centered Earth system science-based classroom where participants
learn from the student's point of view. Teachers participating in this
course work in collaborative groups to tackle problems and process new
information. Teachers can directly use this content and pedagogy in their
own classrooms.

The cost of the course is $100.00, which includes ESS reference books,
CD-ROMs and Activity Guides. Graduate credit will also be available.  For
more information contact Libby Rognier, WestEd Eisenhower Regional
Consortium, at: lrognie@xxxxxxxxxx or 415-615-3214, or visit:
http://www.wested.org/werc/essea/MScourse.html



7. SALT LAKE VALLEY WATERSHED AND YOU

As part of its efforts to host the "Greenest Games Ever," the Salt Lake
Organizing Committee (SLOC) for the 2002 Winter Olympic Games enlisted the
help of Bill Nye, The Science Guy to produce this video that explains a
desert watershed, air pollution, and recycling to K-12 students. VHS copies
of the video are being distributed to all Utah schools and are available to
schools nationally on request by emailing: environment@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx



8. MULTICULTURAL ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION AND COMMUNICATION

This issue of Human Nature examines the influence that culture has on how
our messages are interpreted and how one can develop an ability to see
events through the perspective of other cultures.  Articles include: "Steps
to Becoming Environmentally Competent Communicators", "Key Concepts in
Intercultural Communication", and "Environmental Ethics can Transcend
Cultural Differences." Human Nature is the newsletter of GreenCOM, the
environmental education and communication project of USAID.

Human Nature is available online in English, French and Spanish [pdf]:
http://www.usaid.gov/environment/greencom/humannature.htm



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