EE-NEWS @NAAEE
June 3, 2003
The bi-weekly email bulletin
provided by the
North American Association for Environmental Education
(NAAEE),
with funding from the Environmental Education and Training
Partnership
(EETAP).
*NAAEE ANNUAL CONFERENCE*
October 7-11 -
Captain Cook Hotel, Anchorage, Alaska
http://www.naaee.org/conferences/index.php
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EE-NEWS
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* RESEARCH/PUBLISHING
OPPORTUNITIES*
1. Environmental Online Communication ? Call for
Submissions
* GRANTS*
2. Youth-Directed Civic Action
3. Earth Apple Awards For Schools
4.
California?s Environmental And Economic Leadership
Awards
5. Target All-Around Scholarship Program
* UPDATES FROM THE HILL*
6. Healthy Forests Restoration Act
* EE RESOURCES*
7. Summer Educator Institutes
8. Working And Playing In Wetlands
9. Exotic Species Compendium
10. Water Science For Schools
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RESEARCH/PUBLISHING
OPPORTUNITIES
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1. ENVIRONMENTAL ONLINE COMMUNICATION ? CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
Environmental Online Communication,
part of the Advanced Information and Knowledge Processing Series, will bring
together high quality contributions exploring the design, implementation,
management, funding, promotion and evaluation of Web information systems that
advocate sustainable development and the protection of natural ecosystems.
Theoretical work on the methodological, technological and organizational
foundations of environmental online communication will complement case studies
of deployed and planned systems.
Submission deadline: June 30th. Both
full papers and short papers are invited in the following categories: completed
research, research-in progress, and case study.
http://www.ECOresearch.net/
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GRANTS
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2. YOUTH-DIRECTED CIVIC ACTION
The Youth Innovation Fund for
Youth-Directed Civic Action has released a Request for Proposal to
select eight "model sites" across the United States. Each
site, covering a city, county, municipality, or school district, will have
a new or existing youth-led board, working collaboratively with a new or
existing local consortium of three or four youth-serving organizations.
Youth boards will investigate and learn about the problems, assets,
and power structures of their own community; service-learning; and
youth philanthropy. Each board will then re-grant funds to support
innovative civic action projects chosen and carried out by young people
(ages 12-19). Sites selected for participation in the first phase of the Youth
Fund will receive up to $100,000/year for two years, beginning in July 2003.
Proposal deadline: June 13th.
http://www.service-learningpartnership.org/
3. EARTH APPLE AWARDS FOR SCHOOLS
The
Green Schools Earth Apple Awards Program was set up to recognize the
achievements of schools in the U.S. and Abroad that have excelled in energy
efficiency education. Every school that enters is a winner with top winners in
elementary, middle and high school receiving special awards for saving energy,
creating innovative projects and activities, and tracking their savings over
time.
Award deadline: June 30th. For more information, please contact
Tony Buschur (tbuschur@xxxxxxx) or Karen Anderson (kanderson@xxxxxxx) at
202-857-0666.
http://www.ase.org/greenschools/earth_apple.htm
4.
CALIFORNIA?S ENVIRONMENTAL AND ECONOMIC LEADERSHIP AWARDS
These awards recognize achievements related to the conservation of
California's precious resources, and protection and enhancement of our
environment. Award categories include: Children's Environmental Education;
Watershed & Ecosystem Restoration; Sustainable Practices;
Environmental-Economic Partnerships; Land Use; Technology Innovation; and
Sustainable Facilities.
Submission deadline: August 1st.
http://www.calepa.ca.gov/Awards/GEELA/2003/
5. TARGET ALL-AROUND SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM
Each
year, Target awards more than 2,100 All?Around Scholarships?including four
$10,000 national scholarships and two smaller scholarships for each Target
store?to high school seniors and college students age 24 and younger.
Scholarships recognize volunteer work as well as academic achievement,
encouraging students to demonstrate that true enlightenment goes beyond what can
be learned from textbooks.
The program is not offered in Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, or
outside the U.S. Application
Deadline: November 1st.
http://target.com/common/page.jhtml?content=target_cg_scholarship
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UPDATES FROM THE
HILL
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6. HEALTHY FORESTS RESTORATION ACT
On May 20th, the House passed the Healthy Forests
Restoration Act of 2003 (H.R. 1904), introduced by Rep. McInnis (R-CO), by a
vote of 256-170. Meant to lessen the threat of forest
fires, the bill would also eliminate a National Environmental
Policy Act requirement that agencies consider alternative management strategies
to logging in national forests and on Bureau of Land Management lands, allow new
roads in roadless areas, and provide an additional $125 million in subsidies for logging in
national forests. Reps. Miller (D-CA) and DeFazio (D-OR) had offered an
amendment that would have required most
fire management funds to be spent within a half mile of communities near forests
at risk of fire, but it was defeated, 184-239. Senators Domenici (R-NM)
and Craig (R-ID) have indicated their intentions to introduce a companion bill
in the Senate.
Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 (HR 1904)
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d108:h.r.01904:
House Passes Forest Thinning Bill, CNN, May 20, 2003
http://www.cnn.com/2003/ALLPOLITICS/05/20/bush.forests/index.html
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EE
RESOURCES
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7. SUMMER EDUCATOR INSTITUTES
Dunes 203: Art Focus, July
7-11
Dunes 104: Great Lakes Institute, July 14-17
Indiana Dunes Environmental Learning Center and the Indiana Dunes
National Lakeshore are offering two summer workshops. The goal of Dunes 203 is
to provide K-12 teachers and educators (formal and non-formal) with artistic
experiences that will inspire them to use outdoor spaces for creative class
field trips. In Dunes 104, participants will dive into the issues and ecology of
Lake Michigan through hands-on exploration into the lake with staff from the
Annis Water Resources Institute on board their educational vessel, the W.G.
Jackson. Citizen science projects will be the theme of this workshop,
highlighting activities from GLOBE, Adopt-a-Beach and the Midwest Clamwatchers
projects.
Graduate credit through Indiana University Northwest and
Chicago State University is available for an extra cost. Registration is
limited to 40 participants for each workshop. Call the IDELC at 219-395-9555 or
email gpidelc@xxxxxxxxxxxx to
receive a registration packet and reserve a spot.
8. WORKING AND PLAYING IN WETLANDS
July 20-26 - 100-Mile House,
British Columbia, Canada
The 2003 Wetlands Institute is field-based and
participants will work in teams on case study projects in the host
community. Participants will learn about the importance and diversity of
wetlands, practice current field techniques to inventory wetland vegetation,
water quality, soils, birds, and amphibians and discuss ways to raise public
awareness and influence conservation policies.
The course fee of CD$500 includes meals and accommodation. Three course
credits are available through the Restoration of Natural Systems Program at the
University of Victoria for an additional fee, and up to nine credits from Simon
Fraser University, Faculty of Education. For more information contact Lisa Mose
at (250) 354-1088 or wetlands@xxxxxxxxxxx.
http://www.bcwf.bc.ca/programs/wetlands/wetlands.html
9. EXOTIC SPECIES
COMPENDIUM
Developed by the
Great Lakes Sea Grant Network, the classroom resource, Exotic Species Compendium
of Activities to Protect the Ecosystem (ESCAPE), is a collection of 36 hands-on
multi-disciplinary activities that incorporate experiments, art, music and
games. ESCAPE introduces students to issues of exotic (non-native) aquatics:
spread and transport, harmful effects posed, importance of environmental
knowledge and responsibility of each student as an environmental steward.
http://www.iisgcp.org/edu/escape/
10. WATER SCIENCE FOR SCHOOLS
Information from the U.S. Geological Survey about the many aspects
of
water, from what it is to how we use it. This website includes pictures, data,
maps, and an interactive center where you can test your water knowledge. A
glossary and related links are also included.
http://ga.water.usgs.gov/edu/
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