July 2, 2003

EE-NEWS @NAAEE
July 2, 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 - SCHOLARSHIPS*
October 7-11 - Captain Cook Hotel, Anchorage, Alaska
http://www.naaee.org/conferences/index.php

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EE-NEWS ITEMS
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* RESEARCH/PUBLISHING OPPORTUNITIES*
1. International Outdoor Education Research Conference ? Call for Papers

* GRANTS*

2. NAAEE Annual Conference ? Scholarships

3. Aldo Leopold Leadership Program

4. Volvo Adventure Prize

* UPDATES FROM THE HILL*
5. FY2004 Appropriations - Update

* EE RESOURCES*

6. NAAEE Discussion Forum: Community-Based Environmental Education

7. Guidelines for Excellence in Nonformal EE Program Development and Implementation - Final Review Draft

8. The Environmental Education Cookbook: Good for You, Good for the Earth

9. Professional Development for Affiliate Organization Leaders

10. The Bush Administration's Environmental Law & Policy

11. Environmental Education Research

12. Education for a Sustainable and Secure Future

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RESEARCH/PUBLISHING OPPORTUNITIES
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1. INTERNATIONAL OUTDOOR EDUCATION RESEARCH CONFERENCE ? CALL FOR PAPERS
July 6-9, 2004 - La Trobe University Bendigo, Victoria, Australia

This symposium will focus on the role of research in exploring how
the field of outdoor education addresses its claims to foster relationships with self, others and the natural environment. The conference builds on the International Conference held at Buckinghamshire-Chilterns University (UK) in 2002 and aims to foster an international community of researchers whose work critically examines outdoor education theory and practice. By bringing together
researchers and potential researchers it offers the opportunity to
share research methods, findings and issues.

Abstracts of no more than 150 words should be submitted by October 31st.

http://www.bendigo.latrobe.edu.au/sae/oent/C_D_conference_2004/home.htm

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GRANTS
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2. NAAEE ANNUAL CONFERENCE - SCHOLARSHIPS
October 7-11 - Captain Cook Hotel, Anchorage, Alaska

NAAEE has established partial scholarships to attend its Alaska conference for those individuals that excel in the field of environmental education and have demonstrated financial need. Scholarships are available for individuals representing minority groups from urban areas, international participants, undergraduate and graduate students, members of the Alaska Natural Resource and Outdoor Education Association, and representatives of tribal entities. Preference will be given to individuals who will be presenting at the conference, have never attended an NAAEE conference, or have never received a scholarship from NAAEE.

Application Deadlines: General scholarships - July 15th; Student scholarships ? July 17th.

http://naaee.org/conferences/index.php#costs

3. ALDO LEOPOLD LEADERSHIP PROGRAM

Leopold Leadership Fellowship candidates are sought from a broad range of disciplines to receive intensive experiential training, expert consultation, and peer networking. Selected Fellows will hone their skills to better communicate the science associated with complex environmental issues to the media, policy makers, business leaders and other non-scientists. Applicants must be U.S.-based, ideally in mid-career, have an academic affiliation (either tenured, tenure track, or adjunct professor status), and be active in research and teaching. Individuals working at educational or research organizations and who have an academic affiliation may also be considered.

Applications for the 2004 cohort of Leopold Leadership Fellows are due August 25th.

http://www.leopoldleadership.org/content/index.jsp

4. VOLVO ADVENTURE PRIZE

Volvo is offering young people the chance to devise and publish action plans to help their environment under five headings: Biodiversity, Consumption, Water, Transportation and Pollution. The challenge is to produce a practical action plan that will improve your school or community environment. The Volvo web site provides simple activities to try out and a method to write up ideas. The best teams from each country will be asked to join an international conference to present their ideas in Sweden, and compete for a cash prize. All of the ideas and action plans will be published and presented to the United Nations Environment Programme.

http://www.volvoadventure.org/site/index.asp?ID=435

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UPDATES FROM THE HILL
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5. FY2004 APPROPRIATIONS - UPDATE

The House VA, HUD and Independent Agencies appropriations subcommittee is scheduled to markup their version of the FY04 budget after the July recess ends on the 7th. Subcommittee members have expressed support for continuing EPA's funding for environmental education in FY04 at last year's level. It is unclear whether the Senate will also mark up their version of the budget before the end of July. Senators Bond (R-MO) and Mikulski (D-MD), the chair and ranking member of the Senate VA, HUD appropriations subcommittee respectively, have indicated their support for the EE program at EPA.

Budget of the United States Government FY2004

http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/budget/fy2004/

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EE RESOURCES
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6. NAAEE DISCUSSION FORUM: COMMUNITY-BASED ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION

June 30 - July 14 - Online

Join the latest NAAEE discussion forum hosted by Susan Seacrest, Groundwater Foundation President. The topic for discussion is:

"How can we as Environmental Educators involved with community programs convince academicians and others in K-12 education that community based environmental education has value?"

Examples of The Groundwater Foundation's work are provided online. Share your thoughts and examples from your own programs at:

http://www.naaee.org/forum/communityee.php

7. GUIDELINES FOR EXCELLENCE IN NONFORMAL EE PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION - FINAL REVIEW DRAFT

NAAEE and EETAP are in the process of writing the fourth document in the Guidelines for Excellence in Environmental Education series. When completed, this set of guidelines will help non-formal environmental educators develop and implement quality programs. You are invited to review this final draft and provide comments. Your input is important to the process. Thus far, over 300 individuals have provided feedback to the development of these guidelines.

The draft document is available online in HTML and PDF formats. Please submit comments by July 21st using the online form found on the NAAEE website.

http://naaee.org/npeee/guidelines_intro.php

8. THE ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION COOKBOOK: GOOD FOR YOU, GOOD FOR THE EARTH
Tennessee Environmental Education Association
September 19 - 21 - Fall Creek Falls State Park, Pikeville, TN

This year's conference boasts over 25 educational sessions focusing on food choices, production, sustainability, and other environmental issues related to food. Field trip offerings include rappelling, bike tours, geology, edible plants, cave tours, and outdoor cooking. The conference also features a slide show tour of Rumbling Falls Cave, improvisational comedy troupe, local music and conference keynote speaker, Bruce Johnson.

For more information email Vera Vollbrecht at: vera.vollbrecht@xxxxxxxxxxxxx or visit the TEEA website:

http://www.utm.edu/departments/ed/cece/TEEA/TEEA1.shtml

9. PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR AFFILIATE ORGANIZATION LEADERS
October 7-8 - Captain Cook Hotel, Anchorage, Alaska

Designed for NAAEE Affiliate organization leaders by NAAEE Affiliate organization leaders, this workshop provides a rare face-to-face opportunity for creating and improving communications, planning, and information sharing among the affiliates. Presentations will focus on enhancing skills and strategies crucial to meeting the challenges facing the affiliates. Topics will include: group insurance/benefits, funding, quality assurance, interfacing with national agencies, advocacy, and membership development.

Conference and workshop registration materials available online.
http://www.naaee.org/conferences/index.php

10. THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION'S ENVIRONMENTAL LAW & POLICY

A 30-page collection of materials is now available to help teachers
summarize some of the current Administration?s actions on
environmental protection law and policy, and to integrate ongoing debates
into course preparations for the coming academic year. The materials are
part of the annual "Update for Teachers" published each summer in
conjunction with an environmental law and policy course book.

For a copy of the 2003-04 Update [to Plater, et al., Envtl Law & Policy:
Nature, Law & Society - West Publ.], please send an email message with the phrase "Request 2003 Update" in the Subject line and your mailing address and school affiliation in the body to: <environmentallawandpolicy@xxxxxx>

11. ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION RESEARCH

Three new papers from recent issues of EER, an international referred journal, are currently available online, including ?Mind the Gap: why do people act environmentally and what are the barriers to pro-environmental behavior?? by Anja Kollmuss and Julian Agyeman.

A new selection of EER articles will be made available online approximately every six months at:

http://www.educationarena.com/educationarena/sample/res_samples.htm

Volume 9 Number 2/May 2003 of Environmental Education Research is also available online. Selected articles can be accessed for a fee.
http://taylorandfrancis.metapress.com/link.asp?id=hb4u1c6nyyhh

12. EDUCATION FOR A SUSTAINABLE AND SECURE FUTURE

National Conference on Science, Policy and the Environment

The recommendations in this report collectively form an educational
agenda for the United States and for the UN Decade of Education for
Sustainable Development, slated to begin in 2005. They revolve around
the central tenet that a new approach to education is essential to
simultaneously protect the environment and provide for economic and
personal well being, which together form the foundation for human and
global security.

Copies of the report are available by calling 202-530-5810 or contacting Lhubbell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx. A PDF version of the report can be found at NCSE?s online clearinghouse for education for sustainability: http://www.ncseonline.org/EFS

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