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AEOE is a professional organization of teachers, residential outdoor school naturalists and other environmental educators. Site includes online articles, newsletters and job listings.
The URL is: http://www.aeoe.org/resources/index.html
Eight states are supported and develop statewide programs that address state EE needs, advance quality EE training and serve as examples and models for other states. The states are: AZ, CA, IL, MO, OH, OK, UT, and WA.
The URL is: http://www.uwsp.edu/cnr/neeap/programs/EETAP_state...
Five California high schools plan to open academies next year focused on a green-energy curriculum with funds from the state of California and Pacific Gas and Electric. Students will concentrate on science, technology, engineering, and math, and will have internship opportunities as well.
The URL is: http://www.insidebayarea.com/education/ci_13457224
"The Center is a public non-profit foundation that supports a network of Northern California grantees, many of which are schools and educational organizations engaged in habitat restoration and agriculturally-related programs, such as school gardens and food systems."
The URL is: http://www.ecoliteracy.org/
California based AEOE is dedicated to the education of children and to helping them increase their awareness and understanding of their natural environment. Liaison: Stephen "Hoppy" Hopkins.
The URL is: http://naaee.org/cgi-bin/risee/noram/showorg?id=&o...
Quarterly Application Deadlines: December 31; March 31; June 30; September 30
Adobe Systems awards one-time grants for one year general operating and program support ranging from $5,000-$20,000. Focus areas include Creativity in Education and Commitment to Community. Eligible nonprofit organizations and schools must be located in one of the following areas: San Jose/Silicon Valley and San Francisco, California; Seattle/King County, Washington; and Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. The URL is: http://www.adobe.com/aboutadobe/philanthropy/commg...
With recent concerns about youth detachment from outdoor activities, lack of physical exercise, and increased health risks, the California Roundtable on Recreation, Parks, and Tourism adopted the California Children’s Outdoor Bill of Rights for the purpose of recommending a fundamental list of experiences that every child in California would benefit from experiencing before entering high school. See the list and learn more:
The URL is: http://www.calroundtable.org/cobor.htm
Greenbelt Alliance is a bay area-based non-profit organization dedicated to preserving open space and promoting smart-growth. One goal is to educate young people about the urban natural world. Our unique curriculum, “The Greenbelt in Your Schoolyard”, can be used in many different youth programs called for grades 3-8. To receive a copy, email or download the PDF online.
The URL is: http://greenbelt.org/resources/reports
Bay Area Wilderness Training (BAWT), a non-profit, provides professional training courses for adult youth workers and educators in skills necessary to conduct safe, high quality wilderness trips for the young people they serve as well as a comprehensive library of outdoor gear leaders can utilize to outfit their trips free of charge.
The URL is: http://www.bawt.org
Back to Natives Restoration encourages and actively participates in the restoration and conservation of Orange County and California wildlands, through education and restoration programs featuring native plants and biodiversity as a centralizing theme. Provides hands-on environmental education programs to schools using curriculum aligned with the California state science and social science standards.
The URL is: http://www.BacktoNatives.org/
April 27-29, 2007 ~ Sonora, California
The Association for Environmental and Outdoor Education (AEOE) 2007 Statewide Conference will include an impressive lineup of speakers, entertainment, and a variety of workshops, presented by environmental educators - for environmental educators. A panel discussion about urban youth’s Community Involvement will be held with students and instructors from Headland Institute’s Teen Environmental Action Mentorship (TEAM) and the San Francisco Wilderness Arts and Literacy Collaborative (WALC) charter school. The URL is: http://www.aeoe.org/conference/spring/2007/index.h...
October 20-22, 2006 ~ Main Conference in San Rafael, California
Join many of the brightest and most compassionate leaders, thinkers, and doers tending to our most pressing environmental and social challenges. Through plenary presentations, interactive workshops, exhibits, film, local food, and dance, attendees return to their communities hopeful, informed, and encouraged by what is happening as well as what is possible in creating a better world. Attend in CA or in your region at one of 16 satellite events. The URL is: http://www.bioneers.org/conference
The CREEC Network, funded by the CA. Department of Education, is a communication network which provides educators with access to High Quality environmental education resources to enhance the environmental literacy of California Students. Resources include an online resource directory, funding links, and a calendar of events.
The URL is: http://www.creec.org/
Upcoming grant opportunities, professional
development and training, and other offers for educators. Focused on Outdoor/Environmental Education in California, from AEOE, the Association for Environmental and Outdoor Education. The URL is: http://aeoe.org/resources/opportunities.html
Provides information and up-to-date news on renewable, clean energy, such as solar, wind, biomass fuels, geothermal steam, hydroelectric, and how to choose an alternative energy source.
The URL is: http://www.cleanpower.org/
Provides information about becoming a teacher, advancing as a teacher, and growing your students to be responsible citizens.
The URL is: http://www.thecaliforniateacher.com
A non profit, the Center for Ecosystem Survival's Insect Discovery Lab is the leading education outreach facility in the San Francisco Bay Area for hands-on learning and the conservation of invertebrates worldwide and has been highlighted on Evening Magazine, Bay TV, and Bay Area Backroads.
The URL is: http://www.savenature.org
SAGE develops projects, programs, and materials that help the public understand and enjoy sustainable agriculture's many benefits. Some projects include: Kids Cook Farm Fresh Foods, a sustainable agriculture curriculum for grades 2 - 7 consisting of recipes, activities, and farm profiles & Food for Thought, a youth poetry and art contest where all submissions are about FOOD.
The URL is: http://www.sagecenter.org
These action kits are step-by-step resources designed to help students, teachers and youth organizations begin hands-on environmental programs. Includes downloadable student campus waste stream audit and environmental action project workbooks. From the LA County Department of Public Works.
The URL is: http://www.generationearth.com/action/index.htm
January 13-16, 2006 ~ Nevada City, California
"Lights! Cameras! Environmental Action!" The 2006 Wild and Scenic Environmental Film Festival will feature an array of award-winning films and discussions about restoration projects, climate change, and ocean protection issues. The URL is: http://www.wildandscenicfilmfestival.org/
ECHS students are engaged in a rigorous college-prep curriculum that extends learning beyond the classroom walls and into the local community. Our unique academic program focuses on “environmental service learning—a teaching strategy that links classroom instruction with meaningful, hands on service to the community.”
The URL is: http://www.echsonline.org/
Environmental Education providers like zoos, nature centers, and State Parks provide excellent EE opportunities for teachers. But with the push for accountability to the California State Standards, teachers need to know how these EE programs correlate to the standards they need to teach!
The URL is: http://www.creec.org/stories/storyReader$38
"SAREP provides leadership and support for scientific research and education to encourage farmers, farmworkers, and consumers in California to produce, distribute, process and consume food and fiber in a manner that is economically viable, sustains natural resources and biodiversity, and enhances the quality of life in the state's diverse communities for present and future generations."
The URL is: http://www.sarep.ucdavis.edu/
As part of the Pt. Reyes National Seashore Association we provide training and facilities to teachers wishing to bring low-cost environmental education into their curriculum. We help teachers plan and implement a 3-5 day residential visit to our center, located in Pt. Reyes Nat'l Seashore in West Marin County, Ca., with access to trails and park resources.
The URL is: http://www.ptreyes.org/clem/index.html
Creating a Sustainable Economy and Future On Our Planet - The San Diego/Tijuana Region - A Case Study by Jim Bell
This book is an economic plan to develop a life-support sustaining economy and way of life in the San Diego/Tijuana region, starting with making the region renewable energy, water and food self-sufficient. It also developes a life-support land use planning strategy consistent with creating a sustainable future. Book is fully downloadable in pdf format. The URL is: http://www.jimbell.com/NewBook.htm
"An innovative residential grade school science program located in the heart of the San Bernardino National Forest at the base of San Gorgonio." Camp High Trails offers week long programs for sixth grade students during the school year focusing on Wildlife Ecology and Aquatic Study, as well as communication, teamwork, and personal responsibility.
The URL is: http://www.camphightrails.com/
Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA) announced on May 11th her plan to introduce the California Wild Heritage Wilderness Act of 2002 in the Senate, which will protect approximately 2.5 million acres of public lands in 77 different areas across the state, as well as the free-flowing portions of 22 rivers.
The URL is: http://www.imba.com/news/action_alerts/02_02/02_13...
Current information on California Condors (facts and updates on reintroduction efforts), surveys of migratory birds in Big Sur, and information on science based environmental education programs and local events.
The URL is: http://www.ventanaws.org/
Publication in Ecoliteracy News discussing program using a garden to practice progressive educational theory at Cesar Chavez Elementary School in San Francisco. Designed to help students better understand the thematic-based curriculum introduced in their science, reading and English lessons.
The URL is: http://www.ecoliteracy.org/pages/newsletter2_chave...
The Society's mission and ultimate goal is
the full restoration of the California Desert Bighorn to its historic habitat and the establishment of self-sustaining populations throughout those ranges. The URL is: http://www.desertbighorn.cjb.net/
A report on the proposed project to "..drain the ground water of the Mojave Desert Ecosystem and sell it to the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California.." Explores unresolved questions about environmental risks and provides links to various reports and contact info.
The URL is: http://www.axelsabyss.com/MojaveDesertEcosystem.ht...
Campus California TG is an international institute training and carrying out humanitarian and environmental activities in Africa as well in USA
The URL is: http://www.cctg.org/
Common Vision's mission is to cultivate awareness and respect for the Earth and to generate social and environmental changes towards sustainable lifestyles. Our program strives to meet this goal through four branches of focus: education, restoration of degraded lands, direct action,and documentation of associated projects of positive change.
The URL is: http://www.commonvision.org/
"MEEA provides a forum for collaboration among environmental educators to maximize resources and achieve common goals." Members are located in the San Francisco Bay Area in Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties, California.
The URL is: http://www.evols.org/
A non-profit educational organization using a community-based education approach to deliver geographic and environmental information direct to youth and their families. The lessons deal with local neighborhood issues of environmental quality, pollution, identifying neighborhood trees, among other features.
The URL is: http://www.neighborhoodlink.com/org/essi
California's largest redwood state park. Contains the largest tract of old-growth redwood in the world. Information on activities, seminars and camping.
The URL is: http://www.humboldtredwoods.org/
January 28-29, 2006 ~ San Diego, California
National Park Service annual Whale Watch Weekend and Intertidal Life Festival at Cabrillo National Monument. Explore tidepools and inhabitants and witness the return migration of the Pacific gray whale en route from Alaska to Baja California, Mexico. The URL is: http://www.nps.gov/cabr/pphtml/eventdetail20797.ht...
Free directory of Southern California attorney's specializing in environmental law.
The URL is: http://ilawyerdirectory.com/attorneys/environmenta...
Food Land & People's curriculum serves PreK-12 grade students in 23 states. 55 objective, hands-on lessons emphasize the development of critical thinking skills needed to balance an understanding of the interdependence of food systems & enviro conservation. Correlated to content standards in CA. Available in Spanish & English.
The URL is: http://www.foodlandpeople.org/index.html
A huge array of information and activities on energy sorted by level of difficulty, as well as resources for parents and teachers (including downloadable activities in PDF format).
The URL is: http://www.energyquest.ca.gov/index.html
Created most stringent pesticide policy in the nation at Los Angeles Unified School District. Preamble to policy includes the "precautionary principle". Policy has become a model for school districts and communities nationwide.
The URL is: http://www.calisafe.org/
"The mission of WEF is to create a better understanding of water issues and help resolve water resource problems through educational programs." Information on CA water issues, educational programs, events, products, and publications. Online ordering available.
The URL is: http://www.water-ed.org/
EE activities, information, and literature organized by discipline (Natural Science, Performing Arts, etc), with sections for teachers and students. Developed by California Environmental Resources Evaluation System (CERES), a project of the California Resources Agency.
The URL is: http://ceres.ca.gov/education/eweb.html
The Chanslor Wetlands encompasses a rare brackish marsh as well as freshwater marshes, vernal pools, and ponds. Interpretive trails allow school groups to access these diverse habitats and the animals that live in them.
The URL is: http://www.sonomawetlands.org/
All about Mono Lake in Southern CA: biology, political history, current issues, ongoing restoration projects, and upcoming events.
The URL is: http://www.monolake.org/
A Marin County, California, nonprofit organization dedicated to preserving the quality of the environment through education. Programs include environmental training, continuing education, and support for citizens interested in environmental decision-making and public policy.
The URL is: http://www.marinefm.org/
Educational resource for information regarding stormwater pollution prevention. Public education section includes printed resources for school age children and interactive materials are under development. Information about a FREE assembly program for K-6 schools within the Los Angeles area school district.
The URL is: http://www.lacity.org/SAN/wpd/index.htm
Free resources from the California Coastal Commission. Including information about the "Adopt-a-Beach" program, "Save Our Seas" curricula(K-12), the Marine & Coastal Educational Resources Directory and a video and slide show lending library.
The URL is: http://www.coastal.ca.gov/publiced/directory/resdi...
Located in California, Endangered Species Nursery, started in 1975, grows rare, unusual, & endangered plants for such projects as Disneyland, Disney World, Knott’s Berry Farm, Biosphere, Apple Computer, Oracle Computer, Universal Studios, etc.
The URL is: http://www.endangeredspecies.com/
From the California Energy Commission fact sheets, reports, and programs on energy consumption, production, and conservation in California.
The URL is: http://www.energy.ca.gov/html/directory.html
The Department of Recreation and Leisure Studies offers a Bachelors degree in Recreation and a Masters degree in Recreation Administration. EE internship opportunities and employment assistance are also available through the department.
The URL is: http://www.csulb.edu/~rls/
The California Wolf Center is an education, conservation, and science center. "Wolf Encounters" programs provide students & teachers an opportunity to learn about one of the most critical yet misunderstood predators - the gray wolf.
The URL is: http://www.californiawolfcenter.org/
Point Reyes National Seashore Association, established in 1965, works in partnership with the National Park Service to preserve, interpret, and enhance the park's cultural, natural, and recreational resources.
The URL is: http://www.ptreyes.org/
This 630,000 acre park is located in the Colorado Desert of Southern California. Students may find information about desert wildflowers in bloom and recent paleontological finds. Desert seminars are offered throughout the year.
The URL is: http://www.anzaborrego.statepark.org
Committee working to conserve the endangered desert tortoise by protecting the habitat it needs to survive. The DTPC site features information on the preserves, a virtual field trip to the Desert Tortoise Natural Area, in Kern County California, research papers, and information on wild tortoises.
The URL is: http://www.tortoise-tracks.org/
A school year environmental education site on Catalina Island. Provides 3,4,and 5 day programs for students in grades 4-12. Combines the efforts of Catalina Island Camps and Jean-Michel Cousteau's Ocean Futures.
The URL is: http://www.catalinaislandcamps.com/
DRAWING FROM NATURE: a series of articles from the Los Angeles Times Kids Page, featuring art and science lessons for kids. Each article is written about plants and/or animals found at the UCLA Stunt Ranch Reserve. Illustrations are by children ages 5-12. The series runs on the 1st Sunday of the month in the Los Angeles Times "Comics Plus" section.
The URL is: http://nrs.ucop.edu/reserves/stunt/newsforkids.htm...
Information on events and activities scheduled in the Bay area.
The URL is: http://www.spn.usace.army.mil/bmvc/
Both degree programs integrate natural and social sciences; the BA emphasizes social sciences and the BS emphasizes natural sciences, training students for career opportunities listed on webpage.
The URL is: http://www.csulb.edu/programs/es-p/
Environmental Social Sciences at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute offers Ph.D. programs in Ecological Economics and Science and Technology Studies that are designed to help you change the world for the better.
The URL is: http://www.rpi.edu/dept/sts/ess/
Exploring New Horizons is a not for profit organization running outdoor education programs for schools in Northern California and a summer program/camp open to elementary and middle school children.
The URL is: http://www.exploringnewhorizons.org
Downloadable in pdf format. Describes program in San Diego, CA. Offers classroom field trips, an Annual Insect Show, The Monarch Newsletter, tours, a variety of native butterfly species, and host plants.
The URL is: http://monarchwatch.org/download/pdf/monprg.pdf
Resources for educating those who want to learn all about air quality and what California is doing to make it better. Includes information on air pollution research, a glossary of air pollution terms, and what you can do to make a difference.
The URL is: http://www.arb.ca.gov/homepage.htm
Save the Bay is a nonprofit organization specializing in educating the public about the San Francsico Bay-Delta region. We offer a Canoes in Sloughs program which teaches young people about the Bay through on-the-water experiental education programs for 6th to 12th grade students. In addition we offer numerous teacher enrichment opportunities.
The URL is: http://www.savesfbay.org/educationprograms/teacher...
The California Environmental Education Interagency Network is a consortium of environmental educators representing California state departments, boards, and commissions with oversight responsibility to protect California's environment.
The URL is: http://www.calepa.ca.gov/education/CEEIN
Yosemite National Institutes provides science-based, educational adventures in Nature's Classroom K-12 students and adults. Special programs include Teen Environmental Action Mentorship and Environmental Educator's Certificate Program.
The URL is: http://www.yni.org/
The Campaign for America's Wilderness is a national effort to permanently protect the nation's last wild lands by placing them into the National Wilderness Preservation System, where they will remain in a natural state for the use and enjoyment of future generations.
The URL is: http://www.leaveitwild.org
The Edible Schoolyard, in collaboration with Martin Luther King Junior Middle School, provides urban public school students with a one-acre organic garden and a kitchen classroom. Using food systems as a unifying concept, students learn how to grow, harvest, and prepare nutritious seasonal produce.
The URL is: http://www.edibleschoolyard.org/homepage.html
The Dept of Environmental Studies and Planning operates several innovative learning environments including the on-campus EarthLab, the 400 acre Fairfield Osborn Preserve, and the Native Plants/Botanical Garden. Bachelor's degree with EE concentration, EE Internship and employment assistance through department.
The URL is: http://www.sonoma.edu/ensp/
Foundation committed to an array of issues and causes, ranging from curing cancer and other major diseases, to cleaning up the air, to supporting local -- Silicon Valley, California -- nonprofit organizations. Deadlines: October 31, 2003, February 27, 2004, and June 30, 2004.
The URL is: http://www.kirschfoundation.org/how/environmental/...
The Association for Environmental and Outdoor Education (AEOE) provides listing of jobs at residential outdoor schools and other environmental education programs in California.
The URL is: http://www.aeoe.org/jobs/
"Global Thoughts and Local Action: Environmental Action Helping You Act Locally to Protect Your Environment" Includes information on reducing junk mail, avoiding PVC, current news and SF Bay area activism.
The URL is: http://www.kahl.net/eco/
Co-created by the Will & Company and the
TreePeople, this highly interactive and highly entertaining two-person show is "an ideal tool for teaching K-6th graders about the Water Cycle as well as the city forest and what we can do to help our Earth." Productions are presented in the Los Angeles Theatre Center and are also available to travel to your site. The URL is: http://www.willandcompany.com/environmental.html
This was created for Yosemite's Education office. It replaces a book that local teachers could use to take students on a field trip to the park. Targeted to grades 4-6, it contains interactive maps, a Field Journal, and a virtual hike. Users can “visit” the park regardless of where they live and learn about topics such as geology, using the park as the setting.
The URL is: http://www.nps.gov/yose/education/
The Office of Environmental Education provides grants to encourage community partnerships to select, support, and develop sustainable educational projects and programs.
The URL is: http://www.cde.ca.gov/
The oldest wildlife rehabilitation center in the US, the museum offers a wide variety of environmental education programs for all ages. Programs can be tailored to the needs, abilities and interests of any group. Live animals and interactive presentations make learning about wildlife fun and educational.
The URL is: http://www.wildlife-museum.org/
The Women's Environmental Council is a non-profit organization developed to help women in the environmental industry grow professionally. This site provides information about upcoming meetings, community outreach activities, jobs, and upcoming events.
The URL is: http://www.wecweb.org/
Guides to residential and day EE programs around the U.S., EE jobs, and Teaching Credential and Environmental Education Degrees in California. Directories can be ordered online for hard copies or PDF files (via email). Current links are also provided for most resources.
The URL is: http://raincloudpub.com/
Using national testing standards and accepted practices in large scale assessment as a guide, to ensure that programmatic and technical decisions of the highest quality govern the administration of California's standards and testing programs.
The URL is: http://www.cde.ca.gov/be/st/ss/index.asp
"Videos and information on sensitive habitats and species in California. Many of these videos are being used in public schools and resource agencies such as US Fish and Wildlife and California Dept. of Fish & Game. Links are provided to California conservation groups, parks and reserves." Videos can be ordered by phone.
The URL is: http://www.fieldnotes.com/
FTF provides Bay Area elementary schools with resources to bring kids from low-income elementary schools on educational trips to learn about the environment first-hand. Resources include grants for trips, trip ideas/set-up, and teacher curriculum packages.
The URL is: http://www.fieldtripgroup.org/
Water Education for Teachers is an interdisciplinary water education program intended to supplement a school's existing curriculum.
The URL is: http://www.water-ed.org/projectwet.asp
Online exhibits, features, tales and tours, activities & sounds. From the Exploratorium in San Francisco.
The URL is: http://www.exploratorium.edu/frogs/index.html
Chico State offers a B.S. in Recreation Administration w/Options in: Recreation, Parks and Natural Resources Mgmt, Resort and Lodging Mgmt. and Therapeutic Recreation. Master's in Recreation Admin. EE Internship opportunities and employment assistance offered through dept.
The URL is: http://www.csuchico.edu/catalog/cat97/recr/bs_recr...
The Conference Calendar identifies statewide and national education conferences of interest to educators, parents and students.
The URL is: http://www.cde.ca.gov/re/ca/cc/
Greenbelt Alliance is the Bay Area's citizen land conservation and urban planning organization. Youth Outings encompass a variety of outdoor experiences from stargazing parties to tidepool hikes and canoe trips to bike rides.
The URL is: http://www.greenbelt.org/getinvolved/outings/green...
The Boojum Institute is a nonprofit organization that provides low or no-cost outdoor, environmental field-based education programs for disadvantaged youth throughout California.
The URL is: http://www.boojum.org/
Educating Californians about the
interdependence of food production, environmental quality, and the sustainability of human cultures. Offers educational curriculum "Food, Land & People" available to educators around the country. The URL is: http://www.caflp.org
SDNHM offers teacher workshops, a resource lending center, ideas for funding field trips and programs for schools and community groups. Information on SanDCREEC, the San Diego component of the statewide California Regional EE Coordinator program, and Spanish language programs are also available.
The URL is: http://www.sdnhm.org/education/
Animals of the Califonia's north coast and their tracks. Natural history information for each species along with pictures and drawings of their tracks.
The URL is: http://www.humboldt.net/~tracker/
The NESN was established to serve as a communication and coordinating entitity for high school level environmental and outdoor clubs. Site features calendar of events, photo gallery, on-line membership application.
The URL is: http://www.geocities.com/nesn_globe/
The UCLA Stunt Ranch Reserve is used as outdoor classroom and laboratory for teaching, research, and public education in the midst of the heavily urbanized Los Angeles area, with programs on the natural ecosystems and on issues of resource management in the urban/wildland interface. For university, K-12, and community use.
The URL is: http://nrs.ucop.edu/reserves/stunt.html
This site outlines a project undertaken by Casa Grande High School in California that restored a creek the state had labeled "dead."
The URL is: http://www.uacg.org/
Deadline: November 1, 2005
Conference hosted by College of the Pacific’s John Muir Center, in cooperation with Saint Marys College of California, and The Haggin Museum of Stockton on March 31-April 1, 2006. The focus of the 2006 California History Institute will be “John Muir in Global Perspective.” Conference organizers are seeking paper proposals on aspects of John Muir’s Scottish roots; world travels; historical impact across the globe in such areas as botany, geology, mountaineering, and conservation; correspondence and friendships abroad; and Muir’s contemporary legacy worldwide. Send abstract and brief vitae by November 1 to W. R. Swagerty/John Muir Center/University of the Pacific/Stockton/CA 95211; (209) 946-2578 (FAX); or e mail johnmuir@pacific.edu The URL is: http://www.sierraclub.org/john_muir_exhibit/uop/20...
"A research, education, technical assistance, and community-linked organization of affiliated programs on urban and environmental policy, actions and education. Based at Occidental College, UEPI focuses on issues of regional development, work and industry, housing, and the urban environment."
The URL is: http://www.uepi.oxy.edu/
Deadline: November 15, 2005
The California Coastal Commission's Whale Tail Grants Program is accepting applications for coastal and marine education projects that encourage people to value and take action to improve the health of California's coast, marine life, or watersheds that connect with the coast. Emphasis is on reaching underserved students and members of the public. Schools, nonprofits, and governments may apply. For more details and the application and guidelines, see the website or call (800) Coast-4U. The URL is: http://www.coastforyou.org
The Mother Lode River Center is located on the South Fork of the American River, in the historically and ecologically rich foothills of the Sierra Nevada. Our 12-acre, riverside camp is an ideal setting for our program's dynamic approach to education.
The URL is: http://www.malode.com
Comprehensive and up-to-date information on environmental education programs and providers along the U.S. - Mexico border. Search the Border EE Web database for resources, programs, or people (Spanish and English)
The URL is: http://www.bordereeweb.net/
Hanover Environmental Services, Inc. provides environmental consultation and project management to individuals, private companies, and public agencies throughout central and northern California.
The URL is: http://www.hanoverinc.com
Camp Ocean Pines is hosting three weekend retreats in January 2006 focused on Marine Mammals, featuring leading researchers sharing their latest research and discoveries.
January 6-8: "Tagging of Pacific Pelagics" January 13-15: "Sleuthing Mother Nature" January 20-23: "Sea Otters" Cost of the weekend workshop includes 2 nights lodging in passive solar designed cabins made with strawbale construction, 6 excellent meals, materials and instruction. The URL is: http://www.campoceanpines.org/upcoming/index_html
Education program contains science, social studies, and language arts lessons for the high school level. Each lesson relates to an article in Terrain magazine, which covers relevant environmental issues, and fulfills at least one of California state standards. Archived lesson plans also available.
The URL is: http://www.ecologycenter.org/tfs/index.html
The Stewardship Council is a collaborative land conservation and youth investment foundation. Our mandate includes evaluating and providing recommendations for the conservation of over 140,000 acres of watershed lands (currently owned by PG&E) spread across 22 counties, as well as developing and implementing community-based park and environmental education opportunities for underserved youth.
The URL is: http://www.stewardshipcouncil.org
Deadline for late Summer/Fall Session: June 1, 2006
Writers, journalists, editors, and essayists focusing on issues of a sustainable environment and economy are invited to apply for "time out" at the Mesa Refuge, a non-profit center with a mission to support important progressive-issue research and writing. Download application: http://www.commoncounsel.org/pages/mesa_app.html Contact: mesarefuge@igc.org or call 510-834-2995 The URL is: http://www.commoncounsel.org/pages/mesa.html
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