INDIVIDUAL PUBLICATIONS CAN BE PURCHASED SEPARATELY. The Guidelines for Excellence Series Set includes six publications providing recommendations for a variety of different topics, including community engagement, instructional materials development, and the design and implementation of environmental education programs.
Melanie Schikore writes about her Community Action Project (CAP) that uses action research methods to work towards community sustainability goals, particularly the transformation of grass lawns to sustainable yards.
We invite you to attend our full-day in-person pre-conference workshop during October’s NAAEE Conference on Wednesday, October 12, 8:30 AM–4:30 PM MST. Workshop registration fees (approximately $130) are waived and lunch is provided through ee360 scholarship funding. You can find the detailed description below. Please let us know if you have any questions or particular excitement at ee360@antioch.edu!
Jenna Hoover, William Mercado, youth cohort members, CBWCD General Manager Elizabeth Skrzat, CBWCD Board Member Dr. Hanif Gulmahamad, and CBWCD Board Vice President Margaret Hamilton gather to celebrate the CBWD Open House and Student Showcase. Photo credit: Myracle Stevenson
Program Educator Jenna Hoover discusses her experience adapting a formal curriculum to fit her CEE-Change Fellowship project focused on groundwater protection.
Students visited the Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute to learn how seagrass levels have been impacted in the Indian River. Photo credit: Christian Adair.
Environmental educator Danny Woolums shares how Lexington youth are connecting with their communities and local ecosystems through the CEE-Change Fellowship.
In the classrooms at Woodland Pond School, CEE-Change Fellow Aubrae Filipiak uses the KWL discussion framework to introduce new ideas. This stands for Know Wonder Learn and allows students to explore concepts from a place of curiosity while bringing to bear their lived experiences. Aubrae Filipiak uses the same framework to explore the natural intersection of place-based learning and civic engagement.
Join Project Learning Tree and Cyberchase: Green It Up for a free webinar on July 20th at 4 PM Eastern Time. The one-hour session will explore creative ways to teach math and other STEM skills through educational resources focusing on nature and the outdoors.
CEE-Change Fellow Lisa Yeager shares her own story of growth and problem-solving when she found her role as a zoo docent including difficult discussions.
CEE-Change Fellow Patti Dugan-Henriksen demonstrates how she inspired middle school students in New Hampshire to become active in community-based science, researching and educating others on climate, health, and hunger.
With the support of the CEE-Change Fellowship, the Cedar Tree Foundation, and ee360, Cepow Cameroon has successfully promoted environmental education in schools. This initiative has started Eco-Clubs, engaged in tree planting and games, and educated youth on using locally collected plastic waste to create sustainable materials.
Parley for the Oceans is an organization that focuses on attacking the problem of plastic pollution in the oceans. In 2019 we started the environmental education project, “Fighting Marine and Coastal Plastic Pollution.” This project empowered students to gather information about the types of plastics that are being used in Cancún households, raise awareness about reducing plastic consumption and pollution, and measure the behavioral changes that this program activated across 103 households.
This 4-week online course (May 16 - June 12, 2022) is about creating partnerships between environmental education programs and community members who aim to achieve shared goals through stewardship or advocacy.
Date and Time:
Monday, May 16, 2022, 12:00pm to Sunday, June 12, 2022, 12:00pm
The “Difference Makers Mentors” facilitates environmental education programming that is equitable, culturally sustaining, and welcoming to students. This pertains especially to those who have been historically marginalized within the science and environmental field, and serves as a supportive partnership for environmental action projects tailored to students’ interests, identities, and local community needs.
Civic and Environmental Education (CEE) Change Fellow, Mandy Baily, discusses her CAP partnership with Community Voices, Informed Choices (CIVIC), a collaborative Extension program in Florida that seeks to build community capacity to address challenging issues, such as land use throughout Florida and water quality in the impaired Indian River Lagoon on the east-central Florida coast.
Educators at the Hurricane Island Center for Science and Leadership implement delivery of Hurricane Island’s hands-on, experiential science education and leadership programs to (primarily) middle and high school students attending the various programs on Hurricane Island. The Summer Educator will work exclusively with visiting programs (e.g., Overland Summers) while the Operating Season Educators will work with school groups, visiting programs, and open enrollment summer programs.
Submissions Due July 1, 2020: Calling all students, teachers, mariners, engineers, water enthusiasts, and artists! Are you looking for an engaging, virtual, hands-on challenge to do at home that also helps the environment? Repurpose materials, build a boat, and compete in New England Science & Sailing’s Recycle Regatta! We have partnered with our friends at Educational Passages to host this completely virtual event. Participating mariners will need to master buoyancy, construction, and physics to race their boat to victory! Are you ready to take on the challenge?
Date and Time:
Friday, May 1, 2020, 12:00pm to Wednesday, July 1, 2020, 12:00pm
Angela Park led an interactive conversation about how to create and strengthen equitable EE strategies and programs in response to the COVID pandemic and beyond.
[Resources updated April 7] COVID-19: Events are being canceled. People are physically distancing. Confirmed cases are increasing. These are unprecedented times. Hopefully, this list of resources will help. I will continue to update it as time permits.
