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ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION NEWS

The listings below are created by or forwarded through the Environmental Education Unit of the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protections' Constituent Services Office. To receive an electronic notice when new material is added to this page, send your e-mail address to the contact name at the bottom of this page. For more information about any of these offerings, please contact the listing resource directly.

Events  Events & Contests  Job Ops  Employment, Internship & 
 Volunteer Opportunities
Grants  Funding, Grants 
 & Scholarships
  
Press  Press Releases  Prof Dev  Professional Development
 & Classroom Materials 
Links  Web Links  


The New Jersey Environmental Primer is now available online!
Go to www.nj.gov/dep/seeds/njcee/njprimerWeb.pdf for the full document.


NEW ADDITIONS:     (E-mail announcement on 6-18-09)

EVENTS & CONTESTS
FSCD Photo Contest
Summer 2009 at Essex County Environmental Center
Teen Angler Youth Day at Pequest July 25
Frogfest at the Essex County Environmental Center
RIBBON OF LIFE ART OPENING THIS FRIDAY, JUNE 19
Kids Day on June 27 offers nature-themed fun
This Week in the New Jersey Skylands
Invitation to NJ's 345th Birthday Pary, June 24 in Trenton
Webcast on the Clean Water Act - July 1
Late June Activities at Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge
Summer Events at the Nature Conservancy
NJSM Sunday Science Lecture Series
Challenge: Find Funky Nests!
The 2009 Governor's Environmental Excellence Awards Program
Environment & Child Health Town Meeting
Pinelands Speakers Series
News from the Upper Raritan Watershed Association

EMPLOYMENT, INTERNSHIP & VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES
Teacher/Naturalist Position at NJ Audubon Weis Ecology Center
Exceptional Scientists Encouraged to Serve on DEP's Science Advisory Board
Water Champions Pilot Partnerships
Sustainlane's Green Collar Jobs Board
Summer of Service
Schiff Nature Preserve Bioblitz
Watershed and Stream training and volunteer opportunities
Adjunct position at Brooklyn College

FUNDING, GRANTS & SCHOLARSHIPS
NASA RFA: Global Climate Change Education
NJDEP GRANT PROGRAM HELPS LOCAL GOVERNMENTS FIGHT GLOBAL WARMING
CLIMATE: EPA announces $10M for 'showcase' projects
4imprint Grants
Inspired by Bulbs! Educational Grant Opportunity
Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant Program
Energy Grants Workshops, June Dates

PRESS RELEASES
The most affordable family Staycation in the Poconos
National Survey Focusing on Air Quality Shows EE Making a Difference
Uninformed Students Most Optimistic?
It's a Record Year for Trout Fishing in New Jersey
What's lost a gain for another
State We're In - Invasion of the Plant Snatchers
State BOE Adopts Revised HS Graduation Requirements and Revised Curriculum Standards in 6 Content Areas
Raritan Valley Community College goes green
ISTF 2008-2009 Winners Announcement includes New Jersey team
Announcing the Preservation of the Carpenter Family Farm!
Dept of Interior - New office aims to get kids outdoors
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN MAPS OUT FUTURE FOR NEW JERSEY’S TRAILS
Updated Article on Delaware River Study
NEW JERSEY UPDATES ADVISORY FOR CONSUMING LARGE BLUEFISH
Senate bill supports 21st-century skills
New Jersey Joins 49 States and Territories in Common Core State Standards Initiative
U.S. EPA Go Green! Monthly Consumer Newsletter June 2009
Pet Friendly Camping

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT & CLASSROOM MATERIALS
NSTA’s New Science Teacher Academy
Atlas of Science Literacy
Follow an Expedition to the Bering Sea
New Book on Ecology, Teacher Education, and School Gardens
Early Bird Conference Registration is Open
NCLI Video "Get 'em Outside"
New Toolkit for MS teachers & Students Shows Climate Change Impacts on Wildlife & Habitats
Summer Reading List
Summer Workshop notice from BTANJ
Webinar Presentations Available
Project WET (Water Education for Teachers) Workshop Offered
Site Plan Review Webinar, June 16
Sustainability and Certified Sustainability Professional Training ~ Online
The Cloud Institute’s Advanced Summer Institute: EfS Curriculum Design Studio
Free Climate Change DVD
NWF Report: Children and the Outdoors State Policy Solutions Guide
2009 Summer EETAP Courses ~ Online
Communicating Conservation to Citizens
Birding activities for summer fun!
Bald Eagle Recovery and Red Knot Migration Videos Available
Phragmites Integrated Curriculum Unit
An Invitation to a Healthy Yard/Schoolyard/Neighborhood
Habitat Workshops for Educators

WEB LINKS
Busy as a Bee
Eco-Sunscreen
Join A Billion Acts of Green!
How Green is My Town?
National Public Lands Day News, June 2009
Top 5 Ways to Help Pollinators
United We Serve
Green Paint
Marshmallow-Roasting 101
16 Tips For Wildlife Gardening With Kids
Wildlife Online - June 2009: Special Photography Issue
Green Birthday
Cool It
PPA's New Website
EE Week June Newsletter: Get Outdoors this Summer
Eco Friendly Camping
Make Room For Make Believe
New Forest Service Kids-and-Outdoors Website
President and U.S. governors proclaim June as Great Outdoors
NJHEPS Newsletter. June 2009
Composting
Green Wedding
Greenversations: What's your favorite place out in the environment?
ANJEC: Support Open Space Funding!
Green Schools News - Green Technology Magazine
Green Hour - Make Sun Prints
WETLANDS AND WONDER: Reconnecting Children w/Nearby Nature
Ocean Pollution
Holey Concrete
Race To Nowhere
This Week in the New Jersey Skylands
Green Vacations
PCEE June 2009 Newsletter


Getting the Word Out!

Is your environmental education event, contest, grant, press release or link listed at this site?

If you would like to have your information listed on this web-site and promoted through the associated bimonthly email, just send it to this office in the following formats:

  • A text message email,
  • an attached word document; or
  • an attached pre-coded html page (graphics need to be linked to existing online images and tables are limited to 700 pt. width).
  • (Please refrain from sending publisher or pdf files.)

Disclaimer: Not all material will be posted and the DEP may edit for content.

Events will be added to this list as they are submitted. Recent additions are listed at the top of the list of contents. Events listed will remain on the list until either the date of the event or until the last date for registration. Projects or initiatives with deadlines will be listed until the deadline date. Announcements of new EE initiatives will be maintained for a minimum of two months. (These guidelines are subject to change at any time.)

An e-mail listing of new additions to this list is distributed two times a month. To be added to the list of recipients, send an e-mail to EEdNews and include the word "ADD" in the subject line.

Please note: Links to non-State of New Jersey sites do not imply any official State of New Jersey endorsement of or responsibility for the opinions, ideas, data, or products presented at those locations, or guarantee the validity of the information provided. Links to non-State of New Jersey servers are provided solely as a reference to information on topics that may be useful to the general public.

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Additional Information
EEdNews is maintained, compiled and edited by:
Marc Rogoff, Environmental Education Specialist
Constituent Services Office, NJDEP
P.O. Box 402
Trenton, NJ 08625
Phone: 609-292-1474
Fax: 609-292-3198
E-mail: Marc.Rogoff@dep.state.nj.us

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