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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' Office of Communications. 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.
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 4-29-08)
EVENTS & CONTESTS
We Are What We Do
Earth Science Week Celebrates "No Child Left Inside"
Celebrate Endangered Species Day
Turn Around America Online Video Contest
World Wide Wolves Essay Contest
Youth Venture – Lorax Challenge
EE Week Photo Blog Contest
Envision2050: Is the Future Nature?
Ocean Art Contest
NJDEP Offers a Variety of Events and Activities for the Spring for You and Your Family
Create a New Summertime Tradition: Ready to Camp Out?
PEEC Offers Free Programs With John Serrao
National Drinking Water Week is May 4 - 10, 2008
May Events in the Delaware Bayshores
Miami to Maine: An Outrigger Journey
2008 Write On! Wetlands Challenge: The Illustrator's Challenge
ANJEE EXCELLENCE IN ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION AWARDS
NJSTA - Environmental Award
Liberty Science Center Summer Wkshps
Professor W's Earth Science Circus at Hackettstown NREC
Our Vanishing Past on NJN
Scott Weidensaul Program at PEEC
Coastal America Ocean Art Contest
Learning to Live Lightly at PEEC
Astronomy Events for The Meadowlands Environment Center
First Annual Summit, NJ Green Fest
EMPLOYMENT, INTERNSHIP & VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES
NJDEP Is Looking for 20 People to Help Make a Difference in their Watersheds
Soils wesbite reviewers needed
Trail Conference Job Posting
SEEKING EDUCATIONAL LEADER FOR EARTH LITERACY PUBLIC K-8 CHARTER SCHOOL
Graduate Internships in Environmental Education
Flat Rock Job Opportunities
Employment Opportunity: Garden Educator
Temporary Full time Position at Duke Farms
Volunteer Scientists Needed for ‘Bio-Blitz’ in Mattano Park & Elizabeth River Parkway, June 13-14
FUNDING, GRANTS & SCHOLARSHIPS
Connect Grants for Culturally Diverse Communities
NAAEE Conference Scholarships Offered - Apply Now
Environmental Education Grants offered
Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Grant Opportunity
PSEG Accepting Applications From NJ Teachers for Environmental Education Grant Program
International Teacher Program ~ Galapagos Islands
PRESS RELEASES
DEP AWARDS $3.2 MILLION IN GRANTS TO AID LOCAL WATER-QUALITY IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS
DEP REMINDS RESIDENTS: IF YOU CARE ABOUT NEW JERSEY’S BEARS, DON’T FEED THEM
USGBC Announces Recipients of Excellence in Green Building Curriculum Recognition Awards & Incentive
DEP COMMISSIONER RECOGNIZES ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDS
Trout Fishing Mid-season Report
A L.E.E.D. City being built
U.S. EPA Go Green! Monthly Consumer Newsletter - May 2008
Major Recommendations to Transform New Jersey High School Education Unveiled
More N.J. residents to go to single-stream recycling
Solar Energy in the Press - 2 articles
Students & local tree care programs honored at NJ’s Arbor Day celebration
Air Quality Awareness Week
A Special National Wildlife Week Action
Carbon Tip of the Day
Making Recycling Really Pay - TIME.htm
Fish Art and Essay Contest Winners Honored
DEP LAUNCHES SHRINK-WRAP RECYCLING PROGRAM FOR BOATERS
DEP COMMISSIONER MARKS WILDFIRE AWARENESS WEEK BY URGING RESIDENTS TO BOLSTER DEFENSIBLE ZONES
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT & CLASSROOM MATERIALS
Ecology Lesson Plans
Environmental Countdown
A Garden's Quest for Safe Water
Ecological Field Studies ~ Online
Biomimicry: Using Nature’s Design to Revitalize Your Science Curriculum ~ New York
NSF Graduate Teaching Fellows in K-12 Education
"Trout in the Classroom" Training Dates Announced
Sustainability Workshop
Using EPA's Healthy School Environments Assessment Tool (HealthySEATv2)
The U.S. Department of Education's Teacher-to-Teacher 2008 Summer Workshops
9th Annual Pinelands Summer Teacher Institute
[AASG] Earth Science Literacy Initiative
TWO DAY FACILITATOR TRAINING WORKSHOP - September 9 & 16, 2008
NASA Education Websites
iEARN Launches (OF)2
PCEE Summer Educator Events 2008
Life Science Field Training Institute
Summer 2008! FIELD STUDIES IN THE HACKENSACK WATERSHED
FREE Take A Walk book online!
NY/NJ Harbor Estuary MAY 8 Free workshop
WEB LINKS
New Site Helps Educational Institutions Maintain Safe Environment
Celebrating the Seasons with Rebecca Kolls May 2008
May 3, 2008 "Earth Science Sites of the Week"
PCEE May Newsletter 07155
Top 5 Reasons to Create an NWF Certified Wildlife Habitat!
Exciting New Kids Project from Pulse of the Planet
Edible Landscaping May 2008
April 26, 2008 "Earth Science Sites of the Week"
April 19, 2008 "Earth Science Sites of the Week"
NJHEPS Newsletter, April 2008
New "NestWatch" project launched!
April 2008 Kids Garden News
Wildlife Online: April 2008; Take Action During National Wildlife Week
Moss in the City - Gardening in Small Spaces - April 2008 E-Newsletter
Students comment on hi performance school
Spice up your lessons for spring!
Spring has arrived! Is your garden wildlife-friendly?
NJN's Green Builders Premiere
Getting the Word Out!
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Additional Information
EEdNews is maintained, compiled and edited by:
Marc Rogoff, Environmental Education Specialist
Office of Communications, 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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