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ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION NEWS
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EVENTS & CONTESTS
2012 Volunteer Vacations
State Plan Hearings
Apply Now for the $10,000 Sustainable Energy Award! Ends 2/10/12
Presidential Innovation Award for Environmental Educators Teacher Award flyer
PEEC E-Newsletter: Winter 2011 Edition
Announcing the Sustainable Energy Award
Earth Day: Save the Date - April 22, 2012
Eco-Hero Awards
Go Bananas! Challenge
Volvo Adventure
Green Ribbon Schools Update
Save the Date: NWF's Great American Backyard Campout 2012
EMPLOYMENT, INTERNSHIP & VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES
Youth Policy Summit- Summer Opportunity for High School Students!
Employment Opportunity at Flat Rock Brook Nature Center
Middlesex County Conservation Corps Job Description
Seasonal Employment Opportunities with Monmouth County Park System
Environmental Educator job posting
Volunteer Opportunities at PEEC
EID Research Assistant Needed - NYC
Paid spring/summer/fall field research positions, mammals and Lyme disease, Hudson River Valley
Jobs: field technicians
Paid internship: Pennsylvania Flora
Summer 2012 Positions ? 2 Biological Technicians ? Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, Laurel, MD
SER Seeks New Executive Director
One-year replacement in ecology and organismal biology
Job Opportunity - Program Manager - Mid-Atlantic Regional Council on the Ocean
NWF Wildlife and Climate Safeguards Team
2012 Pacific Internship Programs for Exploring Science (PIPES) Summer Program
Invitation to visit careers.science.gov pilot website
Paid Internships in Conservation and Land Management
Job Opportunities Dec 22 2011 Edition
JobOpp: Reeves-Reed Arboretum Eco-Corps Team Supervisor
Part-time and summer Positions for 2012
Employment Openings Teacher Naturalist Plainsboro Preserve
Seeking Applicants for National Environmental Education Advisory Council
Teaching Job Opportunities Dec 5, 2012 Edition
STEM: Good Jobs Now and For the Future
Sustainability related degree programs
Beneath The Sea - Free Marine Careers Program for high school and college students
2012 Racial/Ethnic Minority Graduate Scholarship
Job Opportunities Nov 20 2011 Editon
Executive Director, Cora Hartshorn Arboretum, Short Hills, NJ
Woodford Cedar Run Wildlife Refuge Internships
CWF: Environmental Educators Job Posting
Job Opportunities Nov 2 2011 Edition
4th and 5th Grade Teachers Wanted for Project WET pilot/focus study of new on-line, free, educational tool
FUNDING, GRANTS & SCHOLARSHIPS
S1000 Scholarships for Educators
2012 Ron Vellekamp Environmental Scholarship
Announcing the $10,000 Sustainable Energy Award
Graduate Assistantships in Ecosystem Ecology and Uncertainty Analysis
Recreational Trails Grants
Environmental Justice Small Grant RFA Notification
NJ Sustainable Schools Project
Cornell mini-grants available for community bird & nature events
PRESS RELEASES
Intergenerational EE on a Farm Makes Learning More Meaningful, Fosters Appreciation of Diversity
Outdoor/Nature Experiences Contribute to Overall Youth Development, School Achievements
EPA FUNDS NATIONAL NON-PROFIT IN AN EFFORT TO CONNECT YOUNG CHILDREN TO NATURE
DEP ADVISES RESIDENTS TO RECYCLE TVS AND COMPUTERS, AS SUCCESSFUL E-WASTE RECYCLING PROGRAM ENTERS SECOND YEAR
DEP LAUNCHES NEW PARKS APPLICATION FOR SMARTPHONES
NJ Awarded $38 million in Federal Funding through Race to the Top 3 Competition
The Cloud Institute Releases New EfS Standards
NJ's Environmental Leaders Honored at the 12th Annual Governor's Awards
DEP Barnegat Bay Action Update #5
Who speaks for the trees?
Green Building Journal
33 STATES, D.C., SUBMIT INTENTS TO NOMINATE GREEN RIBBON SCHOOLS
Barnegat Bay Programs on Cable
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT & CLASSROOM MATERIALS
NJ Sustainable Schools Conference - March 28, 2012
2012 NAAEE Conference - It's Going to be the Coolest!
Get Mapped With MOST-Science!
Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies (AFWA) Releases Six New Publications
Cool The Earth
MyGarbology
Operation: Reuse It!
Sustainable Food Systems Education Guide
Sedge Island Student Field Experience
New Jersey Sustainable Schools Conference - Register Now!
Education, Music & Dance at the Lighthouse Center
Multicultural EE Acknowledges the Diversity of Views/Values, Contributes to Solutions of Environment
Multicultural School Gardens Facilitate Learning About language, Culture, and Environment
UWSP Spring 2012 Online Courses
New Classroom Action Guide Asks "What’s On Your Fork?"
New Mobile Game from ARKive
Our Daily Poison
Virtual Library in Spanish
Conference: NJ Farm to School Network
Climate Change lesson posts from ESPIRIT
Voices of the Land Training Opportunity
FREE online resource for kids and educators--DiscoverWater.org!
The Pine Barrens: Up Close & Natural Curriculum Now Online!
Make the World Better with Rutgers Environmental Steward Training
EarthNote: Critical Minerals
WEB LINKS
'Passive House' documentary is the last word on zero-energy buildings
Photos wanted for textbook
Stingless bee beekeeping
USGS - water science for schools
Green Knight newsletter upcoming events and new resources
Online M.S. in Land Resources and Environmental Sciences
African American Environmentalist Association (AAEA) Recommended Links
Just in time for the holidays - The Winter 2011 issue of the COASTodian
Green the Holidays!
Cornell Lab eNews: Tracking Feeder Birds with Miniature Tags
NAAEE EE-News for December
Childhood: Getting Better or Worse?
Great Places: 2011 Conservation Successes
CWF: Dragonfly Guide to NJ - a perfect and unique holiday gift!
December 2011: NASA Earth and Space Science Education E-Newsletter
EPA web-based resource directory for healthy child cares
GoGreen! EPA Monthly Consumer Newsletter December 2011
26 November 2011 Earth Science Sites of the Week
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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