Awards for Excellence in EE
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Each year individuals and organizations from around the state of Colorado are recognized and honored for their hard work and dedication in the field of environmental education at an Awards Banquet. Awards honor and celebrate exceptional and inclusive environmental education programs, the lifetime accomplishments of an individual in the field of environmental education, outstanding retiring environmental educators, and a President's Award recipient.
2011 Annual Awards Banquet
Save the date for the 2011 celebration on Friday, March 2, 2012, at the Renaissance Denver Hotel, located at 3801 Quebec Street, Denver, 80207. To make your reservation for the 2011 Annual Awards Banquet, please click the blue button below.
Congratulations to the recipients of the 2011 EE Awards!
Enos Mills Lifetime Achievement Award:
Marcella Wells, Wells Resources, Inc.
President's Award:
Dean Winstanley, Former Colorado State Parks Director
Program Awards:
The Bioregion in Your Backyard, Yampatika - Nonprofit Category
Denver Youth Naturally, Environmental Learning for Kids - Citizen/Community Category
Discover the Wetlands, El Paso County Parks, Fountain Creek Nature Center - PreK-Elementary Education Category
Earth Task Force , Cottonwood Institute - Secondary Education Category
Estes Valley Environmental Studies Science & Research Program, Park School District R-3 - Secondary Education Category
Farmhands Education Program, Guidestone - Agriculture Category
Girl Scout Water Badge Day, Aurora Parks, Recreation and Open Space and Aurora Water Department– Government Category
The Greenway River Ranger Program, The Greenway Foundation – Best New Program
Wings of Wonder, Wild Wings Environmental Education – Nonprofit Category
Thank You the Sponsors of our 2011 Awards Program!
CAEE wishes to thank the Colorado State Forest Service, WhiteWave Foods and Frederic Printing for their generous support of the 14th Annual Awards Celebration!
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Program Awards
Initiated in 1996, CAEE Environmental Education Program awards have honored leadership in developing effective, cooperative, cross-sector environmental education programs. Nominees should be individuals and/or organizations in Colorado that have demonstrated success in developing and implementing environmental education programs and partnerships. Award categories include: PreK-Elementary Education, Secondary Education, Higher Education, Citizen/Community, Media, Business, Nonprofit, Agriculture, Religious/Spiritual, Government, and Best New Program.
Awards for Excellence in Environmental Education recognize the highest quality programs in Colorado that are moving the field of environmental education forward. Programs that demonstrate excellence in diversity and inclusiveness, evaluation, depth of experience, action components, and collaboration will be given special consideration.
Program nominations for 2012 awards are due in early September 2012. Self-nominations are encouraged.
Enos Mills Lifetime Achievement Award
One individual is acknowledged annually for significant achievement and contributions to the field of environmental education as the recipient of the Enos Mills Award. This award commemorates the 19th century naturalist in the Estes Park area, Enos Mills, whose vision, photographs, and writings were largely responsible for the decision by Congress in 1915 to establish Rocky Mountain National Park. Like Enos Mills, the award recipient has demonstrated leadership and commitment to the field of EE through a body of work.
- Download the 2012 Enos Mills Lifetime Achievement Award Nomination Form (Word or PDF)
- Download the Enos Mills Lifetime Achievement Award Scoring Criteria
Nominations for 2012 awards are due in early September 2012. A nominee must be nominated by his/her peers.
Outstanding Retiring Environmental Educators Award
Do you knwo of an outstanding environmental educator who has retired (or is retiring) from their professional role in education, and whose contributions to the field of environmental education deserve recognition? Are you such an educator? If so, please nominate him/her - or yourself - for the Recognition for Outstanding Retired Environmental Educators!
Nominations are accepted throughout the year, with deadlines for review on the first of May and October.
Past Recipients
2010 Environmental Education Awards Program Booklet
2009 Environmental Education Awards Program Booklet
2008 Environmental Education Awards Program Booklet
2007 Environmental Education Awards Program Booklet
2006 Environmental Education Awards Program Booklet
2005 Environmental Education Awards Program Booklet
2004 Environmental Education Awards Program Booklet
2003 Environmental Education Awards Program Booklet
2002 Environmental Education awards Program Booklet Part 1 Part 2
