Volume 12, Issue 6

June, 2006

Environmental Education Awards

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Recognizing outstanding environmental educators since 1996

Deadline for Nominations: August 25, 2006

Do you know of a successful environmental education program in a school, business, public agency or local community? Do you know of individuals or organizations working together to provide quality environmental education? If so, please nominate your program or theirs for a CAEE Environmental Education Award (Self-nominations are encouraged)!

CAEE Environmental Education awards honor leadership in developing effective, cooperative, cross-sector environmental education programs. Nominees should be individuals and/or organizations in Colorado that have demonstrated success in implementing environmental education programs and partnerships.

Award categories include: PreK-12, Higher Education, Citizen/Community, Media, Business, Nonprofit, Agriculture, Religious/Spiritual, Government, and Best New Program, as well as the Enos Mills Lifetime Achievement Award.

Completed nominations are to be postmarked by August 25, 2006. Award recipients will be notified in late October. For more information or to request nomination forms, visit www.caee.org or contact CAEE at 303-273-9527 or info@caee.org

Bulletin Board

Upcoming Workshops, Classes, etc.

Visit www.caee.org/calendar.html for an online listing of upcoming events!

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SPLATTE! SOUTH PLATTE LEARNING AND TEACHING THE ESSENTIALS WORKSHOP FOR TEACHERS, Littleton - June 27-28. An interdisciplinary curriculum for grades 4-12, developed to foster a broad understanding of the water challenges currently facing the South Platte River. This course provides the historical, social, and scientific framework within which water use decisions have been made concerning the South Platte. Participants will receive the SPLATTE! GUIDE; Project WET and Project WILD Aquatic curriculum guides; and supplementary classroom materials. Registration fee - $20 per person. For more information contact Stacy Wolff at the Division of Wildlife at 303-291-7337, stacy.wolff@state.co.us.

EPA REGION 8 PRESENTS: A GRANT WORKSHOP - June 28. EPA Conference Center, Denver, 999 18th Street. Hosted by Environmental Justice Program, in collaboration with Environmental Education Program, Community Action for a Renewed Environment Grant Program, Brownfields Program, Grants Office, Indoor Air Program, Lead Program, Targeted Watershed Program, Source Reduction Assistance, Resource Conservation Funding Program, OSWER Innovation Pilot, Strategic Agriculture Initiative and the Air Toxics Program. Please check website for agenda and registration information: www.epa.gov/region8. Explore various aspects of competitive grant writing, get administrative grant information, and learn what grants are available at EPA. Contacts: Jean Belille at 303-312-6556 or Nancy Reish at 303-312-6010.

PROJECT LEARNING TREE SECONDARY MODULE WORKSHOPS FOR 6-12 GRADE EDUCATORS
July 12-13, 8:30 am -5:00 pm. Risk Management and Municipal Solid Waste at the EPA Denver Office, Denver.
July 18-19, 8:30 am -5:00 pm. Exploring Environmental Issues in Places We Live at the Denver Federal Center, USGS bldg 8100.
Cost: FREE, includes lunch and 3 activity guides. Visit www.plt.org for details about secondary activity materials. Credit: 1 Sem hr. $57. Contact: Shawna Crocker 303/202-4662 or scrocker@lamar.colostate.edu

SUMMER FIELD-CAMP COURSE: COLORADO ECOSYSTEM FIELD STUDIES. July 19- Aug 3 (includes 2 days off). At the spectacular, 1,200-acre Cal-Wood Education Center, near Jamestown, Colorado (1/2 hr NW of Boulder). Investigate and analyze the fundamental components of Colorado's diverse and dynamic ecosystems. For more info contact, Steve Johnson, Course Director, steve@calwood.org, (303) 859-0173. www.calwood.org. Class size is limited to 12 students so register early to reserve your space. Earn 3 undergraduate credits through the University of Colorado at Boulder Environmental Studies Department (additional $150). Cost: $975, includes food, camping fees, group/field equipment and use of Cal-Wood Lodge for showers, computer, phone, library. Students provide own tent and sleeping bag.

DENVER ZOO: SUMMER 2006 TEACHER WORKSHOPS, Denver. Enjoy a professional development workshop in one of Denver’s greatest classrooms: Denver Zoo! Meet keepers and animals up close and personal. Go back to your classroom with great ideas for how to link the life sciences with all of your other curricular needs. All workshop participants receive Colorado School of Mines re-certification credit. Workshop and standards-based curriculum materials are provided. All registration for teacher workshops is processed through Denver Zoo. For more information, or to register, visit www.denverzoo.org/teacher or contact 303-376-4888 x3.

MAKE YOUR SCHOOL GROUNDS COME ALIVE WITH BIODIVERSITY! (A Project Wild II Educator Workshop presented by the National Wildlife Federation with the Colorado Division of Wildlife (CDOW) and Audubon Society of Greater Denver). July 17 & 18, 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM. Denver Audubon at Chatfield, 9308 S. Wadsworth Blvd. Littleton CO 80218. For K-8 Educators (formal and non-formal). Revitalize your school grounds, meet your educational goals and empower your students to appreciate and protect nature in their neighborhood. Learn to attract birds, butterflies and other local wildlife to a sanctuary you help create and learn to use the habitat as an outdoor learning site for your students. $1000 Schoolyard Habitat grants are available from CDOW-join us to learn more! Participants in this workshop receive: Creating Schoolyard Habitats-A How to Guide with over 60 hours of fresh, hands-on activities, BioBlitz Activities and Colorado's Eight Ecosystems poster series from CDOW. Optional one credit from Colorado School of Mines: additional $57. Workshop fee: $55 Workshop Only. Contact: Julie Gustafson, Regional Education Program Manager. 303-441-5152 or gustafson@nwf.org.

NORTH AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION (NAAEE): 35th ANNUAL CONFERENCE, St. Paul, MN. - October 10-14. NAAEE’s 35th Annual Conference will be a gathering of over 1,000 educators in Minnesota, at the headwaters of two major water systems, Red River of the North and the Mississippi River, as well as the highest point of the Great Lakes. The focus will be the role that environmental educators play in bringing together the many segments of society to create a more healthy, equitable, and sustainable world. October in St. Paul provides an excellent chance to observe the changing seasons and a variety of natural areas that uniquely blend outdoor and urban settings. Registration Opens in June, 2006 for Earlybirds. Visit www.naaee.org for more information.

Career

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DIVISION OF WILDLIFE: INFORMATION SPECIALIST, Denver. This position will provide the public, media, employees, and other governmental entities with information concerning the wildlife within the northeast region of Colorado and the state and the opportunities to hunt, fish, and watch wildlife as well as the activities, policies, and regulations of the agency. To apply for this position, applicants must submit a State of Colorado Application for Announced Vacancy and the State Demographic Information Form by June 23, 2006 by 5:00 pm. These forms may be obtained electronically from the State of Colorado Job Announcement Site at http://www.gssa.state.co.us/announce/Job+Announcements.nsf/Web+Pages/WelcomeAppl?OpenDocument. Please submit the Official State of Colorado Application for Announced Vacancy and State of Colorado Demographic Information Form to:
Department of Natural Resources
Attention: Joyelle Maddux, Human Resources Office
1313 Sherman Street, Room 415
Denver, CO 80203
Phone (303) 866-2667
FAX (303) 866-6499

THORNE ECOLOGICAL INSTITUTE: DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR, Boulder. Thorne Ecological Institute is searching for an experienced, full time Development Director (DD) to raise annual operating and endowment funds for the organization. The DD will manage all components of Thorne Ecological Institute’s fundraising activities including individual, corporate, foundation, government, and in kind contributions. The DD reports to the Executive Director and works closely with a committed team of fundraising volunteers. $40,000 - $50,000, depending on experience. To apply please send a hard copy (no e-mails or faxes) cover letter and resume to Thorne Ecological Institute, P.O. Box 19107, Boulder, Colorado 80308 by June 30. Please, no phone calls. You may email questions about the position to Jessica@thorne-eco.org.

CAL-WOOD EDUCATION CENTER: PROGRAM DIRECTOR, Jamestown. Director develops, coordinates, implements and evaluates all aspects of Cal-Wood’s programs, including k-12 conservation education programs, summer youth camps, and adult groups, provides training, supervision, and leadership to the teaching staff, manages a small budget and raises funds for scholarships, develops and implements marketing strategies for school and non-school groups, is responsible for all scheduling and logistics related to the scheduled programs, and provides professional communication with all Cal-Wood staff, volunteers, teachers, and other clients. To apply please e-mail cover letter and resume in PDF format to info@calwood.org or if you prefer, you may FAX them to 303-449-0576. Any questions you may have concerning the position may be emailed to info@calwood.org as well. Applications will be accepted until the position is filled.

Grants and Awards

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TOSHIBA AMERICA FOUNDATION GRANTS. Applications for grants under $5,000 are accepted year-round. Check the Web site for grades K-6 and 7-12 application rules. Deadline for grants over $5,000: August 1. The Toshiba America Foundation encourages teacher-led, K-12 classroom-based programs, projects, and activities that have the potential to improve classroom experiences in science, mathematics, and technology. http://www.toshiba.com/taf/apply.html

DO SOMETHING BRICK AWARDS. Deadline: October 25, 2006. The Do Something BRICK Awards honors 6 outstanding leaders age 18 and under and 3 outstanding leaders age 19-25 who develop projects to improve their community. Winners in under-18 yrs. category receive a $5,000 scholarship and a $5,000 grant; winners in the 19-25 category each receive a $10,000 grant. Online application only: http://www.dosomething.org/awards/brick/apply/

GREEN COMMUNITIES CHARRETTE GRANTS. Enterprise Community Partners, in partnership with the Natural Resources Defense Council, will award planning grants of up to $5,000, through Green Communities, to affordable housing developers of environmentally healthy homes for low-income families in the United States.http://enterprisefoundation.org/resources/green/greencharrettes.asp

Community Event

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ALL-SPECIES COUNT BIO-BLITZ - June 23-24.Communities will be counting everything that grows, creeps, crawls, hops, flies or slithers within a 30-mile radius of the Colorado State Capitol Building. The 24-hour BioBlitz is an inventory of all living wild things, and a celebration of the region's biodiversity. Last year, more than 400 volunteers went into the "wilds" of Denver and identified about 700 species. Visit www.allspeciescount.org. Attention Teachers: download our teacher education packet and look for a Fall educator workshop! Help Count In Your Neighborhood! Contact: Debbie Lerch Cushman, 303-291-7328, E-mail: allspeciescount@nwf.org

Resources

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EARTH: A GRAPHIC LOOK AT THE STATE OF THE WORLD: Summarizes the conditions of the world's ecology and humanity and how they interact and affect each other. This 27x36 inch full color wall poster presents an unparalleled collection of over 100 charts, 15 maps, and explanatory text. Rigorously referenced and linked to reliable, impartial sources, it is an extraordinarily holistic and integrated overview, connecting a maze of apparently disparate issues including: wealth distribution and climate change, oil supply and food production, global warming and global fisheries, toxics and soil degradation, population and bio-diversity. Charts and graphics, maps, text and data sources from the poster are accessible, as well as ordering information, at: www.theglobaleducationproject.org.

V OUTDOORS LIBRARY: LAND STEWARDSHIP LIBRARY. Imagine having a library of stewardship information at your fingertips; the most effective way to eradicate tamarisk; techniques for building sustainable, multi-use trail; information on creating and growing a ‘friends of' group. Colorado's land stewardship community has a wealth of information. We can now share that information through the V Outdoors Library. If you have informative, interesting or useful articles, website links or documents that could help other agencies and/or educate the public about public land stewardship, please post them on the library. To post information, please visit: www.voutdoors.org.

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