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EE Awards
Annual Recognition program for Outstanding Environmental Education
Annual Awards and Recognition Program
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 9 environmental education programs, the lifetime accomplishments of an individual in the field of environmental education, and
Help Us Celebrate the EnergEE of Excellence!
When: Friday, March 12, 2010 at 6:00pm
Where: Renaissance Denver Hotel, 3801 Quebec St. Denver, CO 80207 Map
Tickets are no longer available for this event.
Congratulations to the recipients of the 2009 EE Awards!
Enos Mills Lifetime Achievement Award:
Patrick Emery, Balarat Outdoor Education Center
Lisa Evans, Colorado Division of Wildlife (retired)
President's Award:
Governor Bill Ritter
Program Awards:
School in the Woods - PreK-12 Category
WaterSHED, Fort Collins Utilities- Citizen/Community Category
Project BEAR, Thorne Ecological Institute - Nonprofit Category
Cairn Stewardship Challenge, Volunteers for Outdoor Colorado - Secondary Education Category
Jr. Ranger Explorer Day Camp, Colorado National Monument - Citizen/Community Category
Heart of the Rockies Adventure Program, Rocky Mountain National Park - Government Category
OSMP and the Arts, Boulder Open Space and Mountain Parks - Government Category
SPREE Force, SPREE & Front Range Earth Force - Best New Program Category
Cheyenne Creek Conservation Club, Skyway Elementary - PreK-12 Category
Recognition for Retiring Educators
Karen Hardesty, Renee Herring and Jeff Rucks
Thank You to our Sponsors!
CAEE wishes to thank the Colorado State Forest Service, CH2M HILL, and Frederic Printing for their generous support of the Twelfth Annuyal Awards Celebration!
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 2010 awards will be due in Fall 2010. 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 E.E. through a body of work.
- Download the 2009 Enos Mills Lifetime Achievement Award Nomination Form in Word
- Download the 2009 Enos Mills Lifetime Achievement Award Nomination Form in PDF
Nominations for 2010 awards will be due in Fall of 2010.
Outstanding Retiring Educators Award
Outstanding environmental educators who have retired (or are 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!
- Download the 2009 Retiring Educator Award Nomination Form in Word
- Download the 2009 Retiring Educator Award Nomination Form in PDF
Nominations are accepted throughout the year, with deadlines for review on May 1st and October 1st.
Past Award Recipients
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
2002 Environmental Education Awards Program Booklet Part 2
2001 Environmental Education Awards Program Booklet