ee grant info
Molly Singsen
molly_singsen@terc.edu
Tue Sep 19 10:35:59 2000
*******IMPORTANT GRANT OPPORTUNITIES FOR TEACHERS AND SCHOOLS*******
PLEASE FORWARD THIS TO ANY LISTSERVE, ORGANIZATION, INDIVIDUAL OR SCHOOL
THAT COULD BENEFIT FROM THIS.
PROPOSAL DEADLINE FOR FALL 2000 IS: *****NOVEMBER 1, 2000**********
Dear Potential Grant Applicant,
Thank you for inquiring about our exciting $50,000 to $80,000 Grant
opportunities. In doing so, you have tapped into the many resources our
organization offers to help teachers everywhere integrate environmental
education into their classrooms. The Center for Environmental Education of
Antioch New England Institute administers two grant programs:"Make Your
World Better" grants offered by Human-i-tees and New England Green School
Grants. The criteria, application process and deadlines are the same for
both programs. Applicants from New England are automatically considered
for both grant programs.
A non-profit organization based out of Antioch New England Graduate
School, CEE's mission and services are described in the "Fact Sheet" that
follows. You may want to consider subscribing to our semi-annual
newsletter, "Grapevine," which we publish to keep educators informed about
what's going on with the ever-changing field of Environmental Education.
(You can see Grapevine on our web site). Membership to CEE costs $15
annually, and qualifies you to receive two "Grapevines" each year and four
issues of "Nature's Course Newsletter", as well as giving you priority in
filling information requests. If you have access to the internet, please
check out all of this information and more at www.SchoolsGoGreen.org
Also below is information on applying for the grant, and the deadline.
There is a proposal form that is easily accessed on our web-site at
www.SchoolsGoGreen.org. This is a direct and expedient way to send us your
proposal electronically. You will also find "Summaries of Projects Awarded
Funds" in the past. This should help you understand just what it is we
are looking for.
If you are interested in learning more about raising money for your
environmental project, please call Human-i-tees, the environmental school
fundraising company that is sponsoring the $50,000 "Make Your World
Better" Grant. Their phone number is 1-800-A-PLANET. We encourage all
educators seeking funds for their ideas to consider this avenue in
conjunction with grant funding.
I hope you find the enclosed information helpful and informative.
Thank
you for your interest, and we look forward to hearing your ideas! Feel
free to contact us with any questions you may have.
Sincerely,
Jack Calhoun, Grant Programs Coordinator
Center for Environmental Education
40 Avon Street
Keene, NH 03431
603-355-3251
cee@antiochne.edu
www.SchoolsGoGreen.org
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FUNDING FOR YOUR SCHOOL
The Center for Environmental Education of Antioch New England Institute
administers two grant programs: Human-i-Tees Make Your World Better
Grants, and New England Green School Grants. The criteria, application
process and deadlines are the same for both programs. Applicants from New
England will automatically be considered for both programs.
Human-i-Tees Grant:
Human-I-Tees wards $50,000 each year to schools across the country to
support environmental education efforts. To date, Human-i-Tees has awarded
$100,000 to schools like yours!
New England Green Schools Grant:
The Center for Environmental Education is awarding $80,000 per year in
small grants to schools in the six states of New England for the 2000-2001
and 2001-2002 school years.
Educate your students, promote environmental awareness, and earn BIG
profits
with a Human-i-Tees fundraiser. Human-i-Tees is celebrating 10 years of
environmental and educational fundraisers that are easy, profitable, and
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world of difference.
Call Human-i-Tees now at 1-800-98-EARTH, or click here for more
information on starting a fundraiser.
* UPCOMING DEADLINES
Proposal Deadline for Fall 2000: November 1, 2000
Notification for Fall 2000 Awardees: January 1, 2001
Proposal Deadline for Spring 2001: March 15, 2001
Notification for Spring 2001 Awardees: May 15, 2001
*PLEASE NOTE: the fiscal agents for these grant funds must be a school.
Applications must be received in the CEE office by the proposal deadline.
Grant Criteria:
The fiscal agent for any funded project must be a school or school
district. Other non-profit, educational and/or community organizations who
are interested in participating in this grant program are encouraged to
develop strong working relationships with a local school who is able to
act as the fiscal agent.
We encourage projects and programs that:
employ the local environment as a comprehensive framework for learning in
all subject areas. This approach is called "Environment as an Integrating
Context", or EIC for short. In an EIC program, Environmental Education is
not an "add-on" or a "unit" in a subject area, nor is it a separate
discipline. Rather, environmentally oriented projects are the basis of an
interdisciplinary curriculum. The environmental aspects of the projects
make learning relevant to the students' daily lives, and provide a focus
and reference point for the development of students' knowledge, skills and
attitudes. (See http://www.seer.org for information on a study that
documents the success of this approach.) involve several partners in the
local community as well as partnerships between different groups within
the school, particularly if the relationship is based on solving real life
problems include donated materials and time in their budget focus on
activities that are developmentally and age appropriate and
hands-on/experiential address clear community, educational, environmental
and/or financial needs have a unique or particularly creative twist
represent a fair distribution between geographic regions across the
country.
Computers, food and playground equipment will not be considered for
funding unless a very clear case can be made for how they are essential to
using the environment as an integrating context for learning in your
project. Transportation costs will be carefully reviewed for need.
Award Amounts:
There are two cycles for this grant program: Spring and Fall. During each
Spring cycle we will award one lead grant in the $5,000 - $10,000 range.
The New England Green School Grant program may award more than one lead
grant if funding exists in the grant pool to support it. If you apply for
a lead grant, your proposal may or may not be considered for partial
funding. To insure consideration for a grant in the $500 - $2,500 range,
submit a separate Proposal Quick Form for a partial component of your lead
grant project.
During both cycles most grants will be awarded in the $500 - $2,500 range.
It is in your best interest to make your request in this range.
Occasionally grants will be made for higher amounts for exceptional
projects.
Grant Application and Award Process:
Fill out the Proposal Quick Form and submit it to the Center for
Environmental Education (CEE). You can access this on our website at
www.SchoolsGoGreen.org. If you are not sure about an answer to a question
on the Proposal Quick Form, just make your best guess. The purpose of this
form is to help us identify promising projects without applicants having
to invest too much time in writing up a detailed grant proposal.
We prefer to receive your proposal electronically by submitting it
directly from web site: www.SchoolsGoGreen.org. However, a hard copy of
the form can be requested by:
calling CEE at 1-888-875-6698 or 1-603-355-3251,
or emailing a request to cee@antiochne.edu.
Completed hard copy Proposal Quick Forms should be mailed to:
Grant Program
Center for Environmental Education
40 Avon Street
Keene, NH 03431
On the day of the application deadline, the grant review committee will
begin reviewing Proposal Quick Forms. All proposals must be received by
this day, not simply postmarked by the application deadline. Finalists
will be selected and notified within two months of the application
deadline. If there are more qualified proposals than our funding pool can
support, Finalists may be selected by random drawing from groups of
equally competitive proposals.
Finalists will be asked to submit the following documentation:
updated Proposal Quick Form
budget detail
A letter from your school administrator, director, superintendent or
principal endorsing your project.
Documentation of your tax exempt or non-profit status. Usually this is a
letter typed on your organization's, school's or district's letterhead
including your Federal Tax ID number (also called an "EIN" or Employer
Identification Number). It may be documentation of 501(c)3 or another
non-profit designation.
Upon successful review of this documentation, Finalists will be awarded
grant funding.
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Summaries of Projects Award Funds
General Note
Each of these projects leads directly to increased environmental
awareness, understanding and action. Many have a strong interdisciplinary
focus, and all of them were very age appropriate. They also maximize the
impact of existing resources, usually by using environmental themes to
establish partnerships within and between schools and communities. Many of
the projects have a particularly unique and creative aspect, often
stemming from the specific needs and opportunities of the local place.
All the proposals were clear and concise in their descriptions and
timelines. All the proposals showed budgets that realistically matched
the stated need. In each case it is clear from the proposal that the
people involved are personally inspired and enthusiastic about the work.
Spring 2000 Cycle
Lead Grant
Aquaponics $8,000
High School students from Dumas, TX will combine aquaculture (fish
farming) and hydroponics (growing plants without soil) in a project to
recycle biological wastes from a local pig farm. The revenue from selling
the fish and produce they grow will be the basis of a student run
business. This project will be a miniature version of larger project run
in cooperation with the local University and Extension Service.
Elementary
Keep 14 Green $1,500
In an urban area challenged with vandalism, graffiti, and a lack of
community pride, students and teachers from Staten Island, NY will expand
their garden and school grounds beautification project. The effort
includes field trips to the local botanical garden and collaboration with
a neighboring school to share equipment and expertise.
Carolina Schoolyard Habitat $750
A North Spring Elementary School in Columbia, SC, students, faculty, staff
and community members are putting the final touches on their outdoor
learning environment. The new organic garden will connect to the their
existing recycling program.
Science Lore Project $378
Second graders in Ellenwood, GA will raise and release Painted Lady
butterflies as part of a curriculum that integrates math, art, writing and
nature observation.
Partners in Action $1,900
In Bridgewater, NJ, fifth graders from suburban and urban schools are
collaborating on investigating the ecology of their schoolyards, and
designing habitat enhancement projects. Family members of participating
students play a key role.
Urban Ecology Project $4,000
Students at this East Harlem, NY school will be involved in all stages of
design, construction, study and maintenance of planter boxes, bird houses
and feeders, a weather station and a vermiculture station for their urban
school. Planters will be constructed by inmates at Riker's Island prison.
Students will hold two public education forums to celebrate their
successes.
Middle School
Groundwater Monitoring $1,860
The groundwater near a newly created wetland on the school grounds will be
tested and monitored by students from Philadelphia, NY. This project will
be integrated into the English and Science departments over the course of
the whole school year.
River Check $1,543
After year-long water quality investigations, students from Northstar
Academy Richmond, VA will present their findings and suggestions for
improvement to the affected counties and the State Department of
Agriculture.
Outdoor Environment Lab $1,900
Adding a pond ecosystem and associated butterfly and bird habitat
plantings is the focus of this initiative. Students are planing, planting
and maintaining an interior courtyard space at their school in Clifton
Park, NY as a place to learn about the environment.
Bird Wildlife Study and Enhancement $1,730
Seventh graders in Russell, NY will develop bird research experiments and
display their results to the community. This project is a model of using
an environmental project as the basis for a multi-disciplinary curriculum.
Water, Water everywhere $2000
7-9th grade students at Coral Bay School on St. John, USVI will do a
comprehensive, interdisciplinary study of the distribution, use and
conservation of the limited and valuable potable water on the island.
High School
Riparian Restoration Project $2,500
In Orosi, CA, students will visit, study a habitat impacted by ranching
activities, and then grow native plants for restoration planting projects.
J.A.M.E.S. Project $1,000
Students from six high schools in a South Dakota watershed will
electronically share water quality data with each other, University
students studying to become teachers, and local and state agencies.
Fall 1999 Cycle
Lead Grant
School Outside A School $5,000
Approximately 1,000 K-2 students from Sudduth Elementary project
S.E.E.D.S. group in Starkville, MS will develop and utilize a hands-on
outdoor classroom. It will feature a composting area, gardening plots,
lilypond with carp, hummingbird feeders and a butterfly garden. This
project is supported by many local organizations including Mississippi
State University.
Elementary
EE Field Trip Buses $1,245
Monthly environmental field trips at City Terrace Elementary School,
located in an economically depressed part of East Los Angeles, will
introduce students to recycling, forestry and oceanography.
Goin' Squirrelly $1,233
Students at the Discovery School in Buffalo, NY will help to reduce the
occurrence of squirrels being relocated to habitats that can be harmful to
them. They will help to promote an understanding of proper squirrel
habitat by educating other students and the public.
Outdoor Discovery Core $1,400
This schoolyard habitat project involves research and restoration.
Students at the Lewis & Clark Elementary School in Missoula, MT will study
animal and plant populations before and after they help construct a
wetland and modify the school irrigation system.
Closing the Loop $2,000
This project at Mariana Elementary School in Apple Valley, CA involves the
construction of raised garden beds as part of an ongoing, school-wide
composting and vermiculture effort. They will use the soil they create in
the school greenhouse.
Carolina Fence Garden $750
Students participating in Anderson, South Carolina's Project Challenge
will establish a Carolina Fence Garden designed to attract native wildlife
species such as the Carolina Wren. The fence will be made of native and
historical South Carolina elements, and Habitat stewards will be trained
in the development and maintenance of the fence garden.
Project S.E.E.D. - Expanding the Garden Lab $2,000
Students from Steinbeck Elementary in Fresno, CA will use an expanded
garden lab to integrate garden ecology, recycling and general exploration
of nature into the K-8 curriculum.
All Hands on Deck $2,500
At Tracy Elementary school in Erie, PA students will help to design and
build a 15 ft. skiff boat for use as their "research vessel" to do water
quality monitoring, clean-ups and explore the water and wildlife along the
Lake Erie bayfront. Community members and parents will partner with
teachers.
Middle School
Eating Our Way to Fewer Mosquitoes $1,500
Students from Caldwell Middle School in Schriever, LA want to find an
environmentally safe alternative to the use of chemical sprays and
insecticides for mosquito control. They will design and carry out
experiments to determine if introducing guppies into know
mosquito-breeding areas will affect the mosquito population.
The Pine Bush Project $3,000
This initiative involves over 800 6th and 7th grade students from
Farnsworth Middle School in Guilderland, NY in interdisciplinary,
integrated, hands-on, authentic science research. Students will help to
preserve the rare Pine Bush ecosystem by distributing native plant starter
kits to the community and developing student proposals for original
research to be submitted to the Albany Pine Bush Preserve Commission.
Racing With The Sun $3,000
Since 1995, middle school students in Lindenhurst, NY have been developing
a full-size electric vehicle and solar electric-powered mobile educational
unit. As students lead the design and construction process they hone
their problem solving skills while creating a genuine alternative to
fossil fuel energy use.
High School
Green Team Project $1,000
Students in the Special Education Department at Big Sky High School in
Missoula, MT will enhance a recycling project by purchasing a used trailer
for hauling recyclables and materials for building new recycling storage
bins. They will provide elementary school students with an afternoon of
Earth Day and environmental activities such as games, plays, paper-making
activities and tree planting.
Spring 1999 Cycle
Lead Grant
Community Green Program $10,000
The entire Martin Luther King Magnet School in Schenectady, NY will work
with community members to become more environmentally sustainable.
Projects include starting an organic community garden and setting up
community and student groups to watch over and take of the outdoor growing
areas, reinforcing recycling programs, and beginning a composting program.
The result will be a "green, intergenerational neighborhood oasis". All
activities will be integrated into the school curriculum and designed to
utilize different learning styles and multiple intelligences. Examples:
Art themes utilizing actual gardens based on Monet, Van Gogh etc.
Music classes will learn gardening songs and study the effect of different
types of music on plants.
Science/Technology curriculum will focus on habitats in the through
gardening centers.
Individual grade level resource packets relating to each season/cycle will
be created.
Existing nutrition units will integrate the garden project.
Mapping skills, soil testing and growing conditions will be evaluated
during explorations of possible garden sites that will integrate math,
science and investigative skills.
English classes will use the program as a basis for creative writing.
Early Childhood
Environmental Awareness at Yellowstone National Park $500
Children from the Wind River Indian Reservation in Crowheart, WY will
visit Yellowstone National Park as one part of a program to bridge the gap
between students and the large amount of tourists visiting their
community. Environmental education will be integrated through geographic
exploration, information collection, photographic documentation, and
written activities.
Community Garden Project $1,500
Students at the Shield Institute of Bronx, NY will work with special
education students, senior citizens and day care students to convert a
dirt lot on school grounds into a flower and vegetable garden to be shared
by all. The project will also give teachers a chance to develop
student-to-student mentoring programs.
Expanding a Butterfly and Vegetable Garden $500
Children at the Pilgrim Child Development Center in St. Petersburg, FL
will work with a neighboring nursing home to expand a garden plot, plant
seeds, flowers, and vegetables. The project will instill a love of
gardening and nature while allowing the children to gain an understanding
of where their food comes from and the work it takes to make it grow.
Elementary
Project CRICKET -- Environmental Restoration $1,000
Fifth graders from Port St. Joe Elementary School in Port St. Joe, FL have
brought together an entire community through project restoring a site near
the wastewater treatment plant. Students are helping the local community
(which has 20% unemployment) re-focus their attention on improving their
environment. This project connects all phases of development and
restoration to the students' curriculum and will educate the community at
large about this area.
Wildlife Management Collaboration $1,000
Fifth graders from Timber Point Elementary School in Islip Terrace, NY are
working with officials from their State Park on a bat/mosquito control
project and a deer census project. The bat project's goal is to manage
the mosquito population and avoid the need to use pesticides. The deer
project's goal is to educate people on the dangers of feeding deer that
attracts them to the highways.
Building a Straw-Bale Classroom $1,500
This student-led initiative at Belle Halle Elementary School in Mt.
Pleasant, SC seeks to find a permanent classroom for gifted students.
Using their research and the help of community members and parents, the
students will build their classroom and educate other students, schools
and community members about sustainable building practices.
Taking Time for Turtles $1,000
This project at Dorothy B. Johnson Elementary School in Wilmington, NC
implements a school-wide initiative focusing on the sea turtle. These
students will provide media attention and raise funds for the Turtle
Hospital. Activities will include videos, research, and project
presentations, reading, writing, art and music lessons.
Growing Together -- Studying Flood Damage $2,000
After studying the causes of flooding and solutions, students at John
Wayland Elementary School in Bridgewater, VA will plant native vegetation
and work to restore a park that was destroyed by a flood. They will
create an earth quilt that demonstrates what they have learned.
Stenciling Storm Drains $1,000
Students from Eli Whitney Elementary School will work with concerned
citizens of Stratford, CT to inform the town's population about storm
drain pollution. A public education campaign that involves schools and
community organizations will describe impacts to water quality, flora and
fauna.
Project Search: Saving Our Streams $2,000
Students at Hockanum Elementary School in East Hartford, CT will examine
species diversity and pollution levels in local streams. They will share
their data with local officials and share their approach with other
schools to further clean-up efforts.
Sans Styrofoam! $2,000
Staff and students at Saticoy Elementary School in Ventura, CA will
eliminate 63,000 styrofoam lunch trays in their school by purchasing
plastic reusable trays for upper grades and recycled paper trays for lower
grades. They will work with parents, elected officials, local business
and community members to set a precedent for eliminating the use of
polystyrene products.
Middle School
In-Depth Study of the Connecticut River $2,000
This project will use a year-long integrated curriculum unit focusing on
the Connecticut River. Partners include the Amherst Regional Middle
School in Amherst, MA, and the U.S. Department of Fish and Wildlife.
Students will be engaged in numerous hands-on activities including
explorations of salmon restoration efforts occurring along the River.
Pioneer Seeds: An Intergenerational Garden $500
Senior citizens will work with students from Newhart Middle School in
Mission Viejo, CA to create a garden that demonstrates the importance of
caring about natural resources, communities and the health of children.
Educational activities include woodworking, culinary arts, birdwatching,
integrated pest management and soil science.
Salt-Water Aquarium $1,000
8th grade students at North Scott Junior High in Eldridge, IA will design
and create a salt-water aquarium to study the difference between natural
and human-made ecosystems. Students will learn to describe the delicate
balance among organisms in the marine environment, showing the
relationships between producers, consumers and decomposers.
High School
Birdbanding Station $1,000
Students at the Karns City High School in Karns City, PA and community
members will create a field station to help provide critical data about
neotropical migratory birds. The project will use the study of avian
populations to educate students about global ecology issues.
Greening School Grounds $500
This project by The New Endeavors School in Charleston, SC will engage
students with disabilities in improving their school environment and
community. In addition to planting and maintaining gardens at their
school, students will share the harvest with their community.
Fall 1998 Cycle
Early Childhood
Greenhouse Project $1,000
By building an 8 by 12 foot greenhouse on the south side of the school,
the Kid's House Preschool, Ashland, OR will expand their organic gardening
program to year round. Gardening is a theme used across the curriculum.
Teachers, parents, and students are involved. Donations of materials and
labor have been received from the community.
Raising Brook Trout $1,000
The Magical Moments school in Mt. Arlington, NJ is setting up a tank in
their Kindergarten classroom to raise Brook Trout to be released into
local rivers. Children and their parents are also involved in stream
clean ups.
Elementary
Building Diversity Gardens $2,500
Students at the El Marino Language School in Culver City, CA will design
and build a series of gardens that represent the different cultural
heritages in their student body. The gardens will also become
laboratories for studying soil and plant science, and the characteristics
of regional habitats.
Middle School
Greenhouse and Garden Development Project $2,500
A greenhouse and surrounding garden next to the 5th grade classroom in
Rangeley, ME will be the focus of a community wide organic gardening
initiative. As part of a highly integrated and multi-disciplinary
curriculum the students will be in charge of operating the greenhouse and
distributing the harvest to the town's elderly population. There will be
town forums on organic gardening and alternatives to pesticides.
Community members and local businesses will help build the greenhouse and
garden.
Conservation Area Field Study and Improvement Project $2,150
5th and 6th graders from an alternative school in Mamaroneck, NY will be
doing year long interdisciplinary units and service learning projects
focused on a nearby 5 acre preserve. Projects include building a bird
blind, bird feeders and trail markers, presentations to the local middle
and elementary schools, and a community Arbor Day tree planting event.
Dam Restoration $2,000
By working with her 7th and 8th grade science classes to fix an eroded
local dam and turn the pond and surrounding area into a wildlife
sanctuary, a teacher in Hickory Flat, MS is hoping to counter a clear lack
of concern for wildlife and environment evident in her community.
Wild Side Sanctuary and Living Museum $1,500
Each grade at the Aledo Middle School in Aledo, TX will play a role in
turning a small portion of their school grounds into a wildlife habitat
area. 6th graders will build and monitor bat houses, 7th graders will
design and plant the landscape to encourage wildlife and beauty, and 8th
graders will act as tour guides for students from nearby elementary
schools.
Environmental Education Learning Laboratory $1,350
Wildlife habitats, native plant areas, a nature trail and wildlife viewing
blinds will be designed and built on two acres of school land by students
of Venice Community School in Visalia, CA.
Riparian Habitat Restoration $1,000
The LaPlata Middle School in Silver City, NM is partnering with community
members and serveral government agencies to restore a degraded urban piece
of ground to a proper functioning condition that supports native riparian
and upland species. Students will work with the partners to design,
implement and monitor the restoration plan.
High School
Solar School Project $2,000
Students at Yampah Mountain High School in Glenwood Springs, CO are
designing and building a solar powered, energy efficient science lab using
strawbale building techniques. Funding and support for this large project
comes from several local businesses in addition to regional and national
foundations.
Young Stewards Program $2,000
The Partnership for Environmental Education in Jupiter, FL is supporting
9th, 10th, and 11th grade students who are dedicated to taking care of
their community through teaching others. The high school students teach
4th and 5th grade students in predominantly minority and low income
neighborhoods about the local environment and help lead field trips to
local ecosystems.
Butterfly Garden and Stream Construction $1,000
The nature center established by the environmental awareness club at
Edgewood Regional High School in Atco, NJ will be constructing a raised
butterfly garden to channel rain runoff and minimize current erosion
problems. They will also lengthen the nature trails used during nature
tours for local elementary students.
Science Teaching Materials $1,000
These much needed, reusable supplies will allow the science students of
Memorial High School in San Antonio, TX to design and conduct hands-on,
inquiry based experiments in chemistry, botany and ecology.
Center for Environmental Education
FACT SHEET
The Center for Environmental Education, originally founded in 1989, is now
a program of Antioch New England Institute within Antioch New England
Graduate School in Keene, NH.
Our Mission is to integrate environmental education into all aspects of
the K-12 experience.
Membership costs $15 annually. Members receive Grapevine and priority in
filling information requests.
Programs: developing and replicating model community and school-based
environmental education programs.
Peer Partners in Environmental Education
High school and middle school students are trained to teach environmental
education in partner elementary schools. Older students become role
models.
Community-based School EE (CO-SEED)
In an effort to restructure a school's curriculum, building and grounds
from an ecological perspective, this program works to build strong
connections between the school and its community.
AP High School Environmental Science
This field-based research approach to HS Science meets National Standards
in AP Env. Science while supporting regionally relevant problem-solving.
Community-based Learning Laboratories
Using public lands as learning laboratories for inter-disciplinary study
in school classrooms extends the learning arena to the community at large.
Small Grants Program
Sponsored by Human-i-Tees and administered by The Center, this program
awards grants from $1,000 to $10,000 to exemplary community-based EE
projects.
Youth to Zoos
Using exhibit design, students are challenged to interpret environmental
issues and educate the public about endangered species and habitat loss.
Regional Treasure Hunts
Valley Quest uses mapping, interview, art and writing skills to create a
treasure box and a map to find special natural or cultural places in their
community.
Healthy Schools Initiatives
Students investigate the environmental conditions of their school and
begin the "greening" process on-site as community service action projects.
Resource Center: providing environmental materials, curricula, reference
and other resources to educators and students across the country.
Grapevine
Our informative semi-annual newsletter has a circulation of more than 5000
that highlights current and useful curricula, grants and awards, news,
conferences and other resources. Grapevine Currents, the web-based
counterpart to the newsletter, is updatedfrequently and provides a way to
contribute resources and reviews electronically.
Web Site (www.SchoolsGoGreen.org)
This on-line resource connects you to all kinds of exciting and useful
environmental resources such as the Chase Collection, the Antioch New
England Graduate School library, CEE's Grapevine, EE Web Links, the
Curriculum Library, and more.
The Chase Collection
This quality collection is being integrated into the larger Antioch/New
England Graduate School library. It includes thousands of environmental
education curricula, videos, children's books, topical resource books,
periodicals, and directories of environmental resources. Materials are
available nation-wide through inter-library loan. Copyright secured
documents will be available in full text using the Worldwide Web.
Blueprint For A Green School
The Center has compiled an environmental education resource book,
Blueprint for a Green School. Each chapter introduces environmental
issues impacting the health and safety of schools and then suggests
activities and provides extensive resources for further reflection. Call
us to order a copy!
Information Requests and Reference Support
CEE program and library staff are available to help educators and students
across the country find and access quality EE materials from The Chase
Collection, CEE publications and elsewhere.
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