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ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION NEWS

The listings below are created by or forwarded through the Environmental Education Unit of the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protections' Office of Communications. For more information about any of these offerings, please contact the listing resource directly.

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Events  Events/Contests  Job Ops  Employment, Internship & 
 Volunteer Opportunities
Grants  Funding, Grants 
 & Scholarships
  
Press  Press Releases  Prof Dev  Professional Development
 & Classroom Materials 
Links  Web Links  


NEW ADDITIONS:     (Listserv announcement on 5-15-13)

EVENTS/CONTESTS
Creating Healthy Family Meals on a Budget Workshop
UPCOMING PROGRAMS AT TRAILSIDE
Fifth Annual Reservoir Challenge event - June 1
Sail on NJ's Tall Ship in Raritan Bay or Hudson River! June, July Dates
Summer 2013 Programs at Essex County Environmental Center
Out and About NJ Skylands
You're invited to exhibit: New Jersey Wild Outdoor Expo
Get "Your Nature On!" Union County's 9th Annual Bio-Blitz, June 14-15
Dietician Hopes to Bring Family Together for Healthy, Economic Meals
PEEC Seasons Highlights: May - June 2013
Ocean Fun Days 2013 - Save the Date
Show Us Your Funky Nests
FREE School Garden Events
Get more quality time with your kids--Get our No-fire-needed S'mores recipe

EMPLOYMENT, INTERNSHIP & VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES
Job Posting for Mercer County Park Commission
3 NJ Audubon Open Positions
Nature Camp Intern
State Parks Seasonal Position: Arc GIS/GPS intern - with working knowledge of Adobe Illustrator
Environment Education & Community Outreach Initiative at NJSOC
Volunteers sought for the Nature Center's Welcome Center and Nature Store
Summer Internships at Rutherfurd Hall

FUNDING, GRANTS & SCHOLARSHIPS
Community Forestry Grants Available
TogetherGreen Fellowship Program Info

PRESS RELEASES
Help Protect Your Loved Ones from Air Pollution Exposure
Great Outdoors Month/National Trails Day Celebrated
Mobile Apps Make Field Trips More Interactive
SECOND ANNUAL U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION GREEN RIBBON SCHOOLS ANNOUNCED

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT & CLASSROOM MATERIALS
Investigating Environmental Issues in the Raritan Watershed
4,938 Bird Sounds Now Downloadable in "Master Set" from Cornell
NJ Landscape Project Training and Information Session - WEBINAR
Schedule a NASP Training Session For the Upcoming School Year Now
Stream Monitoring Workshops
Environmental Health and Safety Resource
New animated video about rivers & their floodplains
NOAA Releases Climate Activity Book
Project Learning Tree Teacher's Workshop
Sustainable Energy: Exploring Wind and Solar Power Systems
Free Professional Development for NJ Teachers
EE-News for April 17, 2013
Exciting new 3 day workshop!
Food for the Soil monograph Available!
Get Rapt About Raptors with New ID Guide

WEB LINKS
Green Knight Newsletter: News and Events for June
Greenhouse gases chart
Education Outside Video: Open the Classroom Door
The Crisis in Early Education
May 2013: NJ Farm To School Network News
"Earth Science Site of the Week" - spring, 2013
6-Step Guide to Gardening with Kids
UPCOMING SUSTAINABLE JERSEY EVENTS JUNE 2013
Osprey meets plastic bag, piping plovers, and beer!
Green Knight newsletter - May 2013 - News of Environmental Issues and Events in NJ
Cornell Lab eNews: Celebrate Nest Season With A Fun New Challenge
NAAEE: EE-News for May 8, 2013
Peregrine Nestbox Activity on Live Webcam
Coastal Studies for tenth grade Girls
It's Garden for Wildlife Month!
TIDEings for Teachers: Educator Newsletter
Spring 2013: NJ School Garden Report
Air Quality Awareness Week was April 29 - May 3, 2013: FYI
News from Raritan Headwaters Association
Registration Opens for NPLD's 20th Anniversary Celebration
National EE Week Newsletter: April
Spring into the Great Outdoors
Play Again being shown on PBS
News from NJESTA


Getting the Word Out!

Is your environmental education event, contest, grant, press release or link listed at this site?

If you would like to have your information listed on this web-site and promoted through the associated bimonthly email, just send it to this office in the following formats:

  • A text message email,
  • an attached word document; or
  • an attached pre-coded html page (graphics need to be linked to existing online images and tables are limited to 700 pt. width).
  • (Please refrain from sending publisher or pdf files.)

Disclaimer: Not all material will be posted and the DEP may edit for content.

Events will be added to this list as they are submitted. Recent additions are listed at the top of the list of contents. Events listed will remain on the list until either the date of the event or until the last date for registration. ("Calendars of Events" will not be posted, please send a link to your calendar for posting.) Projects or initiatives with deadlines will be listed until the deadline date. Job announcements must include a cut-off date. Announcements of new EE initiatives will be maintained for a minimum of two months. (These guidelines are subject to change at any time.)

An e-mail listing of new additions to this list is distributed two times a month. Subscribe to the EEdNews listserv. Unsubscribe from the EEdNews listserv.

Please note: Links to non-State of New Jersey sites do not imply any official State of New Jersey endorsement of or responsibility for the opinions, ideas, data, or products presented at those locations, or guarantee the validity of the information provided. Links to non-State of New Jersey servers are provided solely as a reference to information on topics that may be useful to the general public.

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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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