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ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION NEWS
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NEW ADDITIONS:
EVENTS & CONTESTS
Back to Nature Home & Garden: Upcoming Events & Features
Beat the Fall Rush! Take Your Hunter Education Class Now!
Are Your Kids Into Gardening?
This Week in the New Jersey Skylands
Save the Date: NWF's Great American Backyard Campout 2012
EMPLOYMENT, INTERNSHIP & VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES
Well Test Program Coordinator Employment Opportunity
Naturalist Staff Positions
6 Open positions at NJ Audubon
Job posting for Educational Assistant
Part-Time Program Assistant: Essex County Environmental Center, Roseland, NJ
Seeking Sustainability Education, Outreach and Organizing Services in New York City
Summer Camp Educator Position at Musconetcong Watershed Association
POSITION OPEN - Teacher for Green Energy Academy
FUNDING, GRANTS & SCHOLARSHIPS
Announcing the $10,000 Sustainable Energy Award
Graduate Assistantships in Ecosystem Ecology and Uncertainty Analysis
NJ Sustainable Schools Project
Cornell mini-grants available for community bird & nature events
PRESS RELEASES
Administration Continues Push to Promote Outdoor Recreation and Tourism
Intergenerational EE on a Farm Makes Learning More Meaningful, Fosters Appreciation of Diversity
Outdoor/Nature Experiences Contribute to Overall Youth Development, School Achievements
EPA FUNDS NATIONAL NON-PROFIT IN AN EFFORT TO CONNECT YOUNG CHILDREN TO NATURE
DEP ADVISES RESIDENTS TO RECYCLE TVS AND COMPUTERS, AS SUCCESSFUL E-WASTE RECYCLING PROGRAM ENTERS SECOND YEAR
DEP LAUNCHES NEW PARKS APPLICATION FOR SMARTPHONES
NJ Awarded $38 million in Federal Funding through Race to the Top 3 Competition
The Cloud Institute Releases New EfS Standards
NJ's Environmental Leaders Honored at the 12th Annual Governor's Awards
DEP Barnegat Bay Action Update #5
Who speaks for the trees?
Green Building Journal
33 STATES, D.C., SUBMIT INTENTS TO NOMINATE GREEN RIBBON SCHOOLS
Barnegat Bay Programs on Cable
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT & CLASSROOM MATERIALS
Raritan River Conference
Green Ribbon Schools Webinar Series
Teacher Research Institute: "Barnegat Bay is your Classroom"
Glossary of Geology now available as an e-book for Kindle and Nook
June & Summer workshops
Soil Health Conference Announced & Online!
NASA video depicting global warming
PLT Branch Re-Subscribe Notice
2012 NAAEE Conference - It's Going to be the Coolest!
Get Mapped With MOST-Science!
Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies (AFWA) Releases Six New Publications
Cool The Earth
MyGarbology
Operation: Reuse It!
Sustainable Food Systems Education Guide
Sedge Island Student Field Experience
Multicultural EE Acknowledges the Diversity of Views/Values, Contributes to Solutions of Environment
Multicultural School Gardens Facilitate Learning About language, Culture, and Environment
UWSP Spring 2012 Online Courses
New Classroom Action Guide Asks "What’s On Your Fork?"
New Mobile Game from ARKive
Our Daily Poison
Virtual Library in Spanish
Climate Change lesson posts from ESPIRIT
FREE online resource for kids and educators--DiscoverWater.org!
The Pine Barrens: Up Close & Natural Curriculum Now Online!
EarthNote: Critical Minerals
WEB LINKS
Top 10 Energy Efficiency Tips for the Office
Top 10 Energy and Money Saving Products
4 Things That Should Never Go Down The Drain
Don't Fry Day May 25
The Nest Seekers
Slacker's Guide to Gardening for Wildlife
U.S. EPA Go Green! Monthly Consumer Newsletter
Earth Science Sites of the Week
The first public draft of the NGSS is ready for your review
"Alliance for Childhood" January Update
New Jersey Air Quality Awareness Flag Program
Introducing America's Great Outdoors Photo Blog
'Passive House' documentary is the last word on zero-energy buildings
Photos wanted for textbook
Stingless bee beekeeping
USGS - water science for schools
Online M.S. in Land Resources and Environmental Sciences
African American Environmentalist Association (AAEA) Recommended Links
Just in time for the holidays - The Winter 2011 issue of the COASTodian
Green the Holidays!
Cornell Lab eNews: Tracking Feeder Birds with Miniature Tags
Childhood: Getting Better or Worse?
Great Places: 2011 Conservation Successes
CWF: Dragonfly Guide to NJ - a perfect and unique holiday gift!
December 2011: NASA Earth and Space Science Education E-Newsletter
EPA web-based resource directory for healthy child cares
GoGreen! EPA Monthly Consumer Newsletter December 2011
26 November 2011 Earth Science Sites of the Week
Getting the Word Out!
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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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