SEVEN REASONS FOR A NEW NATURE MOVEMENT : Field Notes from the Future

SEVEN REASONS FOR A NEW NATURE MOVEMENT : Field Notes from the Future: "By Richard Louv on June 20th, 2011 SEVEN REASONS FOR A NEW NATURE MOVEMENT Martin Luther King Jr. taught us, by word and example, that any movement — any culture —will fail if it cannot paint a picture of a world that people will want to go to. As others have said, his speech was not called “I Have a Nightmare.”"

EENorth- a reminder

Just a reminder of this great website/service/organization for environmental education in the North.


Check it out!

Whitehorse school in Rivers to Ocean Week video

The shadow puppet show in this video—Thank You for the River--was filmed at Hidden Valley in early June. It was presented as part of a celebration of Rivers to Oceans Week, and the signing of a cooperation agreement between Environment Yukon and the Canadian Wildlife Federation (CWF).

Kudos to teacher Roma Dobrowolksy, her students, and Marten Berkman for the video montage.

some highlights from NAAEE newsletter

The Fish Game by The Cloud Institute for Sustainability

This online game is designed to teach sustainability by demonstrating the problems overfishing can cause. Players fish for 10 days, earning money for each fish, along with other people doing the same. They learn the rate that the lake restocks the fish population over the 10-day period and how to balance that with their own needs as well as having to consider what impact others are having on the fish population.

http://www.cloudinstitute.org/fish-game

 Green Schools Are Better for Students

Published by the American Institute of Architects and the U.S. Green Building Council, this report details what mayors, superintendents, and other local leaders can do to advance the movement for environmentally friendly schools.

http://www.centerforgreenschools.org/docs/USGBC%20...

Riparia’s River

By Michael J. Caduto. (Tilbury House Publishers, Gardiner, Maine)
"It was a sultry summer day, the kind that would make a frog sweat, if it could..."
Gretchen, Jason, Mark, and Daphne are horrified to find their favorite swimming hole filled with green slime. A mysterious naturalist named Riparia helps the children understand how pollution is affecting the nature of the river. Friends and neighbors help restore clean water to the river they love. Filled with information and action, Riparia’s River features lush, realistic illustrations that illuminate the children’s passion for their river.

See it online at:

http://www.tilburyhouse.com/childrens/riparias-riv...

New EE Articles and Program Profiles

Two new popular EE articles and two new program profiles are now available on the EETAP Web site.

Articles:
· Reinventing the Wheel: Next Steps in Building Comprehensive State and Provincial EE Programs
· Becoming an Effective Environmental Educator: A Commitment to Competence

Program Profiles:
· Green Mountain College: Practical Idealism
· Literacy for Environmental Justice

http://eelinked.naaee.net/n/eelinked/posts/New-EE-...