Latest Environmental education Stories
Thirteen-year-old California Student Announced as Global Winner WASHINGTON, June 5, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In celebration of World Environment Day 2012, the North American exhibition of the 21st annual International Children's Painting Competition (ICPC) on the Environment was unveiled today in Washington, D.C. at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library by United Nations Environment Programme Regional Office for North America (UNEP RONA) and Bayer Corporation...
NEWARK, N.J., June 1, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Teachers in New Jersey and Delaware have two weeks to apply for a 2012 Environmental Education Grant from PSEG. The energy company provides grants every year to educators who can link their students' understanding of science, mathematics, computer science and/or technology with an enthusiasm and appreciation for the environment. The PSEG Foundation will award a total of $35,000 for the purchase of equipment, materials and field trips that...
U.S. Astronaut Leads High School Students in Interactive Sustainability Workshop WASHINGTON, May 23, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- For the sixth consecutive year, Bayer has teamed up with the United Nations Environment Programme's Regional Office for North America (UNEP RONA) to celebrate World Environment Day (WED) by sponsoring a series of youth-oriented environmental education programs in Washington, the 2012 WED host city in North America. More than 60 students from Woodrow...
HARRISBURG, Pa., April 23, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Four Pennsylvania schools have earned national 2012 Green Ribbon Schools awards, Secretary of Education Ron Tomalis announced today. The schools are: A.W. Beattie Career Center, in Allegheny County; Radnor Middle School in Radnor Township School District, Delaware County; Thaddeus Stevens Elementary School in the Chambersburg Area School District, Franklin County; and Springside Chestnut Hill Academy, Philadelphia....
SILVER SPRING, Md., April 23, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The Nature Conservancy and Discovery Education today launched Nature Works Everywhere, a partnership designed to help students learn the science behind how nature helps our everyday existence and the importance of environmental conservation. This new online destination, www.natureworkseverywhere.org, provides middle school teachers, students and families with free tools and resources to explore and understand nature. Launching to...
NEWARK, N.J., April 16, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Teachers in New Jersey and Delaware are encouraged to apply for funding through PSEG's Environmental Education Grant program, which provides grants to educators who can link their students' understanding of science, mathematics, computer science and/or technology with an enthusiasm and appreciation for the environment. The PSEG Foundation will award a total of $35,000 for the purchase of equipment, materials and field trips that would not...
The U.S. Forest Service is offering its 193 million acres of forests and grasslands as a prescription for healthier kids through an initiative of the National Environmental Education Foundation that connects children to nature. Washington, DC (PRWEB) March 28, 2012 The U.S. Forest Service is offering its 193 million acres of forests and grasslands as a prescription for healthier kids through an initiative of the National Environmental Education Foundation that connects children to...
NEWARK, N.J., Feb. 2, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Do you have a creative idea for a partnership between non-formal environmental education providers and K-5 pre-service or practicing teachers? The PSEG Foundation and the Alliance for New Jersey Environmental Education (ANJEE) will be awarding a total of $45,000 in competitive grants to help increase the sustainability of New Jersey communities, through the "PSEG-ANJEE Learners in Sustainability (PALS)" grant program. "We are...
Audubon & Toyota Seek to Fund Promising Conservation Leaders & Community-Based Projects NEW YORK, Jan. 30, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- TogetherGreen, a conservation alliance between the National Audubon Society and Toyota, is now accepting applications for its 2012 class of Fellows and Innovation Grantees. The goals of the initiative are to foster conservation leadership, achieve conservation results, forge partnerships in communities, and engage millions of Americans in...
Gambassa students become environmental caretakers using soil and water monitoring equipment provided by United Water. Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) December 31, 2011 United Water, and Green City Standards have teamed up with Gambassa.com, a project-based education website, to sponsor student projects aimed at promoting environmental literacy and conservation. Joe Simunovich, Board Member of United Water, and Luis Moro of Green City Standards spearheaded the agreement providing for high rate...
