Mike Town Given Green Prize by NEA


The NEA Mike Town


Foundation award- ed Mike Town, a high school envi- ronmental science teacher at Red- mond High School in Redmond, Washington the inaugural Green Prize in Public


Education. Town was selected to receive this honor for his Cool School Challenge program and curriculum that has helped students, teachers, and school districts reduce more than 1.5 million pounds of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas emissions in over 150 schools. The NEA Foundation created the


Green Prize in Public Education to recog- nize and showcase an outstanding public school educator or program that best advances social and environmental respon- sibility, improves student learning, and can be replicated. Town was the unanimous choice of a prestigious panel of national leaders from the environmental, education, business, and philanthropic sectors. Mike was also named 2009 Teacher


of the Year by the North American As- sociation for Environmental Education (NAAEE).


NSTA in Seattle in 2011


The regional conference of the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) will be December 8-10, 2011. Deadlines for submitting a session pro- posal is January 15, 2011. The National Conference of NSTA will be in India- napolis on March 29-April 1, 2012. For more information, go to http://


www.nsta.org/conferences/sessions.aspx.


Idaho Environmental Education Conference March 4-5, 2011


This year’s theme is Environmental Literacy in Idaho. The conference will be held at the Red Lion Templin’s Hotel on the River in Post Falls, Idaho. For more in- formation contact the Idaho EE Association at 208-720-4180 or email kristin@idahoee. org.


EPA Funds Idaho Environmental Literacy


The Idaho Environmental Education Association (IdEEA) was recently awarded a $33,000 grant from the Environmen- tal Protection Agency, to facilitate the development of a state-wide literacy plan. The project brings together stakehold- ers in education, business and industry, government, and other public and private organizations across Idaho, to draft a vision of environmental literacy for the state, and identify a range of ways it can be supported.


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Residential Environmental Learning Center Conference at IslandWood


The bi-annual gathering of residential enviornmental learning center (RELC) and graduate residency program directors and coordinators (formerly known as the Residential Outdoor School Conference) will be held January 27-30 at IslandWood on Bainbridge Island, Washington. The RELC gath- ering advances the field of residential environmental edu- cation through the thoughtful explora- tion of current issues that are relevant to the field. The pur- pose is to increase the effectiveness of current and next


generation leaders in the field. To download a flyer and learn more detailed information, visit http://island- wood.org/relc.


The project will be directed by Kristin


Fletcher, IdEEA’s executive director, and guided by an advisory committee of stake- holders from around the state. Stakeholder meetings will begin early this fall and be held in Boise, Pocatello, Idaho Falls, Coeur d’Alene, Ketchum, Moscow, McCall, and Twin Falls. For more information, contact IdEEA at kristin@idahoee.org or 208-720- 4180.


Orca Bowl 2011 (Regional Ocean Sciences Bowl)


The Northwest


regional component of the National Ocean Sci- ences Bowl will be held Saturday, February 26, 2011 on the University of Washington campus in Seattle.


The one day event draws high school


students from across the state to reward them for their studies, provide opportu- nity to visit the College on the Environ- ment campus, meet faculty and staff and interact with current students as well as meet people working in the ocean science careers. Team entries are due December 15, 2010. Contact WAshington Sea Grant for more information at http://www.wsg. washington.edu/education/index.html.


Salmon Homecoming Celebration Environmental Education Days


The 18th Annual Salmon Homecom-


ing Celebration Environmental Education Days were held at Waterfront Park and Seattle Aquarium on September 16 and 17, 2010 in Seattle, Washington. This annual event provides an opportunity to enrich students’ understanding of our environ- ment and the links to Native American cul- ture that are so integral to the Puget Sound region. Approximately 950 students and teachers from underserved communities in Seattle, as well as youth from local Native American tribes were brought together to share this multicultural experience. The


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