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PA Assn. Of Environmental Educators Announce 2024 Award Winners

PA Environment Daily

On March 29, the PA Association of Environmental Educators announced the winners of its 2024 awards. The PAEE annual awards play a vital role in the environmental education community in Pennsylvania by providing a platform for educators to acknowledge and honor each other's contributions.

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Environmental Science PhD Student Publishes Children’s Book on Climate Change

Academy of Natural Sciences

This led the fourth-year environmental science doctoral student and Academy student research associate to consider the questions: At what age do we begin talking to children about climate change? Champlin hopes that their book offers a different view than a lot of other children’s books on environmental science. “I

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Educators In Washington County Forming Southwest PA Environmental Literacy Coalition; Oct. 16 Webinar Kickoff

PA Environment Daily

Educators in Washington County issued an invitation to educators, local professionals and environmental science enthusiasts to join the newly forming Southwest PA Environmental Literacy Coalition. to begin making connections and sharing resources to support educators in this work.

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US Dept. Of Education Honors Green Ribbon Schools, Including PA Schools In Butler County, Reading, Philadelphia

PA Environment Daily

The US Department of Education honored 55 schools with 2024 Green Ribbon Schools recognition to highlight schools, districts, postsecondary institutions, and early learning centers’ cost-saving, health promoting, and performance-enhancing sustainability practices. Hydroponics and gardening boxes serve as practical laboratories.

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NOAA Grant To Chesapeake Bay Foundation Will Boost Environmental Education In Harrisburg Region Intermediate Unit

PA Environment Daily

Harrisburg area teachers and students will engage in hands-on learning around local environmental issues and solutions, and the unique nature of their communities thanks to a grant from the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), acquired by the Chesapeake Bay Foundation.

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ESA Receives NSF Award to Transform Ecology Education

ESA

by Jessica Johnston, Education Programs Coordinator. The ecology education world is about to go multidimensional with the help of a $499,700 award from the National Science Foundation to support ESA’s new research coordination network, Transforming Ecology Education to 4D (TEE). Photo courtesy of ESA.

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Heights Philadelphia, EPA Announce New Partnership Aiding Black, Brown And First-Generation Students’ Pathways to Environmental Studies & Careers

PA Environment Daily

To formally kick-start the partnership, the EPA invited Heights students from the Lankenau Environmental Science Magnet High School to its Lower Darby Creek Area Superfund Site, the Clearview Landfill, to participate in activities with volunteers to celebrate Earth Day. Woods, Esq., C0-President, Heights Philadelphia.