newsletter archive 1978-1990

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“As Pogo once said, We is Faced with Unsurmountable Opportunity!!” | The Parks Council’s preliminary proposal for a 65-acre Esplanade Park along the Hudson River | –missing pages– | EEAC Draft Goals and Objectives by the EEAC Goals Committee | Round Once—Delphic Process | EEAC NEWS—Note on the Museum Educational Services Aid Bill; EEAC Legislative Committee to meet with Roy Torkelson, Dept Commissioner, State Dept of Environmental Conservation and Regional Administrator Carol Ash; Concern about a National Science Teachers Association program to have students release 300,000 helium ballons; Alert: American Littoral Society urging action to protect 10 acres of Jamaica Bay; Staten Island Greenbelt Stewardship opposing excessive development of the Farm Colony site; PPEC received acid rain materials from the Canadian Consulate with a suggestion; Prospect Park Environmental Center celebrated its 10th Birthday Party; PPEC grown to serve 26,000 children a year; John Muir received an Environmental Quality Award from the US EPA on Earth Day; Editorial in NY Times praised Mike Zamm’s program for “training more than 5,000 students in advocacy for the environment;” Thanks to Mike Zamm and Nancy Wolf on “The Political Process” program with talks by Councilman Sheldon Leffler, Patricia Mallone, Carol Shenigo, Lenore Miller, and Mike Zamm; Ken Kowald to receive the Kirschenbaum Award for Committent to Environmental Education

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Chairman’s Message: What We Can Do That’s Useful | EEAC NEWS: Legislative Committee Update on the final drafts of the State’s syllabus booklets infused with environmental concepts by EEAC; Political Action and the Environment at the NY Academy of Sciences; EEAC Will Honor Science Fair Participant; The Rewards of School Gardening at the NY Botanical Garden; Take A Moment… set aside time to periodically review our past, the direction we’re heading in, and look into the future; Essays Depict History of Environmental Education: “The Development of Environmental Education in New York City: Personal Perspectives;” Introductions to new Steering Committee members: Carol Garfinkel, Roger Hart, Marcia Kaplan-Mann; North River Sewage Treatment Plant; The New York Academy of Sciences: A Rich Resource for Education; SPOTLIGHTS—’Metroline’ panel (Environmental Action Coalition, NYC Sanitation, and a private waste consultant) discussion on resource recovery and recycling; Alley Pond Environmental Center honors John Kominski; New York Newsday article, “The Urban Environment – The Street Naturalist,” profiles John Muir | Photography in Winter; Supplying Water to a Thirsty Populace; Letter to Mel Miller, Speaker of The Assembly, New York State Legislature, seeking support for the Museum Educational Services Aid Bill (4328-C) | NEWS FROM—Alley Pond Environmental Center Programs: Exhibit Reception “Changing Scenes;” Astronomy (third Friday of every month); Greenhouse Photography (field trip); Nature in the Old Testament (interpretive nature walk); Travelogue: Kenya; Early Morning Birdwalk; Ticks, Mosquitos, and Other Insects of Concern (talk and walk); Dogwoods in Bloom (photography workshop); Tai Chi in the Woodlands; L.I. Motor Pkwy slide show and discussion; Hike the L.I. Motor Pkwy; Lecture: The Matinecock Indians; Sandcastle Building (field trip); Sandcastle Building and Beach Processes, Jones Beach (with William Nieter); Whale Watch, Montauk, LI | The American Institute of Science and Technology, 1988 50th NYC School Science Fair | Bronx River Restoration Project, Inc., published booklet, “A Walker’s Guide to the Bronx River Parkway Restoration” | Brooklyn Children’s Museum program: The Secret Life of Plants | City Volunteer Corps recruits, trains, and fields New Yorkers to provide community service | Clay Pit Ponds State Park Preserve recreational and educational programs | Coalition For The Bight newsletter, “Watch on the Waterfront” | Con Edison with the Bronx Community School District Science Coordinators co-sponsored a “Bronx Science Resources Awareness Conference” | Council on the Environment of New York City’s Open Space Greening Program: Plant-A-Lot, Green Bank, Grow Truck, The Tree Label Service, and School Greening | Councilman Sheldon Leffler’s Leffler-Messinger-Goldin bill which sets annual recycling requirements | Crystal Run Environmental Education Center programs: “Living the Good Life in Rockland,” “Farm and Forest Day Camp” | Environmental Action Coalition: Teacher-Training workshops at Plant a Tree for Arbor Day | Environmental Quest, Inc.: Work weekend on the Clearwater Sloop, Saugherties, NY; Explorer Post 8, Camp-Out at Pouch Camp, Staten Island; C.O.P.E. Course at Ten Mile River; Explorer Olympics at Kingsborough College; Clearwater Revival | Gateway Environmental Studies Center’s Spring Series: Breaking Ground For A School Garden, Plant A Tree for Arbor Day, Project Learning Tree, Springboard to the Arts | Hoyt Farm Park Preserve: Land Management and Restoration Conference | The Institute For Earth Education workshops, principles of Earth Education and “Earth Care-Takers” program, co-sponsored by Starflower Consulting and the Queens College Center for Environmental Teaching and Research | Lehman College: “Women and the Environment: Old Problems, New Solutions” | New Jersey School of Conservation: Project Wild and CLASS Project Workshop, Field Studies in Social Studies and Outdoor Pursuits | NYC Dept of Parks and Recreation publications from its Natural Resources Group: “The Country in the City” – New York’s natural parklands; “Up With Trees” – A children’s guide to trees; Guides to Marine, Pelham Bay, Van Cortlandt, Kissena, and Cunningham Parks | New York Green Party and New York University Environmental Conservation Education Program’s Ecologues: “Politics and the Environment in Central America;” “Ecological Restoration and Sustainable Wealth: A Positive Strategy on the Politics of Place;” and “Minimata Disease: A Japanese Environmental Problem” | New York State Marine Education Association: “Innovative Marine Environment Workshops at the Elementary School Level;” “Aquaculture in the Shellfish Industry;” NYSMEA and the Science Museum of Long Island Seafood Cook-fest; and NYSMEA’s Annual Conference, “Marine Magic” | Pocono Environmental Education Center (PEEC) events: “The Write Stuff: Children and Nature” by the American Nature Study Society; “Outdoor Leadership and Human Relations Skills;” “Voyage of the Mimi Workshop;” “Magic of Spring” with John Serrao; Warbler Weekend; “Watching Bird Behavior” with Donald and Lillian Stokes | Prospect Park Environmental Center (PPEC) programs: Arbor Day Plant-A-Tree Workshop; Rock of Ages: The Geology of Greenwood; Litchfield’s Villa Tour; Loew’s Kings Theater: Flatbush Movie Theaters with Charles Sinclair; Olmstead’s Prospect Park; Historic Williamsburg; Mini-course: “Brooklyn Under Our Feet” | Queens Botanical Garden accepting applications for its Senior Garden | Queens College Center for Environmental Teaching and Research: live hawks and owls, Birds of Prey program | Rusk Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine at NYU Medical Center: programs by horticultural therapists at the Enid A. Haupt Glass Garden | Science Council of NYC workshops and exhibitions: “Science in an Excited State” | Staten Island Friends of Clearwater and the sloop Clearwater sponsors a free Waterfront Festival | Transportation Alternatives by bicycle-riding New Yorkers | United States Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA) environmental essay contest | Wave Hill Public Garden’s Maple Sugar Festival | Watson Summer Ecology Workshops and the Sierra Club: the west coast Environmental Workshop | EMPLOYMENT/VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES—NYC Dept of Parks and Recreation, Natural Resources Group: six months stationed at Pelham Bay Park Environmental Center; two naturalist positions at Riverdale Park, Bronx, and Forest Park, Queens; Urban Park Ranger positions for summer 1988 season | Central Park Conservancy, Learning and Involvement for Volunteers in the Environment (L.I.V.E.): part-time assistant, help organize volunteers for You Gotta Have Park; Assistant Supervisor for adult and school groups | Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum: entry level museum education position, Reservations Coordinator/Administrative Assistant | Listening to Nature: How to Deepen Your Awareness of Nature

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Chairman’s Message: Alarms Offshore | EEAC NEWS: Legislative Committee Update On Statewide EE Syllabus Infusion | EEAC Annual Membership Meeting, Brooklyn Botanic Gardens 11/18/1987 | Where Credit Is Due, the efforts by those behind New York: Naturally conference | NEWS FROM—Alley Pond Environmental Center: nature walks, workshops, musical events, and environmental exhibits | Columbia University: 11/20-21/1987 conference, “Neighborhoods, Land Use and the New York City Charter” | Con Edison: 1987-88 catalog of programs, exhibits and literature | Environmental Centers of Setauket-Smithtown: wide variety of programming for children | Elementary School Science Association (ESSA): Saturday Science 11/14/1987 | Environmental Quest, Inc.: Land Sailing at Gateway; Clearwater Pumpkin Festival; Training Explorer Advisors; NYC Transit Rally | Gateway Environmental Study Center: Teacher’s Workshop “Fall Changes” | Global Tomorrow Coalition: book, “The Citizen’s Guide to Global Issues” | High Rock Park Conservation Center: seasonal and topical walks, Saturdays and Sundays | Hugh Carey High School Recycling Program: student-run newspaper recycling program | Long Island Naturalists: information on meetings and workshops | L.I.V.E. – Learning and Involvement for Volunteers in the Environment: park preservation and education activities | National Audubon Society: Audubon Adventures Workshops, winter and spring | New Jersey School of Conservation: Teacher Training Environmental Education Workshops | New York Rainforest Alliance (NYRA): seeking new office space | New York Botanical Gardens – Institute of Ecosystem Studies: An Acid Rain Research Demonstration, open to the public | NYC Department of Sanitation: has begun the Curbside Recycling Program | New York Public Interest Research Group (NYPIRG): “The Burning Question,” a report on garbage incineration vs. recycling | New York University – Environmental Conservation Education Program: Ecologues – ecological forums continues, fall 1987 | People For A Smoke-Free Indoors: A NYS Conference 10/30/1987 | Pocono Environmental Education Center: Hawk watch, seminars, workshops, etc. | Prospect Park Environmental Center: sailing, walks, subways, barges, photography, and bus tour | Queens College Center for Environmental Teaching and Research: residential environmental education programs for schools | Science Museum of Long Island: a non-profit, private science activity center | About EEAC | Shorewalkers: “Exploring the city around its edges” activity brings Shore Walker members and non-members together | Student Conservation Association: Job Scan, a national monthly listing of employment in the environmental field | Volunteers For Wildlife: advisory services, information on veterinarian assistance, training workshops, and educational programs on Long Island’s distressed wildlife.

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“Brave Little Environmental Not-For-Profits: Saving the City?” by John C. Muir | EEAC NEWS—Legislative Update: The syllabus infusion continues to go relatively well. | “New York: Naturally II” EEAC’s bi-annual environmental education conference 11/7/87 (details p.8) | EEAC Family Membership Day at Pelham Bay Park 6/13/87 | New EEAC Steering Committee members: Fred Gerber, Peter Hearn, Sophie Johnson, Saundra Jones, Regina McCarthy, Lenore Miller, Marc Peters, Patti Reilly, Herb Yellin | Environmental Education In Japan by Elaine Alberts | EEAC Salutes—John Kominski, 1987 Kirschenbaum Award recipient; Joseph M. Varon, Eneas Sloman and Regina McCarthy, the Long Island University Presidential Awards to outstanding NY Science Educators; Kenneth Kowald, Science Council of NY special recognition award | “The Field Bag … What Should You Pack?” by John Kominski | NEWS FROM—Alley Pond Environmental Center: schedule of spring and summer programs; Association of Interpretive Naturalists: 1987 National Interpreters’ Workshop in St. Louis MO 11/1-7/87; Coalition For The Bight: formed as a public/private alliance for The New York Bight; Con Edison: Energy Fitness Van, a mobile exhibit visiting throughout NYC and Westchester; Elementary School Science Association: variety of exciting tour packages; Environmental Action Coalition: publication of “Woods and Water” curriculum; Frost Valley YMCA: Summer Camp opening position – Environmental Education Coordinator; Gateway Environmental Study Center: publication of Exploring the “Trails of Dead Horse Bay” by Maxwell (Mickey) Cohen, and contact info. for summer activities; Hoyt Farm Park: L.I. Indian and Archaeology programs – Children: Indian Life Activities in July and August ’87, Teachers: Learn skills and participate in activities in various classes 7/13-17/87; Inwood Heights Park Alliance: position available – Director of Volunteer and Youth Programs; National Audubon Society: Audubon Ecology Workshops five week-long sessions in July and August, scholarships provided; Natural Resources Group: series of publications – “The Country in the City,” “The Kazimifoff Nature Trail,” “The Gerritsen Creek Nature Trail,” and “The Great Trees of New York City;” Nature Specialty Training Center: Help Wanted – Nature Specialists at summer camps in various locations; NYC Dept of Sanitation: The Office of Recycling Programs and Planning, the City’s recycling goal, information on the Voluntary Drop-off Centers; New York-New Jersey Trail Conference, a consortium of 65 hiking clubs with over 4,000 members, publications include “The New York Walk Book” and the “Appalachian Trail Guide to New York and New Jersey;” NYC Street Tree Consortium: Tree Tips; NYS Marine Education Association: Annual conference “Beneath Sound and Sea” 5/29-31/87; New York Rainforest Alliance: “Interdependence and Responsibility” 10/16-18/87; New Jersey School of Conservation: environmental education programs, internships, graduate fellowships, and summer term courses; North American Association for Environmental Education: 16th Annual Conference “Showcase for Environmental Education Excellence: Gaining Momentum for the Challenge Ahead” 10/16-21/87; Pocono Environmental Education Center: planning of a “Learning By Design Workshop” 9/25-27/87 with the American Institute of Architects; Prospect Park Environmental Center: a new home at the Tennis House, and Help Wanted – Instructor in Environmental Education; Protectors of Pine Oak Woods, Inc.: join the Protectors, get their newsletter and program information; Queens College Center for Environmental Teaching and Research: residential environmental education program, CLASS Project – in-class environmental education program by the National Wildlife Federation; Sierra Club/Watson Summer Ecology Workshop: The 2nd annual environmental workshop for educators “A Family Camp Experience” 8/1-8/87; Sterling College: Wildbranch Writing Workshop in Craftsbury Common VT 6/21-27/87; Summer Camps for Special Children: Free list of summer sleep-away and day camps for children with disabilities; Instant Replay: EEAC’s annual membership meeting held last 11/22/86 at the Hall of Science | EEAC’s main goal.

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Chairman’s Message: How I Spent My Summer Vacation – Environmental Attitudes in Britain | EEAC NEWS—Legislative News Update: syllabus booklets – infusion of environmental concepts; Steering Committee Meetings: Prospect Park Environmental Center 10/15/86; Magnolia Tree Earth Center 12/17/86; “Winter Wonders” at Gateway 1/31/87; Membership Meeting at Magnolia Tree Earth Center 2/21/87; Membership Meeting “The Vernal Equinox” at the UN 3/21/87; Science and Technology Week 4/5-11/87; Membership Program at the new North River Sewage Treatment Plant 4/11/87; Arbor Day 4/24/87; Family Membership Picnic 5/9/87; Membership Program at Pelham Bay Park 6/13/87 | EEAC to Visit New York Hall of Science 11/22/86 | Almanac Time Again by John Kominski | Vote Yes! Proposition One: Environmental Quality Bond Act To Come Before Voters In November | Methods of seed and fruit dispersal utilized by plants, illustration by High Rock Park | To The EEAC: “… No effort will succeed unless we educate the public on the need for the conservation of our resources. …” | NEWS FROM—Alley Pond Environmental Center: adult and family woodland (and wetland) programs; Brooklyn Sloop Club: Annual Pumpkin Festival 10/23/86; Coalition for the Protection of Long Island’s Groundwater: educational materials and films available; Cold Spring Harbor Fish Hatchery: aquarium open seven days a week; Community Service Society’s NY Technical Assistance Clearinghouse: links NY’s non-profit community with available resources; Con Edison: 1986-87 Catalog of Free Programs, Exhibits and Literature; Crystal Run Environmental Education Center, Spring Valley NY: day programs offered year-round; Elementary School Science Association: Saturday Science 11/15/1986; Fireboat House Environmental Center: “Teachers Teaching about Energy” graduate level course; Gateway Environmental Study Center sites and workshops: Floyd Bennett Field, Dead Horse Bay, North 40, Breezy Point District, Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, Staten Island Unit, New Trail Guide – “Exploring the Trails of Dead Horse Bay” Thanksgiving: The Harvest Holiday – Teacher Workshops 10/23/86; Goddard-Riverside Environmental Education Program, HELP WANTED: Director of Environmental Education Program; High Rock Park Conservation Center: “Color of Fall hike” 10/26/86, “Halloween Night Hike” 10/31/86; Humane Education Committee: Animal Kind 1986 11/8/86; Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge: guided walks Sundays through November; National Institute for Urban Wildlife: The National Symposium on Urban Wildlife 11/3-6/86; New York Aquarium: “Sea Vegetables” 10/19/86, “Child’s Play/Fish Play” 10/22/86, “Ghost Crabs and Goblin Sharks” 10/31/86; NYC Dept of Parks and Recreation: The mission of the Natural Resources Group, “The Country in the City” guide to the city’s wetlands, woodlands, water and meadows; New York Hall of Science: Science Educators Reception 10/22/86; NYS Dept of Environmental Conservation: “Woodland Opportunities” series of workshops on teaching good forest management and protection; NYC Street Tree Consortium: “Street Tree Pruning and Maintenance” list of fall courses; NYS Marine Education Association: Creatures and the Sea Poster Contest; Non-Profit Computing Group: monthly computer clinics and workshops for nonprofit organizations; Pocono Environmental Education Center: fall/winter special events; Prospect Park Environmental Center: fall schedule of events; Trail of the Waters: a self-guided tour of the water course of Prospect Park; Protectors of Pine Oak Woods: autumn hike 10/18/86; Science Teachers Association of NYS: Annual Conference 11/2-4/86; Staten Island Greenbelt: new “Visitor’s Guide to the Greenbelt;” Staten Island Institute of Arts and Science (SIIAS): Stuart R. Lowrie, Ph.D. appointed the Curator of Science at SIIAS; Trust For Public Land papers: “Clinton Community Garden and Urban Open Space Programs,” “Incorporating Community-Run Open Spaces Into Urban Parks Systems,” and “A Methodology for Establishing Urban Greenbelts and Greenways;” Wave Hill: Habitat Restoration Symposium 10/30/86; EEAC’s main goal; Seeing Life Whole – by Joy Elmer Morgan.

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Explore Long Island’s Scenic North Shore at Caumsett State Park, Queens College, Center for Environmental Teaching and Research 5/3/86 | If You’ve Never Seen FRESH KILLS, You’ve Never Seen Garbage 5/31/86 | EEAC Legislative Forum Great Success | Steering Committee Meeting at Queens Botanical Gardens 5/21/86, and at Alley Pond Environmental Center 6/18/86; Annual Membership Day at NYC Hall of Science 11/22/86 | NEWS FROM—Alley Pond Environmental Center, Saturdays throughout summer: Tai Chi, Insect ID and Walk, Travelers’ Tips, Street Tree Pruning, The Sky, Bird Walk, Plant Identification, Pond Walk, Insects and Plants, Star Gazing, Woodland Botanical Safari; American Littoral Society: Fulton Fish Market, Hike of the Palisades; American Museum of Natural History, programs for schools: Dinosaurs, Whale of the Week; Citizens Committee for NYC: The Block and Neighborhood Conference 5/10/86; Clay Pit Ponds State Park Preserve, weekends: Night Sounds of Spring, Children’s Gardening, Indians of Clay Pit Ponds, Pond Life, Project Learning Tree Teacher Training Workshop, Children’s Pottery, Reading the Weather, History of Sandy Ground; Elementary School Science Association: Niagara Falls – Toronto Science Centre Tour, Iceland Tour – Discover Iceland’s Beauty; Gateway Environmental Study Center, Tenth Anniversary Celebration: Beach Clean-Up for High School Students and National Park Service Employees 5/16/86, Beach Clean-Up for Community Youth Groups 5/17/86, Early Birding in the North 40 of Floyd Bennett Field 5/18/86; New York Academy of Science: National Science Week, “New York City: A Center for Science;” New York Botanical Garden: The Children’s Gardening Program, two ten-week sessions; NYS Marine Education Association: 12th Annual Conference 5/9-10/86, Third Annual “Marine Education Conference for Special Children” 5/30/86, Hawaiian natural history and marine biology on Kauai HI 8/6-19/86; Pocono Environmental Education Center: Creativity and the Computer, Warbler Weekend, Family Holiday Weekend, Plants of the Poconos, Elderhostel, Association for Interpretative Naturalists, Art Photography and the Environment; Prospect Park Environmental Center: Olmstead and Vaux’s Prospect Park, Special Family Workshop, Green Wood – A Work of Art, Mother’s Day Sail aboard Clearwater Sloop, Stained Glass of Prospect Park, Green-Woods Spring Nature, Historic Fort Greene, Prospect Park’s Renaissance, Brooklyn Up at Bat Bus Tour, Trail of the Waters, Backstage Brooklyn Bus Tour, Holiday Sail, Special Exhibition – Intimate Environments; Queens Botanical Gardens: The Children’s Garden is an adventure, HELP WANTED: Gardener/Interpreter; Watson Summer Ecology Workshops; HELP WANTED: Urban Environmental Instructors – Prospect Park Environmental Center; The Main Goal of EEAC; Environmental Challenges of the 80’s – Spring 1986 Conference.

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Teachers Wanted for Environmental Sabbaticals | Legislative Educational Forum for the Environmental Community 3/15/86 | Outgoing chairperson’s review (Nancy A. Wolf), and a word from new chairman John C. Muir | Legislative Committee update on the selection of curriculum writers and field testers | Teacher-training Arbor Day workshops in each of the boroughs 4/18/86 | “New York: Naturally!” citywide conference report | A Reference Guide for Environmental Studies: List of schools and their programs | Program News From—Alley Pond Environmental Center: classes, workshops, walks, and exhibits | American Institute of Science and Technology of the City of New York: The 48th NYC School Science Fairs 4/14/86 | American Littoral Society: Cumberland Island Camping 3/30-4/4/86 | Institute for Earth Education: “Acclimatization” workshops by Steve Van Matre | NYC Urban Park Rangers: free walks and workshops in city parks | New York Academy of Science: “New York City: A Center of Science” highlights National Science Week 5/11-17/86 | Pocono Environmental Education Center: 1986 Calendar of Special Events | Queens Botanical Gardens: slide show/lecture, art, tub farming, pruning, and wildflowers and uses events | Wave Hill: exhibit, “For Love of Nature” | Watson Summer Ecology Workshop and North American for Environmental Education: Maho Bay Ecology Workshop, U.S. Virgin Islands, nine days in July 1986 | OUR PARKS—The Parks Council: future of Gateway National Recreation Area; Riverdale Park Today | GENERAL NEWS FROM—Clay Pit Ponds State Park Preserve; Gateway Environmental Study Center: overnight tent camping program; NY/NJ Trail Conference: help with the maintenance of NYC trails; NYS Dept of Environmental Conservation: Project Learning Tree, a K-12 supplementary environmental education program | PUBLICATIONS & OTHER RESOURCES—Alley Pond Environmental Center: DEC’s “Return A Gift To Wildlife” free poster and guide-book; Con Edison: new booklet, “Choosing Trees to Plant Near Power Lines,” nine minute videotape, “Hatchery on the Hudson,” and new “Catalog of Free Programs, Exhibits and Literature for 1985-86;” 1986 tide tables available from Moran Towing & Transportation Co. – McAllister Bros. Marine Towing – Torecamo Coastal Harbor Towing Corp; Queensboro Lung Association: pamphlets on protecting yourself against health hazards for do-it-yourself homeowners; School of Cooperative Technical Education: list of summer sleep-away and day camps for children with disabilities | OPPORTUNITIES—Nature Specialty Training Center; NY Botanical Garden: Part-time instructors needed for the new Children’s Garden; NYS Marine Education Association: leaders needed to conduct workshops; Pocono Environmental Education Center: Year-long Environmental Education Internships available; Outreach Letter by Michael Mann | Special presentation of Project WIZE at the Bronx Zoo, a new natural science curriculum program 2/15/86 | View of Halley’s Comet February 1986 and March 1986.

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EEAC Legislative Committee Letter To Participants, NYS Environmental Education Talent Bank and Statewide Environmental Education Coalition re: infusing environmental concepts into the various subject areas of the State Syllabus and Curriculum | About the EEAC Newsletter | Details of the “New York: Naturally!” city-wide EE conference, 11/2-3/85 | A Reference Guide For Environmental Studies in the New York Metropolitan Area—List of both EE and the diverse Environmental Studies programs available in NYC (24 institutions and their programs) | Staten Island Greenbelt Symposium 10/12/85 | NEWS FROM—Alley Pond Environmental Center: Help Wanted – Education Assistant/Environmental Educator; Brooklyn Sloop Club: Annual Pumpkin Sail Festival; Central Park Conservancy: needs groups this fall to help clean lakes, paint benches, weed, prune and more; Clay Pit Pond State Park and Preserve: weekday and weekend programs; Citizens Committee for New York City: cash grants for school groups’ beautification projects; Consolidated Edison: contact list of local consumer education resources | Free Water Restrictor information | Gateway Environmental Study Center contact for programs and events | Greenburgh Nature Center: Help Wanted – Naturalist/Educator | New York Botanical Gardens: Help Wanter – Environmental Educator | NYC Dept of Sanitation: The Office of Recycling has entered into a contract with the Environmental Action Coalition; Help Wanter – Community Liaison for Office of Recycling | NYC Street Tree Consortium: expanded series of Citizen Pruner Courses | NYS Council on the Arts: sponsoring a series of practical demonstration networking workshops throughout the State | Pocono Environmental Education Center: Hawk Watch Weekend | Prospect Park Environmental Center (PPEC): Help Wanted – Administrative Assistant; PPEC PROGRAMS: Greenwood Cemetery Tour; The Great Autumn Trees; Brooklyn’s Old Coast | Queens Botanical Gardens: contact information for programs and newsletter | University of Rhode Island: Help Wanter – Field Teacher/Naturalist for Apprenticeship Program | NYC’s Bottle Bill of Rights | Autumn Crafts – Lesson Plan on Ammonia Prints | Ocean Discoveries Posing Questions (Excerpt from NY Times, 8/26/85) | HELP WANTED: to help EEAC design and present field experiences and other programs, or participate in the city-wide EE conference, “New York: Naturally!”

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“New York: Naturally!” a city-wide environmental education conference, sponsored by EEAC and NYC Board of Ed, Division of Curriculum and Instruction, 11/2/85 at Murray Bergtraum HS, 11/3/85 field trips and related outdoor activities | List of EEAC Steering Committee Members (27 members and their affiliations) | Environmental Education at St. John’s University offered as a Minor | A Letter Representing the Next Step in the Statewide Environmental Education Effort | WORKSHOPS AND SEMINARS—Watson Ecology Workshop; Learning By Design Workshop; The Chesapeake: Prologue to the Future; Iceland Safari; Audubon Ecology Workshops and Scholarships; Wilderness ’85; Environmental Education Progress Toward a Sustainable Future | OPPORTUNITIES—Volunteers needed at PEEC; Environmental Educator/Organizer Position at Council on the Environment; Office Manager at North Wind Undersea Institute; Director of Development at Prospect Park Environmental Center | HELP WANTED: to help EEAC design and present field experiences and other programs, or participate in the city-wide EE conference, “New York: Naturally!”

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EEAC Spring Membership Meeting, 5/5/84 at Clay Pit Ponds State Park Staten Island | At a statewide environmental education mini-conference: Nearly 40 representatives of environmental organizations; Reviewed, discussed, and strategized; Proposal to the Regents, a mandate to teach environmental education in all elementary and secondary schools in New York State | List of candidates for EEAC President with questions to ask them | John Kominski is EEAC’s new Program Chairperson | Membership Renewal, membership year is now the calendar year | Arbor Day Celebration at Queens Botanical Gardens 4/27/84 | Arbor Day Workshops for Educators, co-sponsored by EAC, NYS Dept of Ag and Markets, and NYS DEC: BRONX 3/21/84 New York Botanic Gardens; QUEENS 3/22/84 Queens Botanical Gardens; MANHATTAN 3/26/84 Horticultural Society of NY; BROOKLYN 3/27/84 Brooklyn Public Library at Grand Army Plaza; STATEN ISLAND 3/28/84 High Rock Conservation Center; BROOKLYN/QUEENS 3/29/84 Gateway Environmental Study Center | Arbor Day educational booklets for children: “City Trees, County Trees” and “Plant a Tree for Arbor Day” | EarthDay 1984—Peace Bell Ceremony – United Nations 3/20/84 | OF SPECIAL INTEREST—APEC 228-06 Northern Blvd, workshop on foraging for edible wild plants; PEEC, Dingmans Ferry, PA, A Fish and Wildlife Education Workshop; The NYS Marine Education Association Annual Conference, Queens College Center for Environmental Teaching, Caumsett State Park; The 17th Annual Watson Summer Ecology Workshop in Natural and Human Ecology; Nature Specialty Training Center, a camp nature specialist service started by Lenore Miller; Queens Botanical Gardens, a series of adult education programs; Urban Park Rangers programs: “Fishing in Crotona Park,” “Life, Leaves and Logs,” “Spring Astronomy on the Arch,” “Signs of Spring,” “Pre-School Teachers’ Workshop,” and “Early Spring Hike;” The Fireboat House Environmental Center: About the Center, the Site, its program workshops; Congratulations to PEEC for being selected as a PA State Finalist in the Search for Excellence in Science Education Program; Waterborne–The Sharing of Photographs, an exhibition by Ray Pfortner; Visions of the Environment, by Marjorie Kanny, at the Arsenal Gallery | HELP WANTED—Prospect Park Environmental Center: Museum and Environmental Educator; APEC: Summer Internships in Natural Resource Management; Council on the Environment of NYC: Environmental Educator | Gateway Environmental Study Center, Health and Physical Education Unit: a Beginners’ Guitar course, Third Annual Art and the Outdoors Festival open to class participation, and Spring workshops.

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Membership Meetings: 10/22/83 in Central Park, at the Dairy and Belvedere Castle; 1/7/84 Magnolia Tree Earth Center of Bedford-Stuyvesant; 3/16-18/84 Pocono Environmental Education Center Conference | Steering Committee Meetings: 9/21/83 Environmental Action Coalition 417 Lafayette St; 10/19/83 Forest Park Eco-Center, Queens; 11/16/83 Consolidated Edison; 12/21/83 Bird House, Central Park | About EEAC | National Congress for Environmental Education Futures: Policies and Practices | Report on activities of EEAC’s Legislative Committee, effort to formalize environmental education throughout New York State public schools | Director of PEEC elected as a Fellow of The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) | Conferences and Workshops in Environmental Education—PEEC: Outdoor Managers’ Colloquium 12/2-4/83; Learning Styles Workshop 3/16-18/84; APEC: symposium – Environmental Education Ten Years Later-The State of the Art 11/17/83 | A Partial List of Youth, Adult and Family Programs in NYC Fall Season, from September 20 – November 27 (71 events listed) | Gateway Environmental Study Center: “Nature of the City,” a series of eight programs for teachers and students | Ongoing Activities—Alley Pond Environmental Center (APEC): a variety of educational activities for youngsters during and after school and weekends; Environmental Action Coalition (EAC): The Returnable Container Law (brochure and teacher workshops); Prospect Park Environmental Center: on-site education of the Brooklyn Bridge; Queens Botanical Gardens: School Tours and Workshops; Queensboro Lung Association: new Breathing Easy Program on emphysema, chronic bronchitis, and chronic asthma; Travelogs Into Nature Associates: Slide shows, narrated and set to music.

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EEAC Membership Meetings – plans: Octoberquest – Gateway; Wave Hill; PEEC–EAC-AIA Conference; Annual Meeting – April; Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge – May | Steering Committee Meetings Schedule Oct-Jun | CALENDAR—Brownstone Environmental Fair; Clearwater Annual Meeting; Octoberquest – Gateway; Open House – APEC (Alley Pond Environmental Center); Science Update – Franklin Delano Roosevelt High School; Astronomy Program – APEC; Art Works – Park West H.S.; PEEC (Pocono Environmental Education Center) & PESTS (Pennsylvania Earth Science Teachers Society) present an Earth and Social Science Workshop; Holiday Fair – APEC; New York State Emissions Test (leaflet); Queens Botanical Garden Education Dept, brochure on Tours & Workshops for school groups; APEC Sunday afternoon Walks.

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EEAC Elections 1982 results | Watson Ecology Workshop on Thompson Island, Boston Harbor | Environmental Action Coalition—Youth Conservation Corps – Summer 1982; Recycling Education | AVAILABLE OPPORTUNITIES—Environmental Conservation Institute – “Energy, Environment & Health” incorporating health, air pollution, and energy conservation education into classroom curricula; New York University M.A. Program in Environmental Conservation Education; Montclair State College – New Jersey School of Conservation: summer courses, including Outdoor Teaching Sites; Keystone Junior College – PEEC: interns needed with outdoor/science qualifications; Cooperative Extension – New York State: position for Cooperative Extension Specialist, NYC Horticulture | GATEWAY—Spring/Summer Progrom Guide 1982: Jamaica Bay & Breezy Point; Staten Island: The nature of Great Kills; Sandy Hook; and other National Park Service sites.

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List of Candidates for Officers and Steering Committee positions | EEAC Voting Procedures | Post-meeting speaker from the Port Authority, how the World Trade Center operates within the urban environment | Pocono Environmental Education Center (PEEC)—Elderhostel Week at PEEC; Family Vacation Camp at PEEC; Culture and Environment Workshop at PEEC; NYSOEA Annual Conference, Catskill Region, invitation to the planning of the conference | CALENDAR/PROGRAMS/SERVICES—The Con Edison Energy Museum re-opens; Summer Sleep-Away Camps; Urban Park Rangers-Weekend Walks | Special Event: A Sail Aboard the Sloop ‘Clearwater’ | Gateway Environmental Study Center series of Spring programs—Stargazing—Sandy Hook: “Seven Wonders of the Universe;” Breezy Point: “Lives of the Stars;” Staten Island: “Telescopes;” Jamaica Wildlife: “An Exploration of the Giant Planets” | Alley Pond Environmental Center (APEC)—New APEC Executive Announcement; APEC to receive allocation from State budget for student field trips and upgrading its recycling center; Interpretive Wetland Walks every Sunday.

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Chairman’s Message, John Kominski | Gateway Environmental Study Center – Fourth Annual Winter Wonder Workshop, Art and the Outdoors Sat. Jan 30, 1982 | WORKSHOPS — Give Me Some Space: Build a three-dimensional environment; Foiled Again: Create your own burnished bas-relief; Collect and Construct: Combine art and science while on a field walk; Balancing Act: Use Gateway’s new film strip, “Animal Life at Gateway;” As Far As The Eye Can See: Participants, acting as living cameras, will produce a panoramic mural of Gateway scenes; No Strings Attached: Puppetry connecting a creative art experience with language skills; The Art of Greening: If you want to garden in your classroom this winter | Earth Day ’82 | Pocono Environmental Education Center (PEEC) Workshop | The Fireboat House Environmental Center, a waterfront youth facility | Gateway Walks — Sandy Hook; Jamaica Bay: Wildlife Refuge; Plumb Beach; Breezy Point; Staten Island: Great Kills | Cornell University Cooperative Extension Workshops at Gateway Environmental Study Center — Down to Earth, Breaking Ground for a School Garden; Plant Propagation Made Easy; Eating Well and Liking It | Available Programs/Services Enrichment — Consolidated Edison programs on energy conservation, historical significance, others; The New York Biology Teachers’ Association (NYBTA) share and learn what is going on in your field; Superstuff: program on asthma and a series on basic self-help skills; Protectors of Pine Oak Woods on Staten Island | M.A. Degree Program in ‘Environmental Conservation Education’ at New York University | Job Opportunities — Instructor, Intern at Keystone Junior College, Pocono Environmental Education Center; Park Ranger (Summer 1982), NYC Parks | EEAC Membership Dues (List of paid members).

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A Message from the Chairman, John Kominski | Octoberquest 10/3/1981 at Gateway Environmental Study Center | “Art of the Olmsted Landscape” an exhibit at the American Wing of the Metropolitan Museum of Art | Teaching the Art of the Olmsted Landscape in Prospect Park | City Parks and Streets Improved: street trees cared by the Youth Conservation Corps (YCC), sponsored by the Environmental Action Coalition (EAC) | Information by Telephone: The Sky Reporter; Rare Bird Alert; Energy Hotline | Alley Pond Environmental Center Health Fair Oct. 15-18 | Course offered – “Humane Education: Understanding the Interrelationship of Animals and Humans in Today’s Society” | EEAC Members Weekend at the Audubon Center in Greenwich, CT.

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The List of Candidates seeking election as Officers and as members of the Steering Committee | CALENDAR EVENTS—”An Evening with Tom Paxton,” noted fold singer; “New Jersey Conference on Water Crisis;” Marine Science Conference; Environmental Conservation Institute – “Energy, Environment, Health” | Freebies: “We Care About Oceans” posters and teacher guide; “The Energy Consumer” free newsletter | Gateway National Recreation Area—”Come Fly With Us” | Special Events at Gateway—Environmental Science for Urban Students; Full Moon at Plumb Beach; You Too Can Be A Deputy Mayor or Water Conservation For All; King of the Forest, Queen of the Sea; Four Saturday Workshops on Astronomy; Daytime Astronomy; National Astronomy Day; Practicing Sky Observation; Navigation by Birds and Man | Program Suggestions/Assistance—National Maritime Historical Society; Clear Air Week – May 3-9, 1981; Outdoor Classroom Ideas; ‘Know Your Materials’ | National Science Teachers’ Association, 29th Annual Convention, April 2-6, New York City—more than 40 tours—Schools; Gateway National Recreation Area; Riverside Park-The Geology of Manhattan and the Lower Hudson Valley; Museum of Holography; Queens Botanical Garden; Cruise on the Research Vessel ‘Pisces;’ Staten Island-New York City’s Last Frontier; Walking Tour of Thomas Edison’s “First District” | Reminder: Steering Committee Meeting 3 pm and Election 4 pm, April 9, 1981 at Cornell Cooperative Extension, 111 Broadway.

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Third Annual Winter Wonders Workshop | Workshop Choices—Air Crafts: Flight in the Classroom; Which Way is the Wind Blowing? Field Walk: Flight & Other Adaptations; Flight of Fancy: More Creative Writing; A Green Thumb in Winter; Environmental Education Advisory Council—Officers, Steering Committee, Honorary Members, and Newsletter Editor | Schedule of EEAC Meetings 1981 | Winter Activities Workshop, co-sponsored by the Pocono Environmental Education Center with the American Nature Study Society, Feb. 20-22, 1981.

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Results of the Votes on EEAC Officers and Steering Committee | EEAC Fall Calendar – Gateway Environmental Study Center—courses: Establishing a School Garden; Camp Leadership; Harvesting; Marine Science in the Classroom; Environmental Education: Back to Basics; Plant Propagation in the Classroom | Alley Pond Environmental Center—Pre-School Program; Walk in Alley Pond Woodlands; Teachers’ Workshop: flora and fauna of the saltmarsh; Bird Seed Savings Day; Nature Walk; Access Day: making the center accessible to the handicapped; Honey Harvest | The New York Public School Early Childhood Association—Understanding Map & Compass for Teachers of Young Children; Music Through the Years; Reading Through Art | EEAC Program Highlights 1980—Participation – Conferences at Science Council of New York and Marymount College; Exhibit at Earth Day ’80; Tour of the Dairy in Central Park and ‘owl prowl;’ Membership meeting at High Rock Conservation Center; Membership meeting at Cornell Cooperative Extension Service and Walking Tour of Lower Manhattan | Planning for the coming year: Evening sail on the Clearwater; Star gazing and campfire sociability at Gateway’s Ecology Village; Membership meetings at various environmental education facilities.

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Chairman’s Report by Bernard Kirschenbaum | EEAC Calendar of Events | Clearwater Calendar | 1981 Annual Convention – National Science Teachers Association | Gateway Environmental Study Center | Environmental Science | Long Island Geology | Clear Air Week – May 4-10 | Announcements — Job Opportunity: Museum Instructors, Dept of the American Museum of Natural History; Scholarship Available: Queensboro Lung Association; 13th Annual Watson Summer Ecology Workshop in Natural & Human Ecology, Cape Cod, MA.

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EEAC’s Goals | Message from the Chair, Bernard Kirschenbaum | EEAC Calendar of Events | Gateway Environmental Study Center Calendar of Events | Consolidated Edison Opens Energy Information Center | Gateway Environmental Study Center Group | Pocono Environmental Education Center (PEEC) | Council on the Environment, NYC

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Residential Environmental Studies at PEEC in the Pocono Mountains | Earth Center Hosts Meeting with D.E.C. Representative | Teacher Scholarship for Summer Institute

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“EEAC Continues to Grow” | “EEAC offers the New York City educator” | NAEE Conferenced Scheduled: 7th Annual Conference April 30 – May 2, 1978 in Chicago | Environmental Center for Prospect Park | Sun Day Scheduled for May 3rd | EEAC to Again Participate in World Environment Day