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Explore New York City Outdoors!

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POSTPONED: Due to rain in the forecast, this event has been rescheduled to Saturday, October 28, 2023, 10:30 am – 4 pm.

Saturday, October 21, 2023, 10:30 am – 4 pm

The Air We Share Dance Festival is a convergence of open mic speak outs about the latest developments and projects in the Bronx to improve air quality and the environment with JBOLC’s second annual dance festival.

ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION ADVISORY COUNCIL (EEAC)

ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION PROJECTS FORUM (The Forum)

REPORT ON FORUM WORKSHOP 6

4/20/2023

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During this session participants will engage in facilitated discussion and reflection to generate a list of specific projects that promote and implement environmental education in schools and non-formal settings in NYC and its immediate region.

Ongoing Forum Projects Include:

EEAC (Environmental Education Advisory Council) Steering Committee members present brief reports on where we are, and where we hope to go in 2023. How you can join in achieving our mission! And networking, discussion, and reflection with your colleagues.

Join the EEAC community in reflecting on the past year, looking forward to 2023, and catching up with familiar faces!

EEAC (Environmental Education Advisory Council) Steering Committee members will present brief reports on where we are, and where we hope to go in 2023. And how you can join in achieving our mission!

There will be time for networking, discussion, and reflection with your colleagues.

Dear EEAC Community:

My early career in environmental education began in 1981 on my sabbatical year at Gateway Environmental Study Center with Ruth Eilenberg.

Hear from a panel of guest experts reflecting on the challenges and hopes they see in Environmental Education from varied perspectives including higher education, K-12 schools and non-profit organizations. The panel is moderated by a youth climate activist.

Join the EEAC community in reflecting on the past year, looking forward to 2022, and catching up with familiar faces!

Hear from a panel of guest experts reflecting on the challenges and hopes they see in Environmental Education from varied perspectives including higher education, K-12 schools, government agencies, and nonprofit organizations.

EEAC (Environmental Education Advisory Council) is excited to share exploring some NYC examples of partnership building in educational initiatives.

Take a moment to hear stories from the field about how partnerships have built organizational capacity to serve youth and communities in NYC. Walk away with strategies you can use to build partnerships for your organization or school.

Join the EEAC community for a virtual SKILL SHARE session!

EEAC (Environmental Education Advisory Council) is excited to announce our second skill share of the year!

Join us as we hear stories from the field about how partnerships have built organizational capacity to serve youth and communities in NYC.

We’ll hear from representatives from:

The Environmental Education (EE) community in NYC and the surrounding region has been saddened by the passing of Terry Ippolito.

See Statement of Support for Black Lives Matter

EEAC is excited to share our first Tech Share for Environmental Educators! During our hour long session we heard from four presenters who explored a variety of low cost and no-cost resources to support remote environmental education.

Featured presenters:

Deborah Carlin, City Parks Foundation

Purl Feldman, Public Lab

Hannah Jaris, New York Sunworks

Join the EEAC community for a virtual technology skill share session!

EEAC is excited to announce our first technology skill share! Join us to explore a variety of low cost and no cost resources to support remote environmental education programming.

We have all pivoted in such a short amount of time to engage audiences remotely and we hope by sharing skills we can head forward on more solid footing.

Mike Zamm
Co-Chair, The Forum

Forty-six people signed up for the January 14 workshop; 27 actually participated in the zoom meeting with 22 staying for most of the two hour session. The workshop began with a welcome from Environmental Education Advisory Council (EEAC) Chairperson River DiLeo and introductory statements from Forum Co-Chairs Mike Zamm and Dr. Mary Leou.

Join EEAC as we strategize for teaching climate change and civic engagement to students of all ages. 

Join Your Colleagues To Build On The Work of TEEP I, II, III, and IV, now "The Forum" Workshop. 

In September 2019, EEAC officially adopted a new organizational mission statement. This statement was developed by a small group of volunteers and EEAC members who engaged in year-long research and critical dialogue about the current field of environmental education in NYC. A new organizational direction emerged out of this process—one that would help EEAC to meet the evolving needs of NYC’s environmental education community.

TEACHER ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION PREPARATION IV CONFERENCE

Twenty-seven environmental educators from universities, government agencies and non-profit organizations participated in Teacher Environmental Education Preparation IV (TEEP IV) Conference on December 12, 2019, at New York University.