Media Clips
NEEF in the News
- 06/26/2009: Letter to the Editor: The Call of the Wild at the Parks (The Washington Post) -- Diane Wood, President of NEEF, discusses the increasing number of volunteers in national parks despite a recent report on the decreasing number of national park visitors.
- 05/26/2009: Teachers and schools embrace green curricula -- ABC7-TV, Los Angeles, CA., profiled the 2009 Bartlett Award winner Bertha Vazquez, and the two Merit Award winners, Susan Vincent and Patrick Curley.
- 04/21/2009: Be Water Wise Miami on NBC6 -- the Be Water Wise Miami program hopes to educate students about the importance of water conservation.
- 04/15/2009: The Spectrum, St. George, Utah - A special Junior Ranger Day program to confront "nature deficit disorder" has been scheduled as part of Environmental Education Week. The goal, officials say, is to help combat “nature deficit disorder,” a term used to describe the lack of knowledge children often get from spending more time on computer screens, watching television and using other indoor activities.
- 04/13/2009: A recent study funded by the EPA found environmental education programs lead to cleaner air. The report was released during National Environmental Education Week (April 12-18, 2009). Read the full report (Quantifying a Relationship Between Place-based Learning and Environmental Quality Final Report)
- March 19, 2009: GreenBiz.com covered the release of NEEF's "The Engaged Organization" report. "Companies Cite Growing Interest, Need and Value for Environmental Smarts"
- March 19, 2009: Environmental Leader's Daily Green Briefing covered the report as well, noting, "engaging a whole company’s workforce is the surest way toward better environmental sustainability within an organization, according to leading business executives."
- March 19, 2009: The West Fargo Pioneer profiled Andrea Sluke and her Planet Connect grant award project, a community-wide effort to raise awareness about proper disposal of phamaceudicals.
- March 18, 2009: Report: Environment Education Matters More in a Down Economy (pdf)
- March 5, 2009: The Montgomery Gazette reported on the Planet Connect Web site launch at Northwood High School in Silver Spring, Md. Visit Planet-Connect.
- March 4, 2009: Twenty-nine high school students from around the country were awarded Planet Connect grants for environmental projects in their schools and communities. Go to Planet-Connect for a complete list of winners.
February
10, 2009: Three D.C.-area schools are the first grant recipients in the
EE Week Small Grants Program. Recipients of the grants will each
receive $1,000 and will be required to complete a school greening
effort. Read more about the three grant recipients
National Public Lands Day
Listen to radio public service announcements for National Public Lands Day.
Alexandra Cousteau
National Environmental Education Week's spokesperson is Alexandra Cousteau. She is part of the third generation of Cousteau to dedicate their lives to exploring and explaining the natural world.
