News Room
Media Contact:
Dan Seligson, 202.261.6481
dan@neefusa.org
Recent Press Releases (pdf)
June 23, 2009 -- Earth Gauge Now in 100 U.S. Media Markets: Earth Gauge, a free environmental information service from the National Environmental Education Foundation, announced this week that it is now working with 187 meteorologists in 100 media markets around the country, including in 18 of the nation's 20 largest metropolitan areas.
May 21, 2009 -- City of Miami Mayor Receives Water Savings Reports from Students: Statistics, poems and presentations at Miami City Hall as month-long program concludes
May 13, 2009 -- New Online Course Helps Meteorologists Explain Climate Change: New tool helps broadcasters communicate science to the public.
Recent 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.
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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
Tools
- Free CME/MOC credits available through American College of Preventive Medicine's webcast featuring NEEF's Environmental Management of Pediatric Asthma Guidelines' lead author, James Roberts, MD, MPH. (Registration required)
http://www.vodium.com/goto/acpm/conference.asp - September 2006 - NEEF's new Web site and environmental health tools for pediatric health care providers
All about EE Week 2009 -- Be Water Wise!
- Be Water Wise Miami on NBC6 -- the Be Water Wise Miami program hopes to educate students about the importance of water conservation.
- Three DC-area schools are celebrating National Environmental Education Week by undertaking school greening projects that reduce their carbon footprints.
- Miami, Fla., launches public-private environmental education partnership during National Environmental Education Week. Diego Middle School kicks off Be Water Wise! Miami campaign.
Health & Environment
NEEF's pediatric environmental health tools for health care providers are now available in Spanish : Environmental Management of Pediatric Asthma, and Pediatric Environmental History.
- Read the press release (English), or en Español.
Business & Environment
The Engaged Organization report is now available. And the
Business & Environment Webinar now available:
- Listen to the webinar (streaming)
- Download the webinar recording
- View the Webinar presentation (3/18/2009) (pdf)
Planet-Connect
Environmentally-minded teens now have their own social networking site.NEEF, in partnership with The Weather Channel, launched Planet Connect, a site where green teens can share ideas with their peers, learn about green careers and college programs and more. Read the national press release (.pdf).
NEEF in the News
With the recent launch of Planet Connect (www.planet-connect.org) NEEF has gotten quite a bit of press.
- Chelsie Bishop is among 29 students nationwide to be awarded a grant from the National Environmental Education Foundation in partnership with The Weather Channel to complete an environmental project as part of the launch of Planet Connect, a new environmental social networking site. Read A Lesson in Perseverance, The Daily Record (Friday, March 13, 2009).
- Calling it the green facebook, The School Library Journal review the Planet Connect Web site and discusses the grant winners. Read A Green Social Networking Site for Teens, The School Library Journal (Wednesday, March 11, 2009).