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GABY Grants for Environmental Change: Sacramento & Yolo Counties

Deadline: February 27th

GABY (Grants Advisory Board for Youth) provides $50 - $500 grants for youth-led projects in Sacramento and Yolo counties that focus on the environment. In conjunction with GABY, the Sacramento Region Community Foundation has launched a three-module "e-learning course" for youth to use to explore interests and learn skills to organize projects. For more information on the grants or to access the modules, visit htto://gaby.sacregcf.org or contact gaby@sacregcf.org.

Matter, Energy & Me: Educator Workshop, Grades K-
SMUD, March 14, 2009, 8:30 am - 3:00 pm

Two great workshops in one for K-3 educators. The morning session will feature Project Learning Tree's "Energy & Society" activity guide and DVD of energy songs, dances and learning games. In the afternoon participants will be introduced to the GEMS "Matter" unit. To register for this FREE workshop call or email, 916-732-5175, sdelbon@smud.org.

Green California Summit and Exposition: Green Solutions for Tough Economic Times
March 16 - 18, 2009, Sacramento Convention Center

Discover hundreds of green products and services all in one place - talk to experts and get intensive, hands-on education and product demonstrations involving fleet operations, alternative fuels, facilities management, energy reduction strategies, and a variety of green business products that's not available anywhere else.  Gain insights that can help you conserve and cut costs.  A great venue to experience a variety of innovative and environmentally sustainable technologies and products.  Go to the website for more information. Keynote Speaker:  Bill Lockyer - Treasurer, State of California.

FREE Project Learning Tree Workshop, Sacramento, March 21
Erlewine Elementary School, site of new "Schoolyard Habitats" Project

Join us for a FREE interactive, hands-on workshop that will introduce you to Project Learning Tree, a valuable environmental education program for PreK-8 teachers, after school program leaders, youth educators and parents. Lunch provided. All participants receive 400+ page PLT activity guide.Workshop will be held at Erlewine Elementary School, Sacramento. To register contact Kay Antunez, 916-653-7958 or kay.antunez@fire.ca.gov. For more information on PLT, http://www.plt.org.

Disney Environmentality Challenge Winners 2007 & 2008

Sacramento County was again home to California's Grand Prize Winner of the 2008 Disney Environmentality Challenge. Sylvia Rodriguez's 5th grade class at Phoebe Hearst Elementary earned the top prize for their project, Our Starfish: Native Plants in the American River Watershed. The project included planting a native plant garden at the Effie Yeaw Nature Center, writing a play and making a documentary. Mickey Mouse made a surprise visit to the class to announce the award. The class will be honored at Disneyland in May. Read the story that appeared in the Sacramento Bee at http://www.sacbee.com/101/story/817982.html

Last year's winner was also a Sacramento County classroom. Sutterville Elementary's Mitch Carnie, his class of fifth grade students, and their parents traveled to Disneyland in May 2007 as California's Grand Prize winners. Their project, "The Great Watershed Investigation: Saving Our Burrowing Owls & Raptors," focused on the decline of burrowing owls in the area surrounding the Sacramento Regional Wastewater Treatment Plant.  To read more about the project, see the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service April 10, 2007 journal entry.

If you are a 3rd, 4th or 5th grade teacher interested in entering the 2008-09 Environmentality Challenge, more information and enrollment forms are available in at www.deckids.com. The deadline to apply for 2009 is December 19, 2008.

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Sacramento Splash

This is a place-based, watershed education program that provides opportunities for Sacramento County students and their families to explore the diversity of life in our local aquatic ecosystems, including vernal pools (elementary curriculum) and streams (high school curriculum).  Through their studies in the classroom and in the field, students learn the importance of water quality and how they can improve water habitats where they live.
Read about a Sacramento classroom's visit to Splash!

Calvine High School Creek Stewards

In 2006, the Sacramento Urban Creeks Council presented Calvine High School in Elk Grove with the annual Creek Steward Award for the student-led monitoring and restoration work along Strawberry Creek. The Sacramento Bee featured the project in an article on April 20, 2006. Contact Ray Pieterson, RPieters@egusd.net for more information on the project.

Grant Environmental Organization (GEO)

Grant High School's "Grant Environmental Organization" engages youth in entrepreneurial garden and environmental stewardship projects where they develop skills and knowledge to obtain employment, access higher education, improve their health and actively contribute to their community. For more information, visit http://www.eatfromthegarden.org or contact Ann Marie Kennedy, annmariekennedy@grant.k12.ca.us.

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