The Region 4 Bay Area CREEC Network serves:

Bay Area CREEC is here to connect Bay Area teachers with the highest quality Environmental Education Resources available. Check out our Calendar of Environmental Education events to link with professional development opportunities. To find specific programs and organizations that will help you, go to our Resource Directory with over 400 programs or resources for Bay Area educators. Information is updated regularly, so check it out! View our quarterly Newsletter for workshops, events, grants and contests, announcements, a providers information, and Bay Area CREEC news.

Discuss local environmental education topics, find out about EE resources, check out job postings and receive updates from your CREEC Coordinators by joining our Bay Area CREEC EE Discussion Group. Here you can view past discussion topics or post a question or comment of your own.

Providers visit our EE Evaluation Resources page developed by the Bay Area EE Evaluation Learning Community. Find resources for evaluating your EE program including evaluation professionals! Also, we now have a new General EE Research page funded by Stopwaste.Org highlighting resources that demonstrate the benefits to EE including improvements to academic achievement!

If you can't find what you need, give us a call or a quick email, and we'll be happy to get right back to you!

Sponsors:
California Department of Education Office of Environmental Education
Stop Waste.Org
San Francisco Foundation

Professional Development Opportunities:

BAY AREA SCHOOLS ENVIRONMENTAL CONFERENCE

This year will mark the 4th annual Bay Area Schools Environmental Conference Saturday May 1, 8:00 am-5:00 pm at the Dolce Hayes Mansion in San Jose. Sponsored by the Environmental Services Department’s Go Green Schools program, the conference was established to recognize “green” achievements, allow for sharing of best practices, and connect Bay Area schools with a variety of educational and operational resources. San José’s Go Green program has produced several success stories from schools that have implemented environmental initiatives, such as the Union School District which has reached a 76% recycling rate by implementing a zero waste program and Baker Elementary School which has saved thousands of dollars each year by switching to reusable baskets for their lunch program. Through the conference, the Go Green program hopes to spread the success of such green initiatives to schools beyond San José and throughout the Bay Area region.

Who Should Attend?
This is a region-wide conference that is open for all Bay Area:

Public and Private K-12 School
Teachers
Parents
School and District Administrators
School Board Members
Custodians
Students
Community Members

Get your school involved in the effort to create a sustainable future for the Bay Area. School districts throughout the region play a vital role in achieving sustainability, and this conference is designed to teach schools how to go green:

Foster the newest generation of environmental stewards
Learn about regional resources provided by the Go Green Schools Program
Hear success stories from Go Green Schools as well as other regional programs

Learn how K-12 schools can go green with recycling, composting, water and energy conservation, funding for green programs, schools gardens, green purchasing and connecting children with nature/environmental education

What’s the Cost?
$20 through April 23, 2010
$60 at the door

Register on-line at http://www.sanjoseca.gov/esd/gogreen/GoGreenSchoolConference.asp

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