Central Valley
Serving Mariposa, Merced, Madera, Fresno, Kings, and Tulare Counties
Welcome to Region 7 of the CREEC Network
The California Regional Environmental Education
Community (CREEC) Network is an educational project supported by the
California Department of Education, Environmental Education
Program, in collaboration with state, regional and local
partners. The CREEC Network is the best source for Environmental
Education resources in California.
Our online, searchable Resource Directory
includes Environmental Education providers and programs/resources
available to educators in your area. Please look at our calendar and find environmental education activities and exhibits, funding opportunities, and teacher professional development opportunities.
Please
contact your local coordinator and they will be happy to assist you
with your environmental education needs. For information about curriculum resources visit CREEC Curriculum.
GREAT TOPICS!
EDUCATION AND THE ENVIRONMENTAL INITIATIVE:
The first units being field tested will be available online in early
July. Check the EEI website next month if you are interested in
looking at these draft EEI units, http://www.calepa.ca.gov/Education/EEI/Curriculum/Default.htm#curriculumunits. Reviewer
applications are still being accepted. Applications are available at the CREEC website at http://www.creec.org/stories/storyReader$198.
"You've probably heard people talk about conservation. Well,
conservation isn't just the business of a few people. It's a matter
that concerns all of us. It's a science whose principles are written in
the oldest code in the world, the laws of nature. The natural resources
of our vast continent are not inexhaustible. But if we will use our
riches wisely, if we will protect our wildlife and preserve our lakes
and streams, these things will last us for generations to come."
-- Walt Disney
The Walt Disney Company continues to operate in a manner upholding
Walt's progressive ideals. In 1990, the Company introduced
Environmentality and identified Jiminy Cricket as the mascot to
represent this initiative and serve as the official conscience for Cast
Members and Guests.
Environmentality is a fundamental ethic that blends business
growth with the conservation of natural resources. Attention to the
environment drives new business initiatives demonstrating how
environmental stewardship goes hand-in-hand with bottom line cost
savings.
Please take a moment to reflect on your individual action and join Jiminy Cricket by adopting Environmentality.
LOOKING FOR PHOTOS?
USDA Forest Service's "Find-a-Photo" Web site allows access to
thousands of copyright-free wildlife, fish, wildflower, adn EE
photographs available for non-profite use. Please credit the
photographer. http://wwwnotes.fs.fed.us:81/wo/wfrp/find_a_photo.nsf/.
STUDENTS' GUIDE TO COMPOSTING:
Composting in the Classroom: Scientific Inquiry for High School
students, by Nancy Trautmann and Marianne Krasny, is a comprehensive
guide for teachers interested in giding composting research projects by
high school students. Downloadable in pdf format. http://compost.css.cornell.edu/CIC.html.
Congressman John Sarbanes of
Maryland and Senator Jack Reed of Rhode Island recently introduced legislation that
strengthens and expands environmental education in America's
classrooms and reconnects
children with nature. These bills, each titled the No Child Left Inside Act of
2007, were introduced in the House (H.R.3036) and the Senate (S.1981).
The No Child Left Inside Act of 2007
amends the NCLB law in the following ways:
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Provides federal funding to states
to train teachers in environmental education and to
operate model environmental
education programs, which include outdoor learning.
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Provides funding to states that
create environmental literacy plans to ensure that high school graduates are environmentally literate.
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Provides funding through an
environmental education grant program to build state and national
capacity.
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Re-establishes the Office of
Environmental Education within the U.S. Department of Education. To see more on this topic visit: http://www.naaee.org/ee-advocacy/
For more Current News click on newsletter for updates:
Please contact Manuel Aquino with any updates,
questions, requests, or information you may have regarding EE in Region
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