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			<description>Your Connection to Quality Environmental Education Resources!
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&lt;p&gt;The CREEC Network links teachers with high quality environmental education resources to improve the environmental literacy of all California students. It is your best source for Environmental Education Resources in California! Visit our Resource Directory, EE Calendar, E-Newsletter and other opportunities for Funding, Student Contests, For Teachers and For Providers all found on the links in the yellow boxes on the far left column of the website.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b style=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: green;&quot;&gt;CREEC Network BLOG &#150; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b style=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: blue;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://creecorg.blogspot.com/&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: blue;&quot;&gt;http://creecorg.blogspot.com/&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b style=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: green;&quot;&gt; &lt;span style=&quot;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;A newly established BLOG is on the
CREEC Network website. You can access the BLOG on any regional CREEC website or
the State homepage at &lt;b style=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: blue;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.creec.org/&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: blue;&quot;&gt;www.creec.org&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;.
The BLOG is one of the links on the left hand side. Each month one of the CREEC
Coordinators will write a BLOG entry.&lt;span style=&quot;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b style=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: red;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b style=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: green;&quot;&gt;CREEC Network is now on Facebook&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt;&quot;&gt; -&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.facebook.com/creecnetwork&quot;&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: blue;&quot;&gt;http://www.facebook.com/creecnetwork&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style=&quot;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;The Facebook page will include postings
such as: &lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;- Links to, or summaries of, EE
research / educational research&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;- Updates on the Children and Nature
Network&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;- Links to upcoming conferences for
AEOE, NAI, NAAEE, CFAITC, etc.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;- Information on efforts to build
capacity at the state-wide level&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;- CA Content Standards / Frameworks
/ Textbook Adoption updates; CDE Updates; and other environmental education updates&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;- EEI updates&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt; font-family: ArialMT;&quot;&gt;- Model
schools - descriptions/examples/photographs, etc.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt; font-family: ArialMT;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b style=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: green;&quot;&gt;CREEC News &amp;amp; Views &#150; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b style=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: blue;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.creec.org/&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: blue;&quot;&gt;www.creec.org&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b style=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: green;&quot;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;Celeste Royer&lt;/span&gt;,&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt; State Director of the CREEC
Network also publishes a monthly E-Newsletter that can be viewed at the CREEC
Home website &lt;b style=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: blue;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.creec.org/&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: blue;&quot;&gt;www.creec.org&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;.
You can also subscribe to her monthly newsletter. &lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h3&gt;CREEC Network&lt;/h3&gt;
The CREEC Network brings together local, state, and federal agencies to support environmental education across California. The CREEC Network receives financial support from the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cde.ca.gov/pd/ca/sc/oeeintrod.asp&quot;&gt;California Department of Education, Environmental Education Program&lt;/a&gt; as well as many other state and local partners. Join others in support of the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.creec.org/region8/stories/storyReader$179&quot;&gt;Region 8 CREEC Network&lt;/a&gt;!&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;b&gt;To subscribe to the monthly e-newsletter&lt;/b&gt; go to the E-Newsletter page and fill out the form where it says &quot;click here to subscribe.&quot;
&lt;br&gt;&lt;p&gt;Click here for &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.creec.org/region8/faq&quot;&gt;Frequently Asked Questions&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;table cellspacing=&quot;20&quot;&gt;
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&lt;td&gt;&lt;h3&gt;Region 8 Serves:&lt;/h3&gt;
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&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.creec.org/region8/stories/storyReader$154&quot;&gt;San Luis Obispo County&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.creec.org/region8/stories/storyReader$197&quot; target=&quot;_new&quot;&gt;Ventura County&lt;/a&gt;  
&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.creec.org/region8/stories/storyReader$155&quot; target=&quot;_new&quot;&gt;Santa Barbara County&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.creec.org/region8/stories/storyReader$153&quot;&gt;Kern County&lt;/a&gt;
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&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Please &lt;b&gt;click on the above links&lt;/b&gt; to find out about the EE Resources and Programs and EE Providers in YOUR county. We have also added a Reference Sheet for each county so that you can now print out a list of EE Providers in YOUR county to share with others. Please note that the &lt;a href=&quot;http://creec.edgateway.net/cs/creec8p/create/creec_dprof&quot;&gt;CREEC Network Resource Directory&lt;/a&gt;is a valuable resource to you in finding out what kinds of environmental education is occurring in YOUR county. Please avail yourself of these resources.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;What the Region 8 CREEC Network Provides:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.creec.org/region8/stories/storyReader$180&quot;&gt;Accomplishments&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.creec.org/region8/stories/storyReader$181&quot;&gt;Testimonials&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Click on the flyer to download it: &lt;a href=&quot;http://wwwStatic.kern.org/gems/region8/PropFlyerReg8.pdf&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://wwwStatic.kern.org/images/region8/PromoFlyerReg8Small.jpg&quot; height=&quot;259&quot; width=&quot;200&quot; hspace=&quot;15&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; title=&quot;Region 8 Flyer&quot; alt=&quot;PromoFlyerReg8&quot; border=&quot;0&quot;&gt; &lt;/a&gt; 
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Spread the word about the CREEC Network&lt;/b&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Download a copy of the CREEC Flyer and distribute it at your school, organization, community, meetings, or to fellow environmental educators. 
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&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h3&gt;Current Update on EEI&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;b style=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: green;&quot;&gt;Education &amp;amp; the
Environment Initiative (EEI) Units Approved for Adoption!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;The California State Board of
Education unanimously approved the adoption of the Education and the
Environment Initiative Curriculum on Wednesday, January 6, 2010. The goal of
EEI is to increase environmental literacy for California K-12 students by
teaching Science and History-Social Science academic content standards to
mastery within an environmental context. EEI is a unique opportunity to
formally include environment-based education into California&apos;s classrooms. PDF versions of all
85 units are available to download at: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;b style=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial; color: blue;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.calepa.ca.gov/education/eei/curriculum/&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt; color: blue;&quot;&gt;http://www.calepa.ca.gov/education/eei/curriculum/&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;Learning Objectives Aligned to State Standards in EEI&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://wwwStatic.kern.org/gems/region8/LearningObjectivesforEEI.doc&quot;&gt;Final List of Learning Objectives for EEI&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;Copy of the EP&amp;amp;Cs - Click below to download the EP&amp;amp;Cs to share....&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://wwwStatic.kern.org/gems/region8/EPCs.doc&quot;&gt;Environmental Principles and Concepts&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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