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1 WAEE Bulletin January 2013 WAEE NEWS Winter Workshop - There is still time to register! Annual Conference - Save the Date Meet your new Board of Directors WAEE Mentorship Program - What to do in January Board of Director Updates Connect with WAEE Help WAEE Fund raise MEMBER PHOTO: EE in ACTION! Check out this month's EE in Action photo MEMBER NEWS Urban Ecology Center is looking for Summer Interns Energy Educator of the Year Nominations Environmental Education Resource Corner - Sustainable Food Systems STATE NEWS & OPPORTUNITIES Chalk Talk with DPI EE Consultant WEEB Grant Cycle is Open REGIONAL & NATIONAL NEWS Student Bloggers Needed Education for Sustainability Educator's Resource Website 2013 Midwest Environmental Education E-cycle: Cell phones Ink Cartridges Laptops Netbooks Ipads & Tablets IPods & mp3 players Digital Cameras GPS devices Ebook Readers TI Graphing Calcs Bring them with you to the next conference or drop them off at the WAEE office. We will recycle them for you and it helps us to raise funds for WAEE.

2 Conference WAEE NEWS Educational Resources WAEE Blog for environmental education resources events & more Winter Workshop - There is still time to register! We are very excited to bring you this year's Winter Workshop. The presentations will be amazing, the outdoor play time fantastic and the networking valuable. It is an all around terrific professional development experience. Check out how to register, decide which presentations you just can't miss and the keynote presenation that will Explore Our Connections. See you at Treehaven, January 25-27, 2013 Wisconsin's Plan for Environmentally Literate and Sustainable Communities 2013 Annual Conference Save the date for the 2013 WAEE Annual Conference. Making EE Relevant at Home, Work, School and Play August 7-9, 2013 in LaCrosse Watch for the Call for Presentations - Coming Soon! Meet the New WAEE Board Members WAEE is happy to welcome 4 new members to our Board of Directors for Stefan Anderson, Head of School at Conserve School in Land O' Lakes

3 Stefan Anderson, Head of School at Conserve School in Land O' Lakes Emily Brown, Education & Outreach Manager at Keep Greater Milwaukee Beautiful in Milwaukee Scott Reilly, Teacher in the Alternative Careers in Teaching Program at UW-Fox Valley/UW-Oshkosh Nathan Kilps, Student at Concorida University in Mequon We are excited to have new faces, new ideas and new energy on the Board of Directors this year. WAEE Mentorship Program January s Mentorship Activity: Come up with three to five New Years Resolutions that deal with the topics you have talked about previously with your mentor/mentee. Reassess your progress towards these resolutions throughout the year! The Mentorship Program accomplishes WAEE's mission of networking by linking experienced environmental educators to those who are new in the field. There are no set criteria for being a mentor or mentee. Mentors should be available to answer questions, serve as a reference, or even provide practicum experience for their mentee while mentees can ask questions, look for potential employment, and even use their mentor as a reference. Mentorship program participants meet at a WAEE event, share contact information, determine a goal for the partnership, and share a conference meal. Mentorship activities are suggested in the WAEE monthly newsletter. If this is something you d like to do, just sign up when you register for Fall Conference. Board of Directors Updates The next WAEE Board of Directors Meeting will be January 27, 2013 at the Treehaven in Tomahawk, WI. Please contact Susan Schuller at Susan.Schuller@uwsp.edu if you are interested in discussing something with the Board during the Public Input Section of the meeting.

4 From Susan Schuller, Board Chair Hello WAEE Members! Happy New Year! I am looking forward to serving as WAEE Chair We have an exciting year planned! Four new board members will be joining us this year. Please help me welcome Stefan Anderson (Conserve School), Scott Reilly (Teacher-Appleton area currently), Emily Brown (Keep Greater Milwaukee Beautiful), and Nathan Kilps (Student at Concordia University). We also have two board members continuing their service to the board to fill vacant positions. Thank you Molly McKay and Katie Boseo. Upcoming Events: January 22 nd, WAEE is joining with WAEE and WEEF on the Open House Day to meet and greet legislators. We are looking forward to meeting legislators and sharing the work we do. January th, WAEE Winter Workshop, Treehaven Field Station (Tomahawk, WI) I plan to see many of you there! Cassie Bauer (WAEE Board member ) has done an outstanding job once again serving as Chair of this event. Thank you Cassie and to all those serving on the planning team. January 27 th, WAEE Board Meeting. August 7-9 th, Annual Conference (replacing our traditional Fall Conference). Although this is far off, it is time to mark your calendars!! Call for presenters will be out soon. Board Member, Jennica Skoug, does an outstanding job running our social media sites. We now have over 300 people following us on Facebook. Be sure to like us and join the WAEE Facebook Community! Looking for more updates? Check out our blog at I will be at Winter Workshop and look forward to seeing you there. Please feel free to come up and introduce yourself. I always love meeting new members and catching up with seasoned members. From Molly McKay I am so happy that winter is here in full force! Winter is my favorite season and I could spend hours out in the brisk air cross-country skiing and snowshoeing. I am looking forward to hitting the trails at Treehaven for the Winter Workshop. There has been a lot of planning going on and I know this year will be as great as the workshops in the past. I hope to see you all

5 there! MEMBER PHOTO: EE IN ACTION! Winter Workshop participants, Sunshine, Abbie and Brian take advantage of the groomed ski trails at Treehaven during "play time" on Saturday afternoon. See you there! If you have great photos of members doing EE or of your students doing EE we would love to share them with other members. Just the photo with a short, 2 line, description of the picture (where, who and what) to waee@uwsp.edu and see it in an upcoming newsletter. MEMBER NEWS Urban Ecology Center - Summer Internships UEC has openings for 4 different types of internship: Education; Research, Stewardship and Facilities; Volunteer and Visitor Services; and Arboretum Restoration. Applications are due February 1 st. Visit for all of the details and to apply.

6 Energy Educator of the Year Awards - Call for Nominations The Wisconsin K-12 Energy Education Program (KEEP) recognizes educators who take the extra step to improve energy literacy in Wisconsin through the Energy Educator of the Year Award for formal and non-formal educators. The award includes $1,000 plus $250 worth of resources. Nominating someone or yourself involves completing an entry form and submitting a one-page narrative that details the nominee s energy education initiatives and outcomes. The entry form can be found on the KEEP website; the form and the narrative should be mailed to the KEEP office. For details visit Educator of the Year Awards. The due date for nominations is April 5, Environmental Educator's Resource Corner from the Wisconsin Environmental Education Resources Library Each month, posts recommended resources to keep educators updated on teaching materials available to them through the Wisconsin Environmental Education Resources Library (WAEE Organization Member) or for purchase. The October edition of the Resources Corner includes resources on Sustainable Food Systems, visit the Educators Resource Corner on EEinWisconsin.org for all the details. We always welcome your ideas. To recommend a teaching material or book, contact the WI EE Resources Library at wcee@uwsp.edu or call STATE NEWS & OPPORTUNITIES Chalk Talk - Green & Healthy Schools Wisconsin If you are anything like me, you are taking down your marked-up, battered 2012 calendar and looking at that brand new 2013 calendar you received during the holidays and thinking about all of the possibilities for the new year. Before you get bogged down again in the day to day craziness, take a moment to fill in those pages with excellent professional development opportunities in education to advance environmental literacy Read more...

7 WEEB Grant Cycle is OPEN The Wisconsin Environmental Education Board has just announced the call for grant proposals. The Board has added a NEW grant category, Water. Now EE that involves water education has its own category. Visit the WEEB grant website for all the details on the new water category as well the well known general and forestry grants categories. Deadline for proposals is. REGIONAL & NATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES EPA looking for Student Bloggers The EPA is looking for students from around the country seeking creative ways to express their passion in protecting our environment. The Eco Student blog site engages these students as writers and contributors on environmental awareness and stewardship topics. Are your students raising awareness of local and global realities through environmental missions in their communities? Are they participating in a science fair or a neighborhood environmental outreach project? Are the students inspiring citizens to reflect, connect, communicate and act as responsible caretakers of the Earth? We re looking to hear about any hands-on activities that engage students in learning about reducing waste, conserving natural resources, energy and other environmental initiatives. Using 400 words or less, have them tell us about the experience in their own words. Include photos or images of medium quality resolution in jpeg, gif, or png format to highlight the experience. For more information, contact us or visit our blog site

8 Education for Sustainability K-12 and Teacher Education Website This website is home to many great resources about Education for Sustainability. Some of their topic areas include: K-12 National Associations Network for Sustainability, Standards, Resources & Organizations, Case studies & stories, Learning Activities, Assessment tools and a webinar archive. k12.uspartnership.org 2013 Midwest Environmental Education Conference (MEEC) EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES Visit the WAEE Blog for educational resources posted throughout the month. Throughout the month WAEE posts interesting educationational resources for you to reference. If you have a great resource you think should be shared, send it our way - waee@uwsp.edu. Looking for even more resources?

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