see below for Ithaca's highlight in this national weekly e-news! National Environmental Education Week this year runs concurrently with our Earth Week, April 18-26. Their website, and these weekly e-newsletters, are a great source of information, curricula, and other resources - check it out. --- On Tue, 4/14/09, Jessica Culverhouse (EE WEEK) <[email protected]> wrote: From: Jessica Culverhouse (EE WEEK) <[email protected]> Subject: EE Week Tuesday E-blast To: "Patricia Haines" <[email protected]> Date: Tuesday, April 14, 2009, 11:00 AM April 14, 2009 www.eeweek.org Water Tip of the Day When you give your pet fresh water, or when cleaning out the fish tank, don't throw the old water down the drain. Use it to water a plant. Source: Water - Use It Wisely For a list of water facts in English and Spanish, visit our Be Water Wise! Facts page. EE Week Partner Spotlight Level Green Institute - Ithaca, N.Y. This year, Ithacans are weaving EE Week together with a week-long celebration of Earth Day. In addition to special events throughout the community and at all area schools, the Cayuga Watershed Network and Floating Classroom will use the week to explore creation of a new Lake Stewards' Program. As part of a broader initiative to mobilize the arts for sustainability education, local artists will lead student workshops on environment- and water-themed art. The week's culmination, a community celebration at the Ithaca Farmers' Market on Lake Cayuga, will feature an exhibit of water-themed paintings and other celebratory activities. Learn more Featured Resources Water Quality Testing Testing water quality in a local river or stream is a great way to engage your students in EE Week's 2009 Be Water Wise! theme. Thanks to the support of two EE Week Partners - World Water Monitoring DayTM and the Earth Force GREEN program - we are able to offer water quality testing resources for elementary, middle and high school students, as well as planning resources for teachers and parameters to help interpret results. Visit our Water Quality Testing Resources page for more information. H2O Conserve Issue Sheets H2O Conserve is a is a Web-based project that offers tools and knowledge that enable individuals to make water conservation part of their everyday lives. The H2O Conserve Issue Sheets were developed to increase understanding of current issues related to water supply, water quality and water use. Issue sheet topics include: Water Use in the Home, The Things We Buy, Water Use and Global Warming and Bottled Water, among others. For these and other Be Water Wise! resources, visit us on the web. The National Environmental Education Foundation (NEEF) provides knowledge to trusted professionals who, with their credibility, amplify messages to national audiences to solve everyday environmental problems. Together, we generate lasting positive change. NEEF partners with professionals in health, education, media, business, and public land management to promote daily actions for helping people protect and enjoy the environment. Through our primary programs - Classroom Earth, National Public Lands Day, National Environmental Education Week, Business and Environment, Earth Gauge and our Pediatric Environmental History Initiative - we offer Americans knowledge to live by. National Sponsor Contributing Sponsor In This Issue Water Tip of the Day Partner Spotlight Featured Resources Our Program National Environmental Education (EE) Week is the largest organized environmental education event in the United States. EE Week promotes understanding and protection of the natural world by creating a full week of environmentally-themed lessons and activities in K-12 classrooms, nature centers, zoos, museums, and aquariums. Quick Links Register Now for 2009! FAQS Success Stories More On Us Contact Us Jessica Culverhouse EE Week Coordinator (202) 261-6484 [email protected] This email was sent to: [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to: http://action.neefusa.org/unsubscribe/eeweek _______________________________________________ For more information about sustainability in the Tompkins County area, please visit: http://www.sustainabletompkins.org/ RSS, archives, subscription & listserv information for: [email protected] http://lists.mutualaid.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainabletompkins Questions about the list? ask [email protected] free hosting by http://www.mutualaid.org
