OKLAHOMA CHAPTER FUNDING FOR
Environmental Education PROJECTS
Submitted by Susie Shields, Environmental Education Chair
The Oklahoma Chapter provides funding support and some planning assistance for a
variety of environmental education programs in the state. Following is a list
of projects we have supported over the past decade.
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Purchase of environmental DVDs for loan to teachers and groups, as well as our
own Sierra Club movie nights.
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The Oklahoman Newspapers in Education (NIE) Earth Day Supplement 2008
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Oklahoma Trash Poster Contest:
http://www.okladot.state.ok.us/beauty/poster/index.htm
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Oklahoma Sustainability Network annual conference & website development (http://www.oksustainability.org/)
·
EE
Expo: Oklahoma Association for Environmental Education (www.okaee.org)
·
The EnvironMentor newsletter primarily for teachers, a partnership with OKAEE
and OKEECC (The Oklahoma Environmental Education Coordinating Committee). This
newsletter has now morphed into the OKAEE Newsletter, but back issues may be
found online:
www.okaee.org.
·
Tar Creek Conference, L.E.A.D. Agency based in Miami (http://www.leadagency.org/)
·
Oklahoma Consortium for Environmental Literacy’s Master Plan for Environmental
Education in Oklahoma (OKCEL is now defunct, but the searchable database of EE
resources in online here:
http://www.oksustainability.org/resources/ )
·
Green Teacher Activity Books are often purchased for distribution at EE teacher
events (www.greenteacher.com)
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Oklahoma Food Cooperative (www.oklahomafood.coop)
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Local Food Project: Kerr Center for Sustainable Agriculture (http://www.kerrcenter.com/)
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Permaculture Workshop sponsorship: Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma (http://www.regionalfoodbank.org/)
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Earth Day Celebration & Recyclathon sponsorship: C.A.S.T. (Cultural Awareness
for Students & Teachers)
www.castfortheworld.com
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Oklahoma Envirothon sponsorship, natural resource competition for high school
students (http://www.envirothonok.com/)
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Oklahoma Water Resources Research Institute Water Conservation Essay Contest
sponsorship (http://environ.okstate.edu/owrri/waterplan/essay.asp)
·
Eco-Motion sponsorship - mobile environmental education program featuring Edison
the Bus (currently inactive -
http://www.edisonthebus.org/)
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Eco-Summit – Week-end camping retreat/training for high school environmental
clubs: Co-sponsored with OKAEE & OK Co. Conservation District
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Guthrie High School’s Statewide Environmental Art Contest (cash prizes)
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Carrie Dickerson Foundation - funding for Carrie’s exhibit at conferences (http://www.carriedickersonfoundation.com/)
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Environmental Impact Statement for I-40 Relocation (testing equipment for
Jennifer Lynch, Jackson Middle School)
Support for campus groups
(proposal must be submitted and approved):
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ECO-OSU (http://orgs.okstate.edu/ecoosu/Default.htm)
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OUr Earth (http://www.ou.edu/student/ourearth/)
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SOSU Green Club (http://www.sosu.edu/green-club/)
·
OU
Student Congress Green Week
