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Welcome Back to School! Time for the Solar Oven Challenge!

Register today - only the first 40 registrants will be accepted for the 2008-2009 year. This program helps students and teachers learn about renewable energy in a fun and engaging way. Find out how to register here>>

Share the Fun...

Animal Fun Facts: Bringing kitschy anthropomorphism to a new level, Norwegian knighthood was recently bestowed upon Nils Olav, a penguin at the Edinburgh Zoo. Over 1000 km away, a mountain goat was crowned King of Ireland for three days. Read the stories: penguin>>   goat>>

New 'Resources for Rethinking' Database!

Sustainability resources reviewed by teachers for teachers, this database provides teachers with access to materials that integrate ecological, social and economic spheres through active, relevant, interdisciplinary learning. Learn more here>>

Spotlight on Climate Change

Generation Climate Change: Twenty-somethings are being called the climate generation. Born into an era of awakening international consensus about global warming, "Gen. CC" is literally the generation that "woke up to climate change." Zoe Caron, co-author (with Elizabeth May) of Climate Change for Dummies (available this October 31st), talks about her experience as a child of the climate generation. Read her Shift Magazine blog.

Another take on "Gen. CC" is the "Green Tsunami: Environmental Education's Third Wave". Get your hands on a copy of the spring 2008 issue (83) of Green Teacher to read Mike Weilbacher's stirring call to environmental educators to take full advantage of this third wave, as shepherds of change. Read the article.  Visit the Green Teacher website.

Telling the story of climate change. According to Mike Weilbacher (in the above Green Teacher article), two of the seven habits of highly effective EE teachers are to "tell bigger, better stories" and to "know one big thing." If your thing is climate change, here are some resources to help you in your storytelling...

...A compelling climate change storytelling angle: rising sea levels and the world's small islands. From the Maldives to Papua New Ginea, small islands are putting an urgent, unprecedented resolution before the UN Security Council to address climate change as a pressing threat to international peace and security. For a draft of the Small Islands States Resolution, please click here>>

• For more information about those presenting the petition, please click here>>
• For information about Tuvalu's evacuation plan and climate refugees, please click here>>
• For information about how rising sea levels might affect us all, please click here>>
• For more information about the ice melt, please click here>>
• For more information about all of the island states, please click here>>
• To watch a one-minute mini-documentary about sea levels rising and the island states, please click here>>

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News for EE Groups

Advancing EE in Alberta

Announcing the new Environmental Research and Studies Centre website! In keeping with their Paper Cut program, ERSC has gone paperless. Have a look at their new online newsletter.

If you would like to have your research on the ERSC website, please submit your article by email.

Contests

Call for nominations: 2009 Emerald Awards. Nominations Deadline: 27 February, 2009. Finalists announced: 8 April, 2009. Awards Ceremony: 16 June, 2009. More information will be up on the Emerald Foundation website at the end of September.

Congratulations to ACEE Board member, Rob Macintosh, for his 2008 Emerald Award. Learn more about Rob and other ACEE Board members.

Events

"Watercolours in Nature Journaling": Splash colour into your nature observations with watercolour painting and new nature journaling techniques and ideas. Led by journaling expert Trish Savill. Adult program, Saturday, October 4, from 1-3:30pm. Cost: $10/adult. Advanced registration required. Phone 403.931.2042 or email.

Toyota Evergreen Learning Grounds presents the All Hands in the Dirt forum on the Design of Children's Outdoor Spaces. Find out more here>>

Dr. John Acorn Lecture at the University of Alberta: "Ladybugs in Alberta: Alien invasion or benign ecological reshuffling?" Thursday, September 11, Pembina Hall, Rm. 2-06, 9am-11am. Tea/coffee will be provided. For more information, email.

Employment, Volunteer, Internship Opportunities

Six great jobs are listed on the ACEE website: Executive Director, Alberta Emerald Foundation; Camp Coordinator, Ghost River Rediscovery; Aboriginal Seniors Program Coordinator, Ghost River Rediscovery; Visitor Centre Coordinator, Alberta Tourism, Parks and Recreation; Program and Services Coordinator, Alberta Camping Association; "Values, Ethics and Sustainability" Teaching Assistant, University of Alberta.

Scholarship and Grant Opportunities

Share your experience and let Facing the Future send you to a conference. Facing the Future is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to educating young people to think critically about global issues, sustainability, and positive solutions. The Peer Educator program is looking for EE professionals who are teaching about sustainability and using Facing the Future curriculum resources. For more information, click here>>