From royboyle at gmail.com Tue Dec 1 10:07:33 2009 From: royboyle at gmail.com (royboyle at gmail.com) Date: Tue, 1 Dec 2009 10:07:33 -0500 Subject: [PAEE] NYTimes.com: LED Bulbs Save Substantial Energy, a Study Finds Message-ID: This page was sent to you by: royboyle at gmail.com. BUSINESS / ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT | November 30, 2009 LED Bulbs Save Substantial Energy, a Study Finds By ERIC. A. TAUB Over the entire life of a bulb, from manufacturing to disposal, the energy used for incandescent bulbs is almost five times that of LED lamps. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/30/business/energy-environment/30led.html?emc=eta1 ---------------------------------------------------------- ABOUT THIS E-MAIL This e-mail was sent to you by a friend through NYTimes.com's E-mail This Article service. For general information about NYTimes.com, write to help at nytimes.com. NYTimes.com 620 Eighth Avenue New York, NY 10018 Copyright 2009 The New York Times Company -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From rroperti at zoominternet.net Tue Dec 1 10:45:15 2009 From: rroperti at zoominternet.net (rroperti at zoominternet.net) Date: Tue, 1 Dec 2009 10:45:15 -0500 Subject: [PAEE] Fw: The EPA President's Environmental Youth Awards Are Due December 31. We Need Your Help! Yes, We Have No Applications Message-ID: <000b01ca729d$470a26c0$6501a8c0@D9V66M11> Hello Everyone, I'm sending out this SOS. As of today we have no applications for the 2009 President's Environmental Youth Awards which are due December 31, 2009. If you know of a project that took place during 2009, from a student or students in grades K-12, please ask them to submit an application The Mid-Atlantic regional award winner will receive a plaque and a trip to an EPA-sponsored award ceremony in Washington, D.C. All student participants, from each project application, will receive a certificate signed by the President honoring them from them for their efforts to protect human health and the environment. Applications from student groups or individual projects, in grades Kindergarten - 12, may be submitted by an adult sponsor. Rules and applications can be viewed or downloaded from the EPA?s PEYA Web site at: www.epa.gov/peya Please contact Ellen Lucchetti at (215) 814-3287 or at: lucchetti.ellen at epa.gov if you have questions. Additional information on the President's Environmental Youth Award is attached. Thank you for your help, Larry A. Brown Team Leader, Environmental Information, Education, Inreach and Outreach Team Office of Public Affairs Environmental Protection Agency 1650 Arch Street Philadelphia, Pa. 19103 (215) 814-5527 Fax (215) 814-5102 Please Visit EPA's Environmental Education Website: www.epa.gov/enviroed . -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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To view the premiere edition, visit: https://app.e2ma.net/app/view:CampaignPublic/id:1403315.6555360453/rid:430d8ec48796f0c44184eb21990df044 To subscribe, sign up at the bottom of the publication. Natural Biodiversity's e-edtion of *the Leaflet* is published as often as monthly, but not more regularly than that. The organization does not share or sell its subscribers' contact information. Kristin Sewak Director Natural Biodiversity 501 15th Street, Suite B Windber, PA 15963 Voice: 814-509-6036 www.naturalbiodiversity.org Fax: 814-509-6049 *Please call first. Thank you for helping Natural Biodiversity have a very successful 2009 through our education and outreach, citizen engagement, planting, weeding, service learning, and field survey endeavors! Look for our Annual Report to be released during the first quarter of 2010. If you shop online this holiday season, consider using iGive.com, with Natural Biodiversity selected as your cause. About 700 stores donate a portion of their proceeds to selected causes and offer iGive members special discounts. Even if you don't shop online, consider using their isearchigive engine....each time you search the internet, a penny (or two) is donated to your cause. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From royboyle at gmail.com Mon Dec 21 21:22:35 2009 From: royboyle at gmail.com (Roy Boyle) Date: Mon, 21 Dec 2009 21:22:35 -0500 Subject: [PAEE] Fwd: NAAEE Action Network- NCLI Action Needed!! In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Folks, It's time to act for the future of environmental education. Please read. Roy Boyle PR Director PAEE ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Knowlton, Shareen Date: Fri, Dec 18, 2009 at 4:38 PM Subject: NAAEE Action Network- NCLI Action Needed!! To: NAAEE Action Network Cc: "neeea at yahoogroups.com" , " rieealist at yahoogroups.com" [image: pms281logo] Dear NAAEE Action Network member: *Thank you for your continued support of No Child Left Inside. It?s time to position ourselves for victory in 2010!* The U.S. Department of Education is working on the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (aka No Child Left Behind), and there are critical actions that must be taken now?by you and by all the members of your organization?to ensure that the bill includes provisions for pre-K through grade 12 environmental and outdoor education as outlined in the No Child Left Inside Act, sponsored by Senator Reed and Congressman Sarbanes. The Department of Education is requesting comments on ESEA as they begin drafting new language for the bill. DOE officials have advised us that the comments they receive are being reviewed and carefully considered. It is essential that DOE hear from every one of us about the value of environmental and outdoor education to student success and teacher quality. Go now to ESEA.comments at ed.gov and let Secretary Duncan and the Obama Administration know that you support the inclusion of NCLI in the reauthorized ESEA. If you choose, you may cut and paste from the template below. The NCLI Coalition has set a goal of having 50,000 emails sent to Secretary Duncan?s office support of the inclusion of NCLI in the reauthorized ESEA. *We would like all NAAEE Action Network organizations to send a request to all of your members and colleagues to assist us in securing these 50,000 emails.*** *Make no mistake about it: a show of political muscle is absolutely critical?and we need to do it now. Please send your comments to ESEA.comments at ed.gov today, and ask your members to do the same by sending them the attached alert. * We have come a long way since the No Child Left Inside Coalition formed in 2006, but the real work is still ahead. We will succeed in ensuring that all of our nation?s students graduate from high school as environmentally literate students who are prepared for the challenges and opportunities of the 21st century?*but it is going to take each and every one of us.* Thank you for all you do! Shareen Shareen Knowlton Director of Education Roger Williams Park Zoo 1000 Elmwood Avenue Providence, RI 02907 (401) 785-3510 ext. 357 sknowlton at rwpzoo.org www.rogerwilliamsparkzoo.org *The template message below may be of use to you in crafting your email. Remember to personalize it with information about why you are a member of the NAAEE Action Network and support the work of the NCLI Coalition. * *Dear Secretary Duncan,* *As you consider strategies to strengthen and amend ESEA, we urge you to consider the provisions laid out in the No Child Left Inside Act, which would expand opportunities for environmental and outdoor education in America?s schools. Comprehensive environmental education has been shown to improve student achievement across core subject areas and increase engagement in learning. Environmental education is critical to providing our students with the knowledge and skills to tackle complex problems, and succeed in a green economy. What?s more, getting kids outside and active promotes a healthy lifestyle that is essential to fighting obesity and reducing symptoms associated with attention deficit disorder, depression, and stress. * * * *Leaving environmental education out of ESEA would be a missed opportunity to improve education while helping to systemically address the Obama administration?s other priorities of energy independence, a strengthened economy, and a healthier nation. We support the inclusion of NCLI in the reauthorized ESEA. * * * *Sincerely,* Shareen Knowlton Director of Education Roger Williams Park Zoo 1000 Elmwood Avenue Providence, RI 02907 (401) 785-3510 ext. 357 sknowlton at rwpzoo.org www.rogerwilliamsparkzoo.org ------------------------------ This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. 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Ruth Roperti* * * *Subject: VISTA Position Available for PAEE/PCEE* * * *VISTA/EPA has just awarded a full-time position for the next year to PAEE and PCEE! Applications are now being accepted and an applicant will be hired in early January.* This full-time position will be located in the PCEE Slippery Rock office. The position?s goal will be ?to determine the feasibility of non-formal Environmental Education certification in Pennsylvania; if feasible, to begin to develop the necessary elements of such a program.? *To view the position requirements and/or to apply, *follow these steps: ? Go to www.americorps.gov . ? Once on the AmeriCorps home page, click on the far right of the top navigation bar where it says: ?AMERICORPS VISTA?. ? A new page will open with a box on the right that asks ?where would you like to serve??select Pennsylvania. ? When the list of positions in Pennsylvania comes up, click on the ?Delaware Valley Earth Force - PCEE & PAEE - EPA? listing. ? The position?s description will open, along with an box that will allow you to apply. The position provides a monthly living allowance, a choice of an Education Award or End of Service Stipend, Health Coverage, Childcare assistance (if eligible), a Relocation Allowance, and training support. *If you know anyone who might be interested in this opportunity, please pass the word along. We would like to have a robust list of applicants before the end of this year. The position begins in February or when we are able to hire a good candidate.* * * * * Kathleen Cowles Paul Director Pennsylvania Center for Environmental Education 164 South Main Street Slippery Rock, PA 16057 724.738.9020 ext. 2 www.pcee.org "Pennsylvania's Link to the Environment" -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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