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EE Connections

 

An electronic newsletter linking Pennsylvanians

with environmental news and information.

 

www.pcee.org
February 2011

News and Updates


PCEE News

Thanks and Best Wishes, Patrick!  A Note from the Director

Director Kathleen Paul thanks Patrick Henderson, Director of the Senate Environmental Resources and Energy Committee and chief aide to Senator Mary Jo White (R-Venango), for his years of supporting PCEE.  Click here to read.

General News

  • Covered Devices Recycling Act to Limit 'E-Waste'
  • Western PA Environmental Award Nominations Open
  • National Environmental Education Week April 10-16

K-12 News

  • 'Wind for Schools' Project Application Due March 1
  • Feb. 18 Deadline for Creative Energy Challenge
  • NEEF Offers Cash for Winners of Green School Contest
  • Lehigh Environmental Initiative Releases ELI Curricula

Higher Education News

  • Elizabethtown College Uses New System to Recycle Food Waste
  • Chatham University Announces Plans for New Campus
  • National Wildlife Federation Seeks Young Leader Delegates

Professional Development for Educators

  • Registration Open for ALCOSAN's Spring Educator Workshop
  • Hopewell Big Woods Workshop Slated for May 2
  • 'Tiny Hands in Nature' Workshop Offered at Winnie Palmer

Other Professional Development

  • Land Ethics Symposium Comes to Langhorne
  • PALTA Sponsors Land Conservation Conference
  • Farm to Table Conference Scheduled for March 25-26

Grants and Awards

  • PAW Sponsors 'Stream of Learning' Student Scholarships
  • PEST Management Funding Available through USDA
  • Mini-Grants Available for 'Celebrate Urban Birds' Events
  • Project Funding for Rural School Classrooms Available

 


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