EE Connections

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August 2007

Director Appointed to Governor’s Outdoor Task Force

Kathleen Paul, Director of the Pennsylvania Center for Environmental Education, has been appointed to a statewide task force that will spend the next six months formulating recommendations for improving outdoor recreational and educational opportunities for Pennsylvanians. 

“I am honored to be chosen to serve on the Task Force,” Paul said.  “We will be addressing a broad range of concerns about the outdoors and environmental education will play an important part in our discussion.”

The Governor’s Outdoor Task Force will meet and ultimately present a report to Gov. Ed Rendell in early 2008. 

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In other PCEE news:
Senate Bill to Strengthen PCEE Passes House Committee
PA Clean Energy Conference Attended

General News

• Richard Louv to Speak at Saint Vincent College
• Buy Pennsylvania Fresh and Local
• 6th Annual Ohio River Watershed Celebration
• The Green Scene for Homeowners Series Continues
• Center for Watershed Protection Releases Handbook
• Women's Health and the Environment Website Launched
• Encyclopedia of Life
• EPA Launches "Go Green!" Newsletter
• SustainLane
• EPA Launches Nonpoint Source Outreach Toolbox

K-12 News

• Energyteachers.org
• Kids "Create Your Future!" Website Launched
• The "Greenest" Building
• New "Growing Food" Curriculum
• Maggie's Earth Adventures

Higher Education

• Robert Morris University Designs Windmills for the Future
• Climate Quest Seeks Campus Hosts

Professional Development

• Forest Teacher Workshop
• Act 48 Opportunity at Jennings Environmental Education Center
• Energy from Biomass and Waste Conference
• Submit Proposals for Keystone Coldwater Conference
• NAAEE Conference Registration Now Open
• Astronomy from the Ground-Up – Online Workshop
• Financing Renewable Energy on Campus – Web Conference

Grants/Awards

• Ohio River Watershed Grants
• Keystone Initiative Grants
• Green Cleaning Award for Schools and Universities
• President's and National Environmental Excellence Awards
• Captain Planet Awards
• Award for Student Entrepreneurship in Higher Education

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