Hey Cris-the-non-lurker; I have an aunt in Waterford, next to New london as I'm sure you're aware, who is a retired biology teacher but still much involved im many things pertaining to the natural world out there. For all I know, she may already be a member of the group you mention below... next time I talk to her I'll ask her if she's interested in joining up...
Michele > If something of this sort could be put together, you could perhaps > introduce it at a conference of environmental educators. Here in New > England where I am, there is the New England Environmental Education > Alliance (NEEEA) http://www.neeea.org/ plus each state has an > organization. We even have local organizations, such as the New London > Environmental Educators Coalition which I belong to. We put on an > environmental conference for local school kids each spring. Last year we > held the conference at the Arboretum at Connecticut College. > > Sorry to just jump in like this. This list is so busy, plus I am a > children's librarian that has never measured a tree, that I had decided to > just lurk on this list to learn what I can and enjoy the photos and > videos. But educating the next generation to appreciate and value the > natural world is so important, I decided to "leak" out of my lurk on this > topic. > > Cris > > --- On Sat, 1/9/10, Larry <[email protected]> wrote: > > From: Larry <[email protected]> > Subject: [ENTS] Re: Birds and Trees > To: "ENTSTrees" <[email protected]> > Date: Saturday, January 9, 2010, 9:48 AM > > John, Bob, You know that would be cool, to have a tree, nature, > art festival. We could have display booths with T-shirts, hats, books, > old growth info, whats going on with our Forests, young trees, etc. > ENTS has many talented and diverse folks, I think it would be a great > thing. Some could lecture, others demonstrate climbing > technics,measuing technics, etc. Perhaps a new movement for renewal, > green space, etc. We could have each annual festival in a different > region, one in the northeast, one in the southeast, etc. The problem > would be the logistics of such an event and where when to have it. We > have some great speakers and we could reach many children with > something like that. I know in years past some schools were teaching > children more about nature. I'm going to ask some friends who have > younger children what they are teaching them now about nature. Just my > thoughts. Larry > >
