Upcoming Events

NACEE's mission is to to facilitate and promote conservation and environment education for all Nebraska. ONEof the ways NACEE aims to achieve this is to advertise upcoming events, workshops, and conferences dealing with conservation and environment education. The following are some of the great things going on in Nebraska. If you would like to advertise your event or workshop, please contact Lindsay Rogers at lindsayannrogers@yahoo.com.

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2008 Annual NACEE Conference

Save the Date!
Oct. 24-25, 2008 (NOTE NEW DATES)
Ponca State Park

The 2008 NACEE Annual Conference will be held October 24-25 at Ponca State Park. Set aside the dates now and join us in the beautiful Missouri River valley in fall 2008!

Download a conference schedule (PDF, 306 kb) highlighting keynote speakers, concurrent sessions, field trips, and workshops.

Download the conference registration form and information on accomodations (PDF, 13 kb).

NACEE is also offering scholarships to the 2008 conference. Scholarship recipients will recieve a free conference registration and a 1-year membership to NACEE. Get the Scholarship Application here (PDF, 25 kb).

Check back here for updates as they become available.

Workshops

Straw Bale Design and Construction Workshop
July 26
8:30am – 4:00pm
Lincoln, NE

Straw Bale is easy to build, energy-efficient, uses and adds value to annually renewable crop waste, all types of buildings - nature center, park shelter, sheds and storage, homes, schools, commercial buildings. Overview of all aspects of design and construction. Handouts and information resources, slide show of buildings, display of books and publications.

Contact: For more information and to pre-register, call Joyce Coppinger, ReBuild Associates at 402.483.5135 or send email to jc10508@alltel.net

Nature Explore Workshops
September 2008-May 2009
Arbor Day Farm, Nebraska City, NE
Contact: Dimensions Educational Research Foundation at info@dimensionsfoundation.org or website at www.arborday.org/explore/workshops

Learn the latest field-tested, age-appropriate methods for reconnecting young children to nature. All workshops will be held at Arbor Day Farm, located in Nebraska City, Nebraska. 1 hour from Lincoln and 45 minutes from Omaha. Workshops will run from 9:00 - 4:00 and include lunch.

Saturday, September 27,2008: Learning with Nature, and Using Your Outdoor Classroom

Saturday, November 22, 2008: Importance of Visual-Spatial Learning, and Choosing Effective Indoor and Outdoor Materials

Saturday, March 14, 2009: Moving to Learn, and Joyful Movement

Saturday, May 2, 2009: Developing Observation Skills: Documentation, and Art and Nature

Becoming an Outdoors Woman
October 3-5
Check www.ngpc.state.ne.us/wildlife/programs for more information

EETAP Fall Online EE Course Offerings
Environmental Education Training and Partnerships (EETAP) is offering several online ee courses this fall. Classes are offered through the University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point.

Classes include:
Applied EE Program Evaluation
Fundamentals of EE
Leadership Development: Strategic Planning and Implementation
Making EE Relevant to Culturally Diverse Audiances

For more information, visit http://www.uwsp.edu/natres/eetap/index.aspx

Camps

Pioneers Park Nature Center
2008 Wilderness Nature Camps
Lincoln, NE
Twelve nature camps available for children ages 6 through 17; June - July
Contact: 402.441.7895 or visit http://www.lincoln.ne.gov/city/parks/nature/natcenter/index.htm
>Download PDF (6 MB)

Fontenelle Nature Association
2008 Nature Discovery Day Camps
Bellevue, NE
Over 40 adventure camps available for toddlers through 6th graders June - August
Contact: Linda Dennis, 402.731.3140, ext. 226 or Marty Pagel, 402.731.3140, ext. 239, mpagel@fontenelleforest.org

Papio-Missouri River NRD
2008 Summer Camps
Omaha, NE
Several camps available for children ages 4-14, June through August
Contact: Christine Jacobsen cjacobsen@papionrd.org, 402.444.6222
>Download PDF (169 kb)

Events

Family Fishing Nights
Contact: Andrea Cade, andrea.cade@ngpc.ne.gov, 402.332.3901

July 29
6:00pm - 8:00pm
Yanny Park, Kearney, NE

August 26
6:00pm - 8:00pm
Halleck Park, Papillion, NE

Women's Wilderness Weekend
August 8-10, 2008
10:00-Noon
South Central 4-H Camp, Alma, Nebraska
Contact: Jan Harvey, Trailblazer RC&D, 437 N. Elm St., Red Cloud, NE, 68970, 402.746.3560
>Download Info (PDF, 293 kb)
>Download Registration Form (PDF, 10 kb)

On-Going Programs

Lincoln Safari
Lincoln, NE
Running throughout 2008, the Lincoln Safari encourages participants to get out and explore the nature areas throughout the Lincoln-area. Register for free at any Lincoln Public Library.
For more information, visit: www.lincolnsafari.org

Conferences

Nebraska Association of Teachers of Science (NATS) Annual Conference
October 9-11
Camp Calvin Crest, Fremont, NE
http://www.neacadsci.org/nats/index.htm

North American Association for Environment Education Annual Conference
October 15-18
Wichita, KS
>Download PDF (234 kb)

Nebraska Alliance for Conservation and Environment Education Annual Conference
October 24-25
Ponca State Park, Ponca, NE
>Download PDF (149 kb)