This blog is part of a series that features our Organizational Members. We appreciate their continued support and look forward to you learning more about each organization.  Jeffers Foundation purpose and vision is to help foster environmental stewardship among young people and families by encouraging the practice of sound principles of environmental stewardship in schools …

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By: Britt Gangeness, previous MAEE Board Member –Britt Gangeness coordinates and develops outreach and education projects at the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA). She has been working with the Minnesota Humanities Center on the Smithsonian Water/Ways project since 2014 and was thrilled to see the exhibit hit the streets this summer. Minnesota has a very unusual …

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By: Jennifer Elsen I attended the North American Association for Environmental Education conference in Madison, Wisconsin, October 19th-October 21st. It was held at the beautiful waterfront convention center designed by Frank Lloyd Wright on Lake Monona. When I arrived early morning at the center, I was first drawn to the sunlight coming over the lake …

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By Conference Scholarship Recipient Dan Gruhlke, Pinewood Elementary School, Monticello, MN Saturday, August 6, 2016 was a beautiful morning for this year’s MAEE “Grow in the Open” Conference with a clear sky, little wind, temp.’s just under the averages, and low humidity! I wish I could’ve only bicycled to the Conference as I had desired, and that was probably my biggest …

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