We have big news! We are pleased and excited to announce that SEEK has a new home with the Minnesota Association for Environmental Education (MAEE).
Category: Minnesota
This year, MAEE was proud to recognize four people who have impacted the Environmental Education field in positive ways. We celebrated these awardees with a Social at Eastman Nature Center on Sunday afternoon, November 5th. The Awards Social allowed time for the recipients of the awards to celebrate with their families and friends as well as to share their thoughts on the work they and others have done for Environmental Education in Minnesota.
The 2017 Awards Social will be held on Sunday, November 5th from 2pm – 4pm. (Don’t forget to set your clocks forward the night before). This is a free event and light refreshments will be served.
By: Molly Phipps, MAEE Board Member At the end of July, we hosted our 25th Anniversary Conference at Wolf Ridge Environmental Learning Center in Finland, MN. Our theme this year “Speaking Loudly and Acting Boldly for Natural Spaces” focused on what we can do to enact positive change for our environment and environmental education, even as …
By: Guest blogger Bailey Stanard “I told you so” is the first thing that came to mind upon reading the recent article stating “an estimated more than 500 birds killed annually…” in the flyway above U.S. Bank Stadium. As I read further, my blood began to boil. I shouldn’t be surprised that when I mentioned …
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 …
As a statewide organization, MAEE tries to serve EE professionals throughout the state, but we can’t be everywhere at once, so we need your help! We would like to express our gratitude to our new Regional Advocates: Kayla and Forrest; and new Advocacy volunteer, River! Welcome to our Northwest Regional Advocate Kayla Rauchwarter, based in …
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 …
By: Ethan Lewis, former MAEE Board Member On July 16th, the organization I work with participated in the Eat Local Farm Tour. We had approximately 300 people come out to our farm to learn about chickens and their benefits, take wagon rides out into the fields and do family activities. It was a very visual demonstration of …
By: Liz Hasty My husband and I recently moved in to our first home. It is quite the upgrade from the tiny condo we moved out of including the backyard space. The previous owners of the house had put raised garden beds in the backyard and my husband and I couldn’t wait to get our …