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Building a "Trust Fund" for Environmental Literacy

The 2025 Mid-Atlantic Environmental Literacy Forum explored district-level strategies to achieve sustainable funding for environmental literacy programs.

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NOAA Helps Students and Educators Dive into Environmental Education

$2.7 million in NOAA Chesapeake Bay-Watershed Education and Training will help students learn about the watershed and take action on local issues.

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Sharing Climate Change Knowledge, Inspiring Action in the Chesapeake Bay

NOAA Fisheries is helping teachers and students understand climate change—and take relevant action—in the Chesapeake Bay watershed.

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Northern Virginia is Building Sustainable Environmental Education Programs with Sustainability Liaisons

A handful of school divisions in Northern Virginia are using Sustainability Liaisons to scale up sustainability and environmental literacy efforts.

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From the Mountains to the Bay: Implementing systemic MWEEs across three school systems on the James River

The James River Association systemically implemented Meaningful Watershed Educational Experiences across three school systems.

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Ride the TIDES: Empowering Pre-Service Teachers with Environmental Education

The new Teachers Innovating and Designing Experiential Science (TIDES) Hub provides environmental education and MWEE resources for teacher preparation programs and pre-service teachers.

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NOAA Chesapeake Bay Office awards its 2,000th certificate to trained environmental educators

Online course trains educators to develop Meaningful Watershed Education Experiences.

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Steering the Titanic: Developing an Environmental Literacy Plan in Prince William County Public Schools

Lessons learned from successfully developing an Environmental Literacy Plan in Prince William County Public Schools.

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Social Emotional Learning: Supporting students, teachers and science investigations

Teachers learn social emotional learning skills at Teachers of the Estuary (TOTE) in response to school needs.

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Education for Climate Action

New climate change education resources added to Bay Backpack

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