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    This document outlines a vision to inspire the next generation of environmental stewards through environmental education. It discusses identifying existing education resources, addressing academic standards, and providing outdoor experiences for youth. The benefits are seen as connecting students to the environment, integrating standards into curriculum, and providing access to underserved youth. Ways to collaborate include targeting 5th grade teachers, teaming up with outdoor education groups, and sharing funding and curriculum. First steps proposed are forming an education coalition and identifying stakeholders, funding, and vehicles to deliver the mission. Available resources and additional needs are also listed, along with organizations and individuals taking the next steps.

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    This document outlines a vision to inspire the next generation of environmental stewards through environmental education. It discusses identifying existing education resources, addressing academic standards, and providing outdoor experiences for youth. The benefits are seen as connecting students to the environment, integrating standards into curriculum, and providing access to underserved youth. Ways to collaborate include targeting 5th grade teachers, teaming up with outdoor education groups, and sharing funding and curriculum. First steps proposed are forming an education coalition and identifying stakeholders, funding, and vehicles to deliver the mission. Available resources and additional needs are also listed, along with organizations and individuals taking the next steps.

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    This document outlines a vision to inspire the next generation of environmental stewards through environmental education. It discusses identifying existing education resources, addressing academic standards, and providing outdoor experiences for youth. The benefits are seen as connecting students to the environment, integrating standards into curriculum, and providing access to underserved youth. Ways to collaborate include targeting 5th grade teachers, teaming up with outdoor education groups, and sharing funding and curriculum. First steps proposed are forming an education coalition and identifying stakeholders, funding, and vehicles to deliver the mission. Available resources and additional needs are also listed, along with organizations and individuals taking the next steps.

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    Next Generation of Environmental Stewards

    Our Vision

    Inspire a next generation of


    environmental stewards.

    Descriptive Highlights

    • Identify existing resources


    for environmental
    education experiences for
    all learners
    • Addressing state
    academic standards
    • Providing outdoor
    experiences for youth

    Key Benefits

    • Connecting students to
    the environment and
    giving them tools to
    become stewards
    • Integrating standards into curriculum to assist teachers and improve student
    performance
    • Providing environmental education to otherwise underserved youth

    Ways to Collaborate

    • Target 5th grade teachers with stewardship outdoor ed


    •  “Kids outside” groups team up to break down barriers to outdoor ed
    •  Share grant and other funding and curriculum for partnerships for richer outdoor ed
    programs
    •  Sharing ways to address English language learners
    • Meet curricular/NCLB needs for teachers /  Information curricular on outdoor ed
    programs to circulate to schools
    • Prepare for state environmental education initiative

    First Steps

    • Form a coalition of environmental education organizations in Santa Cruz County


    • Identify stakeholders in education community
    • Investigate and identify funding opportunities for coalition
    • Identify vehicles to deliver the mission (website, brochure, commercial, etc.)

    Available Resources
    • Existing curricula and program directories such as CREEC, CFSCC
    • Meeting spaces
    • Volunteers and docents of organizations represented here
    • Existing partnerships and collaborations
    • Existing sites for outdoor education (parks, wetlands, Sea Odyssey, Life Lab garden,
    etc.)

    Other Things We Need

    • Staff time, money


    • Increased communications among our organizations
    • Strengthened relationships between school districts and our organizations and individual
    teachers and after school programs
    • Access to safe, environmentally sound transportation for students to sites
    • Development and use of on and off campus or near campus sites for outdoor education

    Who’s Taking the Next Step?

    • Covener:
    o Lise Peterson, Santa Cruz Natural History Museum
    Phone: 831-420.6116
    Email: lise@santacruzmuseums.org

    • Participants:
    o Shauna Casey
    o Dan Haifley
    o Laura Kasa
    o Peg Danielson
    o Molly Ober / Kyrrha Sevco
    o Peggy Waters
    o Debie Chirco MacDonald
    o Erika Perloff / Deb Bolt
    o Stephen McCabe
    o Mark Davidson
    o Surrey Kent

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