Missouri Environmental Education Association

Helping educators inspire Missourians to care about, understand and act for their environment since 1997.

Help End Environmental Ignorance! Join, Renew or Donate to MEEA Today!

"I wanted to know the name of every stone and flower and insect and bird and beast. I wanted to know where it got its color, where it got its life - but there was no one to tell me."
George Washington Carver

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Header Picture Captions: Left to Right: Friends of Rock Bridge Memorial S.P. Nature Detectives, Summer 2010; Academie Lafayette, Kansas City, Stream Class; Sustain Mizzou Green Team recycling at an MU home football game, Columbia. If you have pictures of your students learning aout or working in the environment (with permissions) send them to weaverjc@missouri.edu and we will post them.

About MEEA

Vision, MIssion, Value

Vision

Our Vision is an environmentally responsible citizenry in Missouri

Mission

Our Mission is to connect Missouri's Environmental Educators, both for teachers in the classroom and for educators in agencies and organizations, with innovative professional development and networking opportunities to help them help Missourians become more environmentally responsible.

Value to Members

Learning about and using recognized EE standards helps educators

...avoid these pitfalls,

...and gain these benefits!**

*www.neefusa.org/pdf/ELR2005.pdf ** www.seer.org

Membership Benefits

The monthly Members' e-newsletter includes

In addition to the above, the website includes

Missouri Environmental Educator Awards

The Missouri Environmental Education Association annually recognizes those individuals and organizations, agencies, businesses or community groups that contribute to their vision of an environmentally literate citizenry.

Outstanding Service Award to an Individual

This award is presented to an individual to recognize his or her efforts to promote and provide EE leadership. Criteria: This MEEA member must have a minimum of 3 years experience in the field of EE and have made a significant contribution to EE. He or she should be known for one or more of the following: Dedicated service in the field of EE; Contributions in EE (e.g. developed curriculum, research, innovations, publications, legislation); Outstanding environmental action, contribution, or stance in supporting EE.

Recipients of the Outstanding Service Award to an Individual

Environmental Education Service Award to an Organization, Agency (Public or Private) or Business.

This award is presented to an organization, agency, or business that promotes EE and supports the purpose and mission of MEEA. Criteria: This organization, agency, or business must have made a significant contribution to EE. It does not have to be a MEEA member, but should be known for one or more of the following: Contributions in EE (e.g. developed curriculum, research, innovations, publications, legislation); Creating a standard practice of EE within the organization (e.g. educating staff on important issues, putting into practice the use of environmentally-friendly products); Supporting other educational entities through collaboration or grant funding.

Recipients of the Environmental Education Service Award to an Organization

Environmental Education Service Award to a Community-based or Local Grass-roots Organization

This award is presented to a grass-roots group (comprised of two or more individuals) to recognize the group's commitment to and success at improving the quality of community education and/or the local environment. Criteria: The group has successfully developed and implemented an outstanding community-based project that has positively enhanced the health of the environment/community and involves some kind of community education and/or mobilization; The group is not a for-profit enterprise; Individuals in the organization need not be members of MEEA.

Recipients of the Environmental Education Service Award to a Community or Grass-roots Organization
Environmental Education Service Award to a Student Group (initiated in 2009)

This award is presented to a High School or College or University Student Organization to recognize the group's commitment to and success at improving the quality of their school or campus and/or the local environment. Criteria: The group has successfully developed and implemented an outstanding school or campus based project that has positively enhanced the health of the school or community's environment and involves some kind of community education and/or mobilization of students; Individuals iin the organization need not be members of MEEA.

Outstanding Lifetime Environmental Education Service Award

This award is presented to an individual to recognize his or her long-standing efforts to promote and provide EE leadership as a lifelong pursuit. Criteria: This MEEA member must have a minimum of 20 years of experience in the field of EE, and have demonstrated lifelong contributions to EE; He or she should be known for a combination of the above listed criteria for Outstanding Service; A non-MEEA member may be nominated if he or she demonstrates the listed criteria and his or her work supports MEEA's mission.

Recipients of the Lifetime Service Award

Nominations Process

To nominate an individual, organization, agency, or business for any of the previously described award categories, please provide the following:

  1. Name of person, organization, agency, or business nominated;
  2. Title and address of nominee;
  3. Award Category (indicate one)
    • Outstanding Service
    • Certificate of EE Service for an:__ Organization __Agency __Business
    • Community
    • Outstanding Lifetime Service Award
  4. What contributions has the nominee made to the field of EE? (You may attach supporting documents. We may contact you for additional information.)
  5. Your name, address, phone number, fax number, e-mail address, and a description of your relationship with the nominee.

Submit nominations for MEEA Awards to: Jan Weaver, weaverjc@missouri.edu

Missouri Certified Environmental Educators

MEEA Certified Educators have completed 70 hours of Instructional Workshops, 30 hours of Outdoor Experiences, 30 hours of Resources Training, 30 hours of Instruction and 30 hours of an Action Project. To find out more about certification, visit www.meea.org/certification.shtml. If you have any questions about certification, email Jan Weaver at weaverjc@missouri.edu.

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Annual Environmental Education Conference

How to Join MEEA

Membership Levels

You can join on-line at http://www.meea.org/membershippaypal.html

Or you can send a check made out to MEEA care of Jan Weaver, 208 Tucker Hall - MU, Columbia MO 65211. Please include this information with the check:

Name _____________________________________

Affiliation __________________________________

Your Job ___________________________________

Address (h/w) _______________________________

City _______________________________________

County _____________St. _____ Zip ______________

Phone (h/w/c) _______________________________

Email (h/w) _________________________________

___Professional $15

___Retiree $7.50

___Student $7.50

___School $50 (we will email the person above for additional names and contact information)

___Business $100 (we will email the person above for additional names and contact information)

MEEA Governance

2012 Board, Liaisons, Contractor