MEEA offers certification for environmental educators
MEEA Receives Federal Funding
MEEA will receive $60,000 to support its work through Sept. '05
MEEA received two years of additional funding through the national Environmental Education and Training Partnership (EETAP). The grant will go toward assessing and updating a comprehensive plan for environmental education in MO, and will help MEEA develop a strategic plan for creating, increasing and promoting high-quality environmental education to a broad network. MEEA will receive $60,000 to support its work through September 2005.
The grant will help MEEA prepare for the Missouri Summit on Environmental Literacy scheduled for February 8 and 9, 2005, and complete an assessment of the 1994 “Report and Recommendations of the Governor’s Task Force on Environmental Education: Creating an Environmentally Literate Citizenry.”
“We will work to bring stakeholders and decision makers together to review changes in environmental education in Missouri over the past 10 years, and determine how to shape the future direction for environmental education in Missouri,” said Ollie Bogdon, MO’s EETAP Project Manager.
As part of its EETAP project, MEEA also will create an organizational strategic plan. “This plan will provide MEEA with the policy direction to increase its ability to manage multiple programs, as well as work with other stakeholders to meet statewide environmental education needs through comprehensive, sustainable initiatives,” said Bogdon.
Missouri and seven other states received financial support through EETAP, based at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point. The National Environmental Education Advancement Project (NEEAP), one of eight national EETAP partners, manages the EETAP States Program. “We are excited to support MEEA’s efforts to lead the state initiatives for environmental education toward effectively meeting the common goals of environmental literacy.” said Jeremy Higgins, NEEAP Outreach Coordinator.
For more information about NEEAP or capacity building related activities, visit www.uwsp.edu/cnr/neeap
