Arboretum News (Earth Partnership for Schools)
Earth Partnership Webinar Series
WEDNESDAY, MAY 8, 2013
Earth Partnership staff and advisors have begun publishing webinars. Check them out on YouTube! Fawn Youngbear Tibbetts uploaded her webinar: Indigenous Arts and Sciences Mike Wiggins Jr., Holly Youngbear-Tibbetts, and a whole lot of other people are quoted/shown etc… Just over an hour with the comments. Earth Partnership Indigenous Arts and ... Read more »
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Earth Partnership Institutes Summer 2013
WEDNESDAY, MAY 8, 20132013 Earth Partnership Institutes will feature Indigenous Arts and Sciences and Water Stewardship. Edgewood College June 3-7, Edgewood College, UW-Madison Arboretum, Cheryl Bauer-Armstrong cherylbauser@wisc.edu, (608) ... Read more »
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2nd Indigenous Arts and Sciences Water Stewardship Institute Ashland in 2013
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 10, 2012Community dialogues in the Ashland, Red Cliff and Bad River communities on Lake Superior called for more community involvement. As a result, a 5-day experiential, ... Read more »
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Indigenous Arts and Sciences Earth Partnership
TUESDAY, MAY 8, 2012For a relevant and enriching education, Native American children and all Wisconsin young people need to understand the contributions of Indigenous Arts and Sciences (IAS) ... Read more »
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2012 Earth Partnership and RESTORE Institutes:
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2012The following Institutes were held in 2012 : Full Institute Listing (PDF) Check back for more Institutes in more places or contact: Cheryl Bauer-Armstrong, cherylbauer@wisc.edu, ... Read more »
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From the Great Lakes to the Rivers, the Northwoods to Milwaukee, Woodlands to Watersheds, Youth Leadership to Indigenous Arts and Sciences
SUNDAY, JANUARY 15, 20122011 was another year of firsts for Earth Partnership for Schools (EPS), and the RESTORE (Restoration Education, Science Training and Outreach for Regional Educators) program. ... Read more »
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54 teachers from 13 schools link Schoolyards to School Forests
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 31, 2011Funded by the Wisconsin Environmental Education Board (WEEB), UW-Madison Arboretum collaborated with UW-Stevens Point LEAF, USDA Forest Service Urban Connections, and the School Districts of ... Read more »
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Learning from the Land: High School Student Leadership Institute held July 11-15, 2011
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2011In July 2011, funded by the Wisconsin Environmental Education Board (WEEB), 40 high school students from school districts with school forests including Madison, Monona, Middleton, ... Read more »
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Milwaukee EPS Mural Project with Urban Ecology Center and Forest Service Urban Connections
WEDNESDAY, MAY 18, 2011On May 9th, 2011, 8:30am through 2:30pm four Milwaukee Public Schools: Fernwood Montessori School, Maryland Avenue School, Hamlin Garland School and Downtown Montessori School created ... Read more »
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2011 Earth Partnership for Schools Teacher Institutes in CA, ID, NV, OR, WA; and also KS, IL, IN, MN, MO, NC, NE and WI
TUESDAY, MARCH 1, 2011RESTORE West/North-west teams trained at the Arboretum in 2010 will begin to make Earth Partnership for Schools available as follows: Sacramento, CA. June 20-24. CONTACT: Carolyn ... Read more »
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2011 Great Lakes Earth Partnership Institutes in Wisconsin; RESTORE Institutes in Michigan and Indiana
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 2011Great Lakes Earth Partnership one-week teacher institutes will be held in three Wisconsin locations in 2011: * Lake Superior Basin: August 1- 5 ... Read more »
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Great Lakes Earth Partnership Extends Schoolyards to the Lakes.
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 2010A new regional EPS initiative has begun in the Lake Superior, Green Bay and Milwaukee River basins, funded by Wisconsin Sea Grant. A diverse ... Read more »
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Great Lakes Earth Partnership to be piloted in Lake Superior, Green Bay and Milwaukee River Basins
THURSDAY, APRIL 15, 2010Great Lakes Earth Partnership, partially funded by Wisconsin Sea Grant, will employ restoration of native plant communities on schoolyards, in rain gardens and nearby shoreland, ... Read more »
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2010 Earth Partnership for Schools Institute August 9-13, 2010
THURSDAY, APRIL 15, 2010The 2010 EPS Institute will focus primarily on schools in Madison and the South-Central Wisconsin county of Dane. A new Woodland Activity Sampler will be ... Read more »
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RESTORE Leadership Institute July 12-22, 2010
THURSDAY, APRIL 15, 2010Funded by the EPA Office of Environmental Education, RESTORE: West/Northwest will include partners from US Fish and Wildlife Service Regions 1 and 8 Schoolyard Habitat ... Read more »
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RESTORE Leadership Institute Madison, July 13-29, 2009
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 2009RESTORE 2009 was the largest and most diverse Leadership Institute to date with 67 participants in teams representing natural resource agencies, organizations and schools from California, Michigan, Maryland, Oklahoma, Puerto Rico and Wisconsin. Read more »
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2009 Earth Partnership for Schools Institutes held in IL, IN, KS, MN, MO, NC and WI
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 200912 Earth Partnership for Schools Institutes were held in 7 states in the summer of 2009. Read more »
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RESTORE: West/Northwest Will Support Schoolyard Habitat Projects in Washington, Idaho, Oregon, Nevada and California.
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 2009Funded by the EPA Office of Environmental Education, RESTORE: West/Northwest will establish new partnerships to enhance the FWS Schoolyard Habitat program with teacher professional development and a K-12 interdisciplinary curriculum focusing on issues of biodiversity, ecological restoration, pollution prevention and ecological literacy. Read more »
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Building Community Stewardship Through Schoolyard Ecological Restoration: NAAEE 2009 Conference, Portland, Oregon, October 7 – 10, 2009
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 2009A pre-conference workshop on Wednesday October 7, 2009 visited beautiful schoolyards in Portland that engage students in learning about nature and themselves, explored time-tested, hands-on curricula and resources for restoring native ecosystems on school grounds and collaboratively defined the essential elements of excellent schoolyard habitats. Read more »
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Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest Recipient of “More Kids in The Woods” Funding for “Schoolyard Habitats Across Wisconsin”
TUESDAY, JANUARY 6, 2009Note: EPS staff collaborated with Chequamegon-Nicolet NF staff on conceptualizing and writing this project proposal and will provide training for FS staff and teachers. Read more »
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An Invitation to Attend an Earth Partnership for Schools Institute Near You!
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 28, 2008You are invited to participate in an Earth Partnership for Schools Institute in the summer of 2009. Learn how to use ecological restoration as a broad context for teaching and learning. Restoring a native ecosystem is an exciting, real-life project that weaves through the K-12 curriculum and includes science, math, social studies, language and the arts. Read more »
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EPA’s Office of Children’s Health and Environmental Education Funds EPS Collaboration with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
MONDAY, DECEMBER 1, 2008RESTORE: Children and Nature will establish partnerships in CA, IA, KS, MN, MD, OK, VA, and WI to build the capacity of teachers, students, non-formal educators, natural resource personnel, and citizen volunteers to work with schools to restore native habitats and promote community stewardship. Read more »
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Earth Partnership for Schools Exhibit at the United States Botanic Garden (USBG) May – October, One Planet—Ours! Sustainability for the 21st Century
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2008UW Madison Arboretum’s Earth Partnership for Schools (EPS) exhibited at the USBG as a model K-12 educational program that connects children to nature through the process of restoring native ecosystems. Read more »
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Earth Partnership for Schools Receives ESEA Grant
WEDNESDAY, MAY 14, 2008EPS has received a Wisconsin ESEA Improving Teacher Quality Grant for expanding and strengthening the Schoolyard Restoration-Education Model for Wisconsin. Read more »
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Earth Partnership for Schools Program Receives Major Grant
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 31, 2006The University of Wisconsin-Madison Arboretum is one of 37 museums or libraries out of 183 applications to receive a 2006 National Leadership Grant from the ... Read more »