NAAEE's newest compendium of EE resources is now available. Called The Environmental Collection: A Review of Resources for Educators Volume II it is specifically designed to help educators find curricula, multimedia resources, and other educational materials. This recent volume can be used independently of its predecessor and has significant improvements, including a Publisher Index and an Author & Editor Index. Contact the North American Association for Environmental Education for your $10+ copy ($12+ for nonmembers) at PO Box 400, Troy, OH, 45373 or (937) 676-2514.
Free EE Materials and Fact Sheets from the USEPA
Through support from the USEPA's Office of Environmental Education (OEE), the National Center for Environmental Publications and Information (NCEPI) is offering a number of free EE publications while supplies last. These publications are cataloged and may be ordered from NCEPI's website at http://www.epa.gov/ncepihom/ncepitest/home2.html or by calling 1-800-490-9198. The USEPA also has a helpful set of fact sheets on OEE's new website at http://www.epa.gov/enviroed/. Several additional fact sheets are in the works!
Funding Resources
The Stern Family Fund has a "Strategic Opportunities" program to provide funding
to organizations poised to make a difference. Only agencies with budgets under $500,000
are eligible to apply. Grant range: $5,000- $20,000 Deadline: August 18, 1998 Direct
letters of introduction to: Michael Caudell-Feagan, Executive Director, Stern Family Fund,
Fax: (703) 527-5775 email: sternfnd@essential.org
Details: http://www.essential.org/stern Research grants
in leadership studies for groups from 2-7 people are being sponsored by the Center for
Advanced Study of Leadership at the James MacGregor Burns Academy of Leadership
(University of Maryland). Grants are awarded for five-day periods of intensive,
collaborative work in leadership studies and cover the cost of travel, lodging and meals.
Deadline: October 1, 1998 For more info: Phone: (301) 405-7920 Fax: (301) 405-6402 email: casl@academy.umd.edu WWW site: http://casl.academy.umd.edu The Council on
Foundation has a great set of links at: http://www.cof.org/links/memberindex.htm
that connects to member foundations and corporate giving programs with websites. There are
dozens of grantmakers, big and small, listed alphabetically. Charity Web, a
for-profit company, has a new way to use the web to fund raise. You can (for free) open a
wing in their on-line bookstore and 50% of the revenue of any books sold in your wing goes
to your organization (http://www.charityweb.com). Funding for WWW Site Development
The Web Development Fund is looking for websites that crystallize the potential of the Web to organize people, and get people to think about challenges. It's the Fund's second year of supporting both individuals and organizations in innovative Web projects. Guidelines, along with a list of last year's support recipients, are available at http://www.weblab.org. Deadline: September 13, 1998.