U.S. EPA has launched the 2011 Presidential Innovation
Award for Environmental Educators program. The program will recognize
outstanding K-12 teachers who employ innovative approaches to environmental
education and use the environment as a context for learning for their students.
“Because the environment affects every part of our lives,
environmental education should be part of everything we do and teach,” says EPA
Deputy Administrator Bob Perciasepe. “This awards program will highlight and
encourage innovative ways to better integrate environmental issues into our
young people’s everyday learning experiences—helping to turn environmental
education into environmental action.”
Two teachers from each EPA region will be selected. Recipients
will receive a commemorative plaque and a $2,000 award to be used to further
their professional development in environmental education. In addition, the
local education agency employing each teacher will receive a $2,000 award to
further the recipient’s environmental educational activities and programs.
Application deadline is Dec. 30, 2011, and winners will be
announced in spring 2012.
Photo ©iStockphoto.com/Karen Keczmerski
Photo ©iStockphoto.com/Karen Keczmerski