Rhode Island Environmental Education Association (RIEEA)

There's one week left to submit your nominations for RIEEA's 2024 Environmental Education Awards! 🏆 Categories include Teacher (PreK-12 classroom teacher or college/university educator), Environmental Educator, Student or Young Person (under age 25), and Organization or School. Winners will be recognized in a special ceremony this October, and will each receive a $200 monetary award as well as a membership to RIEEA. NOMINATION FORM (CLOSES WEDS. 7/31): https://lnkd.in/e_6ScUDT

Thank you to all who braved the Saturday rain to join us for “Fresh Indigo: farm to fabric,” RIEEA’s third and final workshop in our Creative Practices for Environmental Learning event series! It was an incredibly special morning of art and learning, thanks to our marvelous facilitators/textile artists Aleksandra (Sasha) Azbel and Janice Lardey. We are super grateful to the Gather Farm team in Johnston, who provided the venue for our participants to learn all about the process of dyeing cloth with freshly harvested indigo leaves. Janice and Sasha walked us through the process of harvesting leaves and creating dye, then taught patterning techniques so each participant could customize their own silk and cotton cloths. At the end, everyone celebrated with Gather Farm ice cream!

Check out this fun stormwater awareness video from Rhode Island's Stormwater Innovation Center, then take a look at their website to learn more about what YOU can do to help mitigate stormwater damage! ⛈️ 🌊 SITE: https://lnkd.in/ekHr37TT VIDEO: https://lnkd.in/e8RXC5Rf

❗TIME-SENSITIVE ACTION ALERT❗ RI Recycled Materials (RIRM) has been an environmental menace in the (majority BIPOC) Washington Park neighborhood for over a decade now. Yesterday, they had ANOTHER massive fire in the Port of Providence, their 2nd in just 3 months! This is a textbook case of environmental injustice. The actions of RIRM have been widely condemned by community, legislators, the mayor, and even Gov. McKee. Tomorrow, they go to court. Let's raise our voices on the side of the people and #MakePollutersPay! Providence residents, please sign the below petition from Sen. Tiara Mack and Black Lives Matter RI to advocate for the closure of RIRM! #LetUsBreathe ❗PROVIDENCE RESIDENTS, SIGN PETITION HERE: https://lnkd.in/eENRz-P7 🗞 ProJo article: https://lnkd.in/eEZTE7pZ

➡️ EE JOB OPPORTUNITY!⬅️ Are you passionate about conservation and outdoor education? The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management RIDEM (Div. of Fish and Wildlife) is seeking an Aquatic Resource Education & Hunter Education Technician. Could it be you?! 🐟✨ Check out the full listing here! https://lnkd.in/ePgEn_xE

Happening tonight! Will we see you there? 🍕🍕🍕

Sharing an opportunity for likeminded environmentalists and educators! "Oasis: A Green Equity Collective" is a community of changemakers working to transform the environmental and climate justice movement through collaborations that uplift frontline communities and center equity in the process. If you identify as a DEIJ practitioner, ally, or are just interested in learning about this topic, you can learn more (and join the collective) on their website! https://bio.site/oasisgec 🌱

Big thanks to the fantastic Joann Ayuso & Jeffrey Yoo Warren from Movement Education Outdoors (MEO) for facilitating “Microcosmos: microscopes and seeing tiny worlds”! This workshop, held last Saturday, was the second in RIEEA’s ongoing event series “Creative Practices for Environmental Learning”. Participants gathered at the Providence Resiliency Hub to explore, draw, and reimagine what we see under the microscope. Together, participants cast aside the role of clinical, removed “overseer”/observer, instead using microscopes to reflect on their unique relationships with each tiny world embedded in nature. 🌿🌺🔬 Check out more of MEO's work! https://meoutdoorsri.com/

We're accepting nominations for the 2024 RIEEA Environmental Education Awards! Award categories include Teacher, Environmental Educator, Student or Young Person (under 25), and Organization or School. ✨🏆✨ Nominate an individual or organization today! Nomination form: https://lnkd.in/e_6ScUDT Learn more: https://lnkd.in/dzPh-fNr

A week from tonight, join RIEEA at Flatbread Company Inc. (Providence location) to fundraise for environmental education in RI! Our staff and board will be around to answer questions while you eat delicious flatbread pizza. Come hang out and meet fellow supporters of environmental education, or order takeout if you’re busy! A portion of all dine-in AND takeout proceeds will go to RIEEA, so eat up! No RSVP required. 🍕 ✨