Helping Protect the Natural Resources of Wake County, NC
Sheila Jones received an award from the North American Association for Environmental Education (NAAEE) for Outstanding Service to EE by a K-12 Educator. The award is given each year to an educator who teaches grades K-12 and makes a significant contribution to helping students learn about the environment.
Wake District Educator Sheila Jones Receives International Environmental Award
From NCSU Center for Environmental Farming Systems:
The Center for Environmental Farming Systems’ (CEFS) Incubator Farm Project will be receiving applications through December 1, 2011. Through this project CEFS will partner with communities to facilitate the transition of rural, urban, or peri-urban public lands (under ownership/long-term control of a county, municipal, or state agency) into places that incubate new farm enterprises to support the future of North Carolina’s local food system.
Information on the project and the application process is available through www.ncnewfarmers.org, and for quick access to the application:http://go.ncsu.edu/lt7ok8. We plan to kick off the project with communities selected from applicants with a visioning charrette in 2012, supporting the community in defining its vision for a successful incubator farm. Feel free to contact the project coordinator, Joanna Lelekacs, with any questions – joanna_lelekacs@ncsu.edu.
Thanks,
Joanna
Joanna Massey Lelekacs, RLA
Extension Associate
State Coordinator, Incubator Farm Project
Center for Environmental Farming Systems
919-244-5269
joanna_lelekacs@ncsu.edu
www.ncnewfarmers.org
Hello K-12 Teachers and Principals in Wake County! Here’s a grant opportunity due Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2011 for up to $500 to fund a creative Environmental Education project that:
One grant will be given in each NC region: Coastal, Piedmont and Mountain. Creative projects that get students actively learning outside in the outdoor classroom are favorite. K-12 Teachers & Principals in Wake County and NC schools (public, charter, or private) are encouraged to apply by Nov. 15, 2011.
Here’s the Auxiliary Grant Application.
Please submit all requested information on the application (no extra pages) and mail to my attention by Tuesday, 11/15/11. Be sure to add the name of your school on the application (to the right of your name and email address on the first line.)
Next Step: I will forward all Wake County applications by 12/01/11 to the the Ladies Auxiliary – NC Association of Soil & Water Conservation Districts who will review individual and team grants.
Good luck!
http://www.wakeswcd.org/2011/10/19/environmental-education-program-grants/
Sheila B. Jones Environmental Education Specialist Wake Soil & Water Conservation District 4001-D Carya Drive, Raleigh, NC 27610 Office: 919.250.1065; Fax: 919.250.1058 E-mail: sbjones@wakegov.com
Registration for the North Carolina Association of Soil and Water Conservation Districts’ 68th Annual Meeting in Greensboro in January is now open! For all the details related to the upcoming event, please visit – http://www.ncagr.gov/sw/2012AnnualMeeting.html
http://www.wakeswcd.org/2011/10/19/ncaswcd-2012-annual-meeting/
Bringing New Farmers to the Table
The project Bringing New Farmers to the Table, will make support for beginning farmers an integral part of CEFS’ 10% Campaign, an initiative that invites consumers, businesses, institutions, and agencies to commit 10 percent of their food dollars to local foods. We can’t have local food without local farmers. The long-term success of North Carolina’s local food economy is dependent upon an influx of new and transitioning farmers.
Read More:
http://www.cefs.ncsu.edu/whatwedo/foodsystems/beginningfarmers.html
WHAT: 2012 Conservation Poster Contest!
WHO: 5th Graders in Wake County
THEME: “Wetlands Are Wonderful” Continue reading
Rain garden filters runoff, inspires minds – Thumbs Up – NewsObserver.com
Students at Combs Elementary School in Raleigh have planted a garden that has both beauty and a purpose.
PTA parent and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service biologist John Ann Shearer helps students plant cinnamon ferns, wildflowers and blueberry shrubs in a new rain garden on the Combs Elementary school campus. The rain garden will treat stormwater runoff from the school's parking lot before it enters nearby Simmons Branch.
At the August 11, 2011 District Board meeting former Associate Board member Laura H. Parker was officially sworn in as the newest member of the Wake Soil and Water Conservation District Board of Supervisors. John Phelps, who served as a Board Supervisors for 35 years, recently resigned and joined the Friends of the District. At the same meeting he was voted to serve as an Associate Board member for the Wake District. Laura Parker is an attorney with a background in lobbying, regulatory matters and advocacy. She graduated from the UNC School of Law in 1996 an has worked in the field of environmental law and regulation. After many years of work in private and public areas, including coordination of grassroots political efforts, she now serves as a legal consultant for her husband’s produce sales and marketing company as well as for his farm operations in Wendell and Knightdale. We congratulate Laura and John in their continued service to Wake County citizens in water quality protection and other natural resources work.
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