Greater Cincinnati Environmental Educators
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Greater Cincinnati Environmental Educators (GCEE) is an umbrella organization composed of environmental education organizations and parks. GCEE was established in 1999 to:

  • Promote environmental education resources available to classroom teachers throughout Greater Cincinnati;
  • Facilitate interaction and collaboration among environmental education professionals in Greater Cincinnati; and
  • Provide outreach and training to classroom teachers throughout Greater Cincinnati

GCEE member organizations provide programming to both formal (K-12) and non-formal audiences (youth and adults).  Since its inception, GCEE has served dozens of environmental education professionals, hundreds of classroom educators and thousands of Greater Cincinnati school children by providing resource fairs, education workshops, classroom programs and field trips. 

Member organizations come from all three states in the Greater Cincinnati area – Ohio, Kentucky, and Indiana.  We meet bi-monthly at member organization sites to establish partnerships and collaborate, to learn about environmental education programs offered by member organizations and others, to learn about educational facilities in the region, and to participate in professional development activities.

New member organizations are always welcome!  

Annual programs organized by GCEE organizations include:

  • Environmental Education Expo at the Cincinnati Flower Show in April
  • Environmental Education Expo at Paddle Fest in July
  • Environmental Education Resource Fair at the Cincinnati Zoo beginning of the school year (August or September) to introduce teachers to the programs and services offered by our organizations
  • Great Outdoor Weekend, a free 2-day sampler of environmental education programs in the Greater Cincinnati Region held the last weekend of September

 

 

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2006 OUTSTANDING ENVIRONMENTAL PROJECT AWARD WINNERS: The Greenacres Foundation won the 2006 Outstanding Environmental Education Project Award from Ohio EPA for thier "Saturday Stream Snapshot: Citizen Monitoring Program" OEEF mini-grant. The Award was presented to them by Ohio EPA Director, Chris Korleski on December 19th at the Mason Municipa building in Mason, Ohio. Anther local 2006 Outstanding Environmental Education Project Award winner was the Clermont Soil and Water Conservation District for thier "Paddling Programs Improve Awareness and Pride in the East Fork" OEEF minigrant.


SAVE THE DATES

1/8/07: OEEF Letter of intent for General and Mini-grant OEEF is due and full proposals are due Janaury 15th. For more info visit: http://www.epa.state.oh.us/oeef/

1/12/08: Saturday Stream Snapshot Citizen Monitoring Program Data Sharing Potluck Brunch will be held at the Izaak Walton League Lodge Satuday January 12th from 10:30 am - 12:30 am. For more information, contact Anne Lyon at (513) 891-4227 or alyon@green-acres.org.

1/22/08: Plans for GREAT OUTDOOR WEEKEND 2008 are underway. The first meeting is scheduled for January 22nd at 3:30 pm at the Civic Garden Center at 2715 Reading Road, Cincinnati OH 45206. For directions click here. This first meeting will focus on timeline, tasks, and developing new ideas. If you have questions, send them to:info@cincygreatoutdoorweekend.org

  The purpose of this website is to introduce you to GCEE member organizations and promote our environmental education programs. Each organization has a brief introductory page and a link to their website. We have also included an Events Calendar that contains major events in the region, and a Professional Development page that included GCEE bi-monthly meetings and Professional Development opportunities for teachers. For a complete list of an organization’s programs, please use the link provided on each page to view the organization’s website. graphic
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