Environmental Literacy Plan moving forward

Hi all,
On Monday, August 16, Harry Heafer, president of the Nebraska Alliance of Conservation and Environment Educators (NACEE) was on the show to explain what NACEE is and to tell folks how the Environmental Literacy Plan (ELP) is progressing.

NACEE has been instrumental in writing the ELP, and have also written an Enviromental Education Master Plan for Nebraska. NACEE is open to anyone who has an interest in teaching about our environment.

The No Child Left Inside Act prompted the formal writing of an Environmental Literacy Plan for Nebraska. Each state will need to write one if they are to be eligible for federal funds to move the plan forward. At this time, the Nebraska Board of Education has seen the ELP and are just waiting for congress to move the Act forward for funding. That will have to go through the next legislative session.

You can find out more about NACEE and the ELP by going to the NACEE website at www.nacee.org

Next month, on Sept. 20, my guest will be Mark Brohman, Executive Director of the Nebraska Environmental Trust.

Listen every Monday from 6 to 6:30 p.m. for other great programs on the Earth 2 Lincoln show!

Till next time,
Chris the Bird Lady

July 26 2010 Jane Kleeb of Bold Nebraska

Hi folks,

To learn more about Bold Nebraska and the Transcanada Pipeline check out www.boldnebraska.org

To see what a tarsand mine looks like check out www.plainsjustice.org

Click the link to hear the whole show again. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQkpkXQ_pJs

Hi Everyone!

My guests on July 19 were Sue Ellen Pegg, Recruitment Coordinator for the UNL School of Natural Resources, and Kate, an Environmental Science student. The ladies and I chatted about how important environmental and natural resource professions are now and will be in the future.

Sue Ellen spoke about the many majors available for students to choose from at the School of Natural Resources. Several of the majors are increasing in enrollment; others are just getting started, like Environmental Restoration Science. Kate spoke about all the many interesting classes available for students, and how the Environmental Science major exposes students to a wide range of subjects.

To find out more about UNL School of Natural Resources, or are interested in finding out more about classes and majors, here are the sources:

Email: snrrecruiting@unl.edu

Website: http://snr.unl.edu/

Facebook: Keywords: UNL School of Natural Resources

Next week, July 26, Adam will be the host and his guest will be Jane Kleeb from BOLDNebraska.org and they'll be discussing the proposed TransCanada pipeline.

Thanks for listening!

Chris the Bird Lady

Master Naturalists

Hi all,

Sorry about the late post. Why is it that summer seems to go by at warp speed, while winter crawls at a snail's pace?

We had a great show on Monday, June 19, with Annabel Major and Brandy Lively from the Nebraska Master Naturalist program at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

Annabel and Brandy told listeners what Master Naturalists are, and how people can become certified. Their first session starts in July, and they hope to have more sessions in the future.

A Master Naturalist is someone who is interested in educating people about natural resources including animals, birds, plants, insects, geology, climate, and many more areas. People are trained in a variety of subjects that will enhance their knowledge so that they may in turn use their knowledge to educate others about our natural world.

To find out more about the program, contact Annabel or Brandy at:

website: http://naturalist.unl.edu

email: naturalist AT unl.edu

phone: 402-472-8689

Thanks for listening. My next show is Monday, July 19, at 6 p.m.

Chris the Bird Lady

Birds, birds, everywhere!

Hello!

On my recent show (May 17), I invited Joel Jorgensen, nongame bird program manager from Nebraska Game and Parks Commission, to talk about migratory birds that travel through Nebraska. Particularly, we talked about the Peregrine Falcons (see photo on right by Joel Jorgensen) that nest high up on the state capitol building. That nest has a live-feed webcam on it, and the website to access it is outdoornebraska.org. Just scroll down the page to the article on Peregrine Falcons. The Game and Parks Commission also has a webcam on an American Kestrel nest.

We also talked about the International Migratory Bird Day, which is held the second Saturday in May every year. IMBD is celebrated from South America to Canada, and it started in 1993 as a way to bring awareness to the importance of the habitat not only where birds nest, but also where they spend the winter months.

This is a great time of year to get out and see birds. Places around Lincoln that have great birding opportunities are Pioneers Park, Wilderness Park, Spring Creek Prairie (near Denton), the old dump north of Lincoln, and city and east campuses of UNL.

If you're interested in where to go in the state to see particular bird species, or are just curious about other great birding spots, visit the Nebraska Birding Trails website at nebraskabirdingtrails.com.

Until next time,

Chris the Bird Lady

Earth2Lincoln 5-3-2010

1. Dona Enriqueta Contreras (0:00-5:08)

2. Stephanie Dank (5:08-26:48)

3. Drew Dillenger (26:48-29:37)

Happy Earth Day!

April 19th we celebrated our first anniversary of Earth 2 Lincoln with a show that included all the present programmers. It was really fun to all be together and tell our listeners about Earth Day and how important it is to live Earth Day every day.

Here are a couple of websites that you can look up for events going on this weekend around Lincoln. http://www.lincolnearthday.org/ and http://www.lincoln.ne.gov/ keyword: earth day

Go out and celebrate Earth Day!