[Eenc-board] [Fwd: We did it! Update on House Letter Requesting Restoration of EPA Funding for EE]

[Diane Silver]

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Subject: 	We did it! Update on House Letter Requesting Restoration of 
EPA Funding for EE
Date: 	Sun, 16 Mar 2008 12:31:16 -0700
From: 	Linda Rhoads <director at eeao.org>
Reply-To: 	naaee-action-network at googlegroups.com
To: 	NAAEE Action Network <naaee-action-network at googlegroups.com>, 
Affiliates List Serve <affiliates at naaee.org>, NAAEE C3 Chairs 
<c3_chairs at naaee.org>
CC: 	Alison Austin <aaustin at tacolcy.org>, Charlotte Clark 
<cclark at duke.edu>, Deb Thrall <aipfound at swcp.com>, Diane Cantrell 
<dican49 at aol.com>, Diane Pruneau <diane.pruneau at umoncton.ca>, Eddie 
Gonzalez <egonzalez at thesca.org>, <jtvisit at gmail.com>, Karen Hollweg 
<khollweg at stanfordalumni.org>, Marcia Owens <marcia.owens at famu.edu>, 
Nicole Ardoin <nicole.ardoin at yale.edu>, Patricia Kelly 
<oicpk at sbcglobal.net>, Pepe Marcos-Iga <pepe at eeexchange.org>, Scott 
Fitzpatrick <sfitzpatrick at nhaudubon.org>, Steve Eshbaugh 
<eshbaugh at theglobal.net>



Kudos, congratulations and thank you!!!

We were successful in securing enough signatures on the House of 
Representatives letter requesting restoration of funding for the U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Environmental Education to 
advance the letter to the Appropriations Committee of the Subcommittee 
on Interior and Environment this week. Great work by everyone; this was 
a fantastic, nationwide team effort. Your actions resulted in signatures 
from Representatives on both coasts, numerous points in between, and 
about half Republicans and half Democrats. This cross-section of 
signatures demonstrates that environmental education is important across 
the country and is a bi-partisan priority.

I will forward you the confirmed list of signers as soon as the letter 
is finalized. I will also provide an update on where we are with the 
Senate letter.

On behalf of NAAEE and the entire environmental education community, 
(and especially those who receive substantial funding from the U.S. 
EPA’s Office of Environmental Education – NAAEE included!), a sincere 
thank you for your quick turn-around and successful communications to 
your Representatives and their staff’s to get signatures on the letter! 
Even if your organization has not been a direct recipient of an EPA 
grant, the programs and infrastructure that this funding provides 
significantly benefits all of us and the advancement of environmental 
education in general.

The grassroots advocacy of the NAAEE Action Network and NAAEE Affiliates 
has grown into a strong and effective force. The strength of your 
leadership has given environmental education a voice as both a 
profession and a critical entity that must be included in every 
discussion about the future. We still have lots to do – but to turn this 
around within a week is an exemplary feat! We cannot thank you enough.

More soon…

Brian & Linda

Brian A. Day

Executive Director

North American Association for Environmental Education

2000 P Street, NW Suite 540

Washington, DC 20036

202 419-0414 (direct)

202 419-0412 (general)

202 419-0415 (fax)

brian at naaee.org <mailto:brian at naaee.org>

www.naaee.org <http://www.naaee.org>

*NAAEE 37th Annual Conference: **EE on the Prairie: Pioneering New 
Strategies
Annual Conference October 15 -18 2008 - Wichita, KS*
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**NEW E-MAIL ADDRESS!! Please change my e-mail address in your address 
book to: ****lindar at eeao.org** <mailto:lindar at eeao.org>**.**

Linda L. Rhoads

Executive Director, Environmental Education Association of Oregon

Chair, NAAEE Advocacy Committee

133 SW 2nd Ave., Suite 307

Portland, OR 97204

503-234-EEAO (3326)

lindar at eeao.org <mailto:lindar at eeao.org>

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