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Legislation/Policy
The Morning News – August 01, 2007
Beebe: Arkansas should be leader in environmental education
By John Lyon
Arkansas youngsters are within easy reach of nature wherever they are -- streams and lakes and rivers and hiking trails and outdoor opportunities. "Arkansas can and should be a leader -- it's our motto, the Natural State -- to encourage our young people to be able to get out and enjoy the outdoors," said Gov. Mike Beebe, speaking at a teachers' workshop on environmental education.
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Campaign/Initiative
– July 06, 2007
The Children’s Outdoor Bill of Rights
Conceived by the California Roundtable on Recreation, Parks and Tourism (CRRPT); an ad hoc group of public and private organizations from federal, state and local levels; the California Children's Outdoor Bill of Rights encourages California kids to get outdoors, to play outside and discover their world. CRRPT Chair, Nina Gordon, says "every child should have the opportunity to experience each of the items in the Children's Outdoor Bill of Rights before they reach the age of 14
Education | Legislation/Policy
Albuquerque Journal – March 30, 2007
Leave No N.M. Child Inside
By Michael Casaus
The New Mexico Outdoor Classroom Initiative— the first of its kind in the nation— is an effort to increase outdoor education across the state utilizing state parks, federal public lands, ranches, nature centers and other locations.
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Event | Legislation/Policy
Conference Broadens Agenda to Help Connect Kids with Nature
The Pennsylvania Governor's Outdoor Conference, March 18-20, gathered policy-makers, educators, conservationists, and others to explore ways of connecting future generations with the outdoors.
Campaign/Initiative
Response to Connecticut Campaign Launch “Overwhelming”
Connecticut Gov. M. Jodi Rell recently announced the launch of a statewide No Child Left Inside campaign, which is designed to reintroduce children to the outdoors by raising public awareness of underused Connecticut state parks and forests. Response to an eight-week kick-off contest for kids and families, the Great Park Pursuit, “has been overwhelming,” according to Gina McCarthy, Commissioner of the Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection.
Education | Legislation/Policy
Seattle Post-Intelligencer – March 19, 2006
Washington, New Mexico Boost Outdoor Education Efforts
Washington Gov. Christine Gregoire signed legislation on March 15, 2006, that will fund a study to measure how outdoor education affects academic achievement, career development and personal responsibility. Martin LeBlanc, the Sierra Club’s National Youth Education director, who helped support the legislation, is also working with Washington’s IslandWood School to make sure that every Seattle 5th-grader receives an outdoor-education experience. In 2005, the Albuquerque Tribune, citing Last Child in the Woods, threw its editorial support behind a legislative bill supported by the Sierra Club that proposes funds for a pilot program called New Mexico Outdoor Classroom. [+]
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