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- 21 st Century School Fund
This site provides information on local and national programs that aim to improve urban education facilities.
- Alice Ferguson Foundation
The Alice Ferguson Foundation’s Web site provides information about the educational programs and teacher professional development opportunities they offer, sample lesson plans, project ideas and special event announcements.
- Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay
This site provides information on the Chesapeake Bay Watershed as well as a description of their programs and projects. They are currently involved in is providing technical assistance to seven DC schools with regard to low impact development (LID) within the school grounds, through the Let It Rain program.
- Anacostia Watershed Society
The Anacostia Watershed Society hosts many conservation, restoration and outdoor skills events including tree plantings, storm drain stenciling projects, river cleanups and paddling clinics.
- Audubon Naturalist Society
The Audubon Naturalist Society promotes conservation and biodiversity and provides educational programs for children and adults, as well as many special events.
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- Bridging the Watershed
BTW’s site provides earth science, chemistry and life science activities and lessons as well as workshops and summer trainings for teachers.
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- Casey Trees Endowment Fund
Casey Trees offers paid summer internships for high school students living in the District. Working in small teams, interns will learn to identify, inventory and maintain DC’s street trees.
- Chesapeake Bay Foundation
This site offers info on the Chesapeake Bay, as well as a listing of teacher development opportunities and sample curriculum activities.
- Chesapeake Bay Program
This site offers information specifically for teachers and students on the Chesapeake Bay including publications, links and other resources.
- Community Harvest DC
Community Harvest offers many youth programs and employment opportunities focused on gardening, farming and building leadership skills.
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- DC Department of Health, Watershed Protection Division
The Department of Health’s Watershed Protection Division offers several Environmental Education workshops, programs and resources . They have an Environmental Education Resource Center, located at 51 N Street, NE, Room 5015, which contains a variety of curricula, audio-visual materials, kits, gardening tools, lab equipment, references, models, brochures, maps, posters, etc. Educators may browse, borrow materials, and take advantage of give-away items.
- Discovery Creek Children’s Museum of Washington
Discovery Creek offers weekend and school programs as well as curricular resources.
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- Earthday Network
The Earthday Network provides environmental education curriculum materials, resources and related events.
- Earthforce
Earthforce trains and supports educators to help youth connect to their communities and address environmental issues.
- Earth Conservation Corps
The Earth Conservation Corps provides hands-on environmental education, job training and community service programs for people of all ages from diverse backgrounds, with an emphasis on serving at-risk youth from the inner-city neighborhoods of Washington D.C. With support from Americorps, ECC youth receive a living stipend and education award for a year of community service.
- The Enviromentors Project
The Enviromentors Project is an environment-based mentoring program which inspires, motivates, and engages youth from under-resourced communities.
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- Friends of the National Zoo
This site provides information on a host of different programs, curricular resources and ecological research.
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- US National Arboretum
The US National Arboretum offers an array of environmental education events and programs.
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