Marching Towards Environmental Education

Spring 2025

We are looking ahead to spring! In this issue, we’ll share updates, resources, and opportunities to connect with Virginia’s environmental education community. We hope this edition brings a little warmth to your day and inspires you as we march toward spring!

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The proposed Virginia K-12 Environmental Literacy Strategic Plan is now available for public review and comment.

You can view the town hall posting here.

Tea with EE

Grab your favorite cup and join us for a quick 180-second rundown of this month's EnviroEd highlights! It’s the perfect sip-sized summary to keep you updated on Virginia’s environmental education community.

Upcoming Opportunities

Youth Ocean Conservation Summit

Join the Aquarium on April 12 in Hampton Roads. Youth ages 11-19 can learn, collaborate, and create action plans to protect our ocean. Registration required by March 24.

For more info and how to apply, click here.

EnviroLearn: Arts in Environmental Education

Calling all K-12 educators, join us June 25-27, 2025 in Richmond, hosted in partnership with the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. This 3-day immersive workshop explores how to weave environmental themes into art education with project funding and resources to bring your ideas to life.

Spots are limited—apply now using the link.

Click the flyer for more info.

Funding Finds

Broad Water Innovations College Scholarship is offering a scholarship to Virginia students pursuing natural resource conservation or environmental studies. Applicants must have a GPA of 3.0 or higher and demonstrate an active interest in environmental studies. Applications are open March 1 – June 1, 2025. Learn more here

Chesapeake Conservation and Climate Corps: Gain hands-on experience in environmental restoration, education, and community engagement! The Chesapeake Bay Trust is accepting applications for its one-year, stipend-supported Climate Corps Programs. Deadline: March 6, 2025. Apply here

Camps with Scholarships Available

Camp Woods & Wildlife: Scholarships are available for a career-focused camp held June 16-20 at Holiday Lake 4-H Center. Open to Virginia students aged 13-16. Application deadline: April 11, 2025. Details and application

Youth Conservation Camp: Open to VA high school students (grades 9-12) for a week of outdoor, hands-on learning at Virginia Tech. Scholarship funding may be available. More Info

Shout Outs!

Big cheers to Candace Lutzow-Felling for an incredible 19 years of dedication to Virginia environmental education. As the director of preK-12 Education at Blandy Experimental Farm, she's nurtured an amazing program and inspired countless students.

A huge round of applause to all of YOU who continue to show up, share your brilliance, and represent the VA EE community at events like the recent VAEE conference and the Mid-Atlantic Environmental Literacy Forum. Your passion, creativity, and hard work are what make this community so special. We count ourselves lucky to work with such amazing humans!

Reminder: Help us build a statewide environmental education resource map; if you're a provider of EE or you know one, this is for you.

Use the EE Calendar to find or share environmental education events across Virginia; click the photo to explore and submit your event.

Got an event, resource, or funding opportunity you want to share with the EE world? We want to hear about it! Fill out this form and let’s get your info into our next newsletter.

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