Eastern Idaho Environmental Education Association

October 4, 2011

Green Your Classroom Grant Program

Thanks to a grant from the Eastern Idaho Environmental Education Association (EIEEA), the Idaho National Laboratory, and iStem, three local schools were chosen to show how they can make a difference in taking care of the Earth.

The goal of the Green Your Classroom Challenge is to demonstrate how students in eastern Idaho can perform actions that will have a positive effect on the environment. After submitting proposals to EIEEA, Rimrock Elementary, Iona Elementary, and Clair E. Gale Junior High were chosen to each receive a $250 grant to complete their Green Your Classroom project. Students in Mrs. Abbott’s fourth grade classroom at Rimrock will plant a small apple orchard, learn how to care for it, and eventually will be able to harvest the fruit as healthy snacks for their fellow students. A fifth grade class at Iona Elementary will purchase recycling bins for each classroom as well as develop teaching modules about the importance of recycling. The National Junior Honor Society from Clair E. Gale Junior High will also use the grant money to purchase plastic recycling bins, allowing them to replace the worn-out cardboard boxes they are currently using to collect recyclables, as well as provide bins in more locations throughout the school.

The classes will present the status of their projects at the Idaho Falls Earth Day Celebration in April 2012.

March 12, 2010

The Eastern Idaho Environmental Education Association (EIEEA) announced the winners of the Second Annual Excellence in Community Environmental Education and Outreach awards. The awards are presented to organizations and individuals who have consistently supported environmental education programs and community events that promote environmental stewardship and resource conservation in eastern Idaho.

EIEEA is a non-profit group whose mission is to facilitate community environmental education programs and events that promote environmental stewardship and resource conservation in Eastern Idaho. EIEEA’s vision is to help students, businesses, and government agencies discover the personal, economic, and community benefits gained from practicing environmental stewardship.

The 2010 recipients of the EIEEA award are CH2M-WG Idaho, Battelle Energy Alliance, Idaho Department of Environmental Quality, Advanced Mixed Waste Treatment Project, and Idaho Fish and Game Regional Conservation Educator, Greg Losinski. The award ceremony will take place on March 16 at the Greater Idaho Falls Chamber of Commerce luncheon.

January 26, 2009

The Eastern Idaho Environmental Education Association (EIEEA) announced the winners of the first annual Excellence in Community Environmental Education and Outreach awards. The awards are presented to organizations that have consistently supported environmental education programs and community events that promote environmental stewardship and resource conservation in eastern Idaho.

EIEEA (www.stoller-eser.com/EIEEA) is a non-profit group who’s mission is to facilitate environmental education programs and events that promote environmental stewardship and resource conservation in Eastern Idaho. EIEEA’s vision is to help students, businesses, and government agencies discover the personal, economic, and community benefits gained from practicing environmental stewardship.

The 2009 recipients of the EIEEA award are the City of Idaho Falls, the Post Register and Newspapers in Education, S. M. Stoller Corp., the Tautphaus Park Zoo, and the Department of Energy-Idaho Operations Office. The award ceremony will take place on February 17 at the Greater Idaho Falls Chamber of Commerce luncheon.