Colorado State Board of Education passed the CO Environmental Educational Plan!

It’s time to celebrate!!!! I wanted these two committees to be the first to know that the State Board of Education met today to be presented with the final draft of the Environmental Education Plan and in a surprise move, they voted on the motion, and officially passed and adopted the plan!!!! It passed with Bipartisan support (only 2 no votes) and the acknowledgement that this work is happening in schools across Colorado!

This is a very exciting day! Thank you so much for all your hard work over the past 3,4,5 years in putting all the pieces into motion to make this happen. I can’t tell you how excited I am- I have already cried a couple of times. This is the first step in really making EE a part of the educational experience for all Coloradans.

We will be following up with a press release in the next few days to let everyone know and information on how to thank your state board representatives and the team at CDE and DNR. We had a real champion in Elaine Gantz Berman and several very supportive board members.

This came from Katie Navin of the Colorado Alliance of Environmental Education (CAEE). CAEE got the first state EE plan passed with the help of many organizations, public, private and non-profit.  However the greatest part of the Thanks because of the greatest part of the drive, energy, enthusiasm (way too much enthusiasm) and leadership goes to Katie Navin of the CAEE.

Thanks Katie!

If you are interested in how this happened, want to help create and get plans adopted in your state become a member of CAEE (its ony $35) and learn how!!