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Dear Environmental Education Supporter,
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We invite you to show your support for environmental education in our state by sponsoring Kansas Association for Conservation and Environmental Education (KACEE) events this year. KACEE unites public agencies, teachers, community organizations, businesses, and individuals behind a common cause - teaching kids how to think, not what to think, about environmental issues through non-biased and science-based EE.
KACEE is a 501(c)3 organization with a vison to grow a healthy, vibrant and resilient Kansas through the power of environmental education. A portion of your sponsorship is tax deductible. Your sponsorship will be recognized in our promotions, reaching 1300+ people across Kansas.
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By sponsoring our fundraising events, you will help offset costs, reduce registration fees, and provide scholarships for educators. Support for environmental education is vital for a healthy environment, vibrant economy, and successful communities.
If environmental education is something that you or your organization deeply values, sponsoring one or more of our events provides the opportunity to live your values and lead your community by example.
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Thank you for your consideration!
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The KACEE Board and Staff
Join the Green Career Quest: Inspire the Future, Lead the Way
LIVE Virtual Event
September 19, 2024
9:30 am to 2:30 pm
Empower Your Students: Grades 5-8 Teachers, Sign Up for an Inspiring Day of Green Careers Exploration!
The Virtual Kansas Green Career Quest is a groundbreaking online adventure for students in Grades 5-8. Your students will connect with passionate professionals in conservation and environmental careers, participate in interactive discussions, and embark on virtual field trips that bring exciting green jobs to life. This is more than a field trip—it's a chance for students to envision their role in a sustainable future. Join us and inspire your students to be the change they want to see in the world!
Participate Your Way!
Live On Sept 19th
Engage your students in real-time interactions with our inspiring presenters. This is a day to remember!
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9:30-10am Justin Mills, Kansas Drone Services
10-10:30am: Dean Krehbiel, State Resource Conservationist, NRCS
11:30-12:15, Trevor Starks, KS Dept of Wildife and Parks, Live in the field! You won't want to miss this shocking session!
1-1:30pm Dawn Buehler Friends of the Kaw/Kansas River Keeper
1:30-2pm EPA Environmental Justice
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On Demand
Access the full suite of presentations at your convenience, allowing you to integrate them into your classroom schedule whenever it works best for you. Immediately following the live presentations, each of the presentations will be available! Engage students in some or all of the sessions as your time allows!
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Mix and Match!
Participate live or catch up later—your students won’t miss a thing with flexible viewing options that fit your schedule. Assign on demand sessions as homework or extra credit! The options are endless!
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Meet Our Presenters!
Sponsored by
Dean Krehbiel,
State Resource Conservationist
Dean serves as the State Resource Conservationist for Kansas for over a decade, serving the landscape, producers and agency to address in-state priority natural resource issues, and more recently large-scale regional conservation efforts.
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Secret Super Power: Guardian of the Grasslands
A Weird Thing I Like: Quiet space
Best Part of My Job: Working with people
Trevor Starks, Recovery Program Coordinator, KS Department of Wildlife and Parks
I work for the Kansas Department of Wildlife Conservation. My job is to release animals (mostly fishes and mussels) back into habitats they have gone extinct.
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Secret Super Power: I love working as part of a team.
A Weird Thing I Like: Walking barefoot in a prairie river.
Best Part of My Job: Being able to be outside and inside.
Monica Espinosa, Environmental Justice Coordinator, EPA
Monica Espinosa is the U.S. EPA Region 7 Environmental Justice (EJ) Coordinator. Her main job is to collaborate with communities, states, tribes, federal agencies, local governments, and others on different activities focused on improving public health & the environment, especially in underserved & overburdened communities.
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Secret Super Power: Woo! (Winning Others Over - People with strong Woo talents are known for being outgoing, sociable, and persuasive, and for enjoying meeting new people.)
A Weird Thing I Like: Editing other people's documents - I am the proud daughter of an English teacher ;-)
Best Part of My Job: Working with and learning from communities with environmental challenges and other partners to resolve or reduce them and improve the community's health and quality of life
Dawn Buehler, Kansas Riverkeeper/Friends of the Kaw
Dawn’s job as Kansas Riverkeeper involves talking to people about how we can protect the Kansas River in our communities. This involves educating people about the river and going to meetings with the city, county, or state, and encouraging them to make sure that the things that they build or the things that they do, will not hurt the Kansas River. Dawn also kayaks the entire Kansas River every year to look for pollution. She also organizes large groups of people to clean up the trash in the river.
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Secret Super Power: Tasty cholocate chip cookies and I can kayak fast :)
A Weird Thing I Like: To lay flat on my back in the sun on a river sandbar!
Best Part of My Job: That I get to be outside a good portion of the time.
Contact Us
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ADDRESS
2610 Claflin Road
Manhattan, KS 66502-2743
PHONE
785-532-3322
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