E3 Washington

E3 Washington is an initiative for an inclusive process to develop a comprehensive statewide environmental education plan that optimizes environmental education for everyone who lives, learns, works, and plays in Washington State.

On September 22, 2006, the first Advisory Council Meeting and Kick-off Event was held at the Greater Tacoma Convention & Trade Center. Over 100 education, business, community, and government leaders attended this exciting day to:

• advance academic performance;
• create healthier communities; and
• support sustainable economic development.

EE weaves lifelong learning into our future...

Updates:

A statewide summit, seven regional summits, and many core sector meetings have been held since the planning process was launched in September of 2006.  Here are some highlights:

• The E3 Statewide Summit  held on November 7th, 2007 was great success for developing the Core Sector Strategies.  
• Regional Summits have been held, more are in planning stages and Regional Plans are being developed.  
• Roundtables are meeting to reflect on the strategies and the plan. 
  
• The EE/ES Resource Center is now live!   Washington's comprehensive searchable database for environmental and sustainability education resources. 
  
• A database of 2,500 leaders supporting EE has been developed and is growing. Become a member of EEAW.  

EEAW will be providing updates in this section of The Networker and through occasional bulletins. Send ideas or needs related to the project and we will do our best to respond promptly. Please understand that we are working as fast as we can to develop EEAW’s capacity to respond to the enormous and positive response E3 has generated. We appreciate your feedback and support as we steadily grow one step at a time!