Will your Members of Congress stand up for environmental education?

Yes! If you ask them!

Please join a call on Thursday, March 7, 2024, 1-2 pm ET to learn how you and/or your state environmental education Affiliate can help support federal funding for environmental ed. this month.

In the coming weeks, Congressional appropriations committees will make initial decisions about what resources to allocate to the EPA and NOAA environmental education programs for the next fiscal year 2025. These programs are vital for the field - both for the professional development offerings they support, but also for their fantastic direct grant programs. March and April is the time for all constituents - including you! -to contact Members of Congress to support these critical governmental offices… and we will help you!

Experience has shown that endorsing an internal request for this spending is the easiest thing that a House member or Senator can do for their constituents. But they will only do this if they are asked. The more legislators on record backing these appropriations, the better chances for the funding, and potentially for an increase for these modest programs. 144 current Representatives and 45 Senators have historically supported these, or other related environmental and climate education items. Requests to do so again are the absolute easiest asks to make, but someone has to make them. Our goals this year include to approach all Members of Congress who are already friends of environmental education, plus connect with all freshmen and retiring legislators, to hopefully sign on as many of them as we can.

Our Key message: Environmental education is essential for addressing our local and national environmental issues.

So please join us for a briefing on our campaign this year and we’ll also cover some advocacy basics. Details to join:

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