National Environmental Education Week
April 16-22, 2006

To prepare for Earth Day 2006 and to increase the amount of environmental education taught in schools, the National Environmental Education & Training Foundation, in cooperation with dozens of outstanding environmental education organizations and agencies, is coordinating National Environmental Education Week. National EE Week will take place April 16-22, 2006. It serves as an inspiring and disciplined, week-long education prelude to Earth Day 2006 (on April 22).

To learn more about National EE Week, go to www.eeweek.org.

For more information about Earth Day 2006 (April 22) or to learn about local Earth Day events in your community, check out the following links:

Earth Day Network
http://earthday.net/howto/teachers-corner.stm
Earth Day Network's Education Program allows teachers to register to be come part of the national Earth Day Network of over 100,000 educators. Free registration includes a variety of creative events and activities for your classroom, school, or community; downloadable interactive lesson plans and activities for Earth Day; and local, national, and international news updates leading up to the 34th annual global Earth Day celebration.

Portal for US Government Earth Day Events
http://www.earthday.gov
Earthday.gov is a website that lists Earth Day events in your state and events being hosted or coordinated by the various government agencies and it also provides links to the other US Government Earth Day websites. It also provides activities to do At Home, In Your Classroom, and At Work on Earth Day 2006.

Envirolink- Earth Day 2006 Online
http://earthday.envirolink.org/
The Envirolink Network is an online clearinghouse for environmental information since 1991. This website compiles a comprehensive list of Earth Day events occurring in 2006, an organizer's guide to celebrate Earth Day in your community, a history of Earth Day, and a section to add your local event to the Earth Day 2006 Calendar.