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New Superintendent Announced for Yosemite National Park

By Leigh Westerlund
Posted Date : Feb 4, 2010

Director of the National Park Service, Jon Jarvis, announced Tuesday that Yosemite National Park will be getting a new superintendent. Don Neubacher, currently Superintendent of Point Reyes National Seashore, will be moving to the Yosemite superintendent post in the next few months

Mill Valley Herald | Headlands Institute Receives Heart of Marin Award

Posted by Headlands Institute
Posted Date : Jan 14, 2010

The Center for Volunteer and Nonprofit Leadership awarded the Heart of Marin Award for Nonprofit Excellence last week to the Headlands Institute, the 32-year-old residential environmental education nonprofit located on the shores of Rodeo Beach.

The award, sponsored by Autodesk, comes with a $5,000 award that will support scholarships that allow students from economically disadvantaged communities to attend Headlands Institute’s environmental field science programs.

Read the full article at www.marinscope.com.

Yosemite has a new Chief of Interpretation and Education

By Leigh Westerlund
Posted Date : Dec 31, 2009

We were thrilled to hear the announcement that Tom Medema has been officially selected as Yosemite National Park's next Chief of Interpretation and Education. Here's why...

Sierra Sun Times | "Moose" Honored with 2009 Yosemite Fund Award

Posted by Yosemite Institute
Posted Date : Dec 28, 2009

San Francisco, Calif. December 21, 2009 –Few people have a passion for Yosemite National Park like Jonathan "Moose" Mutlow. For the past seven years, he’s become well-known for teaching kids about nature, responding to emergencies and for a unique study called "SPLAT Goes the Weasel," which resulted in a new bear protection program.

Read the full story at www.goldrushcam.com

NationalGeographic.com | National Geographic Education Foundation Awards $1.14 Million for State-Based Initiatives

Posted by NatureBridge
Posted Date : Dec 21, 2009

WASHINGTON (Dec. 11, 2009)—The National Geographic Society's Education Foundation will distribute $1.14 million to support geography education programs across the country through grant commitments announced today. The majority of grants were awarded to state-based Geography Alliances, which work to improve student achievement by providing professional development for teachers in content knowledge and classroom strategies. Read the full story at nationalgeographic.com »

Empowering Change: Garbology at Headlands Institute

By Alice Powlen
Posted Date : Nov 20, 2009

 

Empowering Change: Garbology at Headlands Institute

Food Waste – we all produce it. For most of us, this waste feels like an inevitable byproduct of our daily lives. But, at Headlands Institute, a campus of NatureBridge, students and educators are working to change that - or at the very least change where their waste ends up.

 

 

 

NatureBridge honored with environmental education award

By NatureBridge
Posted Date : Oct 12, 2009

From October 7-10, fourteen NatureBridge education staff members attended the North American Association for Environmental Education (NAAEE) conference in Portland, Oregon. For three fabulous days, we attended workshops, presentations, and panel and round-table discussions about cutting-edge practices, issues, topics, and research in the field of environmental education.

Why we do what we do

By Elizabeth Laros...
Posted Date : Jul 31, 2009

I was reminded last week about why we do what we do when I received this wonderful gift from the kids at Seven Hills School in Nevada City who recently attended Headlands Institute.

We do it for the kids.

We do it to help them see the incredible potential they have to change the world.

We do it so that they will be inspired to be better environmental stewards, better community leaders, and better citizens.

Click on the quilt to view a larger image and see the inspiring messages.

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