Deadline to Apply:

Sunday, September 19, 2021, 12:00am

Organization: 

Calusa Nature Center and Planetarium

Address:

Fort Myers, FL

Job Description:

The Environmental Education Coordinator’s (EEC) primary responsibilities include promoting awareness of and appreciation for nature, wildlife, conservation, ecology, and habitat restoration. The EEC employs interpretive, outreach and administrative skills to: (1) manage, design and implement CNCP’s educational and interpretive programs highlighting the natural and cultural features found on and around CNCP’s properties; (2) network with the community to develop and provide comprehensive environmental education and interpretive programs; (3) strengthen efforts to reach and provide environmental education-based programming and educational opportunities to diverse, under resourced, and underserved communities; (4) assist with the daily operations and coordination of facilities at CNCP’s natural history museum and planetarium, and wildlife exhibits; (5) provide program-based assistance to Volunteers and CNCP’s departments; and, (6) perform a variety of administrative and technical duties in support of the organization.

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Grants & Funding

1. First Nations Now Accepting Proposals for 2021 Native Youth and Culture Fund Grants
Deadline: August 19
First Nations Development Institute (First Nations) announced it is accepting proposals for the Native Youth and Culture Fund (NYCF) for programs that focus on youth and that support the perpetuation of traditional ecological knowledge, spirituality, and the intergenerational transfer of knowledge systems, resulting in compassion, respect, dignity, reverence for nature, and care for each other and the Earth. First Nations expects to award approximately 30 grants of $5,000 to $25,000 each for general operating support. Learn more.

2. Farmers Advocating For Organic (FAFO) Grant Program
Deadline: September 1
FAFO is a grant program funded entirely by voluntary contributions from Organic Valley farmers and is the largest farmer-funded grant program in the U.S. Through FAFO, Organic Valley farmers make a difference in the organic industry by using their own dollars to fund organic research, education and advocacy projects across the nation. FAFO awards grants of $5,000-$50,000 to research, education, and advocacy projects that protect and promote the organic industry and the livelihood of organic farmers. Within this context, FAFO puts an emphasis on projects that benefit family farmers who produce organic dairy, eggs, meat, produce, and grain/forage and projects that focus on organic soil health and biology. Learn more.

 

3. Institutional Challenge Grants
Deadline: September 14
The Institutional Challenge Grant encourages university-based research institutes, schools, and centers to build sustained research-practice partnerships with public agencies or nonprofit organizations in order to reduce inequality in youth outcomes. The award supports research institutions to build sustained research-practice partnerships with public agencies or nonprofit organizations in order to reduce inequality in youth outcomes. Learn more.

Know a teen in Manatee County who is passionate about health and wellness? Healthy Teens Coalition is looking for Teen Educators: https://www.healthyteensmanatee.com/teen-health-educator

 

School Garden Leadership Training is VIRTUAL!

Florida Agriculture in the Classroom and UF/IFAS Family Nutrition Program are excited to launch the second year of this collaborative virtual training series designed to help educators, volunteers, and school garden support organizations throughout the state of all levels to build gardening confidence, foster collaboration among leaders, and strengthen garden programs for long-term success.

Please contact Tiffany Torres, FAITC State School Garden Specialist, at Tiffany@agtag.org or (904) 207-1626 should you have any further questions!

SIGN UP HERE!

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/florida-school-garden-leadership-training-series-20212022-registration-165772627391

Each year, SeedMoney offers challenge grants to diverse food garden projects through a 30-day crowdfunding challenge running from Nov 15 to Dec 15. Our grants are open to all types of public food garden projects (youth gardens, community gardens, food bank gardens, etc.) regardless of their location.

The grants we offer are on a sliding scale. The size of a grant a project can receive depends on how much it is able to raise over the 30-day period compared to other projects participating in the challenge. This year, we will be offering a total of 370 grants ranging from $100 to $1000. See the graphic below for the distribution of those grants.  

Learn More About Seed Money Grants Here

The School Garden Grants are meant to supplement FAITC’s Gardening for Grades, Gardening for Nutrition and STEMming Up Gardening, three books that take Florida teachers through the process of developing a school garden, and includes lessons to help teachers use the garden to teach health, science, language arts, math, technology, engineering and other subjects.

We are currently accepting School Garden Grant Applications, we have 40 $600 grants and 20 $400 grants. Please read all of the information below before filling out the application.  

Learn About Grant Opportunities Here

Each fall, hundreds of millions of monarch butterflies migrate from the United States and Canada to mountains in central Mexico where they wait out the winter until conditions favor a return flight in the spring. The monarch migration is truly one of the world's greatest natural wonders yet it is threatened by habitat loss at overwintering grounds in Mexico and throughout breeding areas in the United States and Canada.

Monarch Waystations are places that provide resources necessary for monarchs to produce successive generations and sustain their migration. Without milkweeds throughout their spring and summer breeding areas in North America, monarchs would not be able to produce the successive generations that culminate in the migration each fall. Similarly, without nectar from flowers these fall migratory monarch butterflies would be unable to make their long journey to overwintering grounds in Mexico. The need for host plants for larvae and energy sources for adults applies to all monarch and butterfly populations around the world.

To offset the loss of milkweeds and nectar sources we need to create, conserve, and protect monarch butterfly habitats. You can help by creating "Monarch Waystations" (monarch habitats) in home gardens, at schools, businesses, parks, zoos, nature centers, along roadsides, and on other unused plots of land. Creating a Monarch Waystation can be as simple as adding milkweeds and nectar sources to existing gardens or maintaining natural habitats with milkweeds. No effort is too small to have a positive impact. By creating and maintaining a Monarch Waystation you are contributing to monarch conservation, an effort that will help assure the preservation of the species and the continuation of the spectacular monarch migration phenomenon.

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We're Hiring!

Do you love kids and gardens? KidsGardening is looking for an experienced garden educator to manage our high-impact grant programs and school garden installations as Program Director. The ideal candidate is an outspoken advocate for garden-based learning and is willing to travel the country spreading seeds of hope.

At KidsGardening, we value inclusion, compassion, humility, and optimism. We are looking for a team player excited to advance KidsGardening’s efforts to create opportunities for all children to learn, play, and grow through the garden.

We are looking for someone to join a team committed to organizational work related to diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice.

The application period is August 6 - 20, 2021. Applicants will be contacted after August 20, 2021.

See the full job posting here.

Project Learning Tree

Environmental Experiences for Early Childhood Educator Training

Saturday, August 14, 2021

9:00 a.m.-1 p.m.

Early experiences with the natural world excite children’s imagination and foster their inborn sense of wonder and curiosity, which are important motivators forlifelong learning.

PLT’s Environmental Experiences for Early Childhoodincludes over 130 experiences that engage children in outdoor play and exploration. Activities are correlated to the Florida Early Learning and Developmental Standards for ages 3-4 and 4-Kindergarten.

Participate in this training to discover teaching ideas for integrating nature-based exploration, art, literature, math, music, movement, and outdoor play into early childhood education programs.

All participants will receive the guide and accompanying CD.

Location: Green Explorers Academy, 10860 NE 12th Ave, Miami, FL 33161

Cost: $20

Register at: https://flpltearlychildhood081421.eventbrite.com

*BRING a water bottle and your lunch or snacks.*

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August Sea Hero!

I couldn’t be more honored and humbled to share that I have been selected as Sea Hero for the month of August by Scuba Diving Magazine! It’s really only been made possible through my work with Diversity In Aquatics and all of our partners, as well as my work with military veteran organizations like FORCE BLUE and USX.

Here’s some more context and a link to read the short interview on their website:

”Anesti Vega is on a mission to expand the accessibility of diving and ocean exploration. Experiencing neutral buoyancy for the first time was a turning point in the PTSD recovery of the veteran, who threw himself into helping others experience scuba’s healing power. As chair of the Scuba Council of the nonprofit Diversity in Aquatics, the Indigenous change-maker approaches swimming through the lenses of social justice and public health to empower communities underrepresented in aquatics with the skills necessary to be safe in and around water. For Vega’s dedication to meeting anyone wherever they are in their water journey, he is our August Sea Hero.”

It’s especially special because the article, both print and digital, feature photography by my 12-year-old son, Geo, who recently got scuba certified himself!

Much Respect,
Anesti Vega

SCUBA Council Chair
Diversity In Aquatics

Assistant Dive Safety Officer
FORCE BLUE

Underwater Technology Laboratory
Florida Institute of Technology

Read The Full Article Here

THIS WEEK'S OCEAN JOBS LIST

For the complete list and full descriptions find the ocean jobs page at https://sevenseasmedia.org/. We add 20 to 30 new opportunities per week with 40k views per month! We work hard to provide this jobs list and newsletter to you every week for free. If you find your next job from this list, or a new employee, please consider a tax-deductible donation as a thank you.

1. Policy and Impact Manager, Finless Foods, San Francisco, CA or Washington, DC 2. Postdoc Researcher (Investigador doutorado / IMAR / PLASTDEEP), University of the Azores, Azores, Portugal 3. Marine Robotics Engineer, Reefscapers A Marine Consultancy Company, Baa Atoll, Maldives 2. Manager of Volunteer and Intern Engagement, Greensboro Science Center, Greensboro, NC 5. Fishery Improvement Project (FIP) Analyst, FishChoice, Remote, USA/TBD 6. Grant Program Manager, 11th Hour Racing Inc. 11th Hour Racing, Newport, RI 7. Director of Major Giving -Central Virginia, The Chesapeake Bay Foundation, Virginia Beach, VA 8. Special Assistant, Ocean Conservancy, Washington, DC 9. Manager, Program Operations, Ocean Conservancy, Washington, DC 10. Deputy Executive Director, Pacific Whale Foundation, Wailuku, Hawaii 11. Aquarist, Seattle Aquarium, Seattle, WA 12. Data Manager GOOS Biology, UNESCO/IOC Project Office for IODE, TBD 13. Biologist/Analyst, Ecosystems Management, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada 14. Post-Doctoral Fellow / Scientist (Fish in Livelihoods and Food Systems), World Fish, Dili, Timor Leste 15. Campaigns Director, SeaLegacy, Remote (US, UK, Canada Preferred) 16. New England Fisheries Area Coordinator, A.I.S., Inc. (AIS), Gloucester, MA 17. Fisheries Policy Specialist, A.I.S., Inc. (AIS), Seattle, WA 18. Aquaculture Marine Policy Specialist, A.I.S., Inc. (AIS), Lacey, WA 19. OPS F&W Biological Scientist IV – POS #77901980, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Comission, Tallahassee, FL 20. Fish & Wildlife Biologist 2 – Columbia Basin Wildlife Area Assistant Manager – Permanent – *07647-21