National Environmental Education Week is a part of a large, ongoing effort to engage learners of all ages in environment education. By bringing students outside of the classroom to learn about environment pollution, sustainable living, and actions that lead to environment protection, Environmental Education Week and Earth Day activities are educating the next generation on how to sustain our planet.

2016 Environmental Education Week Theme

This year’s Environmental Education Week spans from April 17-23, 2016 and includes the celebration of Earth Day on April 22. Moreover, its theme is “Greening STEM: Rooted in Math”. Developments in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) are growing faster than ever. Nature is the perfect environment for teaching STEM, especially on Earth Day. Greening STEM brings environment education and STEM lessons together to create engaging, real-life examples and create excitement around STEM. The National Environmental Education Foundation encourages environmental learning through environment education events, Earth Day activities for kids, and green day projects across the country. These events are being led by formal and informal educators from various disciplines and include participants of all ages.

By 2022, the National Environmental Education Foundation projects that 300 million Americans will actively use environmental knowledge to ensure the wellbeing of the earth and its people. Find inspiration for your environment education event, earth day projects, or just a way to celebrate Earth Day, with these STEM and environment focused graphics that are free to publish and share. Just copy and paste the embed code found below each graphic to post to your website.

University Resources for 

Environmental Education Week

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New Jersey Institute of Technology’s Masters in Electrical Engineering program has built this infographic to discuss the global dominance of coal-fueled power plants and highlight how electrical engineers are trying to stop environment pollution by creating clean coal technology called Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS). This graphic helps provide examples of how engineers are creating sustainable solutions for unsustainable technologies.

Full graphic here: http://graduatedegrees.online.njit.edu/msee-resources/msee-infographics/the-dominance-of-coal-fueled-power-plants/

To post on your site, copy this embed code: 
<a href=”"http://graduatedegrees.online.njit.edu/msee-resources/msee-infographics/the-dominance-of-coal-fueled-power-plants/”><img src=”http://graduatedegrees.online.njit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Coal-Fueled_PowerPlant_R1.png” alt=”” width=”500″ /></a>
<a href=”http://graduatedegrees.online.njit.edu/masters-engineering-programs/electrical-engineering/”>NJIT Online</a>


 

New Jersey Institute of Technology’s Masters in Electrical Engineering program has created this infographic to highlight sustainable fuel, the changing landscape of technology and new cyber threats engineers face everyday.

Full graphic here: http://graduatedegrees.online.njit.edu/msee-resources/msee-infographics/keeping-the-lights-on-and-hackers-from-crossing-the-power-lines/

To post on your site, copy this embed code:  <a href=”http://graduatedegrees.online.njit.edu/msee-resources/msee-infographics/keeping-the-lights-on-and-hackers-from-crossing-the-power-lines/”><img alt=”http://graduatedegrees.online.njit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Keeping-Lights-on-01-2.png” src=”” width=”500″ /></a>
<a href=”http://graduatedegrees.online.njit.edu/masters-engineering-programs/electrical-engineering/”>NJIT Engineering Online</a>


 

New Jersey Institute of Technology’s Masters in Civil Engineering program designed a jaw-dropping infographic that visualizes the many toxins being produced by airports and ways civil engineers are working to reduce environment pollution with new technology.

Full graphic here: http://graduatedegrees.online.njit.edu/msce-resources/msce-infographics/deadly-airport-toxins/

To post on your site, copy this embed code: <a href=”http://graduatedegrees.online.njit.edu/msce-resources/msce-infographics/deadly-airport-toxins/”><img src=”http://graduatedegrees.online.njit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Deadly_Airport_Toxins_R2.png” width=’500′></a><br/><a href=’http://graduatedegrees.online.njit.edu/masters-engineering-programs/civil-engineering/’>NJIT Online</a>


 

Eastern Kentucky University’s Masters in Safety, Security, and Emergency Management program designed a compelling digital post that illustrates the impact of environmental disasters, technology’s role in disaster relief and the future of predictive technologies.

Full graphic here: http://safetymanagement.eku.edu/resources/infographics/when-disaster-strikes-technologys-role-in-disaster-aid-relief/

To post on your site, copy this embed code: <a href=”http://safetymanagement.eku.edu/resources/infographics/when-disaster-strikes-technologys-role-in-disaster-aid-relief/”><img alt=”” src=”http://safetymanagement.eku.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/When-Disaster-Strikes-01-21.png” alt=”When Disaster Strikes-01 (2)” width=”1000″ height=”7540″ class=”aligncenter size-full wp-image-1740″ /></a><br /><a href=”http://safetymanagement.eku.edu/”>Eastern Kentucky University’s Online Masters in Safety, Security and Emergency Management program</a>


 

Eastern Kentucky University’s Masters in Safety, Security, and Emergency Management program has built this infographic to discuss the immense impact of rising sea levels and how future generations of engineers can combat the effects.

Rising Sea Levels

Full graphic here: http://safetymanagement.eku.edu/resources/infographics/rising-sea-levels-a-cause-of-concern-for-the-coastline/

To post on your site, copy this embed code: <a href=”http://safetymanagement.eku.edu/resources/infographics/rising-sea-levels-a-cause-of-concern-for-the-coastline/”><img alt=”” src=”http://safetymanagement.eku.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Rising-Sea-Levels-2-01.png” alt=”Rising Sea Levels 2-01″ class=”aligncenter size-full wp-image-1758″ /></a><br /><a href=”http://safetymanagement.eku.edu/”>Eastern Kentucky University’s Online Masters in Safety, Security and Emergency Management program</a>


 

Norwich University’s Masters in Civil Engineering program designed this compelling graphic to highlight the sustainable practices engineers and architects have been prompted to develop in light of climate change, pollution-related illnesses, and energy costs.

Benefits of Sustainable Engineering

Full graphic here: http://graduate.norwich.edu/resources-mce/infographics-mce/the-benefits-of-sustainable-engineering/

To post on your site, copy this embed code: <a href=”http://graduate.norwich.edu/the-benefits-of-sustainable-engineering”><img alt=”The Benefits of Sustainable Engineering” src=”http://graduate.norwich.edu/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/infographic-the-benefits-of-sustainable-engineering.jpg” width=”500″ /></a><br /><br />
<a href=”http://graduate.norwich.edu/civil-engineering/”>Norwich University’s Online Master of Civil Engineering Program</a>


 

Norwich University’s Masters in Civil Engineering program have create this engaging graphic to illustrate how the devastating effects of earthquakes have transformed civil engineering and the way our cities are built today.

How Earthquakes have Shaped Civil Engineering

Full graphic here: http://graduate.norwich.edu/resources-mce/infographics-mce/how-have-earthquakes-shaped-civil-engineering/

To post on your site, copy this embed code: <a href=”http://graduate.norwich.edu/resources-mce/infographics-mce/how-have-earthquakes-shaped-civil-engineering/”><img alt=”” src=”http://graduate.norwich.edu/wp-content/themes/ckg-blank-child/img/infographic/NU_MCE_Earthquakes.png” /></a><a href=”http://graduate.norwich.edu/civil-engineering/”>Norwich University’s Online Master of Civil Engineering Program</a>

Note: All of these resources are free to share and publish with credit to the appropriate university and program.

 

History of Environmental Education Week and Earth Day

National Environmental Education Week was started by the National Environmental Education Foundation (NEEF) in 2004. Since then, events and projects have taken place across the country in classrooms, after-school programs, zoos, aquariums, environment protection centers, nature centers, museums, and at home. NEEF believes that environmental issues can only be solved if all Americans understand their role in protecting the environment and how they can benefit from lending a hand.