Archive for June, 2008
Monday, June 30th, 2008
Our sister Collaborative in Cincinnati is starting to run up against a new Ohio law called Jarod's Law. This law requires school safety inspections, after Jarod Bennett, age 6, was killed when a 290-pound cafeteria table fell on him. That is a good idea, since schools had never been required ...
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Monday, June 30th, 2008
(Click the headline to see the photos, if you are reading by email)
> Dear Children and Nature Campaign Leaders:
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> Imagine 700 children becoming human drops of paint in a
> gigantic living painting of a great blue heron . . . whose long
> legs are made of materials gathered from a ...
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Monday, June 30th, 2008
National Park(ing) Day is an annual event, happening on September 19th, which celebrates parks in cities by creating temporary parks in public parking spaces. National Park(ing) Day is an all-volunteer event, and any participation is welcome. One can build his or her own park, help others build parks, or simply ...
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Monday, June 30th, 2008
This is the newsletter of the Franklin County Soil and Water Conservation District, written by member Linda Pettit.
It contains a lot of great educational resources that many of us can use!
SWIFT Newsletter
Some of us have been talking about the need for the Collaborative to start producing some educational materials. It's ...
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Monday, June 30th, 2008
(The Collaborative received this communication. It is commercial in nature, but I thought I'd pass it on because the product is kind of interesting!)
BEGIN EMAIL:
Hello-
My company Imports Unlimited makes a unique, hands on product called Fundana bandanas which are games about nature on bandanas. The games are either scavenger ...
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Thursday, June 26th, 2008
We are setting the date for our 2008 Leave No Child INSIDE Central Ohio Collaborative Summit!
Can you believe it will be a year since we came together?
Write this down: September 26
We are sticking with the last Friday in September.
We are still in the process of choosing a site. We'd like ...
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Thursday, June 26th, 2008
All LNCI Members are invited to attend the MORPC (Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission) September 11-13 Summit on Sustainability and the Environment.
Our own Jenny will be introducing Richard Louv, along with the Columbus School for Girls Kindergarten students singing Nature Needs Kids and Kids Need Nature!
MORPC organizers want to get ...
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Thursday, June 19th, 2008
Bill tracker
The bill, which would provide funding for environmental education among other things, was passed out of committee 38-5. You can hit the link above and click "show cosponsors" to see the legislators involved.
The Leave No Child INSIDE Central Ohio Collaborative faxed letters of support to the two major cosponsors ...
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Wednesday, June 18th, 2008
Please email Alice Hohl if you are a member and would like the logo for you use on your Web site or communications.
If you aren't sure if you are a member, go to the About our Members tab at the top of the page. If you aren't on ...
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Thursday, June 12th, 2008
Watch AWESOME VIDEO report - scroll down to video
The nature of childhood
By Dana Hull
Mercury News
Article Launched: 05/26/2008 01:32:09 AM PDT
Wendolyn Bird's preschool classroom is the outdoors. Recently she and her charges hiked to a rocky island in Palo Alto's Foothills Park. For three hours, they just hang out: something ...
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