You can now search for environmental education organizations in Tampa Bay with a few simple keystrokes. This is a valuable tool to find what organizations are in our area and the resources they have to offer. Suncoast Earth Force has created the Tampa Bay Guide to Environmental Education Resources (GEER).
We work with many organizations to help provide resources, field trips, and guest speakers to our educators. The Tampa Bay area is fortunate to have a great network of environmental organizations but most of the information was in each of our contact lists. The more we spoke to educators and organizations the more we heard the need for a resource guide.
According to Pinellas County Environmental Fund's 2003 Environmental Education Survey, a critical need in Tampa Bay is a central source for information on environmental education programming and materials. The Tampa Bay Guide to Environmental Education Resources is a searchable database online that will be used not only by Earth Force educators but any educator, citizen, or organization in Tampa Bay. This guide will provide the knowledge of available contacts and resources available to assist with their education programs by searching environmental terms and other categories.
Information collection and database design occurred throughout spring 2006 and will be updated as appropriate. Suncoast Earth Force welcomes any comments or suggestions regarding the online resource guide. Please call (727) 215-8619 or email us at swillis@earthforce.org. Thank you and we hope you find this effort worthwhile.
The Pinellas County Environmental Fund and the Tampa Bay Estuary Program funded the Tampa Bay Guide to Environmental Education Resources.
If your organization is interested in being listed in the guide, please contact Scott Willis and he will send you the registration form.
Suncoast will have the site available June 2006.
