[Pollinator] Fw: Fairchild Challenge updates and announcements

[Patricia_DeAngelis at fws.gov]

This is a really neat program started by the Fairchild Tropical Garden to 
promote botany in our schools. Note the general plant components, along 
with invasives, medicinals (ethnobotanical), and pollinators!  The list of 
sites that have participated in The Challenge can be found at: 
</www.fairchildgarden.org/uploads/docs/Education/Challenge/2011/Satellite_Partners/sites_trained__launched_8.10.pdf>
Check it out!
-Patricia

Patricia S. De Angelis, Ph.D.
Botanist - Division of Scientific Authority
Chair - Plant Conservation Alliance - Medicinal Plant Working Group
US Fish & Wildlife Service
4401 N. Fairfax Dr., Suite 110
Arlington, VA  22203
703-358-1708 x1753
FAX: 703-358-2276

Promoting sustainable use and conservation of our native medicinal plants.
<www.nps.gov/plants/medicinal>

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"Challenge" <Challenge at fairchildgarden.org> 
09/14/2010 03:58 PM



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Fairchild Challenge updates and announcements






Greetings, fellow educators!
 
The Fairchild Challenge - the unique environmental education outreach 
program offered by Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden in Miami, Florida - 
is off to an exciting start this year! More than 350 elementary, middle 
and high school teachers recently attended our launch event to learn more 
about the 2010-2011 Fairchild Challenge and already, more than 190 schools 
have registered for this year's Miami-region programs alone! 
 
The Fairchild Challenge - now in its ninth year - is not only successfully 
engaging students in Miami, it's also reaching other regions throughout 
the U.S. and around the world. Through its Satellite Partners initiative, 
Fairchild offers this program as a replicable model and provides annual 
training workshops for sites interested in learning more about the program 
and exploring how it can be launched in their locale. The next annual 
Fairchild Challenge Satellite Partners Training Workshop will take place 
from January 26 through January 29, 2011. If you'd like more information 
about this workshop please contact us right away at 
challenge at fairchildgarden.org. 
 
To learn more about the Fairchild Challenge please visit our website: 
www.fairchildchallenge.org. Here you can view our program booklets, as 
well as general information, media coverage, photos (on our Flickr page) 
and videos (on our YouTube channel) of the program. 
 
Please be sure to also visit our Satellite Partners page to learn more 
about our Satellite Partner programs and our exciting global initiatives, 
including the 2010-2011 Fairchild Challenge/BGCI Global Option and Global 
Showcases. 
 
Please feel free to contact us at challenge at fairchildgarden.org if you 
have any questions or would like more information about the Fairchild 
Challenge. 
 
Best wishes, on behalf of the Fairchild Challenge team,
Netiva
 
 
Netiva Kolitz
Fairchild Challenge Satellite Programs Coordinator
 
Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden
10901 Old Cutler Road
Coral Gables, FL 33156-4296
Phone: 305-669-4092 or 305-667-1651 x3363 
Fax: 305-400-0265
Email: challenge at fairchildgarden.org  
 
www.fairchildchallenge.org
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