About Us

The Center for Energy and Environmental Education is housed at the University of Northern Iowa. Its mission is to nurture a positive environmental ethic and to develop environmental literacy in children and adults. This mission is carried out through educational programming, instructional materials development, educational research and community outreach.

One of the Center's foci is waste reduction. This program includes:
• Teacher workshops for graduate credit and/or recertification;
• Pre-service workshops for education majors;
• Lesson plans;
• Presentation ideas from Iowa recycling education coordinators;
• An archived listserv;
• And other waste-related information.

For more information, contact:
Susan Salterberg
Center for Energy and Environmental Education
University of Northern Iowa
Cedar Falls , IA 50614-0293
Salterberg@uni.edu
319-273-2573

Website mission: Provide formal and nonformal educators with resources, lessons plans, and a forum for information exchange to facilitate education about waste in K-12 classrooms. Webmaster: Susan Salterberg, Center for Energy and Environmental Education, University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, IA 50614-0293; salterberg@uni.edu Last Updated: January 5, 2005; Copyright 2005 University of Northern Iowa. All Rights Reserved. http://www.uni.edu/ceee/wastereduction

Thanks to the Iowa Waste Reduction Center at the University of Northern Iowa and especially to their director, John Konefes, and to their webmaster, Jason Ebensberger, for assistance with this website. This website was prepared with the support of the Iowa Department of Natural Resources Contract Number 04-G550-24. However, any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed herein are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of IDNR. Funding support was also provided by the Resource Enhancement and Protection Conservation Education Program (REAP CEP): Invest in Iowa , our outdoors, our heritage, our people. REAP is supported by the state of Iowa, providing funding to public and private partners for natural and cultural resource projects, including water quality, wildlife habitat, soil conservation, parks, trails, historic preservation and more.