On April 22, 2020 – the 50th anniversary of Earth Day – Matt Kirchman, President of ObjectIDEA and a member of The Museum Group, offered an online conversation about museums and the environment. His presentation and followup conversation can be viewed on The Museum Group’s YouTube channel.

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Resources include environmental literacy benchmark documents from across the country:

Alabama

Alaska

https://akelpdotorg.files.wordpress.com/2013/02/anrelp_revision_nov20131.pdf

Arizona

https://4dvpma38ljxw2xn18g3tdpql-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/AFECT-Arizona-Framework-of-Environmental-Concepts-and-Themes.pdf

Arkansas

http://dese.ade.arkansas.gov/public/userfiles/Learning_Services/Curriculum%20Support/Standards%20and%20Courses/Sciences/Environmental_Science_2016.pdf

California

https://www.cde.ca.gov/pd/ca/sc/documents/environliteracyblueprint.pdf

Colorado

https://www.cde.state.co.us/cosocialstudies/coloradoenvironmentaleduplan

Connecticut

https://www.ctwoodlands.org/sites/default/files/CT%20Environ%20Literacy%20Plan.pdf

Delaware

http://www.dnrec.delaware.gov/cin/Documents/2015-environmental-literacy-plan.pdf

Florida

https://f13b1d1b-fe61-47d9-b29a-3a610b003767.filesusr.com/ugd/353d6f_5065f9cbe0f74fa2a4a4880d5b595d02.pdf

Georgia

State Environmental Literacy Plan

A sustainable future depends on our ability to help students understand interrelationships, develop critical thinking abilities and apply problem-solving skills. As described in the federal No Child Left Inside Act, the development of a state environmental literacy plan should be led by the state education agency in cooperation with natural resource and environmental agencies, nonprofit associations, and the public. DNR currently is working alongside the Georgia Department of Education and the Environmental Education Alliance (EEA) of Georgia (the state's nonprofit professional association for environmental educators) to develop the plan that will provide a framework for school systems to expand and improve their environmental education programs. For additional information, please contact EEA at president@eealliance.org .

Hawaii

http://heea.org/Files/eehi/2015/Final2015revisions.pdf

Idaho

Illinois

https://www2.illinois.gov/dnr/education/Documents/EL4IL2019.pdf

Indiana

http://www.eeai.org/resources/Documents/ELP/Indiana%20Environmental%20Literacy%20Guidelines.pdf

Iowa

Kansas

http://www.kacee.org/files/ELP%20for%20KS%20Final.pdf

Kentucky

https://keec.ky.gov/Documents/KELP/Kentucky%20Environmental%20Literacy%20Plan%20-%20Revised%20June%202018.pdf