The Environmental Education Foundation, Inc

04/10/2024

Boy, is this true, or what!

04/09/2024

My old office at 360 n Michigan Ave, where I served as senior Bo on McDonald’s corporate communications acct

Situated in the heart of Downtown Chicago, along Michigan Aveneu and Wacker Drive lies the iconic London Guaratee building in 1979 boasting an impressive Post Modern style that has made it synonymous to Chiacgo'a skyline.

04/09/2024

Do you know Chicago has 28 miles of lakefront with 24 beaches.

04/08/2024

The Chicago pizza company, headquartered in Buffalo Grove, announced a new pizza will be available for a limited time starting Friday.

04/07/2024

The environment is our home - let’s treat it like one.

10/03/2018

Did you know Northeast Wisconsin builds world-class ships and yachts and has done so for many years? The fifth floor of our proposed Maritime Lighthouse Tower explores this unique city’s shipbuilding legacy, where the title “shipyard worker” is still very much honored and revered. Learn about the construction of ships and how the methods and technology have changed greatly over the years. As part of the fifth floor's interactive offerings, become a virtual naval architect and try your hand at designing your own vessel. Learn more about the Maritime Lighthouse Tower and how you can help us bring this important dream to reality at http //www.dcmm.org/maritime-tower-project/

10/19/2016

NEWS RELEASE

10/19/16

COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE TO LOCAL STUDENTS

The Environmental Education Foundation (EEF) awards approximately $40,000 in scholarships annually to Geneva Lake area high school graduates who will be majoring in the environmental sciences in college. Applications for these scholarships for the 2017-18 academic year are now open at the EEF website: www.EEFSCHOLARS.ORG.

A few examples of the many environment-related career fields include: Ecology, Physical Geology, Environmental Law and Policy, Forest and Land Management, Regional and Community Planning, Fish and Wildlife Management, Hazardous Waste Management, Environmental Engineering, Natural Resources and Conservation.

Tax deductible donations from private citizens and area businesses are the source of EEF scholarships and grants to community schools. The EEF has made more than $500,000 in awards to local students and schools since 1980. For more information about applying for EEF scholarships, or to make a donation, go to the website at www.EEFSCHOLARS.ORG, or call 262-203-7108, or write EEF, PO Box 244, Fontana, WI 53125.

The mission of the Environmental Education Foundation is to promote environmental awareness to all ages throughout the Geneva Lake area and to award educational scholarships to area students for environmental education.

08/04/2016

Pictured above are some EEF scholars and EEF officials who appeared before the Geneva Lake Association annual meeting last Saturday at the Big Foot Country Club. (L to R): Chuck Ebeling, EEF President; Cassie Taplin, a 2013 EEF scholar and current intern at the Geneva Lake Environmental Agency; Molly Cocroft, a Badger grad attending UW; Kylie Smith, a Willaims Bay HS grad attending UW-Stevens Point; Brooke Berryman, a Big Foot HS grad attending UW-Stevens Point; Ted Peters, GLEA Executive Director; Joshua Kundert, Badger HS grad, attending Carthage College; Chrissy Wen, Badger HS grad and University of Illinois graduate student; Kyle Bunne, Elkhorn HS grad, UW-Platteville, Dark Sky Scholarship winner; and Carl Rathman, EEF Board member.

04/18/2016

Contact: Chuck Ebeling
262-581-6229
ENVIRONMENTAL FOUNDATION LAUNCHES NEW WEBSITE
April 18, 2016 -- Just in time for Earth Day 2016, the Environmental Education Foundation (EEF) of Geneva Lake, Wisconsin, has launched its new, substantially improved website.
The new EEF website address is www.eefscholars.org, which should be easier to remember than the old site, which is being taken down.
In addition to being fully updated, with new design and photography, the website has new features designed to make support of the EEF and application for scholarships and grants easier than ever.
First, donations to the EEF can now be accommodated online, both via major credit cards and PayPal. Donating is quick and easier; supporters are invited to try it out today. Donations by mail can still be made by sending a check to: EEF, P.O. Box 244, Fontana, WI 53125.
Second, application forms for scholarships and grants have been updated and can now be completed and submitted online; applications can also be printed out and mailed to the address above as before.
The mission of the Environmental Education Foundation is to award educational scholarships and grants to area students and schools for environmental-centered studies and to promote environmental awareness to all ages of the Geneva Lake area.
For more information, contact the EEF at 262-203-7108.

04/23/2015

More than 250 lake area people turned out for the Earth Day talk, held last Sunday, by famed oceanographer Fabien Cousteau, at George Williams College,,on the shores of Geneva Lake. The event was co-sponsored by the Environmental Education Foundation. Pictured, left to right, are EEF President Chuck Ebeling, Ted Peters, of the Geneva Lake Environmental Agency, Fabien Cousteau, Charles Colman, Chairman of the Geneva Lake Conservancy, and, the Dean of environmental studies at George Williams College. .