Partnership for Environmental Technology Education.The Partnership for Environmental Technology Education (PETE) is a non-profit organization established to facilitate, augment and broker academic, industrial and governmental partnerships to: * meet the education and environmental training needs of the nation, * promote environmental technology transfer, * foster the participation of underrepresented minorities and women in environmental fields, and * enhance U.S. economic development and international competitiveness. The PETE network consists of six regional public-private partnerships serving all fifty states, Puerto Rico and the U.S. territories. Its partners include over 400 community and technical colleges - which represent almost one-third of the two-year institutions in the United States, and multiple business, industry and governmental agencies. Mission To provide leadership in environmental education and training through community and technical college partnerships with business, industry, government and other educational providers. National Goals 1. Create and maintain regional public-private partnerships to support a national network of community and technical colleges delivering quality environmental education and training. 2. Support the development and implementation of quality environmental programs at community and technical colleges. 3. Promote the articulation of quality programs to create an environmental education ladder from high school through the post graduate level. 4. Assist colleges in meeting the environmental workforce education, training and retraining needs of the nation. 5. Support economic development and international competitiveness through facilitating the use of environmentally sound practices and technology. 6. Contribute to the improvement of global environmental stewardship through international programs and partnerships in environmental education and training. 7. Establish and maintain organizational sustainability and financial self-sufficiency. 8. Promote environmental literacy for everyone. Approach Each regional PETE network is intended to organize and function as a semi-independent partnership focused not only on realizing the national goals but also on: * developing regional resources, * addressing uniquely regional problems, * meeting workforce training needs, and * ensuring that community/technical college graduates meet the job market demands of the region, and are prepared to enter specialized fields of study in four year institutions. This regional concentration, combined with PETE's emphasis on collaborative partnerships, has produced significant results. Colleges, local employers, business, industry, federal laboratories, government agencies and professional organizations have joined together to develop strong, responsive community environmental education and training networks across the nation. Funding PETE is primarily sponsored by several federal agencies: Environmental Protection Agency Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), independent agency of the U.S. government, with headquarters in Washington, D.C. It was established in 1970 to reduce and control air and water pollution, noise pollution, and radiation and to ensure the safe handling and (EPA), Department of Energy (DOE), Department of Defense (DOD) and the National Science Foundation (NSF). Presently corporate and foundation sponsors are being sought to ensure PETE's continued role in facilitating effective environmental education and workforce development partnerships and programs. Partners Air & Waste Management Association American Association of Community Colleges American Chemical Society The American Chemical Society (ACS) is a learned society (professional association) based in the United States that supports scientific inquiry in the field of chemistry. Founded in 1876 at New York University, the ACS currently has over 160,000 members at all degree-levels and in Arizona Department of Environmental Quality Bechtel National, Inc. Brookhaven National Laboratory Brookhaven National Laboratory, scientific research center, at Upton (town of Brookhaven), Long Island, N.Y. It was founded in 1947 by Associated Universities, a management corporation sponsored by nine eastern U.S. universities. California Conservation Corps The California Conservation Corps (CCC) is a state agency modeled after the Civilian Conservation Corps of the 1930s and was initiated as a pet project in 1976 by then Governor Jerry Brown. California Environmental Business Council California Environmental Protection Agency The California Environmental Protection Agency (Cal/EPA) was created in 1991 by Governor Pete Wilson, through an executive order.[1] The agency combined six board, departments, and offices into one cabinet-level office:[2] California State University System California State University System, coordinating agency established in 1960 by the merger of individual California state colleges, now consisting of 23 campuses. Colorado State University Colorado State University, at Fort Collins; land-grant with state and federal support; chartered 1870, opened 1879 as an agricultural college, assumed present name in 1957. There is a veterinary teaching hospital, an agricultural campus, and a research campus. Community Build DOE Nevada Test Site The Nevada Test Site is a United States Department of Energy reservation located in Nye County, Nevada, about 65 miles (105 km) northwest of the City of Las Vegas, near . Environmental Education and Training Institute of North America Executive Partnership for Environmental Resource Training Global Environmental and Technology Foundation Hazardous Materials Training and Research Institute Hazardous Waste Association of California Inland Waterways Emergency Response Project INTELECOM, Inc. International Institute for Environmental Technology and Management Jet Propulsion Laboratory “JPL” redirects here. For other uses, see JPL (disambiguation). Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) is a NASA research center located in the cities of Pasadena and La Cañada Flintridge, near Los Angeles, California, USA. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, scientific research centers run by the Univ. of California, located in Berkeley, Calif., and Livermore, Calif., respectively. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory: see Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. (body) Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory - (LLNL) A research organaisatin operated by the University of California under a contract with the US Department of Energy. Los Alamos National Laboratory Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) (previously known at various times as Site Y, Los Alamos Laboratory, and Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory) is a United States Department of Energy (DOE) national laboratory, managed and operated by Los Alamos National Management Recruiters International (MRI-Dallas) Merrimack College National Environmental Health Association National Environmental Training Association National Science Foundation Navajo Nation Nevada Division of Environmental Protection New England's Center for Environmental Industry & Technology Northern Arizona University Orange and Rockland Utilities, Inc. Pacific Basin Study Center Sandia National Laboratories Society for Hispanic Professional Engineers Spokane Intercollegiate Research & Technology Institute University of Florida University of Nevada, Las Vegas “UNLV” redirects here. For other uses, see UNLV (disambiguation). The University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) is a public, coeducational university located in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, known for its programs in History, Engineering, Environmental Studies, Hotel University of Northern Iowa The University of Northern Iowa, in Cedar Falls, Iowa, was founded in 1876, as the Iowa State Normal School. It has colleges of Business Administration, Education, Humanities and Fine Arts, Natural Sciences, and Social and Behavioral Sciences, and a graduate school. U.S. Department of Defense U.S. Department of Energy U.S. Department of the Interior - National Park Service U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Utilicorp United Van Nostrand Reinhold Publishers |
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