Environmental attorney Sanders says Elizabeth R. Schmitz elected president of Kentucky Association for Environmental Education.

The Kentucky Association for Environmental Education (www.KAEE.org) elected Elizabeth Robb Schmitz, environmental education specialist for the Kentucky Division for Air Quality, as its president during the association’s annual conference

Since 1976, the Kentucky Association for Environmental Education has worked to build a sustainable environment through education. The Kentucky Association for Environmental Education (KAEE) is one of the country’s oldest associations supporting environmental education and the first affiliate of the North American Association for Environmental Education.

KAEE relies on the skills and talents of the many dedicated educators of our state to build environmental education into their curricula and programs. The educational principles that KAEE promotes were developed through the National Project for Excellence in Environmental Education, sponsored by the North American Association for Environmental Education (NAAEE). KAEE advocates for legislation in the Commonwealth so education about the environment will be taught in every classroom in Kentucky.

Let's all wish Ms. Schmitz the best of luck in this position of responsibility. All of us know deep down that environmental education should be taught in every school district in the Commonwealth of Kentucky.