An environmental problem-solving competition for teams in grades 6 through 12, on April 25, 2009, at ULL Cade Farm.

Current Issue for 2009: Biodiversity in a Changing Environment

Check out the resources below and watch for MORE information on our 2009 event!!!

It is that range of biodiversity that we must care for - the whole thing - rather than just one or two stars.
-- David Attenborough

2009 Registration Info 

$50 Registration fee
Limited scholarships are available.  If your group needs assistance with registration or transportation costs, ASK.
Register early for announcement of training locations and program developments.

Registration Form 
General Guidance on Visual Aids
Questions & Answers for Teams 

Louisiana Envirothon 2009 Advisors' Handbook

 "We consider species to be like a brick in the foundation of a building. You can probably lose one or two or a dozen bricks and still have a standing house. But by the time you've lost 20 per cent of species, you're going to destabilize the entire structure. That's the way ecosystems work."    - Donald Falk

Planned Training

Teams and advisors are reminded to contact their local Toastmasters International clubs for assistance in making oral presentations and public speaking. www.toastmasters.org

Additional team training information will be posted as dates and locations are identified.

“Environmental degradation is an iatrogenic disease induced by economic physicians who treat the basic malady of unlimited wants by prescribing unlimited growth.... Yet one certainly does not cure a treatment-induced disease by increasing the treatment dosage.” Herman Daly

"The value of biodiversity is more than the sum of its parts."
- Byran G. Norton

Sponsored by 

• Canon USA
• Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry
• Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries
• Louisiana Department of Natural Resources
• Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality
• University of Louisiana at Lafayette
• National Forest Service
• Louisiana Arts & Science Museum
• Governor's Office of Environmental Education
• Louisiana Environmental Education Commission
• Louisiana Cooperative Extension Service   
• Cheniere Energy
• Southern University
• Barataria-Terrebonne National Estuary Program
• Louisiana Association of Conservation Districts
• St. Martin Parish Government
• Air & Waste Management Association - Louisiana Section
• Louisiana Environmental Health Association
• Borden's Milk Products, LP
• McDonald's of Acadiana 
• Louisiana Science Teachers Association 

Resources

• Louisiana Envirothon 2009 Advisors' Handbook
• Aquatics Study Guide 2007
• Forestry Study Guide 2007
• Soil & Land Use Study Guide 2007
• Wildlife Study Guide 2007
• Energy Guide 2008
• Canon Envirothon Webpage 
• All teams are encouraged to work with their local Toastmasters International to develop their leadership and presentation skills.   www.toastmasters.org  To find clubs in your area, click http://www.toastmasters.org/find/default.asp?Country=United+States

Scientists know we must protect species because they are working parts of our life-support system.
- Paul Ehrlich

Biodiversity is the greatest treasure we have... Its diminishment is to be prevented at all cost.
- Thomas Eisner

"Without knowing it, we utilize hundreds of products each day that owe their origin to wild animals and plants. Indeed our welfare is intimately tied up with the welfare of wildlife. Well may conservationists proclaim that by saving the lives of wild species, we may be saving our own."
- Norman Myers

"The current massive degradation of habitat and extinction of species is taking place on a catastrophically short timescale, and their effects will fundamentally reset the future evolution of the planet's biota."
-- National Academy of Sciences