Project WET
(Water Education for Teachers)

Project WET (Water Education for Teachers) is a national K-12 interdisciplinary water education program intended to supplement a school's existing curriculum. Coordinated in Georgia through the Department of Natural Resources, Environmental Protection Division, Project WET nurtures the awareness, appreciation, knowledge, and stewardship of water resources through the development and dissemination of classroom ready teaching aids and through the establishment of state sponsored Project WET programs.

Contact the Georgia Project WET Coordinators Petey Giroux or Jo Adang at 404-675-1762 if you have questions.  Click here to visit the Georgia Project WET web site.

River of Words

An annual national poetry and art contest for students ages 5 to 19 years sponsored by the International Rivers Network in partnership with the Library of Congress Center for the Book with the former United States Poet Laureate Robert Haas. In Georgia, the River of Words is coordinated through Project WET and gives students an opportunity to explore their own watersheds and to learn their ecological address through poetry and art.