Employees in the Bureau of Oceans and International and Environmental and Scientific Affairs (OES) began their Partners in Education program to celebrate Earth Day through community service. During the past year, OES staffers taught about 350 students in Washington, D.C., emphasing that global issues have local implications. [see State Magazine, p. 6, for full story]
In the photo to the left, Fernando Echavarria, from the bureau's Office of Space and Advanced Technology, responds to questions from fourth-graders at Stanton Elementary School in southeast Washington, D.C. [Department of State photo]
