AEOE 2006 Statewide Spring Conference: "Environmental Education: from Words to Action" Conference Information Registration Information | Housing | Meals | Transportation Volunteering | Job Fair | Photo Contest | Skit Contest | Journal Swap Merchandise | Auctions | Tee Shirt | Professional Development Credit Conference Committee Keynote Speaker | Opening Speaker |Entertainment Workshops | Schedule | Scholarships

Registration includes: Events, most workshops, meals, and two-night’s lodging.

Conference Registrar: Helen de la Maza, 714-838-8990 or

Registration Dates and Deadlines: Postmark your registration by April 8, 2006 and you will get the early registration rate of $125. Postmark between April 9 and April 15, 2006, and it will cost $150. After April 15, 2006, no mail-in registrations will be accepted – walk-in registration only at $175, paid on site. Please contact Registrar to see if space is available – space is not guaranteed for walk-ins. Get those registrations in early! Click here for registration form

Family Rates: We encourage family participation! However, we are charged for each person attending, so we must charge for family members. Family rates are free for children age 5 and under, $55 for children ages 6-12, and $125 for children age 13 and over. These costs are based on what the site is charging us per person, and assuming older children will be participating in the conference. If you have a non-participating family member (such as a spouse that is there to help take care of the children) the fee for that person is $75 to cover our costs. If family members plan to attend workshops, speakers and /or entertainment, however, they will need to pay full price, again to cover our costs for these events. In addition, each attendee MUST be a member, because of insurance. Contact the Conference Registrar for details/questions (see above).

No Meals/No Lodging Rate: A limited number of special off-site registrations will be accepted. THIS RATE DOES NOT INCLUDE MEALS, LODGING OR CAMPING. No food/lodging rates are $60 for early registration, $85 for regular registration, and $115 for on-site registration (same deadlines apply). You may attend workshops and events, including evening events, but you must stay in off-site accommodations and provide your own meals (NO COOKING is allowed on site, so if you bring food, make sure it is pre-cooked or needs no cooking).

Note on camping/meals off site: Nearby campgrounds/meal options are

• Leo Carrillo State Beach, (about 3 miles away) is $25 per night for developed campsites Click here to reserve
• Point Mugu State Park, (about 5 miles away) ranges from $15 for primitive camping to $25/night for developed campsites. Click here to reserve
• There is also a $7.50 reservation fee.
• For developed campsites, reservation fees include 8 people and 1 vehicle. Sites are limited to 8 people and 3 vehicles per site (most can only accomodate 2 vehicles), including trailers. All extra fees will be collected at the park. Campsite assignments are made upon your arrival. The showers are coin operated. Sites have picnic tables and fire rings. There was 1 developed site at Leo Carillo, and 24 developed sites at Point Mugu available as of 3/12/06.
• For primitive campsites (Point Mugu only), primitive beachside sites are limited to 8 people. Your trailer is considered a vehicle for parking purposes. Limited overflow parking is available. Campsite assignments are made upon your arrival. Cold outside showers. Sites have picnic tables and fire rings. Chemical toilets only. There were 52 primitive sites available at Point Mugu as of 3/12/06.
• The nearest convenience store is 12 miles away.
• The only restaurant near the site is Neptune's Net, where you can get just about anything fried. A great local institution, but definitely not a vegetarian Mecca!
• You may bring your own food to the conference, but NO COOKING is allowed on site.

Payment: Checks, Money Orders, or Purchase Orders accepted. If you are paying with a P.O., it must accompany your registration form. If there is a time concern, please contact the Conference Registrar (see above).

Confirmation: You will receive confirmation of your conference registration via email within approximately two weeks of when you mail it. Please include an email address! If you have not received confirmation within this time frame, please contact the Conference Registrar (see above) to make sure that your registration was received.

Refund Policy: Full refunds if requested by April 1, 2006, 50% refunds if by late registration deadline of April 15, 2006, and no refunds after April 15, 2006. Contact the Conference Registrar (see above) immediately if you need to request a refund for any reason.

Scholarships: Several scholarships of $100 each are available for low income applicants!! Send in your scholarship application to Helen de la Maza along with your conference registration. Click here for details. You must postmark your application and registration by April 1, 2006 to qualify.

Housing: Included in the basic conference cost, housing is typical camp dorm style with bedding not included. Most cabins are about a 10 minute walk from the main dining hall area, but you can drive in to drop off your things and park. Bring a sleeping bag or sheets and blanket, pillow. Earplugs are a plus if someone in your cabin snores! Camping is on flat open lawn areas close to the dining hall – some areas with ocean views near the path to the beach. Bring a tent, but cooking on site is not allowed. Premium motel-style housing is available in the conference center adjacent to the dining hall for an extra charge (see registration form).

Meals: Meals will be served buffet/cafeteria style. The five buffet style meals will be vegetarian with some organic ingredients, as AEOE strives to conserve resources and support environmentally sustainable lifestyles.  If you want vegan meals or meat-based meals, you must sign up and stick with that choice so the chef will know how much to prepare. (see registration form). Those with more specialized diets need to bring their own food. Organic coffee, teas, and other beverages and snacks will also be available in the dining room. Folks with "No food/ lodging" registration will not be allowed in the dining room during meals.

Transportation: Need a ride? Can you give a ride? Need airport or flight information, an airport pick-up, or looking to carpool with someone? Contact Rich or Tonya Mandl, our transportation coordinators, to find out more about transportation options.

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Parking: Parking is very limited and we strongly encourage carpooling! To encourage you further, there will be a $5 parking fee (for future scholarships), which will be waived if you carpool with at least 3 people per vehicle. Pay parking fee at registration.

Volunteering: We will need volunteers to help with meal set-up and clean-up, parking, logistics and other vital parts of the conference. Contact Jason Westfall: or at 909-389-7176 for more information on what is needed. THANK YOU!!!

Job Fair: Are you looking for the next step in your career or simply a chance to learn about the range of outdoor and environmental education job opportunities to be found in California? Then be sure to bring multiple copies of your resume to the conference and take advantage of this chance to network with employers from around the state. And, if you want to be really prepared, check out the AEOE website prior to the conference to find out what programs will be represented at the job fair and what positions they have available (coming soon). On the other hand, if you are a supervisor interested in sharing information about your program and would like to host a table at the job fair, please be sure to contact Debbie Carraway prior to Wednesday, April 24, 2006 at .

Merchandise: Our favorite vendor, Acorn Naturalists, will be back with books, tools, and more – check out their website at acornnaturalists.com. We will also have a limited amount of AEOE and conference merchandise (recycled materials, flying discs, travel mugs, pencils, t-shirts, tote bags, etc.) These will be for sale at registration and throughout the conference. Acorn Naturalists will be selling Richard Louv’s book, Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder. And don’t forget the silent auction! Bring cash or checks – Acorn Naturalists takes credit cards, but AEOE does not.

Auctions: Auction Donations Needed! There will be a live auction as well as a silent auction to raise money for scholarships to our conferences. If you are interested in donating anything to AEOE to auction off at the conference, contact Laura Vandezande at or Tara Murgatroyd at

Photo Contest: It's once again time for the Annual AEOE Photography Contest! Bring your labeled prints to the registration table by Saturday 11 am to enter. The category for this year is "New Horizons: Where Do We Go from Here?" Choose photos that convey a sense of the future of Environmental and Outdoor Education literally or figuratively. Submit up to 3 entries, size 8x10 to 11x14inches. Judging will be held at 1pm Saturday and great prizes will be awarded. For more information contact Gideon Weisberg

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Skit Contest and Talent Contest: Attention Spring AEOE Talent Night Performers—For you to be a part of the Saturday night skit and talent contest, we need the following: 1. Your name(s) and contact info (e-mail and phone) 2. The title and nature of your act 3. The length of your act* We must have the above to include you in the extravaganza. Remember to keep your act PG13. Enter online or RSVP to no later than April 17th, and be ready to check your shame at the door! Great prizes will be awarded for the best original skits and/or songs in the following categories: “Best suited to the theme: “EE, From Words to Action,” “Most Humorous,” “Most Educational,” and “Most Spectacular Production!” Thanks, The stage crew *Due to the current talent glut we respectfully request that you keep it under 10 minutes—we want to embarrass as many people as possible.

Journal Swap: If you are interested in participating, please bring 25 copies of your own program’s journal to the conference... and you will take away 25 from other programs. Gather examples of other programs' student workbooks! Look for journal swap table at check-in Friday night.

UPDATED! Conference T-Shirt: Original artwork by AEOE member Julie Tosten (check for updates on design, style and colors here). Conference T-shirts, printed on organic cotton, are available by ordering in advance for only $15 each! Available in the following sizes, styles and colors:

Men's short sleeve ringspun black in S, M, L, XL (ringspun is an "extra-high-quality" fabric)
Men's short sleeve ringspun natural in M, L
Women's scoop neck short sleeve ringspun black in S, M
Women's slim fit short sleeve green tea in M, L

At the conference there will also be a limited supply of extra shirts for sale, but orders received after April 1, 2006 are not guaranteed!

Professional Development Credit: You can earn one unit of professional development credit by attending a total of 8 hours of workshops/speakers/presentations, and writing a short summary. Cost per unit is $63. Two units are possible but requires a tight conference schedule. Please enroll during conference registration with Tonya Mandl.

Conference Committee: AEOE depends on dedicated volunteers to make these conferences happen. This year, those volunteers have so far included those listed here.

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