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• Resources for Earth Month

  • When
    April 11, 2023
  •  
    4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
  • Location
    Online

  Resources for Earth Month

  Tues, April 11 – 4pm Pacific

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  With Jacob Parliament from GreenLearning
  
  Join Jacob Parliament from GreenLearning for an interactive session to discuss Earth Month Resources for Educators. GreenLearning is an environmental education non-profit which creates free online education programs about energy, climate change, and green economy that engage and empower students to create positive change.
  
  Jacob will be covering an array of free resources and activities for Earth Month for grades 4-12 which provide opportunities to take climate action in your classroom. We will discuss the incredible book – ‘Sila and the Land’ which is the culmination of collaborations between three talented Indigenous authors and partnering organizations to create a children’s book which could help to share perspectives on the Land which are common among First Nations, Metis, and Inuit communities.
  
  This workshop will also highlight GreenLearning programs and challenges which lead to direct action, how to find support as an educator for Earth Month and beyond, and provide the opportunity to ask questions and facilitate discussion.
  
  All registrants will be entered to win some great draw prizes! In addition, in your confirmation email you will also be sent a discount code to access Earth Learning Resources at our non-profit Outdoor Learning Store, including Sila and the Land and more.
  
  Following the workshop you will receive a link to access your Certificate of Attendance.
  
  You can access Earth resources here: https://outdoorlearningstore.com/themes/nature-ecosystems/
  
  Sila and the Land https://outdoorlearningstore.com/product/sila-and-the-land/
  
  A People’s Curriculum for the Earth https://outdoorlearningstore.com/product/a-peoples-curriculum-for-the-earth/
  

  The Book of Nature Connection https://outdoorlearningstore.com/product/the-book-of-nature-connection/

  For those who can’t attend live, each one is recorded and posted on the Outdoor Learning Store's website. The link is also sent directly to all registrants.

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• Taking a Closer Look: Investigations in Nature

  • When
    April 18, 2023
  •  
    4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
  • Location
    Online

  Taking a Closer Look: Investigations in Nature

  Tues, April 18 – 4pm Pacific

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  With Educators Megan Zeni and Lauren MacLean
  
  Megan Zeni is a leading consultant on outdoor teaching and an active outdoor classroom teacher. Lauren is a nature connection mentor, author and educator.
  
  Together, through their years of experience in hands-on teaching, they’ll share how to have the most fun learning as you investigate nature.
  
  Megan and Lauren will share about the tools and resources available to take a closer look and investigate nature, including those in their curated ‘Looking Closely’ Kit.
  
  All registrants will be entered to win some great draw prizes! Following the workshop, you will receive a discount link to access the resources shared, the recording, and to access your Certificate of Attendance.
  
  You can access this fantastic outdoor learning set here:
  Looking Closely Kit:
  https://outdoorlearningstore.com/product/looking-closely-outdoor-learning-kit/
  

  For those who can’t attend live, each one is recorded and posted on the Outdoor Learning Store's website. The link is also sent directly to all registrants.

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• Nature Activities for Year-round Learning

  • When
    April 25, 2023
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    4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
  • Location
    Online

  Nature Activities for Year-round Learning

  Tues, April 25 – 4pm Pacific

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  Spending time in nature, year round helps develop a sense of belonging. When we belong we feel connected, nourished, and alive. In this workshop, author Jacob Rodenburg will share ideas, activities and inspiration from his encompassing work - The Big Book of Nature Activities - offering easy to access, year round outdoor learning ideas.
  
  Jacob Rodenburg, nature sommelier, is an award-winning educator, executive director of Camp Kawartha, a summer camp and outdoor education center, and instructor in environmental education at Trent University. He has taught more than 100,000 students and is co-author of The Big Book of Nature Activities.
  
  All registrants will be entered to win some great draw prizes! Following the workshop, you will receive a discount link to the resources shared, the recording, and to access your Certificate of Attendance.
  Check out Jacob’s fantastic resources:
  
  1.The Big Book of Nature Activities https://outdoorlearningstore.com/product/the-big-book-of-nature-activities-a-year-round-guide-to-outdoor-learning/
  
  2. The Book of Nature Connection https://outdoorlearningstore.com/product/the-book-of-nature-connection/
  

  For those who can’t attend live, each one is recorded and posted on the Outdoor Learning Store's website. The link is also sent directly to all registrants.

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• Statewide Conference 2023 - Full weekend with lodging

  • Start
    May 05, 2023
  •  
    6:00 PM
  • End
    May 07, 2023
  •  
    1:00 PM
  • Location
    YMCA Camp Jones Gulch, La Honda

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  The Statewide Conference for Environmental & Outdoor Education is our signature event, bringing together several hundred environmental and outdoor professionals for a weekend of learning, community-building, and fun. The event features 30+ workshops, silent auction, evening entertainment, keynote speakers, an awards ceremony, and more. Click here for more information. 

  Full weekend registration includes lodging on Friday and Saturday night and five meals (B/L/D on Saturday and B/L on Sunday). If you elect to camp, you are responsible for bringing your own equipment; if you choose to stay in the shared dorms, you must bring your own linens. Semi-private cabins are available as a premium option at an additional fee. 

  Note that we are monitoring COVID protocols closely and may need to make adjustments as the pandemic continues to evolve. Proof of negative test within 48 hours may be required to attend. Masking while indoors is strongly encouraged. 

  
  

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• Statewide Conference 2023 - Full weekend w/out lodging

  • Start
    May 05, 2023
  •  
    6:00 PM
  • End
    May 07, 2023
  •  
    1:00 PM
  • Location
    YMCA Camp Jones Gulch, La Honda

  Register

  The Statewide Conference for Environmental & Outdoor Education is our signature event, bringing together several hundred environmental and outdoor professionals for a weekend of learning, community-building, and fun. The event features 30+ workshops, silent auction, evening entertainment, keynote speakers, an awards ceremony, and more. Click here for more information. 

  Full weekend registration without lodging includes all the activities listed above as well five meals (B/L/D on Saturday and B/L on Sunday). We assume that you are either live locally or elect to secure your own lodging elsewhere.

  Note that we are monitoring COVID protocols closely and may need to make adjustments as the pandemic continues to evolve. Proof of negative test within 48 hours may be required to attend. Masking while indoors is strongly encouraged. 

  
  

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• Resource Fair @ Statewide Conference 2023

  • When
    May 06, 2023
  • Location
    YMCA Camp Jones Gulch, La Honda

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  Do you have resources that you want to share with the statewide conference attendees? Are you hiring for any positions this summer or fall? Table at the Resource Fair at the spring statewide conference for environmental and outdoor education! Conference sponsors and organizational members have free access to table at this conference session. If you are not an organizational member of AEOE yet, you can either choose to become one and join our awesome statewide network, or register as an individual member or a guest. 

  Date: Saturday, May 6, 2023

  Time: TBD (afternoon)

  Note: you are responsible for set-up and clean-up of your materials, although a member of our team is happy to offer assistance. 

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• Statewide Conference 2023 - Saturday only

  • When
    May 06, 2023
  •  
    8:00 AM - 10:00 PM
  • Location
    YMCA Camp Jones Gulch, La Honda

  Register

  The Statewide Conference for Environmental & Outdoor Education is our signature event, bringing together several hundred environmental and outdoor professionals for a weekend of learning, community-building, and fun. The event features 30+ workshops, silent auction, evening entertainment, keynote speakers, an awards ceremony, and more. Click here for more information. 

  Saturday only includes three meals (B/L/D) and all workshops and events on Saturday. 

  Note that we are monitoring COVID protocols closely and may need to make adjustments as the pandemic continues to evolve. Proof of negative test within 48 hours may be required to attend. Masking while indoors is strongly encouraged. 

  
  

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• Resources for World Oceans Day

  • When
    May 16, 2023
  •  
    4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
  • Location
    Online

  Resources for World Oceans Day

  Tues, May 16 – 4pm Pacific

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  Wondering how best to connect your class to awe-inspiring water education for World Oceans Day 2023? Look no further! Our top panel of water educators will provide hands-on, engaging activities to do just that. Whether you live on the coast or deep inland, these water pros will connect you to your oceans in a wondrous way!
  
  Join water testing and data collection heroes, Water Rangers, community building, ocean conservation, and climate superstars OceanWise, and educational engagement specialists Project Wet for this workshop that will wash you away on a tide of ideas.
  
  All registrants will be entered to win some great draw prizes! Following the workshop, you will receive a discount link to the resources shared, the recording, and access your Certificate of Attendance.
  
  You can access some of the Water Education Resources that will be shared here:
  
  1. Water Rangers Test kits:
  https://outdoorlearningstore.com/2022/03/01/partner-feature-water-rangers/
  
  2. OceanWise resources: https://ocean.org/learn-explore/education/ocean-wise-education-kits/
  
  3. Project WET Canada: https://cwra.org/en/affiliates-programs/project-wet/#:~:text=Project%20WET%20Canada%20is%20the%20official%20youth%20water,a%20contract%20with%20the%20Project%20WET%20%28International%29%20Foundation.

  For those who can’t attend live, each one is recorded and posted on the Outdoor Learning Store's website. The link is also sent directly to all registrants.

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• Race and Nature for Educators

  • When
    May 23, 2023
  •  
    4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
  • Location
    Online

  Race and Nature for Educators

  Tues, May 23 – 4pm Pacific

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  Join Jacqueline Scott and Ambika Tenneti, co-authors and consultants for "Race and Nature in the City - engaging youth of color in nature-based activities."
  
  North America’s population is increasingly multicultural and increasingly urban, in line with a global trend that raises concern about a spreading human disconnect from nature, especially among young and racialized communities.
  
  Jacqueline and Ambika will share about their research, report and toolkit for partnering to serve diverse youth in connecting to nature making access to the outdoors more equitable.
  
  All registrants will be entered to win some great draw prizes! Following the workshop, you will receive a discount link to resources shared, the recording, and access to your Certificate of Attendance.
  
  You can access Race and Nature in the City here: https://naturecanada.ca/race-and-nature-in-the-city/

  For those who can’t attend live, each one is recorded and posted on the Outdoor Learning Store's website. The link is also sent directly to all registrants.

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• EECP Info Session #1

  • When
    May 23, 2023
  •  
    4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
  • Location
    Online

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  Are you interested in becoming certified as an environmental educator? Considering applying to California's Environmental Educator Certification Program (EECP) and want to learn more? Join our info session to hear an overview of the program. Be sure to bring your questions!

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• How to Teach Nature Journaling: Curiosity, Wonder, Attention

  • When
    May 30, 2023
  •  
    4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
  • Location
    Online

  How to Teach Nature Journaling: Curiosity, Wonder, Attention

  Tues, May 30 – 4pm Pacific

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  John (Jack) Muir Laws is a principal leader and innovator of the worldwide nature journaling movement. Jack is a scientist, educator, and author, who helps people forge a deeper and more personal connection with nature through keeping illustrated nature journals and understanding science. His work intersects science, art, and mindfulness.
  
  Jack will share about his new book, How to Teach Nature Journaling which includes 31 hands-on field activities to connect art, science, math, and critical thinking, while encouraging students and mentors alike to recognize and record the wonder and beauty in the natural world.
  
  All registrants will be entered to win some great draw prizes! Following the workshop, you will receive a discount link to the resources shared, the recording, and to access your Certificate of Attendance.
  
  You can access How to Teach Nature Journaling: Curiosity, Wonder and Attention here:
  https://outdoorlearningstore.com/product/how-to-teach-nature-journaling/

  For those who can’t attend live, each one is recorded and posted on the Outdoor Learning Store's website. The link is also sent directly to all registrants.

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• EECP Info Session #2

  • When
    June 01, 2023
  •  
    4:30 PM - 5:30 PM
  • Location
    Online

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  Are you interested in becoming certified as an environmental educator? Considering applying to California's Environmental Educator Certification Program (EECP) and want to learn more? Join our info session to hear an overview of the program. Be sure to bring your questions!

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• Walking Together: Two-Eyed Seeing

  • When
    June 06, 2023
  •  
    4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
  • Location
    Online

  Walking Together: Two-Eyed Seeing

  Tues, June 6 – 4pm Pacific

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  Elder Albert D. Marshall is an Honorary Doctor of Letters and Mi’kmaw Spiritual Leader from the Moose Clan of the Mi’kmaq Nation in Eskasoni, Unama’ki (Cape Breton, Nova Scotia). He has been working to advance the concept of Two-Eyed Seeing and is a respected and influential environmental voice in Unama’ki.
  
  Louise Zimanyi, who is of French-Canadian and Hungarian descent, lives as a guest in Tkaronto/Toronto, Treaty 13 territory. As a professor and researcher, she is co-learning from and with the Land and wise teachers, co-transforming early childhood pedagogy and practice.
  
  They co-wrote ‘Walking Together”, an innovative picture book that introduces readers to the concept of Etuaptmumk - or Two-Eyed Seeing, the gift of multiple perspectives in the Mi’kmaw language - as it follows a group of young children connecting to nature as their teacher.
  
  Elder Albert and Louise will read from and talk about the book, sharing how braiding the strengths of Indigenous and non-Indigenous perspectives together can inspire everyone to nurture respectful, reciprocal, responsible relationships with the Land and Water, plant-life, animals and other-than-human beings for the benefit of all.
  
  All registrants will be entered to win some great draw prizes! Following the workshop, you will receive a discount link to the resources shared, the recording, and to access your Certificate of Attendance.
  
  You can access the 'Walking Together' resource here:
  https://outdoorlearningstore.com/product/walking-together/

  For those who can’t attend live, each one is recorded and posted on the Outdoor Learning Store's website. The link is also sent directly to all registrants.

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• Animating Outdoor Learning using Finger Puppets

  • When
    June 13, 2023
  •  
    4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
  • Location
    Online

  Animating Outdoor Learning using Finger Puppets

  Tues, June 13 – 4pm Pacific

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  Join educators Charlotte and Bridget as they share how they utilise puppets including Indigenous designed finger puppets to animate outdoor learning in their teaching practice.
  
  Also joining us is Qwultultun - Robert from Strong Nations, an Indigenous owned and operated publishing house, Robert will share about why Indigenous resources like this are so vital to land-based learning.
  
  This workshop will be full of animal facts and fun that will have you lining up to produce your own in class puppet show!
  
  All registrants will be entered to win some great draw prizes :)
  
  Following the workshop, you will receive a discount link to the resources shared, the recording, and access to your Certificate of Attendance.

  You can access the Indigenous Finger Puppets, designed by Indigenous artist, Bill Helin (Tsimshian (Ts’msysen); Tlingit) here:
  https://outdoorlearningstore.com/product/finger-puppets/

  For those who can’t attend live, each one is recorded and posted on the Outdoor Learning Store's website. The link is also sent directly to all registrants.

  Offered in partnership with The Outdoor Learning Store:
  

  
  

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