37 results for group: community-organizations-staff
Developing a Conservation Ethic: Service Work Meets Fun Adventures
When youth have opportunities to have fun in the outdoors through diverse forms of recreation, positive memories of nature can be made. But we can also build upon that by giving youth opportunities to take action in their own communities. Conservation service work opportunities can give youth the tools to then have a deeper appreciation for the natural world and open their eyes to ways we can help to protect and engage with it. Let's chat about how these 2 sides of the coin can be best integrated together.
Environmental Games: Bring the fun of outdoor learning into your classroom
Learn a variety of hands-on environmental games and activities that you can do outdoors with your class or group. Environmental Educators Michelle and Istafa will teach you several activities that you can use anywhere to engage students of all ages in outdoor learning in a fun and interactive way. The activities you will participate in can be applied to science, math, art, and physical education curriculum topics at a variety of grade levels. They also help foster practical skills such as teamwork, problem solving, and communication, and promote curiosity and comfort outdoors in your students.
Co-Conspiring In Partnership To Bring More Than One Story to the Outdoors
“The outdoors are not neutral”. “Social justice and environmental justice are siloed - we need to disrupt that”
Join a walking interactive story journey centred around how to work in a trusting partnership that links race and place in outdoor environmental education and climate justice. Follow a path of critical friendship and thought partners as they share the messiness and success of lifting joy and justice. Grounded in research and in practice, topics like reciprocity, GAP analysis, challenging conversations and impact will be shared through the lens of our shared experience doing this work in Ontario.
Each participant will walk ...
Healing in Nature – Introducing The National Healing Forest Initiative
Breaking free of the walls which confine us can lead us in to nature, a space where we can heal, learn, and reconnect with ourselves and each other. The National Healing Forest Initiative founded by Patricia Stirbys, a Cowessess First Nation Lawyer, and Peter Croal, a Geological Consultant, after the findings of the 2015 Truth & Reconciliation Report, is an opportunity upon which you may wish to act as well. This workshop explores what and where the Healing Forests are and how they can fulfil a call to action towards reconciliation, addressing the 60's Scoop, Missing & Murdered Indigenous Women & Girls, and Residential School Survivors and the ones ...
May We Be Peaceful: Inner Work for Systems Change
Cultivating our inner peace as educators and human beings is our greatest human technology. In alignment with Otto Scharmer’s Theory U for systems change; deep listening, deep terrain, and healing the gaps which disconnect us from our nature are our most promising means of re-connection. May our disruption become transformation as we move forward together into the future as architects of connection.
Through developing a practice of daily nature rituals with my Grade 2 class during challenging times, we intentionally attuned to our human nature on a daily basis. We sought refuge from the downward spiral among the leaves and changing seasons. We ...
Nature Journaling as a Tool for Connection & Conservation
How can using an arts-based practice of reflection create a stronger ecological identity? We will make time to slow down and intentionally connect deeper to place through the practice of nature journaling.
How can a stronger ecological identity strengthen the overall resiliency of teachers?
How can the products of art practice act as an invitation to fellow educators to strengthen their connection and understanding of their sense of place?
Tipi Teachings and Balanced Living
Putting up a full size tipi with participants - learning about the history and the significance of the tipi.
Creating Reciprocal Relationships in Nature: Spiritually, Emotionally, Physically & Mentally
Kwe', this 75-minute workshop is packed with activities to inspire educators to embrace the simplicity of land-based education. Introducing a respectful approach to spiritually reconnect with nature; learn what natural clues to look for if you get lost in the woods; and enjoy a memorable way to embrace the beauty of the forest. Including an exhilarating take on sit spots, help expand our ideas with a knowledge building circle and take home some valuable resources to start or inspire your own outdoor adventures. Join us for some exciting immersive experiences in nature that you can practice with your own students.
Walking Together through Etuaptmumk/Two-Eyed Seeing
When we walk together in a good way we learn to see and know the world through two eyes. Nature has rights, and we have responsibilities as storytellers, educators, artists and advocates to use our gifts to protect Mother Earth. Engage in an interactive session exploring Etuaptmumk, the gift of multiple perspectives in the Mi'kmaw language also known as Two-Eyed Seeing. Weaving the strengths of Indigenous and non-Indigenous knowledges through the exchange of stories, learn more about how we came to co-create the picture book ""Walking Together"" (Annick Press), reading with all ages, including in a Land-Based Play and Co-Learning through Etuaptmumk/...
Lessons From the Land: Indigenous Food Sovereignty as Climate Action
Kâpapâmachakwêw-Wandering Spirit School (TDSB) has seen students thrive through the implementation of a land-based learning program centred on Indigenous food sovereignty and traditional foodways. This presentation is designed for educators who are eager to either establish or further develop a similar program. Attendees will learn ways to provide students with rich and authentic learning experiences by taking inspiration for their lessons from the land. It will specifically discuss urban school farming and our experiences of incorporating traditional Indigenous food ways in our land-based learning program. Participants will collaborate to co-cre...
