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 […]
“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 […]
Supporting educator well-being supports the education system. But what happens if the teachers and educators are grappling with climate anxiety? How do we teach the leaders of tomorrow when our own fear of the future stands in the way? You are not alone. Let’s join together to learn practical habits to reframe climate anxiety as […]
In this workshop, we will share findings from our second year of the Climate Education in Teacher Education (CETE) research project in the School of Education at the University of Northern British Columbia (UNBC). We will then invite participants to engage in a mini workshop, connecting curriculum and pedagogy with aims and means of climate […]
With the intention of listening to the land and learning about self, this workshop weaves together literacy, drama, multiple learning styles, ecological awareness, art, mapping, and movement, thus enhancing overall well-being. Slowing pedagogy down, we foster a deep kinship with each other and with the land, awakening an awareness of the world in which we […]
Nature-based physical activity can offer an accessible and alternative teaching strategy to enable educators in K-12 schools to teach children and youth outside on a regular basis. Nature-based physical activity is defined as physical activities that are done in natural spaces, require little specialized equipment, can be participated in by most youth, are cost-efficient, have […]
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 […]
Four different types of outdoor play will be presented in this workshop: imaginative play, risky play, intentional play, and free play. Participants have the opportunity to ‘play,’ explore, and discuss each type of play themselves as they imagine how their students might engage with the provocations presented. (Primary/Elementary)
Hoping to integrate nature and place-based learning into the curriculum meaningfully? Still trying to figure out where to start? In this workshop, Hillary will discuss her experiences developing place-based curricula in urban and non-urban settings highlighting the need to pivot based on what is accessible to educators and their students. Participants will also learn core […]
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 […]