The Cornell University Civic Ecology Lab is offering a 12 week non credit on-line course on Measuring Environmental Education Outcomes. A great opportunity!  

The course will focus on identifying individual, community, and ecosystem outcomes of environmental education and exploring quantitative outcome measures, such as environmental behaviors, sense of place, and connectedness to nature. Apply here.

Cool idea! It just filled up, but they are creating a waiting list if you are interested.  

This North American wide Professional Learning Community (PLC) is being launched January 19 with a webinar. This PLC will use chat, blogs, wikis and webinars to advance the field of urban environmental education.  Learn more and register for the launch.  

• Workshop - Education and Edu-Action - How to Move Learners to Action The goal of many environmental education programs is to move learners to take action. How do we do this effectively? What are the characteristics of programs that have successfully resulted in learners taking action? January 19 in Calgary, January 20 in Edmonton.

• Re-scheduled Webinar - Dealing with Challenges in Evaluating Environmental Education - An Interactive Webinar - Wrestling with a problem when it comes to evaluation? We are here to help! Along with real example, we'll provide more details on important instruments that you can use to measure the success of your program, and outline the broad principles that are key to a successful evaluation. February 2 3:30-4:45.

• Using Nature Journals to Teach Students How to Think, Communicate and Act like Scientists - January 25   
• Promoting Competencies for Sustainability - January 26 
• Strategies for Successfully Engaging Culturally Diversy Audiences January 30  
• Forest Kindergartens - January 31
• Thinking About Change: What Do We Know, What Can We Do? - February 1
• Exploring Place-Based Education: What, Why and How -    February 9    

Caped heros of SLISE

Congratulation to SLISE Team!  

Aaron Dublenko, a teacher at Queen Elizabeth High School in Edmonton attended the 2011 Cenvus Energy Environmental Education Leadership Clinic with three of his students: Cayley, Marc and Thia. They are part SLISE - Student Led Initiatives for Sustainable Education.   

In December, their LifeStraw project and fundraiser was profiled in the Edmonton Journal and on CTV news. Way to go!

• Local High School gives gift of clean water - CTV coverage
• Students' motive crystal clear - Edmonton Journal  

Two Wheel View Bike Trips 

Two Wheel View is now accepting application for their summer student bike trips to Argentina, Norway and Quebec. Pass this along to any student (14+) you know who may be interested! Learn more here. 

Adult trips are also available that help fundraising for Two Wheel View's youth programs. Learn more here. 

Training for Change is offering a three day Training for Social Action Trainers in Edmonton, February 17-19. The goals of the workshop are:

• To enhance workshop facilitation and design skills
• To increase the training tools you can use effectively
• To gain greater awareness of yourself as facilitator
• To meet and receive support from other trainers and learn about new developments in the field.

Learn more and register. 

 Jobs in Alberta  

• Research Associate - Alberta Council for Environmental Education
• Emerald Intern Program - Alberta Emerald Foundation
• Seasonal Forest and Wetland Educators - Inside Education  
• Seasonal Interpreters - Alberta Parks
• Communications Lead - Pembina Institute
• Acting Senior Analyst - Climate Change Central 

 If you have any jobs you would like posted on our website and circulated through our social media networks, please send them to Christina.