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Win a $50 MEC Gift Certificate in 10 Minutes! 
We'd love to get your feedback! Each year, we conduct a survey of teachers in Alberta, and use this information to:
- Improve our programs
- Direct professional development efforts
- Track changes in the environmental education community over time.
Visit this link to fill out our survey, Teacher Survey, it should only take you 10 minutes.
We will share the results of the agency and teacher survey with you (all personal information is removed).
Deadline: February 20, 2012
Please share and spread these surveys through your networks.
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Dialogue on Pre-Service Teacher Education - February 17 Calgary
The Alberta Council for Environmental Education and Mount Royal University's Department of Education and Schooling invite you to participate in a dialogue about advancing environmental education within teacher preservice education programs.
You will explore the environmental education that currently exists at Mount Royal University, and brainstorm and discuss opportunities and strategies to enhance environmental education within Mount Royal University's teacher preparation program.
This is an official session of the Calgary City Teacher's Convention, if you are attending this convention, you must pre-register on the convention website.
Everyone is welcome to attend! Learn more about this session.
We had a great turn our for the session at the University of Calgary. Review some of the documents discussed here.
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Energy and Climate Change Resources 
Winter is a great time to tackle these topics in our centrally heated, comfortable classrooms! Here are some great resources we have come across this month:
- Cool 2.0 - GreenLearning in partnership with TakingITGlobal just released an exciting hub for teachers and students. There is a searchable database of climate change resources, a teacher discussion board, and you can create on-line spaces for your students to work together and with other classes.
- Gener8 - Inside Education with the City of Edmonton is hosting an energy literacy youth conference for high school students. The deadline for applications is February 10.
- WWF National Sweater Day, February 9 - This initiative (very clever Granny campaign!) encourages Canadians to turn down the heat and turn up the sweater! There are resources listed at the bottom of the page.
- CAMEL - This site focuses on resources for teaching about climate change at the post secondary level so it would be appropriate for some high school classes.
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Winter PD Opportunity 
Kananaskis Country is offering a Winter Ecology and Safety session Saturday, February 11. Spend the day on snowshoes learning about snow science, winter ecology and safety. Find more information here.
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Green Teacher Webinars 
Green Teacher Magazine has more webinar sessions scheduled:
- Exploring Place-Based Education: What, Why and How - February 9
- Deep Climate Change Education: Learning and Teaching for Personal and Social Transformation - March 9
- Schoolyards Re-Imagined: School Ground Innovation in the San Francisco Bay Area and Beyond - March 27
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Happy World Wetlands Day! 
February 2 is declared World Wetlands Day by the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands. The theme this year is wetland tourism, learn more here.
Here is a great video from Ducks Unlimited that summarizes the value and importance of wetlands. You can watch it here. |
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School Garden Funding
TreeCanada has a program to support the planting of nut and fruit trees in communities, including schools. The deadline to apply is February 28. Learn more and apply here.
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Inspiring Story from Miami
Four friends lead the transformation of their school and saved the school board tonnes of money!
A great video to share with your class or eco club.
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Education for the Environment - New Graduate Program
The University of Calgary is offering a Graduate Certificate in Education for the Environment. You can take just this certificate or do three certificates for a MEd.
This program is designed for educators who wish to build experiential and foundational depth in environmental education by developing new understanding, caring and concern for the ways human beings are connected to and impact the natural world.
Application deadline is March and the program starts in July 2012. Learn more about this great opportunity!
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TD Friends of the Environment Support EE 
52% of projects supported by TD Friends of the Environment in 2011 were environmental education. Thanks for for the support TD! Read about the programs in the 2011 Year in Review.
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Story of Stuff Podcasts 
We've all watched at least one of Annie Leonard's Story of Stuff videos. Now they have a podcast called The Good Stuff - focusing on positive stories from around the world. The first episode focuses on plastic bags.
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