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Applications for the 2013 leadership clinic are now being accepted with the deadline of July 5th.
Teams are selected based on the strength of their application, so don't leave your application until the last minute!
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Community of Practice (CoP) membership is free and it allows you to connect with educators who share your passion.
From gardening to waste education, there is a CoP for everyone!
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Are you looking for an opportunity to...
- Build the environmental education capacity of your team,
- Create an action plan to deliver on one of your environmental education goals, and
- Improve your team's performance?
The fully funded four-day leadership clinic will help your team achieve all of the above. The 6th annual leadership clinic will provide professional development sessions as well as innovative team-planning time for teams from a variety of organizations. You will network with colleagues and learn from others in creating your own action plan.
For more information and to apply, visit http://abcee.org/leadershipclinic/lcapply/.
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Champion Environmental Education 
Now is the perfect time to champion environmental education in Alberta - and promote your education program too! We have a unique opportunity to ensure that environmental education is a core element of future K-12 curriculum in Alberta. Let's work together to amplify our voices! Please join us for a free lunch and a half-day workshop to discuss:
- The case for incorporating environmental education into curriculum
- Key messages to share with government officials
- Strategies and tools to promote your program - and champion environmental education
Edmonton July 18th, 12:00pm- 4:30pm - Register here for Edmonton
If you have any questions, please contact Kathy.
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These meetings will bring together environmental educators working out of the Edmonton and Calgary regions to explore potential collaborations, address region specific priorities and issues and learn together. 9:00 - 10:30
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environmental education?
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community organizations to enhance the work in
their classroom. It will be an opportunity to learn how you can develop meaningful relationships with teachers and
students.
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This is the first in the CoP Outdoor Discussion series.
Date: June 27
Time: 6:30 - 8:30pm
Join us for a stunning evening hike in the Yamnuska area where we'll explore how nature makes connections and how we as a community of environmental educators can emulate those connections. From parasites to symbiosis - connections are everywhere!
This is the first event in our Outdoor Discussion Series, and a perfect way to celebrate the end of your teaching season or the launch of your upcoming summer season. Whether you are a teacher, interpreter, environmental educator, guide and no matter what your environmental education passion is - water, waste, conservation, outdoors, energy, climate change - you are welcome to join!
This series is designed to bring our community together in the the places we love most. Come prepared for a mellow walk and talk, rain or shine and enjoy some chocolate fondue!
If you are involved, in any way, with environmental education you are welcome to attend. This event is part of the Communities of Practice program with the Alberta Council for Environmental Education.
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And a huge congratulations to our environmental education colleagues who won the following awards:
- Michael J. Mappin for University of Calgary, Biogeoscience Institute Experiential Education Programs (Individual Commitment)
- Inside Education for Teacher Professional Development Programs (Public Education and Outreach)
- Emma Gilberston, Deb Greiner, Antonella Bell for the Green School and Kids in the Garden (Education: School or Classroom)
- Edmonton and Area Land Trust for the Preserving our Lands; Preserving our Legacy (Not-For-Profit Association)
Read more about all the recipients.
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Share your Programs with Teachers
Teachers' Conventions are a great opportunity to share you remarkable programs with teachers! Conventions are already accepting application with some deadlines at the end of June. Get your applications in soon!
See a full list of conventions across the province and links to workshop application.
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Kelcie Miller-Anderson won an Emerald Award this week for her innovative, yet simple solution to helping clean up tailings ponds. Her inspiration came from an unlikely source: a dandelion!
Read the article from the Calgary Herald.
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Have you ever wondered what those green bridges over the Trans-Canada Highway are in Banff National Park?
If you missed Leanne Allison's session called 'Highway Wilding' at the Earth Matters conference, it is not too late to see the ' Highway Wilding' trailer, the 22 minute documentary, download the curriculum guide, and learn more about an incredible wildlife success story right in your backyard!
Find the video and curriculum guide here.
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Interpretation Canada will be hosting their annual conference October 22-25, 2013 at Royal Botanical Gardens, between Burlington and Hamilton in Ontario and are now accepting applications for workshop proposals. If you have:
- Recent research to report
- Expertise and programs you wish to share
- Tips and techniques to tune us in
Please contact Stephanie Yuill or at (867) 920-8975 for more information.
Click here for more information about the conference.
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Events
The Permaculture Classroom Project - June 21, 7:00-9:00pm Calgary Michael is an inspiring Permaculturist and middle school teacher from Hood River, Oregon. Over the past 7 years, through project based learning with his students, he has successfully turned his Grade 6, 7 and 8 classroom into a Permaculture learning garden with a greenhouse, forest garden, pond system, chickens and more!
For the Health of Fish Creek - June 20, 7:00-8:00pm Calgary
Learn how local land development and management connects to Fish Creek, the Bow River and the most interesting water issues facing southern Alberta.
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