Welcome to the 2024 Advancing EE Conference! We are so excited to welcome you to the CAEE Advancing Environmental Education Conference! We invite you to take advantage of the many opportunities to explore research, elevate practices and spark collaborations at the conference!
Join us to engage with a sampling of formal classroom and informal activities developed by the team at the Center for Education, Engagement and Evaluation at CIRES. Play the HEART Force Drought Resilience Game and explore activities developed by our We Are Water project that highlights indegenous and Latinx voices.
Our surroundings are a curriculum rich environment for learning. "The Story of Place", connects and influences us daily. Come on this journey as we share Chicken Program stories. Chicken yard spectacles provide opportunities for students to problem solve, observe nature, develop leadership skills and foster a deeper connection to place.
Sustainability Coordinator, DCSD Office of Sustainability
My name is Beth Church, I am the Sustainability Coordinator for our district. I am thrilled to be working with teachers and students to help implement Sustainability Initiatives within their schools. Our department goals revolve around Environmental Sustainability Initiatives such... Read More →
Learn about the social justice and equity challenges we have been tackling at Bluff Lake Nature Center. We will discuss Bluff Lake’s work surrounding educational programming challenges regarding accessibility, bilingual facilitation, and scholarships, then we'll brainstorm alternative actions that you can use within your own programs!
Chira first joined the Bluff Lake team in March of 2021 as an AmeriCorps member, and returned to the education team in September of 2022. Chira grew up in Albuquerque, New Mexico where she developed her love for the outdoors in the Sandia Mountains through hiking and potlucks at the... Read More →
The NSF NCAR Mesa Lab Visitor Center has collected 10,270 public responses regarding climate change since 2016. A subset of these responses have been evaluated to illuminate perspectives, ideas, hopes, and fears about climate change. We will share our insights and collectively brainstorm using this data in environmental education.
Program Specialist II, UCAR Center for Science Education
I work at the UCAR Center for Science Education, which develops resources and hosts programs on behalf of the NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research (NSF NCAR) in Boulder, CO. You might know NSF NCAR from the pink Mesa Lab on the southwest side of town. I started at UCAR/NCAR... Read More →
I'm excited to announce that my first book was just published this spring, Evaluating Accessibility in Museums. Case studies share how multiple institutions worked from a variety of starting points to design programs, exhibitions, and accommodations for visitors with disabilities... Read More →
