Posted under "Ecological Literacy / Ecological Footprint"

Green Teacher: Webinars

EcoAshley — Tue, 27 Nov 2012 14:22:35 -0800

Green Teacher has two final webinars for 2012, and more scheduled for 2013. Registration is free!

Making Cities Good for Children

Mon., Dec. 3m 2012, 7:30-8:30pm EST

Presenter: Mary Rivkin

Red Fish School of Change: In the Field, for the Future

EcoAshley — Mon, 26 Nov 2012 09:25:53 -0800

Do you want to contribute to positive change in the world? Have an idea about how you want to serve your community, but need help making it happen?
Join this innovative field school designed for people who want to lead the way in creating positive social and environmental change. Travel as a group, using mostly human-powered transport, through the West Kootenays of British Columbia.

Exploring Wastewater & Sustainability in Metro Vancouver: An Experiential Workshop for Grade 10 Teachers

EcoAshley — Sat, 17 Nov 2012 14:03:24 -0800

Attention Grade 10 Science Teachers!
Exploring Wastewater & Sustainability in Metro Vancouver: An Experiential Field Trip Workshop for Teachers
When? Saturday November 24, 2012 - 9:30am to 3:30pm
Where? Annacis Island Wastewater Academy
Join Grade 10 Science teachers from across the region for an experiential day of professional development. Explore ideas, strategies and resources to enhance your Science 10 teaching about wastewater and sustainability in Metro Vancouver.

The Charrette as Environmental Learning Space

wttcoordinator — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 12:10:43 -0800

The urbanist charrette was the first direct challenge issuedto the Modern planning paradigm. Striving to inject transparency, urbandesign principles, and meaningful participation into the planning process, the role of the charrette has evolved from exposing professionals to the subject site, to Educating about Sustainable Development (ESD), or ‘good’ urbanism.

ESD Canada report to UNESCO on Indicators of Education for Sustainable Development in Canada

wttcoordinator — Wed, 01 Jun 2011 13:18:00 -0700

Please see attached report, surveying the Canadian programs and initiatives for Education for Sustainable Development by province from 2007-2010.

February Issue of Ministry of Ed's Green Schools Newsletter

wttcoordinator — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 14:00:19 -0800

Please see attached PDF of the Ministry of Education's newest Green Schools Newsletter. This edition features:

- Environmental Aesthetics

- Carbon Tax Reimbursements and Carbon Offsets

- Green Spotlight on Sooke S.D.

- BC Green Games Accepting Submissions

K-12 Group

New Institute for Environmental Learning approved by SFU Senate

wttcoordinator — Tue, 21 Dec 2010 12:38:08 -0800

On December 6, 2010, the SFU Senate approved the creation of the new Institute for Environmental Learning (IEL). The key purpose of the Institute is “to develop and support research on environmental learning in communities, schools and post-secondary institutions throughout the Province of British Columbia.”

Walking the Talk Newsletter #34, January 2010: United Nations RCE Designation!

wttcoordinator — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 12:37:32 -0800

Greetings and Happy New Year! Walking the Talk is kicking off 2010 with an exciting announcement. The group has just been formally designated the new United Nations Regional Centre for Expertise for Education on Sustainable Development (RCE) for the British Columbia/North Cascades region. Dr. David Zandvliet of SFU spearheaded this designation on behalf of Walking the Talk, and he received the official certificate of designation from the United Nations University on January 10, 2010.

Hopes and Tensions at the start of the Copenhagen Conference

wttcoordinator — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 15:46:16 -0800

"Limits to Growth - the 30-year Update" is still worth reading

Geoff Dean — Fri, 20 Jul 2012 16:46:40 -0700

For an extremely insightful look into the range of challenges that we need to be dealing with, and their interconnections, see this book - its preface here. If we'd learned to use its paradigm back when the original was published, we'd be in far better shape today - and it would still pay to learn this perspective (rather than dealing with the world in disjointed bits and pieces...)

Higher Education Group

Tim Flannery Lecture at UBC

Chan Centre — Tue, 16 Nov 2010 13:10:37 -0800

Tim Flannery

Fri., April 29, 2011 at 8:00 pm

YMCA Eco Internship Program is Looking for Host Organizations

robyn.heath — Tue, 19 Oct 2010 11:15:00 -0700

Just want to pass on some information about the YMCA's new Eco Internship program as we are actively looking for organizations (particularly in the private sector) that may be interested in hosting an intern for an eco focused project.

Higher Education Group

Transformative Environmental Education: Stepping Outside the Curriculum Box

GreenHearted — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 19:56:03 -0700

Transformative Environmental Education: Stepping Outside the Curriculum Box

by Julie Johnston, GreenHeart Education (CJEE, 14, 2009)

GreenHeart Education - Transformative Education for Sustainability

GreenHearted — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 19:27:39 -0700

GreenHeart Education is a primer on transformative education for
sustainability — everything that K-12 teachers will need in order
to genuinely green:

2009-2010 Act NOW! National Playwriting Competition

wttcoordinator — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 10:10:06 -0700

Act NOW!
National Playwriting Competition

2009-2010 Act NOW! National Playwriting Competition

The Sustainability Officer's Handbook

wttcoordinator — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 18:02:01 -0700

We are pleased to inform you of a new Canadian book to add to your teaching materials. The Sustainability Officer's Handbook: A Step-By-Step Guide to Helping Your Organization Become Sustainable will introduce business students to the very practical aspects of managing for sustainability - with checklists on what to measure now and what to plan for the future. It will appeal to students looking for a "how-to" manual on the subject. It includes chapters on:

Choosing sustainability indicators
Greening buildings
Reducing energy from fossil fuels

Transformative Education for Sustainability: GreenHeart Education

kbowen — Tue, 26 May 2009 18:19:03 -0700

GreenHearted.org is a primer on transformative education for sustainability.... Here you will find what you'll need in order to genuinely green

* your classroom,

* your curriculum,

* your students' learning,

* your school community,

* and your life's work as a teacher.

Leadership Ecology Adventure Program

ryan barfoot — Sat, 23 May 2009 17:53:08 -0700

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K-12 Group

The New University Cooperative Summer Short Course Program

kbowen — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 20:53:17 -0700

The New University Cooperative is please to announce our inaugural 2009 Summer Short Course Program, being held in Nova Scotia, from August 1st to August 28th. The theme of the course is Sustainability and Social Justice; Capacity for Social Transformation.

A full-time, residential program, the Summer Short Course Program combines a range of learning experiences to help students develop the skills and understanding necessary to be involved in movements for social transformation.

Free Environmental Education Resource for Teachers

Quagmire — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 11:11:36 -0700

Quagmire: A FREE Simulation Game for Wetland Decision Making

K-12 Group

UBC/UW Summer Institute in Sustainability

sustainability — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 14:48:44 -0700

The UBC/UW Summer Institute in Sustainability is designed for those taking a leadership role in developing policy, creating plans and implementing sustainability projects in large businesses, colleges, universities, and local, state and provincial governments.

This intensive professional development program provides participants with the perspectives and practical skills necessary to make sustainability the foundation of an organization’s on-going operations.

BC Green Games Update

kbowen — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 11:02:45 -0700

The BC Green Games is a provincial competition that profiles student action projects which promote environmental stewardship and sustainability initiatives in K-12 schools and communities. The Green Games are focused on motivating action, facilitating the sharing of environmental project ideas, and celebrating the environmental efforts of students and schools throughout BC.

NEW UBC Sustainability Education Intensive! May 31-June 2. Open to all post-secondary educators.

Yona Sipos — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 16:32:16 -0800

Do you want to bring sustainability into your course, program or initiative, and don't know where to start?

Do you have ideas to enhance sustainability in your course, program or initiative, and need resources, money and support?

Are you keen to connect with other post-secondary sustainability education leaders?

If so, we invite your application to the new Sustainability Education Intensive!

Higher Education Group

GreenHeart Education

GreenHearted — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 23:32:29 -0800

Greenhearted.org is a primer on transformative environmental education and sustainable development learning, helping teachers green their curriculum, their classroom, and their school community -- in order to help students create the best possible future for themselves in light of 21st century realities.
Offers suggestions and resource links for a three-pronged approach to school greening: Operations & Facilities, Organizational Behaviour & Attitudes, and Curriculum & Professional Development, including a developmentally appropriate Green School Curriculum Model.

goBEYOND Teach-In, March 2 - 6, 2009

kbowen — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 09:12:47 -0800

If you had the power to transform our world into a healthier, happier, low-carbon society, would you do it? As a B.C. post-secondary educator, you hold a tremendous ability to open the minds of tomorrow’s leaders and help our schools and regions create solutions to climate change.