Climate Change: Take Action Now! is a guide to supporting the local actions of children and young people, with special emphasis on girls and young women.

The idea of this guide is that by recognizing the rights and capacities of girls and boys, young women and young men, the challenges posed by climate change can be turned into opportunities for sustainable development.

Check it out here: https://www.unicef.org/environment/files/AYCEOs_climate-change_take-action-now_EN.pdf

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BOGO!

Wild Voices has a great on-going promotion for paid Wild Voices programs - book one paid program and receive $25 off your next paid program!

Over 60 Wild Voices programs to choose from! Check out the searchable on-line Wild Voices database: https://cbeen.ca/wildvoices-programs/

👍 1-1.5 hr in-class/outdoor program = $150
👍 half-day field study program = $250
👍 full-day field study program = $350

Do you know an amazing teacher, administrator or student who is passionate about climate change and would want to share their story with Canadians for a chance to win $400 to put towards a Climate Action Project?

Learning for a Sustainable Future, Lakehead University and the Canadian Teachers' Federation are launching a video competition to hear from educators and students from across Canada about why climate change education is important to them and what they are doing to address climate change, personally and in their school.

Due Dec 13!

For more info, check out: http://ow.ly/3rms50xndoR

CBEEN is looking for an interim Wild Voices Program Manager to cover a maternity and parental leave. This is anticipated to be 1 year in length. The ideal candidate will be an excellent administrator who is highly organized and computer savvy, has great communication skills, and has experience as an educator.

This position, based out of a home office anywhere in the Canadian Columbia Basin, averages 28 hours/week over the course of the year (flexible working schedule) with some travel, evening and weekend work required. Salary is $37,856 – $39,312 per year, commensurate with experience. This position is entitled to 3 weeks of paid vacation, which can be used as accrued.

For more info, and to apply, go to: http://ow.ly/fFMH50xneSq

High school teachers, check out this awesome Climate Change Negotiations Game, where students step into the role of delegates to a world climate summit and negotiate an international climate agreement designed to achieve the 2 degree warming threshold that was agreed to in Paris at COP21.

http://ow.ly/z1Nm50xneue

This FREE resource is available from Resources for Rethinking, a project of Learning for a Sustainable Future.

Looking for baseline level climate change info and its importance in decision making?

The Adaptation Platform is hosting a webinar titled, "An Introduction to Climate Information for Decision Making" on Friday, Dec 6, from 1-2:30 pm ET. This presentation, a collaboration between the Canadian Centre for Climate Services, Ouranos, and the Pacific Climate Impacts Consortium, will introduce participants to a new PowerPoint presentation that will be available on Climate Data.ca in February 2020 for public use.

For more info and to register, go to: http://ow.ly/PL0t50xmryW

Our friends over Creston Valley Wildlife Management Area recorded breeding Trumpeter Swans on the CVWMA, which hasn't happened since 2017! To read more about this exciting sighting, go to: http://tiny.cc/kacpgz

Teachers, have you thought about booking Wild Voices for Winter? Why not sign your class up for a field study on how animals survive during winter, or animal tracking, or winter safety and avalanche skills?

Check out the searchable program database for winter-focussed programs as well as all other Wild Voices programs: https://cbeen.ca/wildvoices-programs/

**Paid program promo** - for every paid program you book, receive $25 off an additional paid program for this school year!

Calling all BC teachers: the Trust for Sustainable Living is pleased to invite schoolchildren around the world to share their dreams about the potential of partnerships and collaborations to help achieve a more sustainable future.

The essay competition is aimed at primary and secondary school students, supported by Teacher Champions, parents and schools. (To participate, each school simply needs to register a Teacher Champion to coordinate on its behalf.)

Students and Teacher Champions who participate in the essay competition will be eligible to participate in a Country Debate on the same theme in Spring 2020, leading to an online International Debate (among the top performing students) and Teacher Champions Exchange in Summer 2020. For the first time ever, the international events will take place online to help support the broadest possible participation from around the world.

For more info on the Schools Essay Competition, as well as the Country Debate and International Schools Debates, go to: http://ow.ly/oaGg50xekYA

Our friends at Columbia Shuswap Invasive Species Society have wrapped up invasive mussel sampling for 2019, and no mussels
found so far, which is great news!

The Columbia Shuswap Invasive Species Society (CSISS) has been sampling across the region this summer in the search for invasive mussels (Zebra and Quagga mussels). Invasive mussels could severely impact our enjoyment of lakes and rivers, damage native ecosystems, and cost millions annually in management if they ever got into B.C. waters.

For more info, check out: https://columbiashuswapinvasives.org/csiss-autumn-updates/

A BIG "Thank You" to the Kimberley and District Community Foundation for their generous donation to the Wild Voices programs. We can't wait to bring more place-based environmental education to the students of Kimberley and District!

A study led by Lakehead University researchers, in collaboration with Learning for a Sustainable Future, reveals that Canadians are deeply concerned about climate change, yet only half feel they know enough about the issue.

“Students, parents and teachers agreed that schools should be doing more to educate young people about climate change and that climate change education is the responsibility of the school system.”

According to the study there is a lack of basic knowledge about climate change among Canadians, including many Canadian teachers.

To read more about this survey and the findings, go to: http://www.lsf-lst.ca/en/cc-survey

The CBEEN job board currently has a lot of environment-related, Basin-based jobs! Jobs include: environmental protection officer, magazine editor, communications coordinators, environmental educator, and Wildsight branch manager. For more info, go to: https://cbeen.ca/job-volunteer-board/

The early bird deadline is just around the corner! Register your school’s Green Team action plan with BC Green Games by November 30 for a chance to win an early bird prize. Share the story of how you are making your school and community greener for a chance to win more prizes! Learn more at
bcgreengames.ca
@BCGreenGames
bit.ly/2Rs2WoO

Basin Educators! Nov 14 webinar "Intro to the Columbia Basin Climate Source for Educators" will explain the new online info source, which builds an understanding of current and anticipated effects of climate change plus ways to take action. Register here: http://ow.ly/ciYo50wszWJ