Encouraging Environmental Stewardship and Sustainability by Supporting Environmental Educators.

CBEEN is the regional network for environmental education in the Columbia Basin.

Our organization supports a community of engaged and effective environmental educators by connecting them to resources, information, professional development, and networking opportunities.
Wild Voices Program

Wild Voices for Kids connects K–12 students with local experts who deliver curriculum-linked, place-based environmental education rooted in the unique land, history, culture, and communities of the Columbia Basin.

CBEEN - Columbia Basin Environmental Education Network - Professional Development

CBEEN connects educators through workshops, webinars, courses, retreats, and annual events that foster collaboration, professional learning, and leadership in environmental education.

CBEEN - Columbia Basin Environmental Education Network - Membership

CBEEN provides educators with a comprehensive collection of environmental education resources, including funding opportunities, curriculum resources, professional development bursaries, and job and volunteer postings.

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The Outdoor Learning School & Store is a charitable social enterprise offering excellent outdoor learning training, tools, resources & equipment with 100% of proceeds going back to supporting outdoor learning non-profit initiatives!

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We 🧡 working with the team at Rise Up Indigenous Wellness on the Cycles of Indigenous Learning: outdoorlearning.com/cycles/ ... See MoreSee Less

We 🧡 working with the team at Rise Up Indigenous Wellness on the Cycles of Indigenous Learning: https://outdoorlearning.com/cycles/

CONFIRMED! 😍 2 chances to learn from the incredible DR. ROBIN WALL KIMMERER! 1 in November, and another in February. Learn more & sign-up: outdoorlearning.com/resources-by-robin-wall-kimmerer/ ... See MoreSee Less

CONFIRMED! 😍 2 chances to learn from the incredible DR. ROBIN WALL KIMMERER! 1 in November, and another in February. Learn more & sign-up: https://outdoorlearning.com/resources-by-robin-wall-kimmerer/

Starting Thursday! Indigenous Medicine: Stories, Plants and Sharing - outdoorlearning.com/event/indigenous-medicine/ ... See MoreSee Less

Join some of CBEEN’s team at this event on Sept 30 ... See MoreSee Less

Join some of CBEEN’s team at this event on Sept 30

Do you have your copy of Learning with the Land? outdoorlearning.com/product/learning-with-the-land/

🌳 Grounded in the Spiral of Inquiry and four foundational nature routines – Circle, Nature Walk, Nature Journal, and Sit Spot—this guide offers a flexible framework for responsive, inquiry-based outdoor learning.

🪾 Rooted in inclusion and guided by respect, responsibility, and reciprocity, it bridges curriculum, well-being, and Land-based practice in ways that are both practical and transformative

🌲 More than a manual, this playbook is an invitation to slow down, step outside, and trust that the Land has always been ready to teach. Printed locally on 100% post-consumer recycled paper.

Networks of Inquiry and Indigenous Education
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Do you have your copy of Learning with the Land? https://outdoorlearning.com/product/learning-with-the-land/

🌳 Grounded in the Spiral of Inquiry and four foundational nature routines – Circle, Nature Walk, Nature Journal, and Sit Spot—this guide offers a flexible framework for responsive, inquiry-based outdoor learning.

🪾 Rooted in inclusion and guided by respect, responsibility, and reciprocity, it bridges curriculum, well-being, and Land-based practice in ways that are both practical and transformative

🌲 More than a manual, this playbook is an invitation to slow down, step outside, and trust that the Land has always been ready to teach. Printed locally on 100% post-consumer recycled paper.

Networks of Inquiry and Indigenous Education

🐟 Our Director of Learning, Jade, coming to you from the Kokanee Fish Festival in Revelstoke!  ... See MoreSee Less

⚠️ This image is NOT AI ⚠️ We just have an incredibly talented person behind the camera (Kate) and in front of the camera (Jenna), plus a beautiful book to share! outdoorlearning.com/product/cultivating-imagination/

Oh, and while you're on our website, check out our AI Policy - we think you'll like what you see: outdoorlearning.com/2026/03/14/artificial-intelligence/
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⚠️ This image is NOT AI ⚠️ We just have an incredibly talented person behind the camera (Kate) and in front of the camera (Jenna), plus a beautiful book to share! https://outdoorlearning.com/product/cultivating-imagination/

Oh, and while youre on our website, check out our AI Policy - we think youll like what you see: https://outdoorlearning.com/2026/03/14/artificial-intelligence/

In our final post in this 'younger team' series, we're celebrating that Jenna grew up to be our Director of Indigenous Learning! 💚

Jenna has always been connected closely with the Land, and is on a lifelong learning journey that explores her culture, traditional teachings, languages, and Knowledge of nature. She believes that Indigenous perspectives weave effortlessly with outdoor, experiential, and place-based learning.

☀ Her dream is to give learners of all ages the chance to explore, learn, and immerse themselves in the outdoors, and Indigenous perspectives and Knowledge.

Jenna is a certified teacher of 20 years, a graduate of the Indigenous Teacher Education Program (NITEP), holds a Master’s of Special Education and graduated from the Secwépemc Language Fluency Certificate Program.

She lives at the headwaters of the Columbia River, which runs through and is the unceded territories of her ancestors, the Secwépemc and Ktunaxa people. 🧡

Learn more about Jenna, and the rest of our awesome team: outdoorlearning.com/about/our-awesome-team/
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In our final post in this younger team series, were celebrating that Jenna grew up to be our Director of Indigenous Learning! 💚

Jenna has always been connected closely with the Land, and is on a lifelong learning journey that explores her culture, traditional teachings, languages, and Knowledge of nature. She believes that Indigenous perspectives weave effortlessly with outdoor, experiential, and place-based learning. 

☀ Her dream is to give learners of all ages the chance to explore, learn, and immerse themselves in the outdoors, and Indigenous perspectives and Knowledge. 

Jenna is a certified teacher of 20 years, a graduate of the Indigenous Teacher Education Program (NITEP), holds a Master’s of Special Education and graduated from the Secwépemc Language Fluency Certificate Program.

She lives at the headwaters of the Columbia River, which runs through and is the unceded territories of her ancestors, the Secwépemc and Ktunaxa people. 🧡

Learn more about Jenna, and the rest of our awesome team: https://outdoorlearning.com/about/our-awesome-team/
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