Today's Outdoor Learning Activity for Students & Families - Make a sundial. This idea is from "Five Minute Field Trips," by our friends at the Global, Environmental, and Outdoor Education Council

Here's a link to the full "Five Minute Field Trips" resource - there's plenty more activities here to inspire outdoor learning: http://ow.ly/eGEW50z3Srl

Today's Outdoor Learning Activity for Students & Families - Explore words you can use to describe nature. This idea is from "Five Minute Field Trips," by our friends at the Global, Environmental, and Outdoor Education Council

Today's Outdoor Learning Activity for Students & Families - Make a mini nature park. This idea is from "Five Minute Field Trips," by the Global, Environmental, and Outdoor Education Council

Today's Outdoor Learning Activity for Students & Families - Make a Sound Map. This idea is from "Five Minute Field Trips," by the Global, Environmental, and Outdoor Education Council

This Thursday, March 26, Climate Interactive will be hosting 3 online sessions of their en-ROADS Climate Workshop. Pick the time that works best for you and register for this engaging and interactive webinar!

The En-ROADS Climate Workshop is a group experience which allows participants to visualize the impact of different climate solutions in real-time, using the En-ROADS Climate Solutions Simulator – a user-friendly climate model developed by Climate Interactive and MIT Sloan Sustainability Initiative.

For more information and to register visit:
https://register.gotowebinar.com/rt/8155465176928112140

Looking for online learning options? Cornell University Civic Ecology Lab is running a 5 week online course, staring April 7, about increasing your climate action impact.

In the Network Climate Action: Scaling up your Impact online course, you will learn what the latest research says about how to scale up your individual actions through your social networks. You will choose a climate action you take yourself and apply social influence research to persuade your family, friends, colleagues, or social media followers to also take that action. You will be part of a unique online community that is applying innovative, exciting, and evidence-based approaches to fight climate change!

5-week online course
April 7 - May 12, 2020

Follow the link for more information and to register!
https://www.civicecology.org/course-nca

Kootenay Conservation Program's final webinar of their 2020 Winter Webinar Series: Biodiversity in the Kootenays will be happening on Thursday, Mar 12, from 10-11 PST/11-noon MST.

Back to the Basics: Re-evaluating Bat Boxes based on Bat Needs, with Cori Lausen

For more info and to register, go to: http://ow.ly/AQXN50xXkzT

So many new jobs JUST posted on CBEEN's job board! Go to cbeen.ca/job-volunteer-board/ to check out jobs from:
Columbia Basin Trust, College of the Rockies, Parks Canada, Government of British Columbia, SD5, and SD8!

Kootenay Conservation Program's third webinar of their 2020 Winter Webinar Series: Biodiversity in the Kootenays will be happening on Wednesday, Mar 4, from 10-11 PST/11-noon MST.

An Evidence-to-Action Approach for Carnivore Coexistence in Adapt-or-Die Landscapes, with Clayton Lamb.

For more info and to register, go to: http://ow.ly/DDmD50xXkr5

Happening today! Columbia Basin Trust will have a free webinar about the various climate data sources available for the Columbia Basin and how to use them. This webinar will be useful for anyone who needs to use climate data to inform technical and/or policy analysis and decision making. Nelson-based climate scientist Mel Reasoner will provide a practical overview of the Columbia Basin Climate Source , the Climate Atlas of Canada and http://ow.ly/w8w350yl8Z8. He will discuss the key features of each, their commonalities and their unique data elements.

For more info and to register, go to: http://ow.ly/GaFd50yl8Z7

Thanks to all Kootenay Co-op members who have already donated to Wild Voices for Kids at the till this month!

Wild Voices for Kids is excited to be Kootenay Co-op's Organization of the Month! For all of February, donations made at the till will be used to bring more Wild Voices programming to Nelson and area students this school year. 😁

Wild Voices for Kids thanks and appreciates Kootenay Co-op members for their generosity. 🤩

Thanks to the City of Fernie for supporting the Wild Voices program! We look forward to bringing more Wild Voices programs to Fernie students 🌻🐸🐞🦇

Kootenay Conservation Program's second webinar of their 2020 Winter Webinar Series: Biodiversity in the Kootenays will be happening on Wednesday, Feb 26, from 10-11 PST/11-noon MST.

"We Should Plant Meadows": A Systems Approach to Recovering Pollinator Pathways, with Valerie Huff.

For more info, and to register, go to: http://ow.ly/Gyyj50xXkiC

UBC is offering a new UBC Practitioner Inquiry and Place-Conscious Pedagogies M.Ed. cohort based out of the WKTEP site beginning this August!

More info here: http://ow.ly/6LlS50yl9jB

Interested in learning more? There will be an online information session on February 25th. Deadline to RSVP to the info session is today! RSVP here: https://pdce.educ.ubc.ca/med_kootenays/#tab_InfoSessions-3.

A few new job postings have recently been added to CBEEN's job board! Be sure to check out: https://cbeen.ca/job-volunteer-board/

We would like to thank the District of Invermere for their grant to the Wild Voices program! We are excited to bring environmental, place-based programs and field studies to the students in Invermere this spring! 🐦🌻

Thanks to all Kootenay Co-op members who have already donated to Wild Voices for Kids at the till this month!

Wild Voices for Kids is excited to be Kootenay Co-op's Organization of the Month! For all of February, donations made at the till will be used to bring more Wild Voices programming to Nelson and area students this school year. 😁

Wild Voices for Kids thanks and appreciates Kootenay Co-op members for their generosity. 🤩

Students from Yaqan Nukiy learned lots in yesterday's Wild Voices program "True Survival Experts: Animals in Winter". During a predator-prey game, students acting as snowshoe hares are keeping out of sight from the lynxes.

Thanks to the students and teachers from Yaqan Nukiy and to Wild Voices Community Educator Shanoon Bennett for an awesome field trip!

Teachers, if you are interested in booking this Wild Voices program, or one of the other over 60 programs offered throughout the Columbia Basin, go to: https://cbeen.ca/wildvoices-programs/

UBC is offering a new UBC Practitioner Inquiry and Place-Conscious Pedagogies M.Ed. cohort based out of the WKTEP site beginning this August!

More info here: http://ow.ly/6LlS50yl9jB

Interested in learning more? There will be an online information session on February 25th. RSVP to the info session here: https://pdce.educ.ubc.ca/med_kootenays/#tab_InfoSessions-3.