Permaculture Education
With the support of CBEEN’s Professional Development Bursary Program, Heather Keczan from Nelson recently attended the Permaculture for Educators Course in Portland. This week-long course [...]
Agua Adventures
Claire Pollock-Hall and Avery Deboer-Smith of Living Lakes Canada recently attended the Living Lakes International Conference in Valencia, Spain, with the support of CBEEN’s Professional [...]
Empowering Climate Action through Education
A group of CBEEN members recently attended the #EECOM2019 Canadian Environmental Education Climate Change Conference in Saskatoon with support from our Professional Development Bursary Program [...]
Getting Outdoors in Revelstoke!
On May 13 CBEEN supported the Revelstoke Local Chapter of EEPSA in hosting WildBC’s ‘Get Outdoors’ Workshop. 21 educators attended this workshop which was facilitated by Theresa [...]
Connecting to the Land and Culture
CBEEN member Brittany Haugen recently attended the CASS 2019 First Nations, Métis & Inuit Education Gathering in Edmonton with the support of a professional development bursary. She reflected [...]
Leaders emerge from across the Columbia Basin
In southeast British Columbia there has been an emergence of effective systemic leadership model for supporting environmental education in the K-12 school system. In April, for the 6th year in a [...]
Walking Curriculum 30-day Challenge
This past month, Mrs. Burgess’ Grade One students at Marysville School took part in the Walking Curriculum 30-Day Challenge. Starting April 3, K-12 educators around the world were dedicated to [...]
Coyote Mentoring: Part 2
On April 8 in Blewett, 16 educators took part in the Coyote Mentoring (part 2) workshop. Through our workshop bursary program, CBEEN supported the Kootenay Lake Local Chapter of BC Environmental [...]
Taking Literacy Outdoors!
On April 8 in Kimberley 34 educators took part in the Taking Literacy Outdoors! workshop hosted by Bonnie Davison of the Victoria Nature School. Through our workshop bursary program, CBEEN [...]
Local Educators Take Home Awards at National Conference
A number of local educators took home awards from the 2018 Canadian Environmental Education Conference. The awards ceremony, which took place on October 20 at St. Eugene Mission Resort, [...]
