BOOK A WILD VOICES FOR KIDS PROGRAM!
Due to recent CBEEN program funding changes, we will now offer price options for Wild Voices for Kids programs.
Please select the price option that suits your needs, knowing that some schools don’t have access to the financial resources that others do.
We ask that teachers ensure that a program does not violate their school and/or district policies before booking. It is the responsibility of the teacher to confirm program suitability and communicate needs and questions to the Community Educator.
We continue to have a COVID-19 policy in place and teachers booking programs are expected to read this plan in advance of their program to understand our policies and practices around offering programs.
Questions about the policy may be directed to the Wild Voices Program Manager at wildvoices@cbeen.org
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Reverse Climate Change - Solutions from Project Drawdown
| Bookable Type(s) | In Class/School Yard (1 - 1.5 hr) |
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| Duration | 1 Hour |
| Location | We will be inside, possibly outside in the school yard in milder weather. |
| Contact This Presenter | forestpathnelson@gmail.com |
About the Program
Explore solutions to climate change, even ways to reverse global warming with Project Drawdown. Through engaging exercises,
we will connect to solutions that are inspiring for us.
Often climate change classes focus on the problems with a final short time to the alternatives and solutions. In this overwhelming
time when many of us experience climate anxiety, this workshop offers a new story for local and global change and engages
students to be active hopeful citizens.
Project Drawdown, an international coalition of more than 200 researchers and other experts who identified and presented the 80 most substantive solutions to global warming. Founded by author, environmentalist, and entrepreneur Paul Hawken, the group revealed their extraordinary findings: that it is possible not just to slow global warming, but to actually begin reversing it by 2050. Drawdown is that point in time when the concentration of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere begins to decline on a year-to-year basis. It is when we begin to actually reverse global warming. https://www.drawdown.org/
About the Community Educator
After graduating from university, one of Malin's first jobs was to teach climate change to schools in Sweden. Her passion for nature and social justice has lead her to travel to many countries, to be a volunteer and activist, and now to homestead in the West Kootenay. Since 2017, Malin offers forest preschool and nature camp programming in Nelson.
| Curriculum Links: | Science 7 Big ideas: Earth and its climate have changed over geological time. Science 9 Big Ideas: The biosphere, geosphere, hydrosphere, and atmosphere are interconnected, as matter cycles and energy flows through them. Social Studies 9 Big Ideas: Disparities in power alter the balance of relationships between individuals and between societies. Social Studies 9 Big Ideas: Collective identity is constructed and can change over time Earth Sciences 11: Evidence of climate change; First Peoples knowledge of climate change and interconnectedness as related to environmental systems; Effects of climate change on water sources Science for Citizens 11: Human impact on Earth’s systems: natural resources, effects of climate change Explorations in Social Studies 11 Big Ideas: Understanding how political decisions are made is critical to being an informed and engaged citizen (from Political Studies 12). Environmental Science 12 Big Ideas: Human activities cause changes in the global climate system. Physical Geography 12 Big Ideas: Interactions between human activities and the atmosphere affect local and global weather and climate. Explorations in Social Studies 11 Big Ideas: Examining questions in philosophy allows people to question their assumptions and better understand their own beliefs (from Philosophy 12). Explorations in Social Studies 11 Big Ideas: Social justice initiatives can transform individuals and systems (from Social Justice 12); urban and regional planning requires balancing political, economic, social, and environmental factors (from Urban Studies 12). Social Studies 10 Big Ideas: Worldviews lead to different perspectives and ideas about developments in Canadian society. |
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| Tags: | Energy, Sustainable Living, Forestry / Silviculture, Food, Climate Change |
| Seasons: | Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter |
| Grade Levels: | High (10-12), Middle (7-9) |
| School Districts: | Independent, SD8 |
Program Price Options:
Due to recent CBEEN program funding changes, CBEEN will now offer price options for Wild Voices for Kids programs. Please select the price option that suits your needs, knowing that some schools don’t have access to the financial resources that others do. The following price options are available:
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Non-subsidized: Please select this option if you can access funds to pay the full price for this program. By selecting this option, this will allow us to offer more subsidized programs to those schools who don’t have the same support as you might. An unlimited number of programs are available at this payment level.
- In class/school yard ~1-1.5 hours = $250
- Half-day field study = $390
- Full-day field study = $595
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Slightly Subsidized: Please select this option if you need a bit of support in paying for your program. CBEEN has secured some grant funding to support this option. An unlimited number of programs are available at this payment level.
- In class/school yard ~1-1.5 hrs = $150
- Half-day field study = $250
- Full-day field study = $350
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Heavily Subsidized: Please select this option if you need a lot of support in helping to make programs happen in your school. CBEEN has secured funding to allow a limited number of classes to access two heavily subsidized programs/class/year.
- In class/school yard ~1-1.5 hrs = $75
- Half-day field study = $125
- Full-day field study = $175
- Fully Subsidized: Please select this option if you have no means of accessing funding for a program. CBEEN has secured funding to allow a limited number of classes to access one totally subsidized program/class/year.