Earth Matters Environmental Education Conference: Grid

Over 70 sessions to choose from! There is something for everyone.

Interested in exploring the intersections between energy and environment? Learn about best practices in climate change education and energy education programs from practitioners across the country.
Interested in what is going on in classrooms? You’ll hear firsthand about exciting projects and best practices from classroom teachers.
Want to get outside and enjoy fall in the Rockies? Join the outdoor sessions, and learn by doing.

A few of the sessions do require pre-registration, you will find a link to the registration in the session description.

If you would like to log in, you can create your own personalized schedule. There will also be an app available for your mobile devices allowing you to access all the conference information.

If you have any questions about the program, please contact christina@abcee.org.

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Pre-Conference Summit to Advance Energy and Environmental Literacy in Alberta 9:00am - 4:00pm

Snack and Chat 7:00pm - 9:00pm

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Recreation on Public Lands: Promoting Responsibl... 10:15am - 11:00am

What About a Forest? 11:15am - 12:00pm

Using Real World Data to Learn About People and the Environment: A New Teacher K... 2:30pm - 3:45pm

Education for Sustainability and Teacher Education: An Exploration of Promising... 4:00pm - 5:15pm

Contemplation and Silence: The Role of Retreat C... 10:15am - 11:00am

Making Connections with Permaculture 11:15am - 12:00pm

Designing Meaningful Outdoor Education Experiences 2:30pm - 3:45pm

Exploring your Place 4:00pm - 5:15pm

The Unsaid: When Climate Change Hits Home 10:15am - 11:15am

ecoSTEAM: ecological contexts of Science, Techno... 11:15am - 12:00pm

Slugs and Shortcuts: Working with Children in Ec... 10:15am - 11:00am

Equipping Youth to Impact Change Using 21st Cent... 11:15am - 12:00pm

Creating Spaces for Renewal and Reconnection in Environmental and Ecological Edu... 2:30pm - 3:45pm

Growing Up WILD 4:00pm - 5:15pm

Musical Coffeehouse 7:00pm - 9:00pm

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Broadening our Ways of Knowing 10:15am - 11:00am

Outdoor Education with At-risk youth 11:15am - 12:00pm

What Does it Mean to Help? Lessons from a Global Water Charity 2:30pm - 3:45pm

Environmental Refugees, Resiliency, and Sense of Place 4:00pm - 5:15pm

EE Hits the Trail to Discover 21st Century Learn... 10:15am - 11:00am

Backcasting to a Sustainable Future in Energy 11:15am - 12:00pm

Forest Schools: From Practitioners to Practice 2:30pm - 3:45pm

Controversial Issues in the Classroom 4:00pm - 5:15pm

Free for All: An Analysis of Sustainability in E... 10:15am - 11:00am

GREEN Schools Canada: Transforming for Sustainab... 11:15am - 12:00pm

Dinner on your own 5:30pm - 7:00pm

Collaborating to Increase Water Literacy 10:15am - 11:00am

From Forest to Playground: Shifting Practices in... 11:15am - 12:00pm

Transforming Learning Through Authentic Inquiry 2:30pm - 5:15pm

Re-Connecting with Nature Leadership Skills Workshop 2:30pm - 5:15pm

GET X-STREAM: Citizen Science for Students 2:30pm - 5:15pm

Science via the Senses: Embodied Cognition and Inquiry in Ecological Education 2:30pm - 5:15pm

Morning Yoga 7:00am - 7:45am

Teaching the Untouchables: An Adventure with Mic... 10:15am - 11:00am

The Key to 'Getting It': The Effects of Awarenes... 11:15am - 12:00pm

Pulp Paper Mache Puppets 2:30pm - 5:15pm

Continental Breakfast 7:30am - 8:30am

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Stories of Change and Action - The Youth Voice 9:15am - 10:00am

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Keynote: Suzanne West 1:15pm - 2:15pm

Sustainability in Education Policy 10:15am - 11:00am

A Success Story in Partnerships, Internships and... 11:15am - 12:00pm

A Radical Take on Environmental Education: Looking to What is Next 4:00pm - 5:15pm

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Hands on Energy Demonstrations 8:45am - 10:15am

Energy4me- Energize Your Classroom 10:30am - 12:00pm

Transforming Canada's Indoor Learning and Sedentary Culture into an Outdoor Lear... 1:15pm - 2:30pm

Engaging Youth to be Canada's Next Changemakers and Innovators 8:45am - 10:15am

Getting Families Outside - A Practical Guide to Family Nature Clubs 10:30am - 12:00pm

Spot. Snap. Post! Explore and Document Alberta's Biodiversity on NatureLynx: A N... 1:15pm - 2:30pm

Experiential Learning Environments: Creating Space for Environmental Study and Energy Literacy 8:45am - 10:15am

Climate Change Where I Live 10:30am - 12:00pm

New Project WET 2.0 Water Education Workshop 8:45am - 12:00pm

Using Technology to Connect with Nature: Two Innovative Programs 1:15pm - 2:30pm

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Discover BirdSleuth and the Citizen Science Opportunities from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology 8:45am - 12:00pm

Game of Growth: Using Technology to Create a Sustainable Future! 10:30am - 12:00pm

Forests of Our Future 1:15pm - 2:30pm

21st Century Approaches to Empowering Student Leadership in Sustainability (SLS) 8:45am - 10:15am

Art, Activism, and Place: Considerations for Environmental Education 10:30am - 12:00pm

Thinking Differently to Make a Difference 1:15pm - 2:30pm

Beyond the Field Trip: Creating Deeper Connections and Increased Impact 8:45am - 10:15am

What to do with Dandelion Stew: How to Turn the Ordinary into the Extraordinary Using Object-Bas... 10:30am - 12:00pm

What Should Students Learn About Energy and the Environment? 1:15pm - 2:30pm

Eco-Clubs: Inspiring Environmental Awareness by Empowering Students to Provoke Change in Your Sc... 8:45am - 10:15am

Engaging the Whole Person: Building Emotionally Intelligent Environmental Programs 10:30am - 12:00pm

Feeding the World: Resources to Connect with Agriculture and Food on the Local a... 1:15pm - 2:30pm

Learning Through Outdoor Games 8:45am - 10:15am

Deeply Connecting with Nature through the Core Routines 8:45am - 12:00pm

Nineteen Uses for Nature Notebooks 10:30am - 12:00pm

Connect with Nature 10:30am - 12:00pm

Morning Yoga 7:00am - 7:45am

Ceremony, Story, Other and Imagination as Ways of Becoming 8:45am - 10:15am

Honey Bees in the Classroom: Experiential Learning for Environmental Understanding 10:30am - 12:00pm

Two Worlds Collide - Online Learning in Environmental Education 1:15pm - 2:30pm

Breakfast AGMs and Information 7:30am - 8:30am

Continental Breakfast 7:30am - 8:30am

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GEOEC Awards

Keynote: Wade Davis 2:45pm - 4:00pm

Closing 4:00pm - 4:30pm

Metaphors We Live By: Developing a Sustainability Perspective through Energy Education 8:45am - 10:15am

Leading a Transformation for a Culture of Environmental Stewardship and Sustainability 10:30am - 12:00pm

Putting up the Big Tent: Our Experiences with Communities, Networks and Collabor... 1:15pm - 2:30pm