Hi Fellow Environmental Educators
Hope you have been busy bees these spring months and, leaping as we are towards the end of this term, did you know it's both Pollinator AND Frog ID weeks this week? See exciting resources below.
Looking forward to seeing you at the AAEE ACT Chapter AGM 24 November. It will be followed by a tour of the wonderful Southern Tablelands Ecosystems Park (STEP) garden at the National Arboretum and all friends and educators are welcome. Details here. RSVP please to aaeeact@gmail.com
See below for great webinars and other events by your fellow ACT environmental educators.
Curious about what AAEE members and member groups are up to around Australia? Read the latest OzEE News here.
Coming Up ...
November
- It's just been Recycling Week!
- 14 - 22 November - Frog ID week, see Australian Geographic's Frog edition
- 13 - 21 November - Australian Pollinator Week. Click here for ACT events
- 16 November 6 PM - What Is The Human Right to a Healthy Environment and How Does it Affect the ACT Region? Register here ACT Region Conservation Council
- 17th, 10 am and 25th 7.30 PM - Finterest - Registrations essential Really interesting webinars series on native fish recovery in the Upper Murrumbidgee River
- 18 November, 11.30 AM AEDT - Collaborating for Sustainability - Be You Connected Community / Early Childhood Australia. Join: https://zoom.us Meeting ID: 624 4574 3696 Passcode: 441307. RSVP to Shona Doyle and Margaret Ross 0499 300 331
- 18 November 7.30 PM - National Parks Association Webinar: COP26 Outcomes: What do They Mean for Canberra and Australia? Lucy Skelton and Michaelie Trenbath, from the Canberra chapter of the Australian Youth Climate Coalition Join Zoom Meeting ID: 853 2374 2928 Passcode: 717673
- 18 November 5 - 6 PM - NSW AAEE Awards Night - details and register here
- 23 November 4 PM - Reserve your spot at Junior Landcare's FREE professional development forum for teachers. Register by emailing enquiries@landcareaustralia.
com.au - 24 November, 5.30 PM - In person, ACT Chapter AGM . It will be followed by a tour of the wonderful STEP garden at the National Arboretum - all friends and educators welcome. Details here. RSVP please to aaeeact@gmail.com
- 24 November 2-3.30 PM - AELA Ecocide Laws Australia webinar. Info and register here
- 26 - 27 November AELA Biennial Earth Ethics Conference Nurturing Earth-centred Ethics in a Changing World
- 3 December Friday, 5.30, Fowles St playground restoration tour - Alice Hathorn has kindly agreed to give a site inspection of Fowles St playground demonstrating the changes a small community can make to increase urban biodiversity and restore ecosystem function to a woodland pocket park - please register aaeeact@gmail
- 7 December 5.30 PM ACT Region Conservation Council webinar - Food waste: treasure, not trash
- 10 December Friday 5 PM - ACT Region Conservation Council location TBA - this is the long-awaited postponed Spring Mingle (rebadged as 'Spring Kringle')
AAEE News . . .
was held on 22 and 28 September. This event was a great learning and networking experience and this year showcased Western Australia's wonderful environmental education. Remember, online delegates can still access recordings, a great way to catch the multiple concurrent streams.
AAEE scholarships for rural and regional education students - apply and have your next conference fees paid!
The Australian Association for Environmental Education (AAEE) – through the generous support of the Arthur Thyne Reid Foundation – has scholarships for teacher education students from rural or remote areas in each state and territory.
Each scholarship recipient will receive three years of membership with the AAEE and $400 towards attendance at our National and/or State conferences, including the upcoming WA conference. Members receive access to the Australian Journal of Environmental Education (Cambridge University Press), a highly ranked international journal; quarterly newsletter OzEEnews, monthly E-Bulletins, Webinars and connection to a local state or territory AAEE group.
To apply for the scholarship, go to grants, complete the application form and email to admin@aaee.org.au. Questions? Contact aaeeact@gmail.com if you have questions
AAEE's international scholarly journal - 'FirstView' and member access to 'School Climate Strike' Special Issue
A number of articles have just been released from the upcoming 'School Strike special issue of the Cambridge Core AJEE journal eg Menzie-Ballantyne, K., & Ham, M. (2021). School Strike 4 Climate: The intersection of education for sustainable development, education for global citizenship and the Australian Curriculum. Australian Journal of Environmental Education, 1-11. doi:10.1017/aee.2021.14 and Lowan-Trudeau, G., & Fowler, T. (2021). Towards a theory of critical energy literacy: The Youth Strike for Climate, renewable energy and beyond. Australian Journal of Environmental Education, 1-11. doi:10.1017/aee.2021.15 Not logged in? Go to the Member auto-access page for AJEE login
Don't miss fantastic local and national environmental education network newsletters and updated resources ...
- Actsmart Schools - great resources, networking and teacher PD events and school awards
- ABC News - great interactive page on the energy transformation As Scott Morrison faces COP26, here's how Australia can solve its climate change mess
- Canberra Environment Centre
- SEE-Change
- Junior Landcare - explore over 60 environmental education resources in the Junior Landcare Learning Centre.
- Icon Water Learning about water, check the Term 4 newsletter and watch out for water education news in 2022.
- ACT For Bees
- Cool Australia
- BirdLife Australia - new Birds In Schools program and resources and Teacher Education Kits
Be inspired by all of Australia's incredible environmental educators - read OzEE News! Download or view online - September 2021 edition of OzEE News, AAEE's national newsletter.
Vivienne Pearce OAM
(President AAEEACT)
ACT and Region Environmental Education Network
ACT: aaeeact@gmail.com,
National: admin@aaee.org.au
YOUR PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION - Working Towards Sustainability
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We respectfully acknowledge the Ngunnawal people ,Traditional Owners and Custodians of this country and waters on which we live and work.
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