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Welcome to the 2022 Advancing EE Conference!
Power of Connection: Growing the EEcosystem

We are so excited to welcome you to the Virtual Advancing Environmental Education Conference! We invite you to take advantage of the many opportunities to explore research, elevate practices and spark collaborations at the conference!

*Please note - Sessions, presenters and scheduled times may be subject to change.

Please contact Brianna Shriner, CAEE Program and Event Coordinator at info@caee.org with any additional questions.

11:00am MDT

Equitable Engagement of Youth in Environmental Education VirtualAmara Ifeji

3:30pm MDT

Restoration Ecology and Reparative Justice VirtualAsia Dorsey

10:00am MDT

Reclaiming Connectedness: How to Overcome Burnout, Demoralization, and Exploitation VirtualJess Cleeves

8:00am MDT

Check-in and Registration Rowley

10:00am MDT

Opening Session: Power of Connection: Growing the EEcosystem! RowleyKatie Navin

11:30am MDT

Lunch Schlessman Commons

1:30pm MDT

Fostering connections to cultivate the next generations of stewards for our land Northstar 1 & 2Danielle Ardrey Empowering Students to Increase Resilience to Natural Hazards through Civic Action AcordKatya Schloesser • Taylor Ruffin Planning Innovative Staff Trainings Telluride 1 & 2Sami Wolniakowski Education is a commons: Tensions of sustenance in our education settings Lower CaudillMandi Leigh

4:00pm MDT

EE Open-Space Session RowleyKatie Navin Roundtable: Building Your Career in EE AcordLisa Eadens Roundtable: Staff and Volunteer Recruitment Telluride 1 & 2Erin Dreps Layers of Water Equity Across Colorado’s Diverse Landscapes Northstar 1 & 2Sarah Johnson • Chelsie Romulo

5:00pm MDT

Dinner Schlessman Commons

5:30pm MDT

Explore Rowley Homstead Site!Rose Banzhaf Explore Snow Mountain Ranch TBA

7:30pm MDT

EE Networking and Happy Hour Rowley

7:00am MDT

Morning Yoga AcordDanielle Ardrey Breakfast Schlessman Commons

9:00am MDT

Certification 101: You can Become a Certified Environmental Educator Telluride 1 & 2Katie Navin Public Lands in the United States: A More Inclusive Perspective Northstar 1 & 2Sarah Johnson By Youth for Youth: Creating Pathways to Environmental Careers JustLisa Eadens What Makes a Successful Youth Development Program? Looking at Mission, Strategies and Outcomes for Three Local Programs. AcordKirsten Bell

10:30am MDT

Let's Get Messy and Take a Close Look! Engaging Kids With Nature Through Observation and Inquiry Lower CaudillVicki Saragoussi Phillips Ready to Launch: Colorado’s Environmental Education Plan Telluride 1 & 2Katie Navin The Year of Water '22: Bringing Water Education to PK-12 Classrooms JustCailyn Andrews Environmental education in Baikal region (Eastern Siberia) and role of indigenous peoples RowleyIrina Aiurzanaeva Glasgow COP26, Arctic Sea Ice, and the Living School Northstar 1 & 2Sarah Johnson

11:30am MDT

Lunch Schlessman Commons

1:00pm MDT

Get in the Creek: How to Do Macroinvertebrate Fieldwork AcordDonny Roush Envisioning a Native Plant Curriculum for PK-12 students Lower CaudillMargaret Gaddis Ute Knowledge: Colorado's Original Science, Technology, Engineering and Math Telluride 1 & 2Liz Cook • Carly Jones Activities to Encourage Green Jobs for All Northstar 1 & 2Sami Wolniakowski

3:30pm MDT

Closing Session RowleyKatie Navin