Massachusetts Environmental Education Society

NAAEE 2022: Educating for Change Symposium
2022-10-11 08:00 - 2022-10-12 17:00 (America/Halifax) | Westin La Paloma Resort, 3800 E. Sunrise Drive, Tucson, AZ, 85718, United States

Growing Up WILD Professional Development Workshop
2022-10-01 09:00 - 15:30 | Turn Back Time (Barn), 250 Marshall Street, Paxton, 250 Marshall Street, Paxton, MA, United States
Growing Up WILD: Exploring Nature with Young Children is an early childhood education activity guide that builds on children’s sense of wonder about nature and invites them to explore wildlife and the world around them. Through a wide range of activities and experiences, it provides a foundation for developing positive impressions about nature while also building lifelong social and cognitive skills. Workshop participants will receive a copy of the guide and a certification of completion. Registration deadline is September 23, 2022. Space is limited, so register early.
.5 CEU’s pending *Please bring your own snacks, bag lunch & beverage *Wear clothes and shoes appropriate for indoor and outdoor activities * We will follow the local & state recommended COVID-19 guidelines

Farm-Based Education Network Berkshire Region Learning Journey
2022-09-30 09:45 - 2022-10-01 17:00 | Western Mass, MA, United States
Join peer farm-based educators for a series of farm tours around Western MA.
You’re invited to a Learning Journey! This series of farm tours will offer a deep dive deep into program strengths and attributes, while you take in the sights, sounds, and smells of each host farm. We’ll share activities, meals and reflections as we explore together. To accommodate varying schedules and interests, registration is offered on a per farm basis, so you can customize your itinerary. Group transportation is not provided. Participants should plan to drive yourself from farm to farm, and we’ll meet up at each site once everyone has arrived. Please prepare for being outdoors all day in all weather! And remember if you are experiencing symptoms from any illness, please stay home.
Interested in carpooling? A van will be leaving from Berkshire Botanical Garden on Friday morning, returning Friday evening after the Hawthorne Valley visit. If you’re interested in hopping in the van, please contact Bridgette Stone: bstone@berkshirebotanical.org

Deeper Learning Boston 2022
2022-09-30 08:00 - 2022-10-01 17:00
Share space with regional change-makers ready to explore place-based learning, environmental justice, and creativity through the arts. We will bring a regional spin to dialogue, reflection, and inspiration that are part of the original Deeper Learning conference with teachers, educational leaders, facilitators, and artists from Boston and the surrounding Northeast region.
We’re excited to partner with Hale Education in hosting this inaugural Deeper Learning Boston conference in Westwood and Dover, MA. The DL Boston Experience will take place at Hale’s 1,000-acre outdoor campus and at the Westwood High School campus.
Day 1 is all about connecting and experiencing deeper learning for yourself through immersive deep dive sessions. This entire day is spent outdoors with minimal technology at Hale and is filled with opportunities to engage with other attendees in smaller group sessions as well as a whole group conference kick-off and reception.
Day 2 will build on the connections from Day 1 through advisory and the Share Your Learning Showcase where you will reflect and engage in dialogue. This day will be held at the nearby Westwood High School campus. You’ll be inspired to keep the momentum going by our den talks and closing keynote.

Farm to School Advocacy Training
2022-09-29 10:00 - 11:00, 2022-09-28 18:00, 2022-09-28 15:00 - 16:00
Help get the Massachusetts Farm to School Grant bill passed next session. Join Coalition members across the state during Farm to School Month in meeting with legislators in October at the Statehouse, in district, or virtually. One of the most important things you can do is have a conversation with your legislators or their staff. Join us, along with advocacy experts from Action Circles, for a short training on how to prepare for and have a successful meeting. Join in on this training and learn how to ask for the meeting, what the (short) agenda should be, how to prepare, and how you can begin to build, or deepen your relationship with your legislators. Register for one of the virtual trainings here:

Wednesday, Sep 28, 2022, 3 – 4pm
Wednesday, Sep 28, 2022, 6 – 7pm
Thursday, Sep 29, 2022, 10 – 11am
Tuesday, Oct 18, 2022, 12 – 1pm
Tuesday, Oct 18, 2022, 4 – 5pm

Trails & Sails: Essex National Heritage Area
2022-09-16 - 2022-09-25
Mark your calendars! Trails & Sails 2022 takes place from September 16 to September 25. Discover special places in your backyard during Trails & Sails! Be guided through unique landscapes on land and sea, explore historic properties, and take in cultural experiences of all kinds. Find what makes Essex County like nowhere else during Trails & Sails!
Trails & Sails is organized and coordinated by Essex Heritage, the regional non-profit working to preserve and enhance natural, cultural, and historic resources around Essex County. Essex Heritage relies on many non-profit, community, and small business partners to offer a taste of heritage during Trails & Sails.

MEES Board Meeting
2022-09-13 15:30 - 17:00, 2022-08-09 15:30 - 17:00

Mass Ag in the Classroom Mini-Grant Deadline
2022-09-01 08:00 - 17:00
Goals of the Mini-Grant Program
The mini-grant program aims to fund agriculture-related education projects that:

Connect students to the local and sustainable food movement

Provide students with hands-on experience of good agricultural practices including in the school garden

Develop instructional materials and methods for teaching science through the lens of agriculture

Enable students to see connections between agricultural practices and human health, nutrition, environment, community, and sustainability

Integrate sustainable agricultural literacy into science, math, social studies, language and literature, and arts curricula

Promote an understanding of the challenges faced by present-day farmers

Introduce ideas in creative ways that promote agricultural literacy both inside the classroom and beyond it

Increase knowledge and understanding of the contributions of agriculture in Massachusetts to the people of the state, the nation, and the world

Youth Innovation Challenge: Tackling Marine Debris
2022-09-01 00:00
The Global Environmental Education Partnership (GEEP) is excited to announce the launch of the 2022 Youth Innovation Challenge (YIC): Tackling Marine Debris. This challenge invites people between the ages of 15–30 from around the world to share fresh ideas for tackling marine debris issues. Three winners will receive a $1,000 USD prize. Submissions will be collected from June 29 to September 1, 2022. Learn more: https://thegeep.org/youth-innovation-challenge

eeINSPIRE Webinar: Mapping the Landscape of K–12 Climate Change Education Policy in the United States
2022-08-30 03:00 - 16:00
Join NAAEE and Monitoring and Evaluating Climate Communication and Education Project (MECCE) for an eeINSPIRE webinar to learn more about the findings of a comprehensive analysis of K–12 Climate Change Education Policy in the United States, including the next steps for supporting these recommendations.

ANCA Member CONNECTS: DEI Book(+) Club — Organizational Change
2022-08-21 14:00 - 15:00
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Book(+) Club
This group is a space for ANCA members to come together to discuss relevant DEI resources, deepen our DEI learning, find support and inspiration from each other, and make plans for action. The group will gather quarterly to discuss books, articles, podcasts, and/or videos around a particular theme. The idea is that whatever format works best for you, you’ll have a way to engage! Participants will also be assigned to small “accountability buddy” groups, who will check in between the quarterly gatherings to help us all keep moving forward with our own DEI goals. Participants aren’t required to attend all meetings, so you can register for individual meetings as you are able.
The ANCA DEI Book(+) Club Registration Fee is $5 per meeting.

NAAEE Conference Scholarship Deadline
2022-08-19 08:00
Each year, NAAEE offers a variety of scholarships to help educators and students attend our annual conference. NAAEE remains committed to providing as much assistance as possible to keep registration fees from being a barrier to conference attendance.

Affordability Scholarship

Arizona Academic Scholarship

Rising Leader Scholarship

William B. Stapp Student Scholarship

Young Professionals Scholarship

ee360+ Community Environmental Education Scholarships

Distinguished College and University Programs Accreditation Scholarship

Conference Scholarships

The Bee's Knees Workshop
2022-08-09 09:00 - 15:00 | University of Massachusetts – Agricultural Learning Center (ALC) farm 911 North Pleasant St, 911 North Pleasant St, Amherst, MA, 01002, United States
Meets at the State Apiary hives in Amherst. You will have the chance to “suit up” and be
up close and personal with a hive. The Massachusetts Apiary staff will guide you and
explain the happenings in the hive. Leave with lessons and resources for your class.

Natural Start Alliance - Nature-Based Early Learning Conference 2022
2022-07-27 08:00 - 2022-07-30 17:00
Registration is open for the largest national gathering of nature-based early education professionals!
This year’s Nature-Based Early Learning Conference is hybrid, giving attendees two ways to join the event: in-person in Cincinnati or online.
In-person attendees have access to workshops, site tours of high-quality nature-based programs in Cincinnati, interactive indoor and outdoor sessions, networking, and high-impact plenaries that will expand your ideas about nature-based early learning and sustainability. In-person registration includes access to all online conference content.
Online attendees have access to live-streamed plenaries, select live online sessions, a live online workshop, and access to 50+ on-demand sessions until July 2023.
Live and in-person events take place July 27-30. Visit conference.naturalstart.org to learn more and register.

Pride in the Outdoors Webinar
2022-07-20 14:00 - 15:00
Celebrate Pride with Rethink Outside™ as they honor and spotlight organizations working to remove barriers to outdoor access for folx in LGBTQIA2S+ communities. Although LGBTQIA2S+ folx have always been in the outdoors, they have historically been made to feel unsafe, marginalized, and oppressed in these spaces. These organizations – The Venture Out Project, Mariposas Rebeldes, Ten Oaks Project, Queer Out Here – straddle the focus areas of ecology, outdoor recreation and adventure, food autonomy, place-based skills, and educational opportunities that empower communities to reconnect with the natural world.
Featured Speakers:
SJ Lupert, The Venture Out Project
Israel Tordoya Henckell, Mariposas Rebeldes
Lux, Ten Oaks Project
Ailish Breen, Queer Out Here
This is an open webinar – all are welcome and registration is required. The webinar will be recorded.

Climate XChange Webinar
2022-07-19 15:00 - 17:00
As a core tenet of the environmental movement, environmental justice (EJ) continues to evolve in the state policy arena. However, states are realizing that as justice and equity policies progress, their government structure must also evolve to meet these new challenges.
Embodying environmental justice principles requires re-structuring key features of state government such as staffing, authority, resources, representation, and procedures. This “EJ Bureaucracy” varies immensely across the states, thus there are important questions to ask and practices to share in order to make sure that our state governments truly prioritize environmental justice.
Join Climate XChange’s own research team to discuss what exactly “EJ Bureaucracy” is, what recent state models exist, and what questions to ask when evaluating your state. Register today!

eeSURVEY DEADLINE
2022-07-15

MEES July Board Meeting
2022-07-12 15:30 - 17:00 | MEES July Board Meeting

Young Emerging Professionals Tea Time
2022-07-11 19:30 - 20:00
Join the North American Association for Environmental Education (NAEE) Young Emerging Professionals Group for a tea time talk about managing burnout in the environmental education field.
