Midwest Environmental Education Conference

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Midwest Environmental Education Conference

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11:30am CDT

Check-in

12:30pm CDT

Adapted Recreation in Three Rivers Park District Salon C (Capacity 117)Nick Sacco Honoring Indigenous Knowledge through Place, Nature, and Identity Pines (Capacity 35)Catherine Koons-Hubbard (she/er) • Casie Wise Reawakening kinship and reciprocity Hearth (Capacity 20)Colleen Robinson Smart, Streamlined Systems for Success: Tech Tips for Your Organization Salon A (Capacity 108)Victoria Rydberg-Nania • Skylar L. Primm (he/him)

1:00pm CDT

Integral Ecology in Practice on FSPA land on St. Joseph Ridge Meet at LocationSiena Muehlfeld • Beth Piggush • Meredith Hink Midwest Fisheries Center Meet at LocationCristina Stahl Outdoors Access 4 All Meet at LocationKasi Greenwood • Rachael Lewandowski Sarette • Monica Spaeni Reclaimed Nature Meet at LocationCindy Blobaum Summit Environmental School Meet at LocationOscar UrIbe Sustainability at Western: U.S. Department of Education Green Ribbon Schools Honoree Meet at LocationCasey Meehan

2:30pm CDT

Adapted Recreation in Three Rivers Park District Salon C (Capacity 117)Nick Sacco Forest Therapy Walk: Remembering and Reconnecting with the Land Timberlands (Capacity 50)Jacquie Medina Nature Ditties: Songs to Celebrate and Explore Nature (A GuideNotes Workshop) Salon B (Capacity 117)Kathryn Para, a.k.a. Frolic the Fox Spiral Belonging: Nature's Repeating Pattern Hearth (Capacity 20)Martha Brunell What is Nature: An Interactive Dialogue with Dr. Ruth Wilson Pines (Capacity 35)Ruth Wilson

6:00pm CDT

Thursday Night Social with Opening Remarks: What We Yearn For/What the World Yearns For The Nature PlaceRuth Wilson

8:15am CDT

Coffee & Exhibits! Watering Hole

9:00am CDT

Opening Remarks Salon A/B/CSkylar L. Primm (he/him) • Beca Borkowski (she/her)

9:30am CDT

Keynote Session: Ho-Chunk History: Traditional Cultural Resilience Through Climate Change Salon A/B/CBill Quackenbush

10:45am CDT

Everything is Connected: Hands-on Human Ecology for Young Learners Rowe (Capacity 72)Heidi Masters Food Frolic Academy Pines (Capacity 35)Tamra Dickinson • Vicki Lopez-Kaley Ojibwe & Dakota PLT lessons Timberlands (Capacity 50)Laura Duffey Stories of Activism, Empowerment, & Change: Exploring PBS Wisconsin's Wisconsin Biographies & More Badger's Den (Capacity 45)Michael Hartwell Taking Learning Outdoors in the K/1 Classroom Eagle's Lookout (Capacity 45)Karen Anderson • Wendy Fechner • Deb Ofte We're All in this Together- How the EPA Collaborative Problem Solving Model Can Support Environmental Justice Hearth (Capacity 20)Emma Buzecky • Megan Gavin • Nathan Melia Climate Change - Development of a Statewide Infrastructure Salon B/CKimberly Talarico (she/her/hers) • Samara Hamzé • Gina Smith • Victoria Rydberg-Nania Disentangling Environmental Education from Colonization Salon B/CDeanna Erickson • Hannah Smith Finding the Stories in Nature Salon B/CEmily Stone Letting the Land heal and connect: an urban mutual aid story Salon B/CZaynab Baalbaki Starts with us. Relationships, unlearning and learning together Salon B/CBeth Piggush Strengthening Connections to Place Salon B/CEmily Jones The Journey of Restoring and Revitalizing an Environmental Education Program Post-Covid. Salon B/COscar UrIbe

11:45am CDT

Affinity Groups! TBA

12:00pm CDT

Lunch Salon A/B

1:00pm CDT

Collective Leadership: Supporting Personal Power to Sustain Community Thriving Pines (Capacity 35)Emma Koeppel • Betty Ballweg • Lynn Parkhurst Nature Explorers: Effects of an interpretive day camp on attitudes Salon B (Capacity 117)Griffin Bray • Becca Franzen Creative Caring for Nature Through Art Badger's Den (Capacity 45)Kristin Gjerdset Increasing Accessibility through Transformational Thinking Salon C (Capacity 117)Kasi Greenwood • Rachael Lewandowski Sarette • Monica Spaeni Tracking: an introduction to math and physics Hearth (Capacity 20)Clayton Sattler Trees Tie Us to the Land: Using PLT to Foster Connections Rowe (Capacity 72)Nicole Filizetti • Michelle Ramos • Chip Murrow Using local phenomena to engage students in robust Environmental Education Timberlands (Capacity 50)Christopher Like • Kean Roberts

2:00pm CDT

Environmental Education with EPA! Pines (Capacity 35)Nathan Melia • Megan Gavin • Emma Buzecky Students Connecting through Manoominikwin (Wild Ricing) and Iskigamizige (Maple Sugar Camp) Salon A (Capacity 108)Brian Olson • Anna DeMers

3:00pm CDT

Equity and Environmental Education in Educator Preparation Badger's Den (Capacity 45)Becca Franzen Building Nature Connections & Community Salon A (Capacity 108)Emily Brown City of Superior Environmental Services Division Water Quality Programming Salon C (Capacity 117)Megan Högfeldt • Lisa DeGuire • Ida Sampson Nature Poetry Is For Everyone! Timberlands (Capacity 50)Nicole Filizetti Student Led Environmental Action Civics Rowe (Capacity 72)Michelle Ramos iPlan: Creating Localized Land-Use Simulations for Place-Based Learning Hearth (Capacity 20)Andrew Ruis Exhibitor Time Watering Hole Guidelines for Excellence Pines (Capacity 35)Becca Franzen

3:30pm CDT

Equity and Environmental Education in Educator Preparation Badger's Den (Capacity 45)Becca Franzen Circular Intergenerational Connections Rowe (Capacity 72)Beth Piggush Food Sovereignty & Indigenous Wisdom Salon A (Capacity 108)Heather Gayton How to be a Badge-r Timberlands (Capacity 50)Beth Schaefer Using Treasure Finders with All Ages Salon C (Capacity 117)Emily Stone

4:00pm CDT

Farm to Classroom: Embedded Agriculture in Culinary Arts Eagle's Lookout (Capacity 45)Mollie Haubenschild • Erica Yoss Growing Native Plants and Creating Pollinator Habitat with Students; a place-based experiential learning opportunity. Badger's Den (Capacity 45)Haley Diem Growing Where You Are Planted: Place-Based Learning with Trees Salon C (Capacity 117)Olivia Witthun • Jonathan Ismail Interpreting Northeast Iowa's Neutral Ground Salon A (Capacity 108)Lilly Jensen • Josh Dansdill • Jared Nielsen The Journey of Restoring and Revitalizing an Environmental Education Program Post-Covid. Hearth (Capacity 20)Oscar UrIbe What do you Notice? How Phenology Based Poetry Nurtures Nature-based, Inquiry-based Early Childhood Literacy Experiences While Expanding Children's Sense of Place Rowe (Capacity 72)Jade Ratliff Cashman

5:00pm CDT

Teacher Powered Schools Exhibit Social Hour (with snacks!) @ the Rivoli Theatre The Rivoli TheatreLaureanna Raymond-Duvernell

6:00pm CDT

Dinner on your own in Downtown La Crosse

7:00pm CDT

Breakfast on your own

7:30pm CDT

Movie Night: Breaking Trail @ The Rivoli Theatre The Rivoli TheatreLaureanna Raymond-Duvernell • Beca Borkowski (she/her)

7:00am CDT

Breakfast on your own

8:00am CDT

Coffee & Exhibits! Watering Hole

9:00am CDT

Iowa's School of the Wild Effort Eagle's Lookout (Capacity 45)Jay Gorsh What's new in the world of EE research? Badger's Den (Capacity 45)Becca Franzen • Yue Li • Kendra Liddicoat Changing Climate, Changing Cultures: Integrating TEK into Climate Education Hearth (Capacity 20)Victoria Rydberg-Nania • Cathy Techtmann Connecting Digital Students to the Land through Game Design Salon A (Capacity 108)Peg Steffen Decolonization: What is it? Pines (Capacity 35)Tommy Mackey Playgrounds not Battlegrounds: Using playfulness to engage in Serious Business Salon C (Capacity 117)Casey Meehan Sign, Song, Story: Keeping things lively. Rowe (Capacity 72)David Stokes (he/him) Tree Inventories to Connect with Community Forests Timberlands (Capacity 50)Jonathan Ismail • Dan Buckler

10:00am CDT

A day in the life: what do Gen Z-ers need and look for? Eagle's Lookout (Capacity 45)EENA • Becca Franzen The Stories We Tell Badger's Den (Capacity 45)Jane Weber

11:00am CDT

State Group Meetings (WAEE Annual Meeting in WI Room) TBA Exhibitor Time Watering Hole

12:00pm CDT

Lunch & End of Silent Auction Salon A/B

1:30pm CDT

EE in Action: Voices for Environmental Justice Salon A/B/CTommy Mackey • Dr. Lemir Teron • Robert Peterson

3:10pm CDT

Close Encounters with Small Wonders Badger's Den (Capacity 45)Jill Brigham • Kendra Liddicoat Diversity in Conservation: Creating More Diverse Career Pathways and a DEIJ Community of Practice Pines (Capacity 35)Lindsey Taylor • Cait Williamson Engaging Students in Lifelong Outdoor Adventure Activities in Physical Education Program Salon A (Capacity 108)Nick Okeefe • Oscar UrIbe Green House: Play a game about climate change Timberlands (Capacity 50)Casey Meehan Innovative Approaches to Great Lakes Literacy and Marine Debris Prevention Salon C (Capacity 117)Ginny Carlton Nature-Based Early Childhood Education: Using Seasons as a Navigation Tool for Open-Ended Learning Hearth (Capacity 20)Matt Flower • Alex LaBonte Noticing Nature: Connecting educators with their green spaces Rowe (Capacity 72)Megan Kuhl-Horbin (she/her) Resilience and Retribution: Key Components of Buffalo Nations Landmarks Eagle's Lookout (Capacity 45)Stacey Snyder

3:30pm CDT

Using photography to enhance nature connectedness Badger's Den (Capacity 45)Yue Li • Kendra Liddicoat • Becca Franzen

4:10pm CDT

Wrap Up & Closing Speaker Salon A (Capacity 108)Tommy Mackey • Deanna Erickson