Midwest Environmental Education Conference

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Midwest Environmental Education Conference

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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

1:00pm CDT

Integral Ecology in Practice on FSPA land on St. Joseph Ridge Meet at LocationSiena Muehlfeld • Beth Piggush • Meredith Hink 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 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

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 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 Strengthening Connections to Place Salon B/CEmily Jones The Journey of Restoring and Revitalizing an Environmental Education Program Post-Covid. Salon B/COscar UrIbe

1:00pm CDT

Collective Leadership: Supporting Personal Power to Sustain Community Thriving Pines (Capacity 35)Emma Koeppel • Betty Ballweg • Lynn Parkhurst Creative Caring for Nature Through Art Badger's Den (Capacity 45)Kristin Gjerdset 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

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

3:30pm CDT

Circular Intergenerational Connections Rowe (Capacity 72)Beth Piggush 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

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 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

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 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)

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

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 Engaging Students in Lifelong Outdoor Adventure Activities in Physical Education Program Salon A (Capacity 108)Nick Okeefe • Oscar UrIbe Innovative Approaches to Great Lakes Literacy and Marine Debris Prevention Salon C (Capacity 117)Ginny Carlton 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