Midwest Environmental Education Conference

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Midwest Environmental Education Conference

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12:30pm CDT

Honoring Indigenous Knowledge through Place, Nature, and Identity PinesCatherine Koons-Hubbard (she/er) • Casie Wise Reawakening kinship and reciprocity HearthColleen Robinson Smart, Streamlined Systems for Success: Tech Tips for Your Organization Salon AVictoria 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

10:45am CDT

Everything is Connected: Hands-on Human Ecology for Young Learners RoweHeidi Masters Food Frolic Academy PinesTamra Dickinson • Vicki Lopez-Kaley Taking Learning Outdoors in the K/1 Classroom Eagle's LookoutKaren Anderson • Wendy Fechner • Deb Ofte Climate Change - Development of a Statewide Infrastructure Salon A/CSamara Hamzé • Gina Smith • Victoria Rydberg-Nania Disentangling Environmental Education from Colonization Salon A/CDeanna Erickson • Hannah Smith Finding the Stories in Nature Salon A/CEmily Stone Letting the Land heal and connect: an urban mutual aid story Salon A/CZaynab Baalbaki Starts with us. Relationships, unlearning and learning together Salon A/CBeth Piggush Strengthening Connections to Place Salon A/CEmily Jones The Journey of Restoring and Revitalizing an Environmental Education Program Post-Covid. Salon A/COscar UrIbe

1:00pm CDT

Collective Leadership: Supporting Personal Power to Sustain Community Thriving PinesEmma Koeppel • Betty Ballweg • Lynn Parkhurst Creative Caring for Nature Through Art Badger's DenKristin Gjerdset Increasing Accessibility through Transformational Thinking Salon CKasi Greenwood • Rachael Lewandowski Sarette • Monica Spaeni Monarchs and Milkweed: An Essential Relationship Eagle's LookoutJessica Miller Tracking: an introduction to math and physics HearthClayton Sattler

3:00pm CDT

Building Nature Connections & Community Salon AEmily Brown City of Superior Environmental Services Division Water Quality Programming Salon CMegan Högfeldt • Lisa DeGuire • Ida Sampson Nature Poetry Is For Everyone! TimberlandNicole Filizetti iPlan: Creating Localized Land-Use Simulations for Place-Based Learning HearthAndrew Ruis

3:30pm CDT

Circular Intergenerational Connections RoweBeth Piggush Food Sovereignty & Indigenous Wisdom Salon AHeather Gayton How to be a Badge-r TimberlandBeth Schaefer Using Treasure Finders with All Ages Badger's DenEmily Stone

4:00pm CDT

Farm to Classroom: Embedded Agriculture in Culinary Arts Eagle's LookoutMollie Haubenschild • Erica Yoss Growing Where You Are Planted: Place-Based Learning with Trees Salon COlivia Witthun • Jonathan Ismail Nature Explorers: Effects of an interpretive day camp on attitudes TimberlandGriffin Bray • Becca Franzen The Journey of Restoring and Revitalizing an Environmental Education Program Post-Covid. HearthOscar 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 RoweJade Ratliff Cashman

9:00am CDT

What's new in the world of EE research? Badger's DenBecca Franzen • Yue Li • Kendra Liddicoat Changing Climate, Changing Cultures: Integrating TEK into Climate Education HearthVictoria Rydberg-Nania • Cathy Techtmann Decolonization: What is it? PinesTommy Mackey Playgrounds not Battlegrounds: Using playfulness to engage in Serious Business Salon CCasey Meehan Tree Inventories to Connect with Community Forests TimberlandJonathan Ismail • Dan Buckler

10:00am CDT

A day in the life: what do Gen Z-ers need and look for? Eagle's LookoutBecca Franzen The Stories We Tell Badger's DenJane Weber

1:30pm CDT

EE in Action: Empower to Advocate Salon A/B/CMegan Giefer

3:10pm CDT

Close Encounters with Small Wonders Badger's DenJill Brigham • Kendra Liddicoat Diversity in Conservation: Creating More Diverse Career Pathways and a DEIJ Community of Practice PinesLindsey Taylor • Cait Williamson Engaging Students in Lifelong Outdoor Adventure Activities in Physical Education Program Salon ANick Okeefe • Oscar UrIbe Green House: Play a game about climate change TimberlandCasey Meehan Innovative Approaches to Great Lakes Literacy and Marine Debris Prevention Salon CGinny Carlton Nature-Based Early Childhood Education: Using Seasons as a Navigation Tool for Open-Ended Learning HearthMatt Flower • Alex LaBonte

3:30pm CDT

Using photography to enhance nature connectedness Badger's DenYue Li • Kendra Liddicoat • Becca Franzen