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Fall Outdoor Learning Workshops
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Free Fall Outdoor Learning Workshop Series

You can now sign-up for FREE Fall Outdoor Learning Virtual Workshops! At 60 mins in length, they come jam-packed with ideas, inspiration & resources from some of the top outdoor learning organizations, educators, and experts in North America. Included in your registration is a certificate of attendance, discounts on outdoor learning resources & equipment, and plenty of prizes!

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Fundraising for Conservation Projects

Turn your ideas into reality by learning valuable skills in conservation fundraising. Fundraising for Conservation Projects is an online training programme brought to you by Conservation Careers and taught by multi-award-winning conservationist, and CEO of Elephants for Africa, Dr Kate Evans. You’ll learn how to search for, apply for and secure funding for your conservation projects, making you more employable and impactful as an aspiring or professional conservationist.

Date and Time:

Thursday, September 22, 2022, 11:30am to Friday, September 22, 2023, 11:30am

Registration Deadline:

Friday, September 16, 2022, 4:00pm

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Mindfulness, Sustainability & The Daily Cup of Tea

Mindfulness in the Daily Cup of Tea is a graduate-level virtual course for PreK–9th-grade teachers. Focus on establishing daily practices of SEL through nature immersion, mindfulness, somatic awareness, and practical plant literacy, including wild and cultivated tea drinking practices. Students gain focus through these regulatory practices, then dive deep into the NGSS/Common Core standards addressed through herbal and botanical experiences in the school yard and surrounding area.

Date and Time:

Monday, September 26, 2022, 6:30pm

Registration Deadline:

Friday, September 16, 2022, 5:00pm

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Marine Naturalist Teachers' Program

A virtual session of The Whale Museum's Marine Naturalist program just for Teachers! This high quality program will be entirely virtual with no live components. Presentation videos will become accessible through the virtual platform Whova starting August 22 and be available for 6 months!

Date and Time:

Monday, August 22, 2022, 12:00pm

Registration Deadline:

Sunday, August 21, 2022, 8:00pm

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Conservation Project Management & Design

If you want to succeed as a professional conservationist, you need project management and design skills. Join the NEW Online Training Program Conservation Project Management & Design to gain key skills in managing and designing conservation projects using the Conservation Standards – the leading approach within the sector.

Date and Time:

Wednesday, October 26, 2022, 11:30am

Registration Deadline:

Friday, October 21, 2022, 4:00pm

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Online Course: Global Climate Policy and Solutions

Follow the action at the United Nations Climate Change conference through an online course offered by Hamline University and Climate Generation.

Date and Time:

Monday, October 17, 2022, 11:59am to Wednesday, November 30, 2022, 11:59am

Registration Deadline:

Friday, September 30, 2022, 11:59am

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Communications for Conservation Projects

Moderator Endorsed: Conservation & Behavior Change

Communications for Conservation Projects is a comprehensive program of training, support and jobs from the team at Conservation Careers. It is built on a detailed analysis of what employers are looking for when hiring early-career conservationists. After completing the training you’ll confidently be able to plan and deliver effective communications activities during your career as a conservationist or environmental professional. Making you more employable, competitive and better at your job!

Date and Time:

Tuesday, August 16, 2022, 12:00am

Registration Deadline:

Friday, August 12, 2022, 12:00am

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Nature-Based Early Childhood Class and Badge

Introducing ECOPEEP a unique program beginning with a course combining early childhood education with environmental education taught by the Urban Ecology Center’s Matt Flower. By combining these two disciplines, Matt introduces you to the essential elements of Nature-based Early Childhood (NbEC) and demonstrates what makes Urban NbEC unique and effective. Online, Mondays, August 1-22.

Date and Time:

Monday, August 1, 2022, 6:30pm to Monday, August 22, 2022, 9:30pm

Registration Deadline:

Friday, July 29, 2022, 4:59pm

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Universal Design for Learning In EE

Register by July 8! Universal Design for Learning (UDL) is a framework to guide the design of learning environments that are accessible and challenging for all. This course will encourage you to reflect deeply on your practice.

Date and Time:

Friday, July 1, 2022, 12:00pm to Friday, August 5, 2022, 5:00pm

Registration Deadline:

Friday, July 8, 2022, 12:00pm

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Learning

Fundraising for Conservation Projects

Turn your ideas into reality by learning valuable skills in conservation fundraising. Fundraising for Conservation Projects is an online training programme brought to you by Conservation Careers and taught by multi-award-winning conservationist, and CEO of Elephants for Africa, Dr Kate Evans. You’ll learn how to search for, apply for and secure funding for your conservation projects, making you more employable and impactful as an aspiring or professional conservationist.

Date and Time:

Thursday, September 22, 2022, 11:30am to Friday, September 22, 2023, 11:30am

Registration Deadline:

Friday, September 16, 2022, 4:00pm

Organization: 
Learning

Mindfulness, Sustainability & The Daily Cup of Tea

Mindfulness in the Daily Cup of Tea is a graduate-level virtual course for PreK–9th-grade teachers. Focus on establishing daily practices of SEL through nature immersion, mindfulness, somatic awareness, and practical plant literacy, including wild and cultivated tea drinking practices. Students gain focus through these regulatory practices, then dive deep into the NGSS/Common Core standards addressed through herbal and botanical experiences in the school yard and surrounding area.

Date and Time:

Monday, September 26, 2022, 6:30pm

Registration Deadline:

Friday, September 16, 2022, 5:00pm

Organization: 
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Learning

Marine Naturalist Teachers' Program

A virtual session of The Whale Museum's Marine Naturalist program just for Teachers! This high quality program will be entirely virtual with no live components. Presentation videos will become accessible through the virtual platform Whova starting August 22 and be available for 6 months!

Date and Time:

Monday, August 22, 2022, 12:00pm

Registration Deadline:

Sunday, August 21, 2022, 8:00pm

Organization: 
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Learning

Conservation Project Management & Design

If you want to succeed as a professional conservationist, you need project management and design skills. Join the NEW Online Training Program Conservation Project Management & Design to gain key skills in managing and designing conservation projects using the Conservation Standards – the leading approach within the sector.

Date and Time:

Wednesday, October 26, 2022, 11:30am

Registration Deadline:

Friday, October 21, 2022, 4:00pm

Organization: 
Learning

Online Course: Global Climate Policy and Solutions

Follow the action at the United Nations Climate Change conference through an online course offered by Hamline University and Climate Generation.

Date and Time:

Monday, October 17, 2022, 11:59am to Wednesday, November 30, 2022, 11:59am

Registration Deadline:

Friday, September 30, 2022, 11:59am

Organization: 
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Learning

Nature-Based Early Childhood Class and Badge

Introducing ECOPEEP a unique program beginning with a course combining early childhood education with environmental education taught by the Urban Ecology Center’s Matt Flower. By combining these two disciplines, Matt introduces you to the essential elements of Nature-based Early Childhood (NbEC) and demonstrates what makes Urban NbEC unique and effective. Online, Mondays, August 1-22.

Date and Time:

Monday, August 1, 2022, 6:30pm to Monday, August 22, 2022, 9:30pm

Registration Deadline:

Friday, July 29, 2022, 4:59pm

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Online Youth Course: Leadership, Sustainability and Ethics

This training programme seeks to enhance young people’s skills and knowledge to be ethical and effective sustainability leaders and implement Earth Charter-inspired projects. Register by September 16, 2022.

Date and Time:

Monday, September 26, 2022, 8:00am

Registration Deadline:

Friday, September 16, 2022, 4:03pm

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The NEXT Conference: Innovative Approaches to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Join us at CWI's NEXT Conference on September 18, 2022, a unique opportunity to join with like minded educators for a day of deep connection, inspired new learning, and collaboration, focused on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Culturally Responsive Learning, and the Core Design Principles that drive our work with educators. This NEXT conference will include outstanding teacher led sessions and smaller group opportunities to dialogue and connect around practice.

Date and Time:

Sunday, September 18, 2022, 11:00am to 4:00pm

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Camera Trapping for Wildlife Research & Monitoring (Online)

The use of camera traps in wildlife monitoring and research has grown dramatically in recent years as camera trap technology and analytical approaches continue to develop. This course is intended to provide an overview of the use of camera traps in wildlife studies.

Date and Time:

Monday, August 1, 2022, 9:00am to Friday, August 26, 2022, 11:59pm

Registration Deadline:

Sunday, July 31, 2022, 11:59pm

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Wildlife Capture & Chemical Immobilization (Online)

This course is for students and professionals interested in learning about all aspects of capturing and immobilizing wild animals using a variety of techniques and drugs. This course is also the prerequisite for a 4-day FIELD COURSE designed to provide students a one-of-a-kind, hands-on learning experience capturing and chemically immobilizing wolves, bears, cougars, elk, and other wildlife at the Wildlife Science Center (WSC) in Stacy, MN.

Date and Time:

Monday, August 1, 2022, 9:00am to Wednesday, August 31, 2022, 12:00am

Registration Deadline:

Sunday, July 31, 2022, 12:00am

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Top two-thirds of graphic is a white background with illustrations on red and yellow leaves, a black outline of a bird on a branch, and six circle-framed photos of nature. The bottom of the graphic is a landscape photo of a group of people playing outside near a forest. Text is in the body of the post.
Fall Outdoor Learning Workshops
Learning

Free Fall Outdoor Learning Workshop Series

You can now sign-up for FREE Fall Outdoor Learning Virtual Workshops! At 60 mins in length, they come jam-packed with ideas, inspiration & resources from some of the top outdoor learning organizations, educators, and experts in North America. Included in your registration is a certificate of attendance, discounts on outdoor learning resources & equipment, and plenty of prizes!

Organization: 
Multi-color dotted background with the Conservation Careers logo on the upper right and a photo of a group of people holding a crocodile on the bottom left. Text is in the body of the text.
Learning

Conservation Project Management & Design

If you want to succeed as a professional conservationist, you need project management and design skills. Join the NEW Online Training Program Conservation Project Management & Design to gain key skills in managing and designing conservation projects using the Conservation Standards – the leading approach within the sector.

Date and Time:

Wednesday, October 26, 2022, 11:30am

Registration Deadline:

Friday, October 21, 2022, 4:00pm

Organization: 
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Learning & Teaching About the SDGs

The course introduces the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) – the set of globally recognized goals that aim to secure a sustainable, peaceful, prosperous, and equitable life on Earth for everyone now and in the future by 2030. Yes, the SDGs are indeed ambitious and need the participation of all of us! That is also why this course will provide teachers with specific ideas for how they can get involved and help achieve these goals through their school and the local community.

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Learning

Communications for Conservation Projects

Moderator Endorsed: Conservation & Behavior Change

Communications for Conservation Projects is a comprehensive program of training, support and jobs from the team at Conservation Careers. It is built on a detailed analysis of what employers are looking for when hiring early-career conservationists. After completing the training you’ll confidently be able to plan and deliver effective communications activities during your career as a conservationist or environmental professional. Making you more employable, competitive and better at your job!

Date and Time:

Tuesday, August 16, 2022, 12:00am

Registration Deadline:

Friday, August 12, 2022, 12:00am

Organization: 
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Geospatial Modeling with QGIS and R (Online)

In this course, we will process raw point location data, estimate home ranges, and conduct habitat assessments using raster land cover data and the open-source software applications QGIS and R.

Date and Time:

Tuesday, July 5, 2022, 9:00am to Sunday, July 31, 2022, 12:00am

Registration Deadline:

Monday, July 4, 2022, 12:00am

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Learning

Universal Design for Learning In EE

Register by July 8! Universal Design for Learning (UDL) is a framework to guide the design of learning environments that are accessible and challenging for all. This course will encourage you to reflect deeply on your practice.

Date and Time:

Friday, July 1, 2022, 12:00pm to Friday, August 5, 2022, 5:00pm

Registration Deadline:

Friday, July 8, 2022, 12:00pm

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Sustainable Invention: Where have all the plastics gone?

OREGON TEACHERS ONLY: By engaging your students with the problems of plastics and the potential of alternatives they can more deeply investigate topics such as Climate Change and Environmental Justice and develop a deeper understanding of real world applications of sustainable invention to solve challenges.

Date and Time:

Monday, June 27, 2022, 5:00pm to Monday, July 11, 2022, 11:59pm

Registration Deadline:

Sunday, May 1, 2022, 11:59pm

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Nature-Based Teacher Certification

Want to teach in a forest or nature-based school? Join us in person for an intensive five-day training experience to become a certified nature-based educator! This five-day, 36-hour course provides in-depth study of best practices in nature-based early childhood education to prepare you for meaningful outdoor learning experiences. We draw from experienced educators with diverse perspectives to help you hone your own approaches to nature-based ECE. Whet

Date and Time:

Monday, June 27, 2022, 9:00am to Friday, July 1, 2022, 4:00pm

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January 15, 2022

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Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation (Online)

Learn life histories, physiological adaptations to marine life, homing and navigation of sea turtles and so much more from instructor, Dr. Melania C. López-Castro during this 3 week online, learn at your own pace, course with Center for Wildlife Studies.

Date and Time:

Monday, June 6, 2022, 9:00am to Friday, July 1, 2022, 11:59pm

Registration Deadline:

Sunday, June 5, 2022, 11:59pm

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Plant Identification for Wildlife Biologists (Online)

Gain foundation in the practical skills needed to identify and classify plants in your location of interest and meet the minimum educational requirements for federal and state wildlife biology jobs that require formal education in botany and the related plant sciences by taking this four-week, online, learn at your own pace with instructor, Dr. Katherine Crowley, Center for Wildlife Studies.

Date and Time:

Tuesday, May 31, 2022, 9:00am to Sunday, June 26, 2022, 11:59pm

Registration Deadline:

Monday, May 30, 2022, 11:59pm

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