Environmental Education Association of the Yukon
We are members of EENorth, Canada's Arctic Environmental Education Network,
and support the online database of northern EE materials at: www.eenorth.comNext sharing time and Annual General Meeting
Wednesday April 8, 2009
Whitehorse Public Library
7:30 - 9:00including, in honour of Yukon Biodiversity Awareness Month (YBAM)
a mini-workshop in Environment Yukon's newly revised Backyard Biodiversity and Beyond learning resourceAll welcome. Bring your ideas, questions and news to share!
The Environmental Education Association of the Yukon (EEAY) is a registered Yukon non-profit group comprised of Yukoners interested in environmental education. We meet on a regular basis to share information about environmental education in the the territory.
Currently, we have representation from numerous groups involved with environmental education in the Yukon including private citizens, elementary, secondary & post-secondary teachers and local/regional environmental organizations.
EEAY was formed in the early 1990's as a registered Yukon society, open to all.
Our mandate: "To promote environmental education in the Yukon and foster communication between individuals and groups with and interest in environmental education".
Our vision: "We imagine a world where all learners have adequate opportunity to discover the natural world and gain an understanding of the ecosystems that support all life, and are encouraged to live responsibly on this planet."
- Main activities include regular public "sharing meetings" which include a feature presentation and roundtable updates from all attendees.
- We maintain a mailing list of environmental education news and events (sign up by emailing EEAY-list-subscribe(at)yahoogroups.com) and maintain a blog (eeay.blogspot.com)
- Projects over the years have included:
- Student Environmental Awareness Program (SEAP), an extracurricular program for high school students
- Hosting the 2001 conference of EECOM: The Canadian Network for Environmental Education and Communication (see www.eecom.org)
- Currently, we're the sponsor organization for the Yukon Envirothon program , a fun and successful competition and study on environmental issues www.envirothon.org
Some current hot links:
Environmental Learning and Experience: An Interdisciplinary Guide and video clips for Teachers This guiding document encourages all BC and Yukon teachers to get out and do EE. Some cool videos!
Shaping Our Schools, Shaping Our Future (pdf document...the "Bondar report" of the Working Group on Environmental Education).
Green Tsunami article from Green Teacher magazine. An inspiring call to action for all educators.
EEAY Facebook page...why not join in?
For more information, email here: eeyukon@gmail.com