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Environmental Education Organizations

Locally-developed websites with global appeal

Curriculum Connections (BC-Yukon)

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Environmental Education Organizations

Environmental Education Association of the Yukon (EEAY)

• Formed in the early 1990s with a mandate "to promote environmental education in the Yukon and foster communication between individuals and groups with and interest in environmental education."
• Main activities include regular public "sharing meetings," a mailing list of environmental education news and events, and a blog
• Environmental Education Association of the Yukon Website

EECOM: The Canadian Network for Environmental Education and Communication

• Canada's bilingual national EE organization
• Hosts an annual meeting, and leadership clinics
• EECOM Website

North American Association for Environmental Education

• Very active EE networking and advocacy group, with newsletters, publications,  and research resources
• Annual conference to be held in Ottawa in 2014
• NAAEE website

Taiga Net

• This is a cooperatively run environmental and community web network dedicated to Northern Canada and Alaska
• Taiga Net Website

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Locally-developed websites with global appeal

Yukon Envirothon

• Yukon's site for information relating to our regional Envirothon, a high-school learning event and "competition" highlighting local environments
• Yukon Envirothon website

Place-based Education

• Engaging educational activities for community and school
• Growing database of lesson plans and case studies.
• Place-based education website

GLOBE Canada

• Hands-on environmental monitoring activities for schools
• Bilingual access to snow, dendrochronology, and cloud studies.
• GLOBE Canada website

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Curriculum Connections (BC-Yukon)

Environmental Learning and Experience: An Interdisciplinary Guide

• This document by the BC Ministry of Education is designed to assist BC and Yukon teachers of all subjects and grades to integrate environmental concepts into teaching and learning.
• Site includes videos to inspire, and explain concepts
• ELE website

Environmental Learning and Experience: CURRICULUM MAPS

• Take any grade and subject, and find out where environmental concepts can be incorporated...really, just about anywhere!
• Connects K-12 learning outcomes to environmental learning.
• ELE curriculum maps direct download

 

Contact EnviroWild Learning Team Phone: 867-667-3675 Toll free (in Yukon, NWT and Nunavut): 1-800-661-0408 ext. 3675 Fax: 867-393-6206 Email: remy.rodden@gov.yk.ca Address: Environmental Education and Youth Programs Environment Yukon Government of Yukon Box 2703 (V-18) Whitehorse, Yukon Canada Y1A 2C6