Arizon-Wha?!
ARIZON-WHA?! We’re starting a new column! Stay tuned for funky new mystery species with every newsletter. Can you identify this ferocious-looking critter? Clue: They are found underground around Arizona in […]
Entries by Ellen Bashor
Urban School Gardens: A Nature Niche
by Jessie Rack The world’s intrinsic beauty and complexity is a never-ending source of inspiration for educators. And we’ve all seen the results of being outside on our students, no […]
Interview with an Environmental Educator: Joining Together
“As a community, we can do better by joining forces. Collectively we can empower larger audiences and, I believe, shift the trajectory of our planet’s future.” Elise Dillingham: Program Coordinator, Desert […]
Licensing Outdoor Preschool?
By Diona Williams, M.Ed. ECSE The state of Washington is the first pilot in the United States that aims to finally license outdoor, nature-based, and forest preschools. This is in […]
A Nature-Based Preschool in the Desert?! You Bet!
By AAEE Member & Volunteer: Diona Williams I am a full-time Early Childhood Education Professor a few days out of the week at a Tribal Community College called Tohono O’odham. […]
Towards Inclusive & Equitable Environmental Education
Environmental Education organizations across America are coming to terms with a history of practice that has often been, and continues to be, exclusionary of many groups. This was a central […]
Children’s Literature, Stewardship, & Fly Fishing: Down by the River
From author Andrew Weiner, featuring artist April Chu: How do we engage children in the outdoors and help create a new generation of environmental stewards? We do it with stories […]
I’m an Early Childhood Educator — Is EE for me?
ALL DAY Saturday is for YOU! As early childhood educators know, the experiences in the early years continue to shape a person’s identity, ability, and attitudes throughout the rest of […]
Don’t Miss These Field Trips!
Thinking about coming to the 2019 statewide Environmental Education conference? I sure am! Although I love a good presentation, as an experiential learner, I also love getting out into a […]
The Nature Camp Solution – Why, How, and WOW!
Author: Dr. Mariana Altrichter – Photographer: Peter Sherman As an environmentalist and conservation biologist, I have been growing aware of the lack of interest among the adult population to make daily […]
