The Arizona Sustainability Alliance invites you to apply to participate in the Arizona Urban Forestry Education Initiative!

This summer, educators across the Phoenix Metro will participate in grade-level trainings using the Arizona K-12 Urban Forestry Curriculum, the first of its kind in the state. Participants will receive $100 attendance…[Read more]

We are excited to invite Arizona youth in grades K-12 to participate in our “Trees Make Me Happy” poster contest! This year’s contest is intended to highlight how trees help get you through a challenging time. The global pandemic that began in 2020 brought challenges and emotions to each of us in different ways. Many people spend time outsi…[Read more]

Do you or your organization provide environmental education field trips for students in grades 5-8? Would you like to be considered for inclusion in an NSF-funded research project that is investigating the drivers of success in environmental education programs across the country? If so, please take a moment to let us know who you and/or your…[Read more]

Hi Everyone! Thanks to everyone who attended both of our online mixers – the first in April and the second in July.
The mixers were interactive networking sessions designed to engage folks in conversational topics around current EE issue – the COVID closing and Equity and Inclusion. We captured notes from break out rooms and I’m sharing them here…[Read more]

Hi Everyone, in case you didn’t see, we are hosting another online mixer for EE Professionals this friday. Here is the registration link: https://www.arizonaee.org/event/july2020-virtual-mixer/

Bring ideas for a “Better Normal”. We will have interactive discussions about our collective visions.

Hope to see you there!

The April weekly open space was a success!

We are now meeting monthly and using our open space session for folx to bring topics they’d like help with or discussed as a large group. Each month one of our Board members will host and share about the EE work they are doing in their communities. The next one is this Friday, May 8th at noon AZ time.…[Read more]

Moving EE Courses Online:
Becca Franzen has been hosting faculty discussions about moving EE courses online. The group will continue to meet every other Friday at 10am Central time. Here is the Zoom link for May 1st:
https://uwsp.zoom.us/j/97349945181?pwd=OUFUbjcrOGtoc2Y2MmxONE9yWkx0QT09(link is external) During these ongoing discussions, the…[Read more]

This year we are hosting 3 online mixers to connect educators to each other and promote the great work being done on behalf of the environment. Our first mixer was held on April 18th and offered an interactive opportunity for us to share ideas for moving engagement to a new model while we are unable to meet in person. Read the notes here. We’ll…[Read more]

Join us online for a couple hours of socialization, support, and learning. While we cannot meet in person this month, we’d like to invite educators and environmental professionals to join us to discuss how you’ve changed the way you are engaging people in EE these days! This will be a highly interactive session with time for small discussions and…[Read more]

During the month of April join us Fridays at noon AZ time for troubleshooting how to engage our audiences in the time of physical distancing.

As the Director of the AZ Master Naturalist program and the coordinator for training for the Pima Chapter, I made a decision the other day to move our weekly classroom-based course from a 3 hour in person meeting to an online forum space. Since the university has also canceled in person classes, this seemed to make sense.

Our classes typically…[Read more]