June 2017 Clean Air Council Meeting - Public Engagement

Environmental Education Inventory

This workshop brought together municipalities, Ecoschools Ontario, Environmental School Reps, community groups and other stakeholders working to promote environmental education and activities in schools within their communities. In the fall of 2016, the Clean Air Council members worked with Clean Air Partnership to develop an inventory of the wealth of environmental resources, programs, events and field trip activities that are being promoted/delivered by municipalities and others.

Workshop participants explored:

• How the inventory can be made most useful to teachers and school EcoTeams;
• How the inventory can be kept up to date in an efficient and effective way;
• Opportunities to transfer and expand the environmental programs available; and
• Gaps in environmental programing and interest in working together to address those gaps

Presentations

• Pamela Martinez, Clean Air Partnership: How to Use the Clean Air Council Environmental Programs Inventory (pdf of presentation)
• Elanor Waslander, EcoSchools Suggestions for How to Make the Inventory more Useful and Accessible to Teachers and EcoTeams (pdf of presentation)
• Gabriel Clarke, Parklandia Project (pdf of presentation)
• Trisha Henderson, Town of Oakville, Climate Change Resilience Environmental Education Outreach and Activities (pdf of presentation)