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• EENC Nature Book Club (Central Section Event)

  • Start
    29 Jan 2020
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    (EST)
  • End
    22 Nov 2020
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    (EST)
  • Schedule
    6 sessions

  EENC’s Central Section has a nature book club. If you’re interested in reading along, here are our chosen books for this year. We hope you can join us at some or all of our discussions!
  
  January - Wednesday, 1/29, with Durant Nature Park’s Wild Reads Program - Some We Love, Some We Hate, Some We Eat: Why It's So Hard to Think Straight About Animals by Hal Herzog
  
  March - Sunday, 3/29 - A Delicious Country: Rediscovering the Carolinas Along the Route of John Lawson's 1700 Expedition by Scott Huler
  
  May - Wednesday, 5/27 - The Song of the Dodo by David Quammen
  
  July - Sunday, 7/26 - The Dangerous World of Butterflies: The Startling Subculture of Criminals, Collectors, and Conservationists by Peter Laufer
  
  September - at the conference 9/17 or 9/18 - Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer
  
  November - Sunday,11/22 - Secondhand: Travels in the New Global Garage Sale by Adam Minter
  
  

  If you would like to be added to our Nature Book Club Google Group, would like information on our in-person meet-ups, or have other questions, please send us an email!

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• Jordan Lake Paddle Excursion (Central Section Event)

  • When
    26 Sep 2020
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    5:00 PM - 7:00 PM (EDT)
  • Location
    Weaver Creek, Jordan Lake

  Come hang out with EENC's Central Section for an evening paddle from 5pm-7pm at the Weaver Creek region of Jordan Lake. This area is free of motorized boats and jet skis and is the perfect location to commune with nature and your fellow environmental educators.  This will be a great opportunity to get some socially-distant face time with people you'll meet - or would normally see! - at EENC's annual conference.

  This is a family event, so feel free to bring your kiddos and significant others. Got a canoe or kayak of your own? Feel free to bring it (no charge). Frog Hollow Outdoors will be providing 2-person canoes (which is big enough to put a kid in the middle), and single-person kayaks, along with life jackets and paddles.
  
  Your EENC membership pays off because there is a $15 discount for EENC members! Each boat is $25 per member, $40/non-member. This is a great opportunity to recruit your peers and co-workers to the EENC family! No charge if you bring your own boat.
  
  The deadline to register is Midnight on Monday, September 14. You can pay by check or cash at the event.

  
  

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• Building an Active and Engaged Public: Discourse, Media Literacy, and Civic Education (NAAEE Webinar)

  • When
    06 Oct 2020
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    3:00 PM - 4:15 PM (EDT)

  As the world watches Americans head into the U.S. Presidential Election season this fall, the need for an active and engaged public representing diverse communities, beliefs, and priorities is evident. At the same time, headlines are filled with threats to equality, freedom, and liberty—the very ideals that led to the founding of the Republic. These include news about voter suppression, police brutality, and dire consequences of human behaviors on our climate. Without the watchful eye and activism of the people of the United States, our Republic is in peril. How do we help to protect our democracy? Our expert panel will share why building an engaged public—especially young people—through media literacy and discourse about public issues is so important, and they’ll share concrete advice that educators can use every day. This will be a moderated conversation with ample time for Q&A.

  Speakers:

  Jimmeka Anderson, The Urban Education Collaborative at UNC Charlotte

  Mary Ellen Daneels, Illinois Civic Mission Coalition

  John Silva, News Literacy Project

  Moderated by: Dr. Kei Kawashima-Ginsberg, Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement,Tufts University

  Learn more about our speakers on our 2020 Virtual Conference website.

  REGISTER HERE

  EENC is an affiliate co-host of the NAAEE monthly webinar series.

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• Online K-12 Environmental Education Guidelines for Excellence Workshop - Evening Section

  • Start
    06 Oct 2020
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    (EDT)
  • End
    20 Oct 2020
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    (EDT)
  • Schedule
    2 sessions
  • Location
    Online
  • Spaces left
    2

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  The Guidelines for Excellence is a series of materials to help environmental educators hone their practice and programs to national standards for high-quality EE programming.  This workshop will focus on the K-12 Environmental Education Guidelines publication.

  This workshop is for educators (formal, nonformal, and higher education) want to learn more about:  

  • What environmental literacy is and how to explain the value of environmental literacy.
  • What environmental literacy should look like by the end of grades 4, 8 and 12.
  • How to connect these Guidelines to your EE instructional materials and NC curriculum standards.

  Format: This course will be a combination of independent online work and required group calls.  We will be using an online platform called Moodle for independent work and Zoom for the calls (video and call-in options). 

  Live Call Dates: Tuesday, October 6 and Tuesday, October 20 from 7:00-8:30 PM. Note: you must attend and participate in both calls to receive full credit for this course.

  Limited to 15 students

  Eligible for 10 hours of Criteria I or continuing education credit for the NC DEQ EE Certificate.

  Registration: $10 for EENC members, $15 for general registration.  

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• Carolina Beach State Park Biological Plant Hike (Eastern Section Event)

  • When
    07 Oct 2020
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    10:00 AM - 11:00 AM (EDT)
  • Location
    Carolina Beach State Park

  Join a Ranger at Carolina Beach State Park to learn about different habitats that exist and how each habitat affects the plants and animals that call the park home. Learn about the park's golden child, the Venus Flytrap, and efforts that are being taken to make sure they will flourish for years to come. All while meeting and networking with fellow environmental educators in the Eastern Region of North Carolina!

  Where: Carolina Beach State Park (1010 State Park Rd, Carolina Beach, NC 28428), Meet at the Venus Flytrap Trail at the end of Nature Trail Lane
  FREE, Pre-registration Required (Max 15 Participants)
  Face masks required  

  Registration form here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSci3TdpRrmgvkri2t4ZiMxkg0Z5n4r_k_iIr6oGJKgW-BPceg/viewform (form will close when/if event is full)

  
  

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• NAAEE Annual Conference

  • Start
    13 Oct 2020
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    (EDT)
  • End
    16 Oct 2020
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    (EDT)
  • Location
    Virtual

  Learn more and register here. 

  ​EENC is the state affiliate of NAAEE.

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