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SPRING 2018 From the Editor—


EE News and Events ................................................................. 4


Benefits of Environmental Education/ Goals and Objectives of EE ................................................... 10


Big Ideas from the field of Environmental Education and their relationship to Sustainability Education by Don Burgess and Tracie Johannessen ....................................11


Climate Change in Kwigillingok by Lauren McClanahan ............................................................. 14


Climate Change Education: A Student’s Perspective by Eliot Brody ............................................................................. 17


Student articles from IslandWood/University of Washington:


—Screens in the Forest: Technology in Outdoor Education by Greta Righter .......................................... 20


—Tangible Connections by Alyssa Caplan and Summer Swallow ......................... 23


—Brave with Braids: Empowering Young Female Voices by Jennifer Allen ............................................................... 26


—The Compassionate Educator: Empathy and Environmental Education by Tom Stonehocker .......................................................... 28


—Integrated Teaching: The Student-Directed Investigation by Jillian Whitehall ................................ 31


—Solo Walks: Developing Observational Skills by Abigail Harding and Corwyn Ellison ......................... 32


How to Flow Upstream: Eco-Art Connecting Students to their Learning by Shimshon Obadia .................................................................. 37


K-12 Environmental Education Activities .......................... 38 Outdoor Learning in Shelton by Eleanor Steinhagen ....... 44


Evaluate EE Programs for Systemic Change in Your Community


by Cathy Rezabeck, Marilyn Sigman and Beverly Parsons...... 48 EE Resource Guide ................................................................. 51


Perspective: Why Environmental Educators Shouldn’t Give Up Hope by Jacob Rodenberg ........................................ 58


Deadline for article submissions for Fall 2018 edition:


August 15, 2018 CLEARING Spring 2018 www.clearingmagazine.org


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ow connected is the EE community here in the Cascadia bioregion? How well do we work together to advance the ideas, strategies and skills of environmental education? That’s a question you might consider while reading this issue of CLEARING.


Some times it feels remarkably connected as I receive articles and stories describing some truly inspiring and innovative people and programs across the region. At the same time, I see how many organizations and programs seem to work in relative isolation, only reaching a small audience that could be expanded greatly with a little collaboration.


With that said, I want to take this opportunity to call out to the state and provincial EE associations in this region and challenge them to embrace and utilize CLEARING Magazine to increase the value of membership in their organizations, and to work in collaboration with this publication to advance the cause which they obviously care very deeply about.


Big news: Two major EE conferences will be held in the region


this fall: the North American Association for Environmental Education (NAAEE) annual conference will be held October 9-13 in Spokane WA, and a week later, the Canadian Network for Environmental Education and Communication (EECOM) will hold its annual conference in British Columbia (see display ad on the facing page). During that time, the eyes and ears of the EE world will be focused on the region, and on many of the inspiring people and innovative programs that are often featured in the pages of CLEARING.


This issue has two important features that I hope will become


a regular part of this publication. The first is the contributions of graduate students at IslandWood who submitted articles describing their experiences participating in EE activities with local classrooms. The second, less visible but also important, is the contribution by students in Linda Hillgoss’s EE program at Southern Oregon University who helped research and compile many of the books, curriculum, and other resource materials listed in the EE Resource section of this issue.


Both contributions are greatly appreciated, and I hope other university EE programs will see these as encouragement for them to participate in a similar manner.


And finally, I want to express my appreciation to the Gray Family Foundation for showing their belief in the purpose and mission of CLEARING Magazine by providing critical financial support for its continued growth and development. We will be using that support to build a larger audience and bring more voices into the dialog regarding environmental education and equity in the region.


And to all those who contribute by submitting stories or by helping to distribute copies, thank you for your support!


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