Encouraging environmental stewardship and sustainability by supporting environmental educators.
CBEEN is the regional network for environmental education in the Columbia Basin.
Our organization supports a community of engaged and effective environmental educators by connecting them to resources, information,
professional development, and networking opportunities.
Wild Voices for Kids is a curriculum-linked, place-based environmental education program engaging local mentors in the education of K-12 students on the land, history, and culture of the Columbia Basin region.
Wild Voices is a unique program in the Basin as it enables local specialists to develop programs connected to the local environment and tailored to their area of expertise and passion.
CBEEN is energized by facilitating connections, and we are excited to provide opportunities to do so at many events and workshops throughout the year.
This includes workshops, webinars, and annual events such as the Inquiring Voices Sustainability Symposium, Environmental Education Leadership Clinic, and Celebrations of Environmental Education.
We are pleased to provide you with some of the best environmental education resources available!
This includes our Funding Directory, Organization Directory, Teaching Resources, Pro-D Bursaries, Job Board, Curriculum Resources, and more!
News, opportunities, and upcoming events.
Green Teacher webinars continue this coming Monday with "Feeding Plants that Feed the World": teaching students about sustainable agriculture for our growing planet. Find it on our webinars page: https://cbeen.ca/webinars/
If Green Teacher's "Why Learn About Insects?" webinar with Rob Bixler got you jazzed to get buggy with your primary class, check out our Wild Voices programs on insects in the East ("The Wee Things That Rule the Earth") and West Kootenay ("A Bug's Life/La...
We're just a week away from Take Me Outside Day! Next Wednesday, join over 20,000 students and teachers across Canada in learning, alfresco: http://ow.ly/jQhw30lT473
It's Waste Reduction Week in Canada, what can you or your class do to learn and contribute? Find out how to get involved in WRW and it's daily themes here: http://ow.ly/XrpT30md7hw. There's also some great learning resources available for your class through our...
This October is FULL of amazing webinars from our partner organizations! The next? "Designing Green Schoolyards - With and For the School Community" with Children & Nature Network: https://cbeen.ca/webinars/
This week we gathered with a great group of representatives from communities across the Basin for training on effective organics collection programs using community-based social marketing (CBSM).
Our friends at Green Teacher have put together three amazing webinars for October, starting with "Why Learn About Insects?" on October 17th: the value in understanding the lowly, creepy critters we call "bugs". Check out our webinars page for more: https://cbeen.ca/webinars/.
Teachers! Are your students curious about water? Play the Waterlution Great Waters Challenge, you'll receive classroom activities and a water-leadership workshop! Your students will be trained to plan their own water celebration or action day. Teams can win awesome prizes and field trips. Sign up...
Contemplating an upgrade to your post-secondary education? Our friends at Royal Roads University are hosting a webinar on their the Master of Arts, Graduate Diploma and Graduate Certificate in Environmental Education and Communication programs on October 2nd. Register here: http://ow.ly/xOU330lYgQB
Wild Voices programs from the South Country through the Columbia Valley are made possible with support from the Regional District of East Kootenay (RDEK). Thank you, RDEK!
Did you know that it's National Forest Week in Canada? Find out how to celebrate in your neck-of-the-woods, here: http://ow.ly/ourc30lX1Mv. Check out CBEEN's forest-focused Wild Voices programs on our directory: https://cbeen.ca/wildvoices-programs/. Thank you, as well to our forest industry partners, Canfor,...
Take Me Outside Day is back in a month's time! Are you in, or are you OUT?: http://ow.ly/Vnbk30lT3Lr
BC Hydro has long been a major supporter of our Wild Voices program: ensuring Basin students the formative experiences that shape them into the future stewards of tomorrow. Thank you, BC Hydro!
We do love our summers at CBEEN, but it's the start of the school year, and all its new beginnings, that we really live for. Our Wild Voices program is back for its 11th year, including new educators, new topics in environmental learning and new...
Access to a complimentary Wild Voices program is one of the many perks of a CBEEN Membership: https://cbeen.ca/join-cbeen/. As you start to plan your year, consider how Wild Voices could support your own classroom learning: https://cbeen.ca/wildvoices-teacher/. Stay tuned in the coming weeks as we release the new roster!
Each year, our Wild Voices program receives support from Science World Scientists and Innovators in the Schools (SIS), ensuring even remote and rural communities in the Basin access to learning opportunities in environmental science. Thank you, SIS!
Some great professional development opportunities to help educators kick off the new school year offered by our friends at Four Nations Coalition of Indigenous Medicines.
We are so excited to have Juliet Robertson of Creative STAR Learning Ltd in the Columbia Basin today for her Dirty Teaching Workshop! Thanks to Mardelle and the East Kootenay Environmental Educators for hosting this incredible learning opportunity!