Announcing:
CLEARING 2026 Editorial Calendar
and a Call to Celebrate the Spirit of Cascadia at NAAEE 2026
As environmental educators, we know that the power of place begins right here — in our watersheds, forests, coasts, and communities. That’s why CLEARING Magazine is excited to introduce a new editorial calendar designed to spotlight the themes, voices, and innovations shaping environmental education across the Pacific Northwest and the greater Cascadia bioregion.
This refreshed calendar will guide our publication over the coming year and beyond, aligning our content around shared topics that matter most to educators in Oregon, Washington, British Columbia, Idaho, Alaska, and beyond — from climate resilience and outdoor learning to Indigenous perspectives and environmental justice.
And the timing couldn’t be better. In late 2026, the North American Association for Environmental Education (NAAEE) Conference will bring the continent’s environmental education community to our region. This is an extraordinary opportunity to unify our regional efforts and showcase the best of Cascadia’s EE leadership — the creativity, collaboration, and deep sense of place that define our work here.
Through this new editorial vision, CLEARING invites educators, storytellers, researchers, artists, and community leaders to contribute to a collective portrait of what environmental education looks like in Cascadia today — and where it’s headed next. Together, we can amplify local stories, strengthen regional connections, and welcome the wider EE world to experience what makes this place so remarkable.
See the full editorial calendar HERE.
Join us as we prepare to celebrate Cascadia’s environmental education community on the national stage.
The archives have grown!
Check out some of the many back issues that were published at the beginning of the millennium. You will be amazed at the quality of articles and the level of participation from environmental educators across the region.
You can find these issues, available in flip-page format, in the Menu bar at the top of the page. Look under the Back Issues tab to select a back issue and relive the early days of environmental education in the Pacific Northwest!
From past issues of CLEARING…
Why Field-based Inquiry?
by Willow Myrland Prior to teaching I worked for the USGS conducting amphibian and reptile surveys. I remember being struck by the fact that very little of my theoretical knowledge of science...
Poetry and Science: Pathways to Presence
By Emilie Lygren I am a poet and outdoor science educator.” This is what I say when asked what I do for work. For me, poetry and outdoor science are complementary ways of looking at the world....
Summer 2022 – Intro
Indigenous Perspectives and Environmental Education: Connecting Youth with Plants, Places, and Cultural Traditions INTRODUCTION These are exciting times in our region. We are fortunate to live at...
Green Schoolyards – Garden Enrichment
Activating Schoolyards through Garden Enrichment by Bekah Marten, WSU Clark County Extension School Garden Coordinator In my current role as a School Garden Coordinator in SW Washington state, I...
CLEARING is published in support of state/regional E.E. associations
and organizations in the Pacific Northwest and Cascadia bioregion.
Alaska Natural Resources and Outdoor Education
Columbia Basin Environmental Education Network
Environmental Education Provincial Specialist Association (British Columbia)
Idaho Environmental Education Association
