Spring 2018

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 2
• 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
Defining Resilience Activity (High School)

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