Environmental Education Alliance
2020 Environmental Education Alliance Annual Conference
March 6-8, 2020 | Villas by the Sea | Jekyll Island, Georgia
Are you creating an environmentally focused culture within your community? What have you found to be the best ways to make environmental education more accessible? How should environmental educators engage with partners and stakeholders in their communities? Those were some of the questions on the minds of attendees at EEA's 2020 Annual Conference. The conference offered educators connections, tools, learning opportunities, and strategies needed to understand and implement effective environmental education within their classrooms, schools, organizations, and communities. The theme for the 2020 conference was, “Splashing into EEA: Making Waves within Your Community.” More than 120 attendees shared information on how they, and their schools or organizations, are making an impact in the community and making environmental education more accessible for diverse audiences.
SESSIONS & ACTIVITIES
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Day 1 - Participants had the opportunity to attend either a workshop, field trip, or both. There were several full- and half-day workshops to choose from, with something for everyone. We took advantage of being on the beautiful Georgia coast by organizing field trips exploring Jekyll Island and ended the day at the Georgia Sea Turtle Center with networking, snacks, and drinks.
Day 2 - Participants chose from five sessions focused on engaging their communities to make a positive impact. We heard from keynote speaker Cathy Sakas, a professional interpretive naturalist who specializes in ocean and coastal environments and leads educational wilderness expeditions throughout the southeastern U.S., Caribbean, and Central America. She also produced the two-time Emmy Award-winning nature documentary series for Georgia Public Television, "Coastal Naturalist" and hosted the multiple Telly-award winning nature series for Turner South, "The Natural South." We held our awards luncheon, social, and silent auction. Day 3 - Participants learned about the Marine Debris Citizen Science project created in 2012 by the Georgia Sea Turtle Center and funded by the Southeast Atlantic Marine Debris Initiative, part of NOAA's Marine Debris Program. We picked up litter and entered data about the items into a marine debris tracker (this app is not restricted to beach cleanups and is something you can use for free in your community to help find solutions to pollution problems). Our conference attendees helped leave Jekyll Island cleaner than we found it! |
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SPONSORS
The generosity of our sponsors greatly contributed to the success of the 2020 conference. Please consider sponsoring future EEA annual conferences.
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