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PROJECTS
The EYES Project's current work includes:
Professional
Development for Educators
Learning
Experiences for Youth
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Professional
Development for Educators
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- Bioregional
Learning Communities Initiative
What
is the BLC Initiative?
As educators coming from different
geographical, socio-economic, and
cultural learning settings across
Canada, we all have different needs
and realities. The Bioregional
Learning Communities (BLC) Initiative
hopes to capitalize on this by
creating regional networks of passionate
and committed educators who understand
the sustainability imperative and
are eager to make learning meaningful
in a local context.
The BLC Initiative offers a powerful
approach because it is not led
by one individual or organization
utilizing a routinely standardized
and placeless approach. Rather
it represents people with a common
ethos and a shared 'home place'
who mobilize out of a collective
spirit towards action, learning
and well-being.
What is the goal of the BLC Initiative?
The goal of the BLC Initiative
is to bring self-identified committed
educators who live in the same
bioregions together to form a rich
learning community who will regularly
meet to share, support, and collaborate
with one another to move sustainability
education forward in their respective
workplaces and communities. Sharing
resources, best practices, success
stories and cutting edge curricula,
along with establishing mentoring
and cross-sectoral collaboration
opportunities are all critical
elements to the BLC Initiative.
How do BLC's work?
Each BLC has a coordinator who
is responsible for organizing the
regular meetings (some BLC's meet
1/month, others once every 2-3
months) and for keeping the lines
of communication open between BLC
members and EYES Project headquarters.
EYES Project staff will support
each BLC through updates of unique
initiatives, programming and curricula
unfolding on a national level,
as well as share what other BLC's
across Canada are doing. The annual
Voices for Sustainability Symposium
Series (April-see above) offers
a wonderful opportunity for cross-regional
sharing between BLC's.
How can I get involved?
BLC's are open to ALL educators
who are passionate about sustainability
education and are seeking to be
part of a supportive community
with other committed educators.
If this sounds like you, join a
Bioregional Learning Community
by contacting the coordinator nearest
you!!
Kingston, Ontario
BLC Coordinator, Sara Boyce,
boyces@limestone.on.ca
Ottawa, Ontario
BLC Coordinator, Lisa (Diz) Glithero,
diz@eyesproject.com
Sunshine Coast, British Columbia
BLC Coordinator, Simon Hocking,
tearsandviolins@hotmail.com
Nelson, British Columbia
BLC Coordinator, Monica
Nissen
moni@netidea.com
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Learning
Experiences for Youth
- Presentation
Series for Youth: Becoming the
Change
The
EYES Project delivers dynamic multimedia
presentations at schools and youth
conferences, sharing stories, photographs
and perspectives of unique educational
experiences that connect youth with
the planet. Highly motivational,
the EYES presentations challenge
students to question what a truly
sustainable community would look
like and explore how youth can become
change agents in creating a more
sustainable future.
Climate Change specific presentations
are offered.
To learn more click
here (PDF)
Learn more about speaker, Lisa
(Diz) Glithero and
her past speaking engagements,
as well as read testimonials.
- Becoming
Societal Change Agents' workshop
Our
youth workshops are founded on the
question of examining "How youth
can become leaders in creating a
more sustainable future?" These
dynamic hands-on workshops offer
skill-building opportunities for
students to examine local sustainability
issues, and explore ways to take
positive school and community action.
Utilizing a problem based, participatory,
and service learning approach, these
workshops will motivate and enable
students to build an action plan
around a project of interest. Resources
and an ongoing supportive framework
will be provided in order to ensure
long term success of the students'
project. (Half Day and Full Day workshops
are offered.)
To learn more, contact diz@eyesproject.com
- Educational
Expeditions
The
EYES Project coordinates the education
program for Students on Ice Expeditions.
Students on Ice is an award-winning
organization offering unique educational
expeditions to Antarctica and the
Arctic. Their mandate is "to
provide students from around the
world with inspiring educational
opportunities at the ends of the
earth, and in doing so, help them
foster a new understanding and respect
for the planet." Climate change
and youth engagement are central
elements of the education program.
Developing the education program
is an ongoing collaborative process
between Students on Ice and the EYES
Project throughout the year. The
program is delivered with an approach
that is unique and specific to the
size, location, and theme of the
individual expeditions.
To learn more about Students on
Ice, visit www.studentsonice.com
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