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Walkingthetalk Newsletter #24

Welcome to walkingthetalk newsletter #24! This newsletter is a short monthly collection of recent postings on the walkingthetalk website to give you an idea what’s new. It goes out to more than 500 walkingthetalk members across BC and beyond. While you’re at the site, you may want to make some new connections, let others in the network know what you’re working on, or post an event or resource. Please feel free to share this newsletter with others.

If you’re not a walkingthetalk network member but are interested in sustainability education in BC, feel free to go to the site and create an account.

Shared resources:

Web resources
$10.4 Million for New Clean Energy School Buses
The Province will provide $10.4 million in funding to enable school districts around the province to purchase 86 new clean-diesel school buses, Education Minister Shirley Bond announced today.

“This funding will enable school districts to buy new clean-technology buses that will help improve air quality and protect the health of our students,” said Bond. “This investment supports one of our government’s key priorities, to lead the world in sustainable environmental management.” (read more…)

Opportunities
Apply to Host the 11th National Sustainable Campuses Conference
Every year the Sierra Youth Coalition (SYC) hosts the National Sustainable Campuses Conference in a different region. Since 1999, SYC has held the National Sustainable Campuses Conference in various regions of Canada. This year, the conference is scheduled to take place in the Prairies. The conference provides training to students to enhance their capacities to lead successful sustainability initiatives on their respective campuses, and provides networking opportunities at the regional and national levels to enhance the campus sustainability movement in Canada. (read more…)

Events
Evergreen Fall Workshop Series- Growing a Feast: Creating Food Gardens
Explore the joy of growing food on school grounds. Learn strategies for success and how to connect students to nutritious, seasonal food. Leadership students from Windermere Secondary will share their experience of starting their own school garden. (read more…)

Sector-specific postings:

K-12 education
Green Bricks Program 2008/09
The Green Bricks Education Society is pleased to offer an exciting green building design program, called Green Bricks. Piloted during the 2007/08 school year and now ready for offer to BC schools during the 2008/09 school year, Green Bricks engages secondary school students to understand the importance and benefits of sustainable building issues in their schools and communities. (read more…)

Higher education
Red Fish School of Change Accepting Applications
The Redfish School of Change is designed for people who want to lead the way in creating ecological sustainability and social equity in their communities. From the mountains of the Slocan Valley to the marine coast of southern Vancouver Island, this six-week intensive field school prepares you for taking effective action on the issues that matter most. (read more…)

Non-formal education
Imagining a Sustainable Future
This free one-day workshop, led by Vanessa Timmer, PhD, guides you from a broad theoretical overview of sustainability to a detailed exploration of the philosophical, political, economic, social and ecological drivers of the current sustainability challenge and critical analysis of proposed pathways to a sustainable future. (read more…)

Profile:
We regularly post a bio (with permission) of a walkingthetalk member to introduce you to some of your colleagues in sustainability.

This month’s profile
Sarah Nyrose
I am an undergraduate student at the University of British Columbia, studying Environmental Sciences. I’m passionate about sustainability and am interested in the role curriculum can play in fostering a conservation culture. (read more…)

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