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Professional Opportunities, Coalition For Education In The Outdoors

Taproot: A Journal of Outdoor Education

This section included numerous opportunities for professional development related to outdoor education and environmental or conservation education. Some of the options included "Widening Horizons: Diversity in Theoretical and Critical Views of Outdoor Education" and the "Working Forum on Nature Education for Young Children".

Professional Opportunities, Coalition For Education In The Outdoors

Taproot: A Journal of Outdoor Education

This section included numerous opportunities for professional development related to outdoor education and environmental or conservation education. Some of the options included "Widening Horizons: Diversity in Theoretical and Critical Views of Outdoor Education" and "4th International Adventure Therapy Conference".

Professional Opportunities, Coalition For Education In The Outdoors

Taproot: A Journal of Outdoor Education

This section included numerous opportunities for professional development related to outdoor education and environmental or conservation education. Some of the options included the "Global Change Institute" and the "Society for Human Ecology".

Conference Calendar, Coalition For Education In The Outdoors

Taproot: A Journal of Outdoor Education

This section provides a list of conferences in the field of outdoor education including the Council of Outdoor Educators of Ontario and NIRI (National Institute of Recreation Inclusion).

Professional Opportunities, Coalition For Education In The Outdoors

Taproot: A Journal of Outdoor Education

This section included numerous opportunities for professional development related to outdoor education and environmental or conservation education. Some of the options included "Creating Ripples: Education, Environment and Culture" and "Teaching OUTSIDE the Box - Creative Uses of Nature in Education".

Conference Calendar, Coalition For Education In The Outdoors

Taproot: A Journal of Outdoor Education

This section provides a list of conferences in the field of outdoor education including GLIN (Great Lakes Information Network) and NAAEE (North America Association for Environmental Education).

Conference Calendar, Coalition For Education In The Outdoors

Taproot: A Journal of Outdoor Education

This section provides a list of conferences in the field of outdoor education including NRPA (National Recreation Parks Association) and NSEE (National Society for Experiential Education).

Profesional Opportunities, Coalition For Education In The Outdoors

Taproot: A Journal of Outdoor Education

This section included numerous opportunities for professional development related to outdoor education and environmental or conservation education. Some of the options included the "Southern African Journal Of Environmental Education, Ethics and Action" and the "Wetland Youth Leadership Program".

Professional Opportunities, Coalition For Education In The Outdoors

Taproot: A Journal of Outdoor Education

This section included numerous opportunities for professional development related to outdoor education and environmental or conservation education. Some of the options included the "New England Journal of Environmental Education - Call for Submissions" and "Leave No Trace Master Educator and Trainer Courses".

Conference Calendar, Coalition For Education In The Outdoors

Taproot: A Journal of Outdoor Education

This section provides a list of conferences in the field of outdoor education including: the "Society for Ecological Restoration" and "Project Adventure".

Conference Calendar, Coalition For Education In The Outdoors

Taproot: A Journal of Outdoor Education

This section provides a list of conferences in the field of outdoor education including OWAA (the Outdoor Writer's Association of America) and PAEE (the Pennsylvania Alliance for Environmental Education).

Professional Opportunities, Coalition For Education In The Outdoors

Taproot: A Journal of Outdoor Education

This section included numerous opportunities for professional development related to outdoor education and environmental or conservation education. Some of the options included the "International Camping Congress, Australia" and "Parks and Protected Area Management, Sardinia, Italy".

Professional Opportunities, Coalition For Education In The Outdoors

Taproot: A Journal of Outdoor Education

This section included numerous opportunities for professional development related to outdoor education and environmental or conservation education. Some of the options included: The Orion Institute (hosted three institutes in 2002) and lnterlocken Experiential Education in New Hampshire.

Conference Calendar, Coalition For Education In The Outdoors

Taproot: A Journal of Outdoor Education

This section provides a list of conferences in the field of outdoor education including the Soil and Water Conservation Society and the Wilderness Risk Managers Committee.

Professional Opportunities, Coalition For Education In The Outdoors

Taproot: A Journal of Outdoor Education

This section included numerous opportunities for professional development related to outdoor education and environmental or conservation education. Some of the options included the National Institute on Recreation Inclusion and the World Congress and Exposition on Disabilities.

Conference Calendar, Coalition For Education In The Outdoors

Taproot: A Journal of Outdoor Education

This section provides a list of conferences in the field of outdoor education including WEA (Wilderness Education Association) and Terrene Institute.

Professional Opportunities, Coalition For Education In The Outdoors

Taproot: A Journal of Outdoor Education

This section included numerous opportunities for professional development related to outdoor education and environmental or conservation education. Some of the options included Interpretive Media Development and Process of Interpretation (an educational course), and the ACA National Conference.

Conference Calendar, Coalition For Education In The Outdoors

Taproot: A Journal of Outdoor Education

This section provides a list of conferences in the field of outdoor education including EEAO (Environmental Education Association of Oregon) and EEAW (Environmental Education Association of Washington).

Professional Opportunities, Coalition For Education In The Outdoors

Taproot: A Journal of Outdoor Education

This section included numerous opportunities for professional development related to outdoor education and environmental or conservation education. Some of the options included Running Water Press (a call for papers and articles), and Earth Mentoring Institute & Hawk Circle Programs.

Professional Opportunities, Coalition For Education In The Outdoors

Taproot: A Journal of Outdoor Education

This section includes numerous opportunities for professional development related to outdoor education and environmental or conservation education. Some of the options included are the Naturalist Training Correspondence School, The Outdoor Leadership Certification, and the Wilderness First Responder Course.

Professional Opportunities, Coalition For Education In The Outdoors

Taproot: A Journal of Outdoor Education

This section included numerous opportunities for professional development related to outdoor education and environmental or conservation education. Some of the options included Working for Healthy Ecosystems (The International Congress on Ecosystem Health), Wilderness Risk Management (The Wilderness Risk Management Committee sponsored its 6th Annual Conference), and the Harvest Hope Festival.

Conference Calendar, Coalition For Education In The Outdoors

Taproot: A Journal of Outdoor Education

This section provides a list of conferences in the field of outdoor education including: The Bradford Woods Outdoor Education Center, Business for Social Responsibility, and Communities Working for Wetlands.

Thoreau's Legacy, Charles Yaple

Taproot: A Journal of Outdoor Education

Thoreau believed that human well-being on the personal and cultural level would prosper if individuals planted one foot in natural surroundings and the other in civilization. He saw wildness "as the source of vigor, inspiration, and strength," and "to the extent a culture, or an individual, lost contact with wildness it became weak and dull" (Nash, 1967, p. 88). He cited the breakdown of civilizations (the Roman Empire) as historical evidence of what could happen when humans forgot their origins and source of spiritual, mental, and physical sustenance. What might outdoor educators learn from Thoreau that can help them deal …

Professional Opportunities, Coalition For Education In The Outdoors

Taproot: A Journal of Outdoor Education

This section included numerous opportunities for professional development related to outdoor education and environmental or conservation education. Some of the options included were: the 6th World Wilderness Congress, North American Hunting Heritage, and the Love Canal University (a training institute dubbed Love Canal University in honor of the knowledge it has passed on since the Love Canal Homeowners Association was first organized).

Conference Calendar, Coalition For Education In The Outdoors

Taproot: A Journal of Outdoor Education

This section provides a list of conferences in the field of outdoor education including AEE (Association for Experiential Education), ANCA (Association of Nature Center Administrators), and Bradford Woods Outdoor Education Center.

Conference Calendar, Coalition For Education In The Outdoors

Taproot: A Journal of Outdoor Education

This section provides a list of conferences in the field of outdoor education including the ACCT (Association for Challenge Course Technology) and AEE (Association for Experiential Education).

Professional Opportunities, Coalition For Education In The Outdoors

Taproot: A Journal of Outdoor Education

This section included numerous opportunities for professional development related to outdoor education and environmental or conservation education. Some of the options included workshops at Aurora University and Scholarships for Ecological Studies at Schumacher College.

Professional Opportunities, Coalition For Education In The Outdoors

Taproot: A Journal of Outdoor Education

This section included numerous opportunities for professional development related to outdoor education and environmental or conservation education. Some of the options include:

Skipping Stones Honor Awards--Skipping Stones is a multicultural nature magazine that aims to connect "people and nature" as well as "cultures and generations."

Wild Food Adventures--Wild Food Adventures and director John Kallas offered workshops on edible wild plants.

Conference Calendar, Coalition For Education In The Outdoors

Taproot: A Journal of Outdoor Education

This section provides a list of conferences in the field of outdoor education including:

ACA (American Camping Association)

Council of Outdoor Educators of Ontario

Conference Calendar, Coalition For Education In The Outdoors

Taproot: A Journal of Outdoor Education

This section provides a list of conferences in the field of outdoor education including the AAHPERD (American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance) and AALR (American Association for Leisure and Recreation).