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Welcome to the 2024 Outdoor Learning Conference
Friday, May 10 • 11:00am - 12:15pm
Active Hope: Practices to move through climate anxiety

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Supporting educator well-being supports the education system. But what happens if the teachers and educators are grappling with climate anxiety? How do we teach the leaders of tomorrow when our own fear of the future stands in the way? You are not alone. Let's join together to learn practical habits to reframe climate anxiety as a healthy human response to the state of the planet and move through the discomfort to a place of active hope.

The workshop will lean into poetry, creative expression and authentic conversation - no experience necessary, all are welcome. The underlaying theory is informed by the influential "Four-fold Spiral" of ecophilosopher Joanna Macy.

Speakers
avatar for Heidi Widmer (she/her)

Heidi Widmer (she/her)

Education Director, Biosphere Institute of the Bow Valley
Raised by the Bow River and the surrounding summits within Treaty 7 territory, Heidi is deeply committed to educating on behalf of this place that shaped her. As the Environmental Educator for the Future Leaders program, Heidi both coordinates and delivers K-12 curriculum-connected... Read More →



Friday May 10, 2024 11:00am - 12:15pm MDT
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