Looking for ways you can engage your students, your school or your broader community in climate and sustainability action? Come learn about the One Planet Living framework and its 10 principles, the One Planet student challenge and other tools and initiatives from One Planet BC https://oneplanetbc.com/, Sustainable Saanich and Salish Sea EEPSA Chapter. Then, network with like minded educators, make a plan, and take action. Whether it is to take on the challenge with your class, make a one planet action plan or collaborate for systemic change within your school district, we’re looking forward to working with you!
6-12
Please bring your own mug, your keenness & a pen perhaps!
Room: This session is meeting in Room 113 (come in the front main doors and turn to the right).
Come early Lunch Hour Info Tables set up
Sherman Jen Lunch Hour Master's of Environment Ed Presentation & Info Tables set up for afternoon presenters
Presenters for the day and RRU's Masters of Environmental Education and Communication will have some info during the lunch hour (lunch runs 11:45-12:45 presentation by Hilary Leighton and Master's students is from 12-12:30). You are welcome to come and have your lunch in one of the rooms and find some takeaways and resources.
Parking: As the Sherman Jen Building only has a small lot, we recommend, if you can, to park in the large Central Parking lot below the castle and walk to Sherman Jen Building. It is about 8 minutes to walk and you get to pass through lovely bits of gardens and forests on the way! If you are coming for the afternoon only, need to zip away quickly or have accessibility issues you can park in the lot next to the Sherman Jen building and there is a meter there ( both lots are pay parking).
Food: Bring your own snacks. There may be coffee provided. In addition to the central Habitat Cafe, there is a mini-cafe (Sherman Jen Kiosk) in the lower part of the Sherman Jen Building that has sandwiches, treats & beverages and it is open until 2 pm.
This session is full.
Chloe is a 5th generation settler on Lekwungen, W̱SÁNEĆ and Halq’emeylem lands who has a deep love for this place and is grateful every day for being able to live on these lands and learn. She is a secondary science and social studies teacher in the Saanich School District and the current president of the Salish Sea Environmental Educators Provincial Specialist Association (SSEEPSA).
Cora Hallsworth: leads One Planet BC. She is also Senior Associate with OneEarth and Manager of Municipal Programs at the BCIT Centre for Ecocities. Cora has over 20 years’ experience advancing community and organizational sustainability. She has worked on award winning plans and has initiated and led numerous sustainability initiatives and is an advisor on municipal, regional and corporate climate action and sustainability programs. Cora has extensive background in climate action, sustainable consumption and materials management
Glenys Verhulst: Glenys Verhulst is a Sustainability Planner with the District of Saanich with over a decade of experience in climate and energy efficiency programs. With the District, Glenys led community engagement for, and was a lead writer of mitigation policy in, the award-winning Saanich Climate Plan. She leads reporting on corporate and community climate action to Provincial and international climate disclosure bodies. She is responsible for implementing corporate and community-mobilizing climate actions, and is advancing climate equity work for the District.