Hi everyone,
We had a great time at Terra Nova Nature School in Richmond for our last reading group meeting. Thank you Kate for hosting us. What a neat area you and the kids get to know! And what a nice conversation we had as we explored the notion of building environmental identity.
We’ll be walking for our next gathering 🙂 We’re meeting on Wednesday, June 21st from 11:00am-12:30pm, at UBC. We’ll get together at the garden behind Scarfe (Fac. of Ed). Then we’ll go on a walk to discuss the article:
Ingold, T., & Vergunst, J. L. (2008). Introduction. In Ways of Walking: Ethnography and Practice on Foot (pp. 1–19). Burlington, VT: Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Since the reading is about walking, we thought it might make sense to walk and talk. As always, if you need help finding the article, please ask.
This will be our last gathering for the school year. See you on the 21st or next school year!
Announcements (1 & 2) :
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Ecopoetics in the Garden is the first in a series of gatherings intended to catalyze a research cluster of likeminded individuals across disciplines and educational settings to consider the possibilities of renewing our commitment to land-based ecology and environmental education through a multiple literacies lens. We hope to develop collaborations that we can build upon for future initiatives involving ecology and arts-based practices.
When: 1-4 PM, on June 15, 2017
What: Discussions, a guided walk through the Botanical Garden with Artist in Residence Dr. Celeste Snowber, opportunities to collaborate.
Dress: Casual, walking shoes, dress for any kind of weather as we will spend some time outside in the Botanical Garden
Who: Please forward this invitation to colleagues, students and friends whom you would like to have join you.
Cost: This is, of course, a free event! Light snacks and refreshments will be provided.
Follow-up: A reflective and performative walk through UBC Campus has been scheduled for June 23, 2017. Please put this in your calendar, we hope you can join us.
This event and future happenings have been supported by the Ritsumeikan Seed Fund of UBC’s Department of Language and Literacy Education and the space for this event has been generously donated by the UBC Botanical Garden.
We look forward to seeing you there,
Kedrick James, Carl Leggo, George Belliveau, Margaret McKeon, Claire Ahn, Natalia Archacka
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Semptemer 9-15 is the 9th WORLD ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION CONFERENCE, this year held in Vancouver 🙂
http://weec2017.eco-learning.org/