Eco Experience

with Eco Chick

Eco /ˈēkō/ adjective; not harming the environment; eco-friendly

Volume 9, November 2021

Eco Tips and More

Hey, People!

In this issue:

Indigenous STEAM site
First Saturday Bird Walk for BIPOC, LGBTQIA+ and Women communities
Global Day for Climate Justice November 6-Climate story telling
America Recycles Day November 15
Teach COP26 now until November 12
National Take a Hike Day November 17
Waste Wise Guide for Lane County
Regeneration by Paul Hawken
SPLASH! Stormwater Education Site
4J/EEP site
The Salmon Spot site

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“The land is the real teacher. All we need as students is mindfulness.”

― Robin Wall Kimmerer, Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants

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Indigenous STEAM

Check out this beautiful new site. The Indigenous STEAM Collaborative co-designs, implements, and shares land based educational materials developed in collaboration with families, communities, and educators and research.

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First Saturday Bird Walk for BIPOC, LGBTQIA+ & Women Communities with Lane County Audubon Society

The walk will be held this Saturday at McKenzie River Trust's Green Island. Check out this link to register and for more information.

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Global Day for Climate Justice

Use climate story telling to give your students voice for their future. Here is a lesson and here are some stories to listen to a get a flavor for what a climate story is.

While recycling is great in a lot of ways, the ultimate goal is to get people to prevent waste in the first place.

-McKenzie Jones, kid

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America Recycles Day-November 15

SAVE THE DATE!

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

ONE DAY to educate.
ONE DAY to motivate.
ONE DAY to make recycling bigger & better.

It is the only nationally-recognized day dedicated to promoting and celebrating recycling in the United States! Held on and around November 15, America Recycles Day educates and encourages individuals on how to be more mindful of what they consume, where and how to properly recycle, and to pledge to recycle more and recycle right in their everyday lives.

For more info visit Keep America Beautiful.

Visit VEARTHual Field Trips for trips to:

BRING, Short Mountain and the Glenwood Transfer Station

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COP26 until November 12th!

As a teacher, you are leading and inspiring the generation of young people in education today. You have the power and responsibility to equip our children with the knowledge, skills and courage to overcome the challenges of climate change and to shape the world into one in which the human race can live in harmony with the planet it calls home.

Only by teaching our children about climate change, its causes and effects and the significance of COP26 can we empower them to spread the message and effect change as they become the decision makers of the future.

COP26 teaching resources:

Climate Generation COP toolkit

UN Climate Change Conference UK 2021

The Go-to Free Resources (2nd grade and up)

World's Largest Lesson (K and up)

Nat Geo What is COP26?

Be a Climate Change Superhero

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National Take A Hike Day- November 17th

Grab your boots, trail mix, and some water because on November 17, it’s

National Take a Hike Day!

This annual event gets you outside for scenery and exercise by tackling America’s 60,000 miles of trails. It’s also a great way to get that heart pumping while you breathe in pristine air.

Here's a few sites to learn more:

PBS Articles-Take a hike

National Today-take a hike

Days of the Year

Find a Lane County Trail:

All Trails

Eugene Cascades and Coast

“There is no such thing as ‘away’. When we throw anything away it must go somewhere.”

– Annie Leonard, Proponent of Sustainability

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“There is a powerful force unleashed when young people resolve to make a change.”

― Jane Goodall

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Regeneration by Paul Hawken

Paul Hawken is the mastermind behind the idea of Drawdown solutions to mitigate our carbon emissions issue. Regeneration is a how to book of sorts for the Drawdown solutions.

There is hope! The big idea is we all need to act now in order to regenerate our planet within one generation.

What's your punch list?

Check out the Regeneration site to read more about how to regenerate within one generation.