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Now and again we are given a special treat and last weekend it was the world's first annual and very bee-utiful World Bee Day celebrations. In Canberra events hosted by the Slovenian, Swedish and Swiss Embassies and the Australian Parliament were combined with the formal launch of ACT For Bees' and Cool Australia's exciting new year 5 and year 6 Food Security curriculum. Big congratulations to local AAEE member Julie Armstrong, founder of ACT For Bees, for this accomplishment. And big thank you to Sue Jones at Take Flight Education for the very well-informed bee-friendly company on the day.

Conservation Council's World Environment Day scrumptious dinner is this Saturday night 2 June and a few tickets are still available - click to buy here - but don't leave it too long! Join us on the AAEE table Terratics if you are game! 

Finally, why not come along after work to our Thursday 7th June GreenEd drinks at Fellows Bar ANU? We will be thanking and celebrating longstanding and very active local member, well-known EfS mentor and colleague to many, Jenny Dibley, our special guest, who will be sharing with us the untold inside story of Act Smart.

Viv and Jodie
on behalf of the ACT AAEE team

 
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PD and other events coming up in June, July, August

June
Saturday, June 2  World Environment Day Dinner Arboretum (Quote "Terratics" to join our table) 
Monday, June 4 Threatened Species Children's Art Competition and Art Show opens online (closes 3rd August )
Monday, 4 June   Parliament of Youth on Sustainability  ANU The topic for the 2018 Parliament is: What is one action we can take to make Canberra more sustainable?
Week 7 June  Act Smart Teacher's Workshop - "Integrating Sustainability into the Curriculum"
Thursday, June 7 6:30 pm  Green Ed Drinks with Special Guest Jenny Dibley 
Friday, 8 June  - World Oceans Day
Thursday 14 June Doing Biosensitivity - Frank Fanner Foundation Workshops Part 1  23 June Part 2
Friday, June 15 -  Global Wind Day
Tuesday, June 26 - 4.00 - 5.30 pm AAEE Learning Circle Sustainability CPP PD "Education with links to the Sea"
July
Sunday, July 1 -  NAIDOC Week starts
Friday, July 20 -  Early bird registration for AAEE conference due today
Sunday, July 22 -  AAEE Educator of Year nominations close
Friday, July 27 -  Schools Tree Day
Term 3 Week 2 - ACT Smart Teacher's Workshop "Establishing waste and recycling systems at school" Andrew Walsh, Woodbridge School Marine Discovery Centre
Monday, July 30  - National Tree Day
August
Thursday, August 2 - 6:30 pm Green Ed Drinks 
Saturday, August 11 - National Science Week 11-19 August
Monday, August 20  Keep Australia Beautiful Week
Term 3 Week 6  - Act Smart Teacher's Workshop "Driving energy efficiency through student engagement" 
September
Friday, September 7 -  Outdoor Classroom Day
Tuesday, September 25 -  AAEE Learning Circle Sustainability CPP PD  A key objective of AAEE in the ACT is to steadily build a strong local network of connected educators  across the region's many sites of quality EfS practice - think our own  Renewable Energy Trail, City Farm Canberra, Cotter Dam and so much more. 

Got a minute? New Zealand and Australian environmental educators are currently collaborating on developing a shared position paper and would like members input - Take the Survey! 
Are you or a colleague innovative Sustainability Educators working in the ACT? If you are a member then why not put a name forward to be recognised and nominated as the ACT representative for the National Environmental Educator Award - nominations close 22 July - send nomination to aaeeact@gmail.com

Book Now - Early Bird Registrations close 20 July 

 
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Education for Sustainability - What if it takes a City?

ACT AAEE members have been continuing to meet with educators and the community to advocate for the ideas in our 2017 Learning and Education for Sustainability document. Now we are preparing to highlight these same ideas to the ACT Government inquiry "Nature in our City” .

If you are an early childhood educator or know someone who is, our document is a must-read - in it we explain exactly what ACT needs to put in place in education over the next decade to enable us to meet and beat our territory's sustainability goals and to reap rich and varied educational rewards doing it.  Download the report here

Read about the NSW Early Childhood Environmental Education Network here (Thank you ECEEN)

ACT AAEE is expecting the 10-year strategy for education - The ACT Future of Education Strategy - to be finalised by the end of July. Individual submissions can still be made at the ACT Government's Future of Education site.

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