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Jul
28
Wed
EcosySTEM Experience: Measuring the Urban Heat Island Effect @ Houston Area Research Center in The Woodlands
Jul 28 @ 9:00 am – 12:00 pm

July 28, 9 – 3 pm, EcosySTEM Experience: Measuring the Urban Heat Island Effect

  • Location: Houston Area Research Center in The Woodlands

  • Grades 7 – 12 STEM teachers, free, 6 CPE credits

  • Learn how to measure the urban heat island effect in Houston, and be able to repeat the project on your own campus. Meet additional researchers, hear about their projects, and get a behind-the-scenes tour of the center. With staff from EcoRise, create STEM activities based on HARC research that will be shared with teachers in the region.

  • Register with Region 4 ESC

Aug
3
Tue
Summer Institute on Civic Science for Teachers
Aug 3 – Aug 5 all-day

July 27 – 29 and August 3 – 5, Summer Institute on Civic Science and taking Inquiry to Action

  • Grades K-12, CPE credits

  • Learn best practices in digital learning while incorporating the principles and practices of Education for Sustainability.

  • Hosted by Children’s Environmental Literacy Foundation

Aug
4
Wed
Summer Institute on Civic Science for Teachers
Aug 4 – Aug 6 all-day

July 27 – 29 and August 3 – 5, Summer Institute on Civic Science and taking Inquiry to Action

  • Grades K-12, CPE credits

  • Learn best practices in digital learning while incorporating the principles and practices of Education for Sustainability.

  • Hosted by Children’s Environmental Literacy Foundation

Aug
5
Thu
Summer Institute on Civic Science for Teachers
Aug 5 – Aug 7 all-day

July 27 – 29 and August 3 – 5, Summer Institute on Civic Science and taking Inquiry to Action

  • Grades K-12, CPE credits

  • Learn best practices in digital learning while incorporating the principles and practices of Education for Sustainability.

  • Hosted by Children’s Environmental Literacy Foundation

Aug
6
Fri
Project WILD @ Dennis Johnston Park in Harris County Precinct 4
Aug 6 all-day

August 6, Project WILD

  • Location: Dennis Johnston Park in Harris County Precinct 4

  • Grade K-12 teachers, up to 6 CPE credits

  • Teach students how to think about wildlife with activities and decision making skills

  • Register with TPWD

Oct
7
Thu
NAAEE 2021: The Power of Connection – Research Symposium @ Virtual Event
Oct 7 – Oct 8 all-day

Join us as we mark an NAAEE milestone! Our 50th-anniversary conference—to be held virtually—will celebrate the power of connection and the profound, restorative role of the natural world in our lives. Together, we’ll reflect on all we’ve learned about the power of environmental education to bring people of all backgrounds and disciplines together to solve our most pressing problems and to create more just and sustainable communities.

Oct
12
Tue
NAAEE 2021: The Power of Connection – Conference @ Virtual Event
Oct 12 – Oct 13 all-day

Join NAAEE as we mark an NAAEE milestone! The  50th-anniversary conference—to be held virtually—will celebrate the power of connection and the profound, restorative role of the natural world in our lives. Together, let’s reflect on all we’ve learned about the power of environmental education to bring people of all backgrounds and disciplines together to solve our most pressing problems and to create more just and sustainable communities.

Dec
11
Sat
13th Annual Gingerbread Build-Off @ Levy Park
Dec 11 @ 9:00 am – 4:30 pm

Gingerbread Build-Off
Join the Architecture Center Houston for their Annual Gingerbread Build-Off. 

EVENT DAY SCHEDULE:
9:00am–10:00am  Team Check-in
10:00am–3:00pm  Competition Building & Kids Construction Zone
10:00am–4:00pm  Food Trucks
12:00–2:00pm       SANTA
4:00pm–4:30pm    Awards

Dec
17
Fri
Wild About Houston: A Green Film Festival @ MECA center
Dec 17 @ 5:30 pm – 9:00 pm
The Wild About Houston Green Film Festival returns this year with an exciting lineup of short films about Greater Houston’s environment.
CEC would like to use this festival to tell local environmental stories, highlight the work of CEC’s member organizations, and to inspire our residents and visitors to make a difference in the environment and our quality of life.

Join us for the 4th Annual Wild About Houston Green Film Festival, showcasing more than a dozen short films from the Greater Houston Area that tell the story of local environmental issues, their champions, and how you can make a difference.


		4th Annual Wild About Houston Film Festival image

Jan
29
Sat
2022 Wild & Scenic Film Festival on Tour @ MATCH
Jan 29 @ 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm

The Wild & Scenic Film Festival On Tour is returning to Houston on January 29, 2022. Hosted by the Citizens’ Environmental Coalition, this year’s film fest will be a hybrid event, taking place both online and in person at MATCH to accommodate everyone’s COVID safety preferences.

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