Jun 22, 2022 | ESD 112, PSESD, NWESD 189, EarthGen (Formerly Washington Green Schools)
When Anacortes Middle School teacher Tasha Kirby had her class make applesauce last fall, she wasnโt teaching home economics. She was using locally grown apples to help her students make the connection between climate and the food they eat. Food is central to life,...
May 24, 2022 | ESD 105, NCESD 171, Pacific Education Institute
Thanks to the support of ESD (Educational Service Districts) 105 and 171, eleven more Central Washington teachers were able to join the Pacific Education Institute (PEI) for an exploration of their Regenerative Agriculture Storylines. This two-day hybrid online and...
May 3, 2022 | Capital Region ESD 113, Pacific Education Institute
How can trees be used to create positive impact in communities? This was the question at hand for a group of K-3 educators from Capitol Region ESD 113 this past winter as they explored Pacific Education Instituteโs (PEI) Urban Forestry storyline. Tressa Arbow, PEI...
Apr 13, 2022 | Olympic ESD 114, EarthGen (Formerly Washington Green Schools)
From high school students calculating the sea level rise resulting from climate change to kindergarteners tackling plastic pollution, EarthGenโs professional development workshops are bringing environmental learning and action to Washington classrooms. โLiving with...
Apr 7, 2022 | ESD 123, Pacific Education Institute
Educators in southeast Washington joined Pacific Education Institute FieldSTEM Coordinators Megan Rivard and Amy Dawley for an adventure in solar energy this February. Through a series of three synchronous Zoom sessions and asynchronous tasks via Canvas, participants...
Mar 30, 2022 | Capital Region ESD 113
The Chehalis Basin Education Consortium, a watershed education program at Capital Region ESD 113 joined forces with two other local watershed programs for the annual event Student GREEN Congress from March 11th through March 17th. Student GREEN Congress is an...
Mar 23, 2022 | ESD 105, PSESD, NCESD 171
Nehemias Chalma, Compost Facility Manager at Natural Selection Farms, spoke to teachers in both English and Spanish cohorts about using compost to support healthy soil. Where does good food go bad? This question gave educators in ESD 105, NCESD, and PSESD something to...
Feb 4, 2022 | Capital Region ESD 113
Great morning tree planting to improve habitat for salmon and minimize erosion with thirty 7th and 8th grade students from Wishkah Valley School on January 20th, 2022. Beautiful site on the Satsop River in Montesano. We partnered with the Grays Harbor Conservation...
