1. Nature Journaling Through the Seasons
 | Dates: August 5, 12, 19, 26, 2026 Location: Online Description: Join Sonya Rokosh and weekly special guests for four sessions to explore nature journaling outside! The first session will go over some quick and accessible journaling exercises – good warm ups for both adults and youth – and shift into season-focused exercises and activities in each session thereafter. For more information and to register, click HERE. |
2. Connected to Place: Regenerating Nature, Community, and Local Economies Through Systems Change
 | Date: August 6, 2026 Location: Online Description: How can stronger connections to place help create healthier communities and a more sustainable future? Join Matt Biggar, Ph.D., for an eeWEBINAR exploring ideas from his new book, Connected to Place, and discover how place-based education and systems thinking can inspire meaningful environmental and social change. Biggar discusses place-based systems change as a real-world solution to our growing environmental and social challenges. At the core of our biggest problems lies a deeper crisis of disconnectedness. Dominant economic forces continually push us away from nature, community, and each other. Place-based systems offer an alternative model and are gaining traction in places around the world, both urban and rural. Register HERE. |
3. Teaching About Bird Life
| Dates: August 11, 2026 Location: Online Description: Birds can be found in all learning environments, rural or urban. Join our panel of knowledgeable presenters who will share resources, both analogue and digital, for learning about birds in formal or informal education spaces. This workshop will also highlight the work of Joseph Pitawanakwat, Andrés Jiménez, and Junaid Khan to support the regathering and the education of Anishinaabe bird names and significant Indigenous bird knowledge. Included in this are their Anishinaabe Bird Names Nature Guide and Anishinaabe Winter Bird Names Nature Guide. While these resources are specific to Indigenous groups primarily located around the Great Lakes in Canada and the United States, there are valuable insights to be gleaned wherever you are joining from. Register HERE. |
4. Growing Future-Ready Students: How Environmental Education Advances District Priorities
 | Date: August 19, 2026 Locations: Online Description: School leaders are frequently asked to do more with less. What if one approach could help advance multiple district priorities at once? Join the Superintendents’ Environmental Education Collaborative and Project Learning Tree to explore how environmental education can be leveraged as a unifying strategy to help districts achieve strategic goals. No district succeeds alone. Join a growing network of education leaders committed to preparing future-ready students through innovative partnerships, shared learning, and practical strategies you can adapt in your own schools and communities. Register HERE. |
5. CAELI COE Community of Practice
 | Date: August 27, 2026 Location: Online Description: Now in its sixth year and growing, this community of practice (COP) brings together staff from a variety of roles in County Offices of Education (COE) across the state. We meet every other month for networking, professional learning, and focused discussions on self-selected topics. Register HERE for one or more CoP meetings. |
6. CAELI Quarterly Meeting
 | Date: September 2, 2026 Location: Online Description: We invite you to our next virtual statewide gathering which is a great opportunity to connect, share updates, and collaborate with environmental education leaders across California. Visit the CAELI website for more information. |
7. AEOE eeCourse: Traditional Ecological Knowledge and EE
 | Date: September 2 to October 20, 2026 Location: Online Description: This course is designed to provide a strong foundation in Traditional Ecological Knowledge and ways of knowing. It is meant to be an introductory course and spark interest in further learning around how we can more intentionally and respectfully incorporate traditional Indigenous ways of knowing into our environmental and outdoor learning programming. This six-week course takes approximately 15 hours to complete. Register HERE. |
8. 30×30 Partnership 2026 Summit
 | Date: September 29-30, 2026 Location: Cal Academy, San Francisco, CA Description: Energize bold action to accelerate progress. Empower partners to turn goals into results. Evolve strategies to meet the scale and urgency of 30×30. This year’s 30×30 Partnership Summit will spark engaging presentations, foster rich discussion, and create space to connect with colleagues working to bring 30×30 to life across California and beyond. Register HERE. |
9. AEOE Regional EE Meetups
| Date: October 25, 2026 Location: Throughout California Description: Join environmental and outdoor education professionals from across your region to explore a local site and meet colleagues working in a variety of settings. The event includes networking activities, snacks, and a tour of the site. Make new connections and learn more about a local program in your region! Meetups are held in multiple locations throughout the state. For more information, click HERE. |