The Environmental Education Association of Washington is convening our 17th annual conference, November 8 – 10, 2007, in Seattle, Washington, to encourage and nurture educators, and business and community members to address the core issues and new ideas regarding a variety of timely topics facing us today. The conference: “Reinventing Green: Environmental Education in a Changing World” seeks to foster dynamic links between education, environment and economy and to empower educators, students and business leaders to leverage the power inherent in these sectors to create a more sustainable future. This conference aims not only to ask and answer critical questions, but to equip participants with the resources they need to act.

• How can schools, higher educational institutions and other stakeholders mobilize to address environmental education so that all people can participate? What are the barriers? What are the leverage points for change?
• How can we balance the need to address acute problems today while working for the policy and systemic changes needed to ultimately address the root causes of environmental issues facing our society? What strategies have been successful and what can we learn from them? Where are the emerging opportunities and how do we move these forward? How can these inform the priorities of the E3 Washington planning process (www.e3washington.org)?
• How can we fully realize authentic partnerships between community and nonprofit organizations, businesses, government, tribes, schools and higher education? Where are our common interests? How can we learn to network together better?
  

The sessions of the conference will not only result in take-aways for conference goers, but also will serve to inform the E3 Washington strategy for strengthening environmental connections for all of our audiences, across the state.

Conference Goals and Objectives