Conference

​​The COEEA Conference brings together thought-provoking and engaging opportunities to share with, learn from, and water the seeds of inspiration with other outdoor and environmental education leaders and nature enthusiasts from across the state. With quality workshops and ample networking opportunities, COEEA’s conference is a great place to connect with old friends and new. Previous conference attendees include non-formal educators, classroom teachers, administrators, students, and leaders advancing EE and Environmental Justice across Connecticut.

Our theme this year is “Reconnect & Re-imagine: Building Sustainable Communities and Solutions.”

There is a growing sense that people are becoming increasingly disconnected from the land they live on and the communities they are part of.  By restoring and nourishing these connections, we can re-engage with each other, to re-invigorate environmental efforts and build more resilient communities. COEEA recognizes that solutions-oriented education, rather than catastrophizing, is the best way to effect change, and that no better future was ever achieved without first being imagined.

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Navigating the current climate crisis will take both courage and creativity, and COEEA and its members are in a unique place to provide guidance, inspiration, and educational content that helps to re-establish these important connections and paves the way for a more resilient and just future.  Through this conference, COEEA seeks to bring together educators, advocates, and community leaders to share tools, stories, and strategies that reconnect people to place, to one another, and to the possibilities for sustainable change.