COEEA is seeking 60- and 90-minute workshop proposals for our annual conference being held this year on March 26, 2026 at Indian Rock Nature Preserve in Bristol, CT. 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.
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.
We welcome workshop proposals on the following topics:
Green and Emerging Tools and Technologies
Strengthening Community Engagement and Partnerships
Connecting People to Place through Environmental Education
Future Stewards: Youth Involvement in Environmental Solutions
Healing, Hope, & Resiliency
The DEADLINE to submit a workshop proposal is MONDAY, February 9, 2026. Thank you for sharing your expertise!
(Environmental Learning Centers of CT and Indian Rock Nature Preserve are not affiliated with the COEEA Conference)
