Introducing ECOPEEP a unique program beginning with a course combining early childhood education with environmental education taught by the Urban Ecology Center’s Matt Flower. By combining these two disciplines, Matt introduces you to the essential elements of Nature-based Early Childhood (NbEC) and demonstrates what makes Urban NbEC unique and effective. Online, Mondays, August 1-22.
Date and Time:
Monday, August 1, 2022, 6:30pm to Monday, August 22, 2022, 9:30pm
Join us for a deep-dive experience in how the Urban Ecology Center in Milwaukee began in a degraded park, with the ambition of a few teachers to show kids from nearby schools how to discover nature in their neighborhood. See how this ambition grew into the vibrant organization we have today, connecting tens of thousands of students each year to nature. Please share this invitation with others in your network, the creative problem solvers, community leaders, program directors, and educators.
Date and Time:
Tuesday, August 9, 2022, 10:00am to Thursday, August 11, 2022, 9:00pm
Join us to hear, first hand, how the Urban Ecology Center in Milwaukee began in a degraded park, with the ambition of a few teachers to show kids from nearby schools how to discover nature in their neighborhood. See how this ambition grew into the vibrant organization we have today, connecting tens of thousands of students each year to nature. Please share this invitation with others in your network, the creative problem solvers, community leaders, program directors, and educators.
Date and Time:
Tuesday, June 7, 2022, 12:00pm to Thursday, June 23, 2022, 1:30pm
Join us to hear, first hand, how the Urban Ecology Center in Milwaukee began in a degraded park, with the ambition of a few teachers to show kids from nearby schools how to discover nature in their neighborhood.
Date and Time:
Thursday, March 3, 2022, 12:00pm to Thursday, March 31, 2022, 12:00pm
Apply to be a part of a global network striving to connect kids in the city to nature. Apply today to reserve your space for the July 15 Intensive Training.
Essential primer for creative problem solvers, community leaders, environmental advocates, and educators in cities. Explore case studies from the Urban Ecology Center in Milwaukee, with Executive Director Ken Leinbach. See how degraded parks, neglected green spaces, and brownfields are transformed into vital urban habitat for native plant species and varied wildlife. Environment education is at the core of this work.
Date and Time:
Thursday, July 15, 2021, 11:00am to Thursday, August 12, 2021, 12:30pm
Introducing ECOPEEP a unique program beginning with a course combining early childhood education with environmental education taught by the Urban Ecology Center’s Matt Flower. By combining these two disciplines, Matt introduces you to the essential elements of Nature-based Early Childhood (NbEC) and demonstrates what makes Urban NbEC unique and effective. Online, Mondays, August 2-23.
Date and Time:
Monday, August 2, 2021, 5:30pm to Monday, August 23, 2021, 8:30pm
Learn how to implement the Urban Ecology Center model in your community! This intensive includes five 90-minute interactive sessions, and you can choose to start on May 6 or on July 15.
Date and Time:
Thursday, May 6, 2021, 12:00pm to Thursday, June 3, 2021, 1:30pm
The Urban Ecology Center offers 20+ years of experience in neighborhood transformation, which we are thrilled to share in this online Intensive. We will cover the intersecting themes of transforming kids, parks, cities, and the world. Interactive online sessions occur on five successive Thursdays, starting March 4. This workshop is for creative problem solvers, city leaders, and educators who are committed to educating and inspiring youth, revitalizing urban green space, and more.