2025 Arkansas Environmental & Outdoor Education Conference

1. This session explores how the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission utilizes outdoor experiences to cultivate healthy lifestyles and foster a sustainable future for all Arkansans. Target audience: Educators, outdoor recreation professionals, and community leaders. Topic focus: Integrating outdoor education into curricula, promoting physical and mental well-being through nature-based activities, and developing environmental stewardship. NGSS alignment: Crosscutting concepts of systems and system models, stability and change, and patterns. Participants will gain: Practical strategies for incorporating outdoor learning into educational settings. Resources for accessing AGFC programs and educational materials. Understanding of the connection between human health and environmental health. Skills for developing and implementing community-based outdoor education initiatives.
Target Audience: Classroom teachers, PreK-higher education, School administrators, Non-formal educators

2. During this session, you will receive information about funding available to create outdoor learning environments and for recycling stations. I realize due to curriculum demands that the importance of environmental education is sometimes overlooked. There are also many environmental agencies that offer grants and classroom education programs throughout the year. There are ways to create a “GREEN” classroom. I will share my experiences and knowledge with you during this session. You will take away the names of agencies, grants, websites, and other resources I have used to create an environmental and outdoor classroom setting.
Target audience: Pre-K through 8th grade.