2006 AEOE Statewide Spring Conference: Environmental Education: From Words to Action Taking it to the next level For our students, our communities, and the earth

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Index: General Information: Date and Place | Cost | Registration | Deadlines | Getting There | More Details
Registration | Scholarships | Schedule | Events (speakers, entertainment, other) | Workshops
Participate: volunteer/present/promote | Outreach (fliers)

NEW! Ride Share Forum: Find a Ride, Offer a Ride - cut down on emissions, greenhouse gases, oil consumption, congestion, parking problems and arrive at the conference with a clean conscience! (And save a little money on gas, too!) Click here to go to the forum and find/offer a ride to share

UPDATE: Tee shirt styles and colors are now chosen - sorry for the delay! We have been experiencing supply problems in the colors we wanted.

NEW! Job Fair Online Registration! If you are an AEOE institutional member, and you are hiring, sign up to participate in the conference job fair! AEOE Conferences are the best place to meet dedicated, professional outdoor educators.

• Date and Place: April 28-30, 2006 at the beautiful Camp Hess Kramer/Steve Breuer Conference Center in Malibu - click here for photos and information from the outdoor school that uses this lovely campus, click here for the official Hess Kramer website

• Theme: "Environmental Education: From Words to Action"

• Cost: $125 regular registration, including Lodging, Meals Saturday breakfast through Sunday lunch, Speakers, Entertainment, Workshops and more! Family Rates and No Meals/No Lodging Rates Available. See registration packet or detailed conference information page for details.

• Scholarships will be available based on financial need. Click here for more information and an application (Turn in with conference registration by April 1, 2006)

• Registration Registration packet now available!!
  • $125 for early registration deadline/postmark = April 8, 2006 (extended one week due to delay in northern registration packet)
  • $150 for regular registration deadline/postmark = April 15, 2006
  • No mail-in registrations after April 15, 2006 (on site registration only)
  • $175 for on site (walk-in) registration
  • Day Use Rates (no meals/no lodging): $60 early, $85 regular; $115 on site

• For more general information about the conference click here

• Deadlines:

• Conference Registration Deadlines:
  • Early registration deadline/postmark = April 8, 2006 (extended one week due to delay in northern registration packet)
  • Regular registration deadline/postmark = April 15, 2006
  • No mail-in registrations after April 15, 2006 (walk-in registration only - contact us to make sure there is space)
• Scholarship Application Deadline: April 1, 2006
• Talent Show / Skit Contest Entry Deadline: April 17, 2006
• Job Fair Registration Deadline: April 24, 2006

• Participate!
  • Volunteer to help at the conference - contact Jason Westfall
  • Help promote the conference: Pass out a Conference Flier
  • Enter the Talent Show and Skit Contest, go for the glory! Deadline April 17th!

• For more general information about the conference click here

Conference Events

• Schedule
• Speakers - Richard Louv - Author of "Last Child in the Woods - Saving Our Children From Nature Deficit Disorder" will be our keynote speaker!
• Opening Ceremony with Jacque Nuñez, Acjachemen Storyteller
• Entertainment
  • Friday night contra dance! Kick up your heels for a fun-filled contra dance with the Swamp Mamas!
  • Saturday night, get ready to groove to the diverse sounds of Delta Nove, and their "Afro Samba World Funk Experience."
  • Enter the Saturday night Talent Show and Skit Contest, go for the glory! Deadline April 17th!
• Other events -Job Fair, Photography Contest, Silent Auction, Live Auction (more information in Registration Packet and Spring Newsletter)

Workshops:

• Workshop Descriptions - Updated! Over 70 workshops to choose from!

Getting There:

• Directions/Maps/Surf Reports
• Rides Need a Ride/Got Space? Contact Rich and Tonya Mandl: or (310) 473-0370
• What to Bring
• NEW! Ride Share Forum: Find a Ride, Offer a Ride - cut down on emissions, greenhouse gases, oil consumption, congestion, parking problems and arrive at the conference with a clean conscience! (And save a little money on gas, too!) Click here to go to the forum and find/offer a ride to share

Check back here for updates!!