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2025 Conference Schedule

Formations: Using Environmental Education to Shape Our World


Friday, November 14

8:00 am Check-In Opens

9:00 am River Exploration Preconference Workshop (Until Noon)

1:00 pm Welcome and Announcements

2:00 pm Education Session #1

3:00 pm        Networking Break

3:30 pm Education Session #2

4:30 pm Networking Break, Mentoring Meeting

6:00 pm Dinner

7:00 pm EEAI Business & Awards

8:00 pm Campfire, Hospitality & EEAI Has Talent Showcase


Saturday, November 15

7:00 am Bird Hike

7:30 am Breakfast

8:00 am Check-In Opens

9:00 am Education Session #3

10:00 am Networking Break

10:30 am Education Session #4

11:30 am Networking Break, Silent Auction Item Drop-Off

12:00 pm Lunch

1:00 pm Group Photo

1:30 pm Field Trips

4:30 pm Silent Auction & Student Poster Session 

6:00 pm Dinner

7:00 pm Keynote - The Bug Chicks

8:00 pm Silent Auction Winners Announced

9:00 pm Fireside Social & Hospitality


Sunday, November 16

7:00 am  Inspirational Hike

7:30 am Breakfast 

9:00 am Education Session #5

10:00 am Break - Check Out of Rooms

10:30 am Service Project


All times are Eastern Standard Time.


Conference Sessions

Michelle Morton

Conner Prairie

Enhancing Mental Health and Wellbeing through the Practice of Forest Therapy

Forest Therapy is a nature connection practice which elevates sensory observations in the present moment. Participants use their senses to connect to the landscape as a way to gently and mindfully notice themselves and the world. Slow and intentional time in nature, such as through a Forest Therapy experience, can reduce stress, relieve anxiety, boost happiness, promote relaxation, and build connections to the natural world. This session, led by Conner Prairie Museum Nature Engagement Specialist and certified Nature & Forest Therapy Guide Michelle Morton, will focus on the practice of Forest Therapy, its history, its benefits, and include time outside experiencing this wellness practice.


Emily Gough

Warsaw Community High School

The People Connection: Human Ecology Activities to Inspire Teens

In this interactive workshop, engage in activities that address population ecology, carrying capacity in nature, biodiversity, and human impacts on ecosystems. Develop and use 3D models and simulations to explain ecological phenomena, and discuss ways to implement these activities in an inclusive classroom/group as part of broadening students’ understanding of sustainability.


Kathy Madren and Lexi Eiler Alwine

Indiana Department of Natural Resources

Re-Learning & Re-WILDing

Deepen your roots and reconnect with your wild side while experiencing Project Learning Tree and Project WILD activities that promote social & emotional well-being.


Kathy Madren and Lexi Eiler Alwine

Indiana Department of Natural Resources

Building Social-Emotional Competency with Project Learning Tree & Project WILD
Experience Project Learning Tree and Project WILD activities with a social-emotional lens to learn how they align with Indiana’s Social-Emotional Learning Competencies and promote social & emotional well-being in your students.


Sarah Wolf

Hendricks County Partnership for Water Quality

How to Get Invited to Schools and How and What to Teach

Get ideas on how to get invited into classrooms and learn age-appropriate topics to cover. Try some environmental education lessons, activities, and games!

Sarah Wolf

Hendricks County Partnership for Water Quality

Geology and Topo Maps

Have you ever wondered how the land was formed into what we see today? Why are some areas so flat and some valleys so deep? Learn local geology while reading topographical maps and through demonstrations!


Alex Cooper

Lost Creek Acres

Community Building through Mentorship and Shared Experience

This presentation hopes to inspire other educators, naturalists, and agrarians to think big when they plan youth based educational programming. That sharing what you love in a hands on environment, can have an impact that is immeasurable. The presentation will cover the background, planning, and implementation of a year long program involving a summer internship, a farm tour, and a farm to table educational supplement, which culminated in a student run farm to table dinner. The goal is to communicate the transformation that can happen with inspired, how to, and real world engagement for todays youth, many of whom have been brought up in a digital world. Stories of individual and group valorization and personal challenges, along with budgeting and planning strategies, that involve partnerships and long term goals.


Taryn Hassler

Noble Crossing Elementary

Shaping Our Story: Exploring Land Through Time

What happens when students study the land beneath their feet? Follow one elementary school's exploration of geology through a place-based, multi-literacy approach that connects science, history, and storytelling. Learn how integrating local landscapes and community narratives can make learning more relevant and memorable—plus take home hands-on strategies to inspire your own students to investigate and appreciate the world around them.


The session schedule is being finalized.  Check back soon for more speaker information and a detailed session schedule!

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