WCEE History Timeline by Kirsten Anderson https://padlet.com/programlead1/dg5fz7i67l7kc3mq en-us 2024-02-13 20:01:15 UTC 2026-05-18 00:24:09 UTC hello@padlet.com programlead1 https://padlet.com/programlead1/dg5fz7i67l7kc3mq/wish/2882788895 2024-02-13 22:41:08 UTC https://padlet.com/programlead1/dg5fz7i67l7kc3mq/wish/2882788895 June 2016 - Whatcom Community Foundation Convenings on School-based Envrionmental Education programlead1 https://padlet.com/programlead1/dg5fz7i67l7kc3mq/wish/2882792063 2024-02-13 22:47:17 UTC https://padlet.com/programlead1/dg5fz7i67l7kc3mq/wish/2882792063 October 2019 - Formation of Whatcom Coalition for Environmental Education (WCEE) programlead1 https://padlet.com/programlead1/dg5fz7i67l7kc3mq/wish/2882793523 Outreach and Community Engagement began in March 2019, leading to the formation of WCEE in October 2019.

]]> 2024-02-13 22:50:21 UTC https://padlet.com/programlead1/dg5fz7i67l7kc3mq/wish/2882793523 January 2020 - School Partnerships Map programlead1 https://padlet.com/programlead1/dg5fz7i67l7kc3mq/wish/2882794257 To begin visualizing and addressing systemic equity issues, WCEE created a County-wide map. The map illuminates how community assets in Whatcom County are distributed. The school symbols indicate the average number of ESE programs a student receives each year from ESE organizations.

]]> 2024-02-13 22:51:49 UTC https://padlet.com/programlead1/dg5fz7i67l7kc3mq/wish/2882794257 Recorded Nooksack Place Names programlead1 https://padlet.com/programlead1/dg5fz7i67l7kc3mq/wish/2882795797 The names remembered and recorded for places in the original Nooksack language, Lhéchalosem, tie the modern Nooksack Indian people to their traditional lands.  Names are known for places throughout the Nooksack territory where the language was spoken, as well as in surrounding areas which were not exclusively Nooksack.  All of these place names are covered in detail in the book Nooksack Place Names: Geography, Culture and Language by Allan Richardson and Brent Galloway (UBC Press, 2011). Map accessed at the Nooksack Tribe's Culture Program website.

]]> 2024-02-13 22:55:28 UTC https://padlet.com/programlead1/dg5fz7i67l7kc3mq/wish/2882795797 April 2022 - Mother Earth Day Celebration w/ Children of the Setting Sun Productions programlead1 https://padlet.com/programlead1/dg5fz7i67l7kc3mq/wish/2882805314 On April 22nd, a group gathered at Maritime Heritage Park under the unexpected sunshine to celebrate our Mother Earth. We heard profound words from youth leaders, blessings from Coast Salish elders and beautiful music from a Lummi song and dance group.

]]> 2024-02-13 23:08:02 UTC https://padlet.com/programlead1/dg5fz7i67l7kc3mq/wish/2882805314 September 2022 - Snow to Sea Program launches with an inaugural Outdoor Learning Grant programlead1 https://padlet.com/programlead1/dg5fz7i67l7kc3mq/wish/2882805871 2024-02-13 23:09:21 UTC https://padlet.com/programlead1/dg5fz7i67l7kc3mq/wish/2882805871 October 2020 - Connections Program launches in the beginning of the pandemic programlead1 https://padlet.com/programlead1/dg5fz7i67l7kc3mq/wish/2882806423 2024-02-13 23:10:33 UTC https://padlet.com/programlead1/dg5fz7i67l7kc3mq/wish/2882806423 February 2020 - County-wide School Partnerships Convening programlead1 https://padlet.com/programlead1/dg5fz7i67l7kc3mq/wish/2882807848 2024-02-13 23:13:50 UTC https://padlet.com/programlead1/dg5fz7i67l7kc3mq/wish/2882807848 November 2019 - Community of Practice begins programlead1 https://padlet.com/programlead1/dg5fz7i67l7kc3mq/wish/2882808935 2024-02-13 23:16:06 UTC https://padlet.com/programlead1/dg5fz7i67l7kc3mq/wish/2882808935 October 2023 - Seed to STEM planning begins with funding from Career Connect Washington programlead1 https://padlet.com/programlead1/dg5fz7i67l7kc3mq/wish/2882811925 2024-02-13 23:22:21 UTC https://padlet.com/programlead1/dg5fz7i67l7kc3mq/wish/2882811925 May 2023 - Western Dissertation on the Connections Program programlead1 https://padlet.com/programlead1/dg5fz7i67l7kc3mq/wish/2886272017 2024-02-16 17:52:30 UTC https://padlet.com/programlead1/dg5fz7i67l7kc3mq/wish/2886272017 July 2021 - Green Schoolyards America Features Case Study on Connections programlead1 https://padlet.com/programlead1/dg5fz7i67l7kc3mq/wish/2886301672 Program Partners: Allied Arts of Whatcom County, Animals as Natural Therapy, Bellingham Parks and Recreation Department, Camp Saturna, Common Threads Farm, Garden of the Salish Sea Curriculum, Nooksack Salmon Enhancement Association, North Cascades Institute, RE Sources, Whatcom Conservation District, Whatcom Mountain Biking Coalition, Wild Whatcom, Vamos Outdoors Project

]]> 2024-02-16 18:28:28 UTC https://padlet.com/programlead1/dg5fz7i67l7kc3mq/wish/2886301672 October / December 2020 - Justice Outside Training programlead1 https://padlet.com/programlead1/dg5fz7i67l7kc3mq/wish/2887342530 2024-02-18 20:55:14 UTC https://padlet.com/programlead1/dg5fz7i67l7kc3mq/wish/2887342530 October 2021 - Conflict Resolution and Affecting Change Training programlead1 https://padlet.com/programlead1/dg5fz7i67l7kc3mq/wish/2887342815 2024-02-18 20:56:00 UTC https://padlet.com/programlead1/dg5fz7i67l7kc3mq/wish/2887342815 February 2022 - Power of Hope Training (WFCN) programlead1 https://padlet.com/programlead1/dg5fz7i67l7kc3mq/wish/2887343873 2024-02-18 20:59:02 UTC https://padlet.com/programlead1/dg5fz7i67l7kc3mq/wish/2887343873 March 2022 - Equitable Collaborations Training programlead1 https://padlet.com/programlead1/dg5fz7i67l7kc3mq/wish/2887344318 2024-02-18 20:59:54 UTC https://padlet.com/programlead1/dg5fz7i67l7kc3mq/wish/2887344318 October 2022 - Disability, Accessibility and Inclusion Training programlead1 https://padlet.com/programlead1/dg5fz7i67l7kc3mq/wish/2887344423 2024-02-18 21:00:14 UTC https://padlet.com/programlead1/dg5fz7i67l7kc3mq/wish/2887344423 September 2023 - Professional Development Series Begins programlead1 https://padlet.com/programlead1/dg5fz7i67l7kc3mq/wish/2887344834 2024-02-18 21:01:09 UTC https://padlet.com/programlead1/dg5fz7i67l7kc3mq/wish/2887344834 Nooksack Indian Tribe - Summer Programming Collaboration Gathering programlead1 https://padlet.com/programlead1/dg5fz7i67l7kc3mq/wish/3916574384 May 2023 saw the beginning of an annual gathering between WCEE and the Nooksack Indian Tribe Department of Education to collaborate and connect on outdoor learning opportunities for Native youth.

]]> 2026-05-17 22:55:10 UTC https://padlet.com/programlead1/dg5fz7i67l7kc3mq/wish/3916574384 Fall 2024 - Seed to STEM Community Partner Training programlead1 https://padlet.com/programlead1/dg5fz7i67l7kc3mq/wish/3916580476 In-depth targeted professional development trainings were designed and executed across three thematic areas: culturally responsive practice (Latine), Indigenous values integration, and adaptive programming for students with developmental disabilities. Elementary Science Leads also introduced Seed to STEM at all three elementary schools across Nooksack Valley School District. And Seed to STEM was featured as a case study in the Career Connect NW Fall e-newsletter.

]]> 2026-05-17 23:05:52 UTC https://padlet.com/programlead1/dg5fz7i67l7kc3mq/wish/3916580476 Tandem Impact (Keren Bitan and Ben Greené) serve as the lead consultants for WCEE programlead1 https://padlet.com/programlead1/dg5fz7i67l7kc3mq/wish/3916582488 2026-05-17 23:10:58 UTC https://padlet.com/programlead1/dg5fz7i67l7kc3mq/wish/3916582488 Hannah Newell starts serving as WCEE Program Lead programlead1 https://padlet.com/programlead1/dg5fz7i67l7kc3mq/wish/3916584742 Hannah takes over from Ben Greené in April 2021

]]> 2026-05-17 23:15:47 UTC https://padlet.com/programlead1/dg5fz7i67l7kc3mq/wish/3916584742 Ben Greené returns to serve as WCEE Program Lead programlead1 https://padlet.com/programlead1/dg5fz7i67l7kc3mq/wish/3916585121 Hannah and Ben serve as co-leads May - June 2022 and Ben starts leading in July 2022

]]> 2026-05-17 23:16:31 UTC https://padlet.com/programlead1/dg5fz7i67l7kc3mq/wish/3916585121 Kirsten Anderson hired as WCEE Program Lead programlead1 https://padlet.com/programlead1/dg5fz7i67l7kc3mq/wish/3916585578 March 2025

]]> 2026-05-17 23:17:16 UTC https://padlet.com/programlead1/dg5fz7i67l7kc3mq/wish/3916585578 Inaugural Tribal Partnerships Gathering programlead1 https://padlet.com/programlead1/dg5fz7i67l7kc3mq/wish/3916586846 September 2025 - Zachary Williams (Nooksack), Michaela Vendiola (Swinomish and Lummi), Ben Greené, and Kirsten Anderson co-facilitated the first Tribal Partnerships Gathering at Nooksack Community Building

]]> 2026-05-17 23:19:51 UTC https://padlet.com/programlead1/dg5fz7i67l7kc3mq/wish/3916586846 State Funding Impacts programlead1 https://padlet.com/programlead1/dg5fz7i67l7kc3mq/wish/3916589507 June 2025 - WA state legislative session saw the elimination of nearly 85% of outdoor learning funding, eliminating the Recreation and Conservation Office’s Outdoor Learning grants completely and reducing the No Child Left Inside grants from $4.5M to $1.26M. Additionally, $250,000 of state allocated funds, advocated by Representative Alicia Rule, for the Connections and Snow to Sea pathway programs were also eliminated.

]]> 2026-05-17 23:24:51 UTC https://padlet.com/programlead1/dg5fz7i67l7kc3mq/wish/3916589507 The Abundance Project Launches programlead1 https://padlet.com/programlead1/dg5fz7i67l7kc3mq/wish/3916590646 The Abundance Project is a facilitated, six-month peer-learning series for the Whatcom Coalition for Environmental Education (WCEE) community and partners to explore abundance, relationship, narrative change, and collective capacity in the face of funding uncertainty.


Sponsored by Whatcom Community Foundation and co-facilitated by Ted Lord (philanthropy advisor and organizational consultant) and Kirsten Anderson, each session features guest speakers, practical tools and frameworks, funding-focused storytelling, and collaborative learning.

]]> 2026-05-17 23:27:29 UTC https://padlet.com/programlead1/dg5fz7i67l7kc3mq/wish/3916590646 WCEE Transition Planning programlead1 https://padlet.com/programlead1/dg5fz7i67l7kc3mq/wish/3916592069 Kirsten Anderson accepts full-time position with Whatcom Community Foundation as Senior Director of Philanthropy. WCEE Advisory Committee begins transition planning and rehire process.

]]> 2026-05-17 23:29:47 UTC https://padlet.com/programlead1/dg5fz7i67l7kc3mq/wish/3916592069 WCEE Advisory Committee Launches programlead1 https://padlet.com/programlead1/dg5fz7i67l7kc3mq/wish/3916593680 May 2021 - Hannah Newell leads first Advisory Committee with following inaugural members: Terry Carten (Camp Saturna), Andy Basabe (Vamos Outdoors Project), Thayne Yazzie (WWU), Licia Sahaguan (Wild Whatcom), Meriel Kaminsky (Vamos Outdoors Project)

]]> 2026-05-17 23:32:25 UTC https://padlet.com/programlead1/dg5fz7i67l7kc3mq/wish/3916593680 WCEE Advisory Committee Members programlead1 https://padlet.com/programlead1/dg5fz7i67l7kc3mq/wish/3916643812 September 2025 - Rebeca Rios Escalera (Vamos Outdoors Project) completes her service on the WCEE Advisory Committee and we welcome Aneka Sweeney (Whatcom Conservation District) to the Advisory Committee!

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