Energy Education Highlighted at CCCDC Meeting

Environmental education in Wisconsin’s schools will be the topic at the Climate Change Coalition of Door County’s December program. Sara Windjue, energy education specialist at the Wisconsin Center for Environmental Education, University of Stevens-Point, will lead an interactive presentation about efforts to strengthen environmental literacy in Wisconsin’s pre-K-12 schools. The program is Dec. 2, 7 pm, at Unitarian Universalist Fellowship in Ephraim.

Windjue’s talk will highlight successful environmental education projects in Door County schools. Gibraltar High School teacher Dave Tupa will join her to share environmental education opportunities that Gibraltar provides its students. Other area educators are especially welcome and encouraged to attend.

Windjue has worked with the Wisconsin K-12 Energy Education Program (KEEP) at Stevens Point since 2005. She supports technology and engineering educators in energy education, develops KEEP’s Building Science program, helps schools adopt renewable energy systems, works with teachers to integrate energy education into STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) and technical education offerings, and collaborates with Cools Choices.

The Climate Change Coalition of Door County (CCCDC) seeks to transcend partisanship and to voice the care we all have for the natural world. CCCDC fosters knowledge and action to address climate change’s challenges and protect the Earth for future generations. The program is free and open to the public.