GreenLearning is one of a number of non-profit groups that is working with the Canadian Network for Environmental Education and Communication (EECOM) on its 2010 National Conference to be held at Simon Fraser University, May 19 to 22.

Entitled Diversity, sustainability and environment: Exploring cultural and practical diversity for environmental learning, this year's conference will focus on environmental education in K to 12 classrooms as well as youth leadership initiatives, environmental education research, and interpretation.

Invited keynote speakers include:

• Chet A. Bowers, respected educator, social critic, and published author on environmental issues;
• Gregory A. Cajete, Native American educator and Tewa Indian from New Mexico whose work is dedicated to honoring the foundations of indigenous knowledge in education;
• Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary of the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) which is promoting 2010 as the UN International Year on Biodiversity;
• Richard Littlemore, journalist and co-author of Climate Cover-up: Exposing the Public Relations Crusade to Deny Global Warming;
• Lucie Sauvé, Professor and Canadian Research Chair at the Faculty of Education of the Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM), and a prominent voice on environmental education both nationally and internationally.

Groups supporting this year's conference include GreenLearning, Simon Fraser University's Faculty of Education, Interpretation Canada, BC Environmental Educators Provincial Specialist Association, and AQPERE.  We encourage you to register for the conference, and we hope to see you there!