2023 Inside Out International Conference Virtual Recap & Networking Event

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Join Children & Nature Network staff and peers for this free event of networking and conversation about the 2023 main stage sessions.

Join Children &amp; Nature Network staff and peers for this live, free event that will include networking and conversation about the 2023 Inside-Out International conference main stage sessions, and more. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLFSLhjh35ehQLsd2XlqMdzcMNmbwml2SV" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">View session recordings</a> prior to the event and come with questions and insights to share.Featured sessions include:<a href="https://youtu.be/23Zt1fSZfSQ" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Transformative Education: Building CommUNITY with Reciprocity and Restoration</a>This recorded session features local Colorado leaders Renée Millard Chacon - Co-founder/Executive Director of <a href="https://www.womxnfromthemountain.com/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Womxn from the Mountain</a> &amp; Commerce City Council Womxn Ward 3 and Alicia Fall - Founder and Visionholder of <a href="https://www.hermanyvoices.org/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Her Many Voices Foundation</a>. They speak on raising awareness for restorative justice within and beyond our communities, the power in the Indigenous culture of biodiversity, and building sacred connections to the Earth and to each other.The breakout room for this session will be moderated by a member of the Children &amp; Nature Network’s Leadership Team. Watch the <a href="https://youtu.be/23Zt1fSZfSQ" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">recorded session</a> now.<a href="https://youtu.be/EnV-2r5nj50?feature=shared" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Earth Guardians on the Importance of Being Revolutionary</a>We are in the midst of a climate crisis and our young people are witnessing the world change drastically in their daily lives. In this recorded session, <a href="https://www.earthguardians.org/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Earth Guardians</a>: <a href="https://www.earthguardians.org/team/emmy-scott" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Emmy Scott</a> - Executive Director, <a href="https://www.earthguardians.org/youth-councils/maya-lazzaro" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Maya Lazzaro</a> - Communications Director, <a href="https://www.earthguardians.org/tony-perez-soto" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Tony Pérez Soto</a> - Regional Director Coordinator, and <a href="https://www.earthguardians.org/tyler-massias" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Tyler Massias</a> - Speakers Bureau Director &amp; Farmer, with Moderator <a href="https://www.earthguardians.org/team/kellie-berns" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Kellie Berns</a> - Global Program Director, share how critical it is to be visionary in reimagining how we work, activate, and mobilize and how we must all be brave in reinventing our systems and selves. The breakout room for this session will be moderated by <a href="https://www.childrenandnature.org/about/our-team/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Tanya Pappa</a>, Manager of Cities and Youth Engagement at Children &amp; Nature Network. Watch the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EnV-2r5nj50" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">recorded session</a> now. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3eGSKw0k8Kk" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Global Lessons on Green Schoolyards and Outdoor Learning: Including Mother Earth as a teacher</a><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3eGSKw0k8Kk" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"></a>The Children &amp; Nature Network, in partnership with <a href="https://www.salzburgglobal.org/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Salzburg Global Seminar</a> (SGS), the <a href="https://www.internationalschoolgrounds.org/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">International School Grounds Alliance</a> (ISGA), <a href="https://www.iucn.org/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">International Union for the Conservation of Nature</a>, <a href="https://natureforall.global/home/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">#NatureForAll</a>, and the <a href="https://www.nlc.org/initiative/council-on-youth-education-and-families/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">National League of Cities Institute for Youth, Education and Families</a> (NLCI), led a global project to identify and disseminate successful approaches on greening school grounds and outdoor learning. This recorded session focuses on the presentation of <a href="https://www.childrenandnature.org/schoolgroundgreening/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">13 case studies</a> that highlight examples that have potential to be replicated in the U.S. and across the world to create sustainable, inclusive communities.<a href="https://www.childrenandnature.org/resources/asociacion-para-la-ninez-y-su-ambiente-peru/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Joaquin&#x27;s initiative</a> is centered on including Mother Earth as a teacher in schools with her &quot;nature classroom&quot; to help children develop empathy for life. This session includes: moderator Brenda Kessler - Project Manager, Children &amp; Nature Network and panelists <a href="https://jundiai.sp.gov.br/educacao/gestor/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Vastí Ferrari Marques</a> - Secretary of Education of Jundiaí, Secretary of Education Department, Ian Mostert - <a href="https://www.ivn.nl/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">IVN</a>, Johan Lambrix - <a href="https://www.provinciaalnatuurcentrum.be/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Provinciaal Natuurcentrum Limburg</a>, Coordinator Team Education, Joaquin Leguia - <a href="https://en.aniaorg.pe/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Asociación para la Niñez y su Ambiente</a> (ANIA), Executive Director.The breakout room for this session will be moderated by <a href="https://www.childrenandnature.org/about/our-team/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Brenda Kessler</a>, Project Manager at Children &amp; Nature Network who moderated the panel at the conference. Watch the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3eGSKw0k8Kk" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">recorded session</a> now.<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PtyDxtuzss4" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Nature Connection Builds Healthy Communities and Climate Resilience</a><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PtyDxtuzss4" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"></a>Connection to nature is a stepping stone to climate resilience. Families and communities who spend frequent time in nature, playing together are inspired to conserve the biodiversity of their local ecosystem and in the face of impending or destructive climate events, the community is able to work together to mitigate flooding, replant trees, rebuild homes, and move communities uphill or inland.In addition to being beneficial to the physical and mental health of families, time spent outdoors together across generations also allows the passing down of traditional ecological knowledge and skills. This knowledge is essential to managing land and water and adapting to climate change. When youth have access to traditional knowledge and a voice in the work of climate adaptation work, they can become even more creative and effective at solving the problems faced by their community and the world as a whole.This recorded conference panel discussion shines light on the work being done in many communities, organizations and collaboratives to connect people to nature, build highly connected communities, foster healthy people and families, and increase climate resilience. This session includes: moderator Cheryl Charles - <a href="https://natureforall.global/home/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">#NatureForAll</a> International Co-Chair and Co-Founder and CEO Emerita, Children &amp; Nature Network, and panelists Louise Benally - Director, <a href="https://www.outdoorsempowered.org/icc#:~:text=Indigenous%20Cultural%20Concepts%20is%20a,camping%20and%20traditional%20food%20practices." target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Indigenous Cultural Concepts</a>, Heather Kuhlken - Executive Director, <a href="https://familiesinnature.org/#!event-list" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Families in Nature</a>, Maria Donjuan - Guide, Families in Nature, Luis Camargo - Founder &amp; Director, <a href="https://opepa.org/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">OpEPA</a>.The breakout room for this session will be moderated by Heather Kuhlken - Executive Director, <a href="https://familiesinnature.org/#!event-list" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Families in Nature</a> who was a panelist for this session at the conference. Watch the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PtyDxtuzss4" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">recorded session</a> now. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kj_1PoN0C14" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Ecologize and Joyify! Supporting Thrivability for All</a>This is a pivotal moment in our culture of rethinking ways of being and doing. In this recorded session <a href="https://www.outdooristoath.org/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Outdoorist Oath’s</a> co-founder, José González and Executive Director, Gabaccia Moreno along with moderator Francis Mendoza - Manager of Community Development at Children &amp; Nature Network converse about the intersection of the planet, inclusion, and outdoor experience through a lens of sustainable ecology and accessible joy.The breakout room for this session will be moderated by <a href="https://www.childrenandnature.org/about/our-team/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Francis Mendoza</a> - Manager of Community Development at Children &amp; Nature Network who moderated this session at the conference. Watch the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kj_1PoN0C14" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">recorded session</a> now.

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