2021 Speakers
Keynote Speakers

Nicole Hodgson
Murdoch University

Dr Eleanor Glenn
Common Cause Australia

Jasmine Chambers
& Harry Breidahl
Ocean Decade Australia & Nautilus Educational

Victoria McKenzie-McHarg
Women’s Environmental
Leadership Australia

James Forbes
Jane Goodall Institute
Australia

Assoc Prof Sandra Morrison
University of Waikoto

Keith Bradby
Gondwana Link
Presenters
Presenter | Title | Link (coming soon) |
Alice Liu (Taiwan) | Changes and challenges of Taiwan’s Curriculum to environmental education from 2019 | https://aaeeconference.org.au/sessions/changes-and-challenges-of-taiwans-curriculum/ |
Alison Thompson (NSW) | Water – Lets make It Last! – Bathurst Regional Council’s successful water conservation campaign which is underpinned by community education, engagement and enforcement | https://aaeeconference.org.au/sessions/water-lets-make-it-last/ |
Angela Rossen (WA) | Funding designing and delivering creative environmental education | https://aaeeconference.org.au/sessions/funding-designing-and-delivering-creative-environmental-education/ |
Prof Annette Gough (VIC) | Reimagining STEM education and the Australian Curriculum through an environmental sustainability education lens | https://aaeeconference.org.au/sessions/reimagining-stem-education/ |
Belinda McCawley (WA) | Forest therapy: using mindfulness to foster pro-conservation behaviour | https://aaeeconference.org.au/sessions/forest-therapy/ |
Blanche Verlie (NSW) | Learning to live with climate change – introduction and overview of book | https://aaeeconference.org.au/sessions/learning-to-live-with-climate-change/ |
Bonnie Beal Richardson (WA) | Partnering to protect our waterways | https://aaeeconference.org.au/sessions/partnering-to-protect-our-waterways/ |
Charlie Jones (WA) | Shorebirds are counting on us: Reflecting on more than a decade of building community citizen science capability in the Peel-Yalgorup System | https://aaeeconference.org.au/sessions/shorebirds-are-counting-on-us/ |
Charlotte Fletcher (VIC) | Building a bandicoot brigade to protect our nosey neighbours | https://aaeeconference.org.au/sessions/com-engagement-nature-r-1/ |
Danny Willmott | Coastal Waste Warriors (Presentation) | https://aaeeconference.org.au/sessions/coastal-waste-warriors-presentation/ |
Dean Huxley (WA) | Teaching empathy not facts to save Australia’s wildlife | https://aaeeconference.org.au/sessions/teaching-empathy-not-facts-to-save-australias-wildlife/ |
Dean Platt (VIC) | Interpreting private landholder stream restoration practices | https://aaeeconference.org.au/sessions/dean-platt/ |
Deidre Knight (SA) | Bringing back the butterflies – The ongoing legacy of community action | https://aaeeconference.org.au/sessions/bringing-back-the-butterflies/ |
Denise Crosbie (WA) | Living through the Adaptive Cycle: The Wetland Centre journey | https://aaeeconference.org.au/sessions/living-through-the-adaptive-cycle/ |
Dr Elaine Lewis (WA) | Kaadadjiny Boodja: STEM in a school bushland context | https://aaeeconference.org.au/sessions/school-nature-stem-p-1/ |
Emma Hayes & Rowena Chong (NSW) | Is your work with children ‘Sticky and Elastic’? Fun ideas for memorable learning | https://aaeeconference.org.au/sessions/is-your-work-with-children-sticky-and-elastic/ |
Emma Kennedy (NSW) | Connection, Ownership and Change – fostering engaged, active citizens of the future through student-led learning in the World Heritage-listed Blue Mountains of Australia | https://aaeeconference.org.au/sessions/connection-ownership-and-change/ |
Emma Syme (WA) | Waste education for CaLD (Culturally and Linguistically Diverse) communities utilising a strength based community development approach and the multilingual learning resource Waste Sorted – Talking my language | https://aaeeconference.org.au/sessions/waste-education-for-cald-communities/ |
Eryn Jackson | Managing our reserves and engaging the community through a Reserve Management Database | https://aaeeconference.org.au/sessions/managing-our-reserves-and-engaging-the-community-through-a-reserve-management-database/ |
Dr Eve Mayes (VIC) | Learning with student climate strikers’ humour: Towards critical affective climate justice literacies | https://aaeeconference.org.au/sessions/learning-with-student-climate-strikers-humour/ |
Gun Dolva (WA) | Empowering small businesses to connect with nature | https://aaeeconference.org.au/sessions/empowering-small-businesses-to-connect-with-nature/ |
Harry Breidahl (VIC) | Responding to IOC-UNESCO Draft Strategy: Ocean Literacy for the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (2021 to 2030) | https://aaeeconference.org.au/sessions/responding-to-ioc-unesco-draft-strategy/ |
Helen Coleman | Development of the Koolbardi Bidi Garden Learning Program to promote interactive, nature-based play as a method of encouraging lifelong learning in children of all ages | https://aaeeconference.org.au/sessions/koolbardi-bidi-garden-tour/ |
Helene Fisher (WA) | Bringing the web of life to life | https://aaeeconference.org.au/sessions/bringing-the-web-of-life-to-life/ |
David Broun (WA) | Two-way Science and learning on Country | https://aaeeconference.org.au/sessions/david-broun/ |
Jamie Van Jones and Sebastian Jones (WA) | Eco-Tourism and Environmental Education to foster connection and conservation of the natural world. | https://aaeeconference.org.au/sessions/eco-tourism-and-environmental-education-to-foster-connection-and-conservation-of-the-natural-world/ |
Jane Chambers & Vicky Harthill (WA) | Turtle tracking | https://aaeeconference.org.au/sessions/turtle-tracking/ |
Jane Hammond (WA) | Cry of the Forests – a tool for educators to engage and inspire audiences to take action to protect our forests and our planet. | https://aaeeconference.org.au/sessions/cry-of-the-forests/ |
Jane Merewether (WA) | Encounters with extinction: Thinking with thrombolites and children | https://aaeeconference.org.au/sessions/encounters-with-extinction/ |
Joshua Brown and Michael Burke (WA) | Engaging multicultural communities in sustainable behaviour | https://aaeeconference.org.au/sessions/Engaging-multicultural-communities-in-sustainable-behaviour |
Katharine Balson (NSW) | OZHARVEST FEAST Program: Taking action on food waste and health in the classroom and community | https://aaeeconference.org.au/sessions/food-waste-health-p1/ |
Katherine Gaschk (WA) | Walking the Talk: The evolution of waste education and management practices in AAEEWA programs | https://aaeeconference.org.au/sessions/walking-the-talk-the-evolution-of-waste-education-and-management-practices-in-aaeewa-programs/ |
Katherine Gaschk (WA) | Rearranging the deck chairs or time for change? Opportunities for embedding EfS within waste education | https://aaeeconference.org.au/sessions/rearranging-the-deck-chairs-or-time-for-change/ |
Dr Kim Beasy (TAS) | Exploring changes in perceptions and practices of sustainability in ESD Communities in Australia during the COVID-19 pandemic | https://aaeeconference.org.au/sessions/exploring-changes-in-perceptions-and-practices-of-sustainability-during-covid/ |
Kimberley Beasley (WA) | Supporting the development of botanical literacies in young children | https://aaeeconference.org.au/sessions/supporting-the-development-of-botanical-literacies-in-young-children/ |
Kristy Ward (WA) | Harnessing student passion to lead sustainable change | https://aaeeconference.org.au/sessions/harnessing-student-passion-to-lead-sustainable-change/ |
Dr Louise Duxbury (WA) | Relational leadership and practice: why connection and love are the basis for radical change | https://aaeeconference.org.au/sessions/relational-leadership-and-practice/ |
Marnie Giroud (WA) | Collaborating creatively with the community to engage in conservation education through innovative and interactive arts programs | https://aaeeconference.org.au/sessions/collaborating-creatively-with-the-community-to-engage-in-conservation-education/ |
Megan Mentz (WA) | Building confidence and capacity of early years educators to effect behaviour change in children | https://aaeeconference.org.au/sessions/building-confidence-and-capacity-of-early-years-educators/ |
Mel Horton (WA) | 28 years and counting: How does a local Coastcare group remain relevant and engaging? | https://aaeeconference.org.au/sessions/how-does-a-local-coastcare-group-remain-relevant-and-engaging/ |
Mel Horton (WA) | How to build a possum bridge! | https://aaeeconference.org.au/sessions/how-to-build-a-possum-bridge/ |
Merrilee Baker (WA) |
Reconnecting with nature by sensing, valuing and envisioning our future |
https://aaeeconference.org.au/sessions/reconnecting-with-nature-by-sensing-valuing-and-envisioning-our-future/ |
Dr Michelle Blewitt (SA) | Whaddya mean we eat a credit card a week of plastic? Understanding microplastic loads through a robust citizen science approach | https://aaeeconference.org.au/sessions/whaddya-mean-we-eat-a-credit-card-a-week-of-plastic/ |
Naomi Findlay (SA) | Sharing key learnings from AAEE SA’s ABC of BBB grant project | https://aaeeconference.org.au/sessions/sharing-key-learnings-from-aaee-sas-abc-of-bbb-grant-project/ |
Natalie Goddard | Eco-tourism: How tourism can support environmental sustainability | https://aaeeconference.org.au/sessions/mandurah-cruises-presentation/ |
Nathan Bass (WA) | How to create meaningful connections with nature through storytelling | https://aaeeconference.org.au/sessions/how-to-create-meaningful-connections-with-nature-through-storytelling/ |
Nikki Chatham (WA) | The impact of a youth-led Conservation Action Project and the benefits of implementing environmental and sustainability focused programs for young people | https://aaeeconference.org.au/sessions/the-impact-of-a-youth-led-conservation-action-project/ |
Pauna Truong (WA) | Can environmental education build personal leadership, empowerment, environmental citizenship, and resilience amongst youth? | https://aaeeconference.org.au/sessions/can-environmental-education-build-personal-leadership-empowerment-environmental-citizenship-and-resilience-amongst-youth/ |
Peta Foulkes | Presentation on Peel-Harvey Estuary and Mosquito Breeding | https://aaeeconference.org.au/sessions/presentation-on-peel-harvey-estuary-and-mosquito-breeding/ |
Assoc Prof Rachel Sheffield (WA) | Using a Problem based learning approach (PBL) and the United Nations sustainable development goals to solve the world’s wicked problems | https://aaeeconference.org.au/sessions/using-a-pbl-approach-and-the-uns-sustainable-development-goals/ |
Assoc Prof Rachel Sheffield (WA) | Sustainability and environmental literacy: Examining understanding, behaviour and attitudes of Preservice teachers around the environment | https://aaeeconference.org.au/sessions/sustainability-and-environmental-literacy/ |
Assoc Prof Rachel Sheffield (WA) | Mother Nature needs her environmental educators | https://aaeeconference.org.au/sessions/mother-nature-needs-her-environmental-educators/ |
Rebecca Cassells (WA) | City of Rockingham Castaways Sculpture Awards – Environmental awareness though artistic innovation | https://aaeeconference.org.au/sessions/city-of-rockingham-castaways-sculpture-awards/ |
Ricki Hersburgh (VIC) | Changing tides with community, business and government entities in remote and regional areas in Northern Australia | https://aaeeconference.org.au/sessions/changing-tides-in-remote-and-regional-areas-in-northern-australia/ |
Ricki Hersburgh (VIC) | Plastic Oceans Australasia Ocean Discovery Days workshop | https://aaeeconference.org.au/sessions/plastic-oceans-australasia-ocean-discovery-days/ |
Assoc Prof Sandra Wooltorton (WA) | Regeneration: Environmental education from the heart | https://aaeeconference.org.au/sessions/regeneration-environmental-education-from-the-heart/ |
Sarah Way (WA) | Community stories and sense of place enhances nature connection | https://aaeeconference.org.au/sessions/community-stories-and-sense-of-place-enhances-nature-connection/ |
Sarah Stevenson & Sinead Wilson (WA) | Using ‘festival fun’ to engage kids in environmental learning | https://aaeeconference.org.au/sessions/the-evolution-of-the-childrens-gnangara-groundwater-festival/https://aaeeconference.org.au/ |
Simon Cherriman (WA) | Kaarditjin Waalitj: Knowing Eagles | https://aaeeconference.org.au/sessions/environmental-education-nest-boxes-and-fostering-custodianship/ |
Sharon Meredith (WA) | Nature Photography – Using photography as an educational tool to connect and inspire students with their local natural environment | https://aaeeconference.org.au/sessions/nature-photography/ |
Steve Fisher and Karen Bettink | Living on the edge of ancient history: improving the health of Lake Clifton and its thrombolites through community stewardship | https://aaeeconference.org.au/sessions/phcc-lake-clifton-stewardship-partnership/ |
Susan Wake (NZ) | Environmental learning through drama and design | https://aaeeconference.org.au/sessions/environmental-learning-through-drama-and-design/ |
Suzanne Hicks (WA) | Caring for Boodja, building wellbeing: A novel Ecohealth programme in Margaret River. | https://aaeeconference.org.au/sessions/caring-for-boodja-building-wellbeing/ |
Sylvia Leighton (WA) | Oh Poor Land. Can We ‘Turn The Tide’ of land degradation associated with our agricultural industry? Come join the regenerative farmers movement. | https://aaeeconference.org.au/sessions/can-we-turn-the-tide-of-land-degradation-associated-with-our-agricultural-industry/ |
Dr Tania Leimbach & Dr Jennifer Kent (NSW) | Addressing the affective dimension of crises for tertiary students and educators: New resources, insights and approaches | https://aaeeconference.org.au/sessions/addressing-the-affective-dimension-of-crises-for-tertiary-students-and-educators/ |
Tasmyn Hill & Zoe Thompson | Address from the Junior Mayor and Junior Deputy Mayor | https://aaeeconference.org.au/sessions/day-2-junior-council/ |
Tim Hill, Dr Elaine Lewis, Jessica Shepley (WA) | West-side Stories | https://aaeeconference.org.au/sessions/west-side-stories/ |
Wayne Walters (WA)
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Removing barriers for school participation in coastal and marine education through Perth NRM’s Adopt A Beach Program | https://aaeeconference.org.au/sessions/removing-barriers-for-school-participation-in-coastal-and-marine-education/ |
Joselyn Juraszek (WA)
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Know Your Patch: Learning together, working together to conserve and enhance the local environment. | https://aaeeconference.org.au/sessions/know-your-patch/ |