Wisconsin Association for Environmental Education Gala Night

Gala Night: Eat, drink, and fund the future! Join the Wisconsin Association for Environmental Education for a fantastic night of fresh food, fancy cocktails, funky music, and fun people. All proceeds support efforts to ensure environmental education continues to thrive in our state.

Featuring chefs from the Madison Area Chef's Network, including Forequarter, Merchant, Gotham, Banzo, and Mezze. Guest speaker, Tia Nelson, daughter of Earth Day Founder, Gaylord Nelson, Great Dane specialty brew "Environmental Ale", cocktails fro Wirtz Beverage featuring Death's Door Vodka, live auction and raffle, "green tours with Museum Director, Deborah Gilpin, plus live music from VaVaVoom.

$30/person

Fri. 10/23 6-9pm, Madison Children's Museum

press release: The Wisconsin Association for Environmental Education (WAEE) is proud to host the Midwest Environmental Education Conference, a biennial regional gathering of environmental educators and state professional association members dedicated to sharing and celebrating significant innovations and advancements in the field of environmental education. The conference will take place from Wednesday, October 21 to Saturday, Oct. 24, 2015. There is an outstanding line up of speakers and sessions devoted to promoting access to environmental education experiences, focused on four conference tracks: sustainable food systems, education on climate change, reaching underserved audiences, and celebrating EE success stories. WAEE is partnering with the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies to present the keynote speaker, Timothy Egan, author of "The Big Burn," featured on PBS's American Experience. Also speaking are Joel Salatin of Polyface Farm, Peter Annin, author of "The Great Lakes Water Wars," George Archibald of the International Crane Foundation, and an amazing panel of experts from Milwaukee on reaching underserved audiences. The conference includes a Gala Event at the Madison Children's Museum and the Voyageur Canoe Races on Lake Monona. Visit #MadMEEC to see the latest posts, follow us on Twitter @WAEE40, and find us on Facebook. Hurry! Registration closes Friday October 16.

Conference opens 8 am on Wednesday, Oct. 21; with workshops and field trips, and closes 3:30 pm on Saturday, Oct. 24.Fee:  $275 full conference, $95/day or $15/day for students

Information/Register: Visit Registration to the MEEC or call 715-346-2796

The Wisconsin Association for Environmental Education is the statewide non-profit professional organization of environmental educators which supports environmental education through advocacy, networking, and recognition.We advocate by working with our members to identify environmental education priorities and amplify their voices.We create venues for networking through organizing annual conferences, winter workshops, and other events to connect environmental education professionals. We recognize groups and individuals for outstanding environmental efforts at an annual awards banquet.