2026 CAEE Advancing EE Conference

Each year, we select a strategy from the Colorado Environmental Education Plan to explore together, with the goal of strengthening systems for PreK-12 outdoor and environmental learning in Colorado.  Building on last year's conversations, this year's summit with continue to focus on advocacy, both advocacy for environmental and outdoor learning as a field, and how organizations can thoughtfully engage in advocacy around environmental issues within their own missions and communities
As best practices and conversations around advocacy continue to evolve, we'll explore what effective, values-aligned advocacy can look like in a rapidly changing context.  Participants will hear from experts about current trends impacting our work, reflect on our shared advocacy framework, and collaborate to identify meaningful action steps we can take as individuals, organizations, and as a statewide network to move our field forward together.