Nature-Based Employee Engagement

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Perspectives on corporate programs that offer meaningful opportunities for employees to participate in conservation
Sponsored by Waste Management

With historically low unemployment rates, competition for talent acquisition and retention are driving companies to invest in engagement efforts for a competitive advantage. Employee engagement programs that are focused on conservation and biodiversity offer meaningful and accessible opportunities for employees to get active, learn something new and make a positive contribution to the environment.

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Easy Steps to Start Using Drones to Manage Invasive Species

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Monitoring for invasive species is an important aspect of habitat management, but can be challenging on large or inaccessible areas. Drone imagery can save many man-hours of survey time, typically done on foot, and often in remote areas. Their ability to fly slow and low provides high quality imagery and information in a very site-specific manner. Join us on this webinar to learn how the latest in drone technology can facilitate remote monitoring for invasive species.

You’ll learn:

  • How to use new drone software and cameras for remote monitoring of invasive species
  • What data you can expect to gather when using drones for monitoring
  • How to use the data to make informed decisions about invasive species management

Presenter:

  • Gene Huntington, Lead Consultant, Steward Green

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Build a Bug Palace – Learn How Easy, Inexpensive Insect Hotels Can Enhance Your Habitat

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What is an Insect Hotel?
Part art, part habitat, insect (or bug) hotels are quickly catching on as an inexpensive, easy and fun way to provide food, shelter, and nesting and hibernation space to all manner of bugs: native bees, lacewings, beetles, ladybugs, etc.

View the on-demand webinar on how to easily and inexpensively build an Insect Hotel on your site.

Why an Insect Hotel?

  • These bug accommodations provide interesting, beautiful structures that complement their natural settings
  • They provide valuable habitat for bugs that are pollinators, or play other critical roles in your habitat
  • They offer an opportunity for hands-on employee and/or community engagement
  • Unlike most luxury hotels, they’re cheap – you don’t have to break the bank to build them, and most of the materials can be from resourced from your lands

Learn How to Build Your Own Insect Hotel
This webinar will give you the basic knowledge you need to create and easy, inexpensive Insect Hotel. You’ll also learn how an Insect Hotel can enhance your Conservation Certification grasslands, landscaping or pollinator projects, and how you can use these buggy domiciles as part of your education projects as well.

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Scouting and Your Habitat: Building a Partnership

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Learn how to align your conservation goals with the goals of the Boy Scouts or Girl Scouts through this casual interview with experts in scouting.  Find out how Girl Scout patches and Boy Scout badges, and service learning projects with both groups, can help you meet your conservation goals and get projects accomplished. We’ll give you a breakdown of different age groups and the requirements for each, so can understand what to expect from your conservation partners. Listen as a scout leader tells you how to connect with scouts in your area. This course will offer a brief overview of the organizational structure and how each organization operates.  The knowledge learned in this course will help make your conservation goals be relevant to scouting goals—forging a long-lasting, mutually beneficial partnership, as you discover how you can meet their learning goals while enhancing your habitat or strengthening your community engagement.

Level: Recommended for those beginning or considering a relationship with Boy Scouts or Girl Scouts, or those seeking to maximize their efforts with these conservation-focused organizations. Also highly recommended for those seeking to establish a small community engagement program that is highly effective in its conservation and education outcomes.

Presenter:
Rebecca Culler, Education Specialist, Wildlife Habitat Council

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Formal Learning Project Guidance

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Introduction

Formal learning projects are designed for primary, secondary and college students who are subject to state, provincial or national learning standards.

Any formal learning topic, including language arts, visual arts and history can be taught in an outdoor environment. For Conservation Certification, formal learning programs using nature and conservation as frameworks for science, technology, engineering, mathematics (STEM) and environmental education are preferred.

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Training Project Guidance

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Introduction

Conservation training projects help learners acquire knowledge and skills that can be applied to a conservation project or conservation education effort. Training experiences build capacity for long-term change in the local community and the region by strengthening the pool of capable individuals willing to assist in conservation endeavors.

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