Applications closing soon for the August 2019 BEETLES Leadership Institute. This next Institute will take place from August 11th-16th, 2019, in Northern California. Applications will close January 28th, 2019. Plan to engage in stimulating conversations, build leadership expertise, share and gain wisdom with a variety of programs, and experience research-based resources for professional learning and student experiences. The Institute is open to all outdoor environmental education programs that use science as a lens for looking at nature. The Institute is free, including a travel stipend. Learn more and apply: http://beetlesproject.org/leadershipinstitute/.

The BEETLES Project is housed at UC Berkeley's Lawrence Hall of Science. Our goal is to provide outdoor science/environmental education organizations with research-based, field-tested, and pedagogically-sound resources in the form of professional learning tools and student activities.