2022 Virtual Young Environmental Stewards Conference

The 3rd Annual Young Environmental Stewards Conference: Virtual Edition will challenge you to discover the place you call home: “who” shares the outdoor space with you, how eco-healthy is your “neighborhood”, what can you do to become an #environmentalinfluencer? 

Online, Together… 

Using ArcGIS StoryMaps & Google Suite as our platform we will combine real-time with on-your-own-time learning and doing online, together, exploring your unique local environment with other like-minded people.  

We will meet synchronously each morning to explore the topic of the day and again each afternoon to share your outdoor experience via your StoryMap, creating a virtual context to communicate your unique watershed story. We are excited to empower you to be a steward and to see yourself on the campus of Washington College as we share our Chester River watershed story with you. 

Field Work & Outdoor Exploration… 

Spend the week exploring the connections between you and your place. Each morning session will prepare you for an outdoor connection. You will still have an opportunity to “get in the field” with this conference, but instead of exploring George Washington’s backyard and the Chester River, you’ll explore your own! This experience will take you beyond your computer screen and into your neighborhood to practice data collection, observe local trees and birds, explore the concept of environmental justice, and put stewardship into action. 

How will you do all this? Included in the $250.00 cost of the conference, you will receive materials kit and a journal to facilitate your experience a few weeks before the conference begins. 

More Questions? 

We have had terrific success with past summer conferences and we’re confident that you’ll find this both a lot of fun and very useful. We hope you’ll join us! Please don’t hesitate to reach out if you have any questions: 
For more information on the conference, please contact Jemima Clark at jclark5@washcoll.edu. 
With questions about registration, please contact Coleen Beddick at cbeddick3@washcoll.edu.