Shared Learning

I think the greatest asset of the Conservation Education Days is the opportunity for shared learning between teachers, presenters, landowners, and interested individuals who attend. In every school where Playa Festivals are being conducted, innovative activities that relate to the water cycle and our shortgrass prairie environment are being created. Having an education day bring together a "learning group" to harvest those ideas and sow them amongst an even bigger audience of teachers. In addition, teachers get to hear presentations targeted to landowners, which give teachers a sense of resource conservation in the real world of agriculture. Conversely, landowners get to rub shoulders with educators, and see strong evidence that school students and their teachers care about playas, and wish to show support for the stewardship that landowners strive to practice. I hope this brief description motivates you to take the time and reserve a spot at our next Conservation Education Days in Tulia (Feb. 3rd) and Bovina (Feb. 17th).