Upcoming Events
Big Garden Birdwatch
24-25th January 2009
Location: your backyard
2009 marks the 30th anniversary of the official Big Garden Birdwatch. This two-day event organised by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds makes up the world’s biggest bird survey. To learn more about how you can get involved and what you need to do, visit the RSPA website: http://www.rspb.org.uk/birdwatch/about/index.asp.
Or, if you are an Educator, you can learn how your school can do the Big School Birdwatch 19-30th January 2009 at: http://www.rspb.org.uk/schoolswatch/
Random Acts of Kindness Week
9-15th February 2009
Visit the Random Acts of Kindness Foundation’s website to learn about activities you can do to promote kindness towards people and animals.
Managing Feral Cats through Trap-Neuter-Return Workshop
11th February 2009
Location: Anne Kolb Nature Center, Mangrove Hall, 751 Sheridan St, Hollywood, Florida
The Pegasus Foundation’s Caring Fields Education Center, together with Broward County Parks and Recreation and Broward County Animal Care and Regulation, present this workshop on methods currently being used to manage feral cat colonies in southeast Florida. It will provide the chance for sharing successes, challenges, and strategies for long-term solutions to improving the welfare of Florida’s cats. Details of the workshop and speakers are currently being determined. For more information, including cost and sign-up details, please visit the Caring Fields website at: http://www.caringfields.org/11Feb09Workshop.html.
Spay Day USA
24th February 2009
Visit the Humane Society of the United States website to learn more about planning events to highlight the 15th annual Spay Day USA. Here you can learn about volunteering, helping with online fundraising, holding an event, or sponsoring the project.
Certified Humane Education Specialist (CHES) online course
No Deadline
Location: Online Education course
Humane Society Youth (formerly the National Association for Humane and Environmental Education, NAHEE) and Humane Society University are proud to offer an online professional development programme for animal care and control practitioners and volunteers committed to humane education. The Certified Humane Education Specialist (CHES) programme features a choice of six self-paced courses that guide participants in conducting effective teacher in-services, exploring storytelling as a teaching device, and identifying the connections between humane education and the preschool curriculum, middle-school and high-school service learning, character education, and presentation techniques. For more info see: http://www.humanesocietyu.org/degrees_and_certificates/certificates/ches.html
