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Create Art to Save the Sea! Marine Debris Art Workshop for Teachers and Educators
4:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Teachers- learn how to integrate marine debris and plastic pollution solutions into your STEAM lessons with Explore Ecology and Patrick Chandler, Education Consultant from Washed Ashore.
This exciting free 3 hour workshop for teachers will introduce you to Washed Ashore’s Integrated Arts Marine Debris Curriculum (IAMDC) which combines art and science to help students understand plastic marine debris and communicate about this issue using the language of the arts. Designed to inspire and guide educators in bringing the issues of marine debris and plastic pollution into their classrooms, the IAMDC offers innovative ways to discuss these issues and teach through the arts.
Patrick Chandler has ten years’ experience working in and developing environmental education, stewardship and science programs. Washed Ashore is a nonprofit based in Oregon that creates aesthetically powerful art to educate about plastic pollution in our oceans. Over the past seven years, Washed Ashore has processed tons of plastic pollution from Pacific beaches to create large scale art installations that awaken viewers to the global marine debris crisis.
Explore Ecology’s programs empower the next generation of environmental stewards through hands on lessons in 35 school gardens, field trips to the Watershed Resource Center and Art From Scrap Creative Reuse Store, in-class water quality and composting lessons (yes with worms!), summer camps, and more! Explore Ecology also manages California Coastal Clean Up Day in Santa Barbara County and leads community and student beach clean ups multiple times each month. In all, Explore Ecology’s programs reach 30,000 Santa Barbara County students as a part of their school day each year connecting them to their environment and their food.
The Integrated Arts Marine Debris Curriculum was created with the support of NOAA. For more information on IAMDC please visit: http://washedashore.org/iamdc/.
Educate your students about the global challenge of marine debris in this free, informative, and creative workshop! Drinks and a complimentary dinner will be served.
Josh was born and raised in Santa Barbara, where his passion and curiosity for the environment began and has continued to grow. During his undergraduate studies, Josh pursued this interest at the University of California at Santa Cruz, receiving a Bachelor’s Degree in Environmental Studies.
Melissa Dodos developed her passion for creative reuse as a mother of four and elementary educator over the past 25 years. She loves to inspire creativity by connecting people with resources and ideas.
Veronica grew up in San Diego and spent four years in San Luis Obispo studying Animal Science at Cal Poly. As an undergrad she learned lots about livestock, agriculture, and wildlife.
Stephanie began her journey as an educator over twenty years ago working as a preschool teacher in Washington state for a cooperative preschool program affiliated with Whatcom Community College. She loved observing the wonder and curiosity of the children and bringing them out into nature to explore the natural world. She continued her love for learning and got her teaching license and then her Montessori certification and worked as an elementary teacher in Tribal, Public, and Montessori schools. She collaborated to create a school garden and her students loved it so much that it became a special place where they could garden, read, explore, play, and it provided a safe sanctuary for students to calm down and reset when they were having difficult moments.
Morgan’s mermaid soul is always seeking adventure—swimming a relay across the Santa Barbara Channel and taking the first photo of a newborn orca off Anacapa Island being standout experiences close to home.
Lindsay Johnson
