Back to School: Kids and Pollinators–Creating a Statewide Movement Webinar & Resources

School’s almost back in session, which is a great time to talk about how we can make schoolyards safer and healthier for both kids and pollinators. Join us for a conversation with advocates, educators, and movement-builders who are working to reduce pesticide use in and around schools, empower kids to be pollinator protectors, and build a stronger statewide effort for change.

Whether you’re a parent, teacher, student, school administrator, or someone who simply cares about healthy environments, you’ll walk away with ideas, inspiration, and ways to get involved.

First Ever Youth Pollinator Summit

Calling all Colorado middle and high school students! The Youth Pollinator Summit (YPS) is happening on Saturday, November 15th at the CU Museum of Natural History, and it’s going to be a hands-on, high-energy day focused on conservation, leadership, and making a real impact for pollinators and the planet.

Are you interested in talking with youth about pollinator conservation at the Inaugural Youth Pollinator Summit? Sign up here!

Thank you to our speakers!

Emily KenCairn is PPAN's amazing Director of Communications & Development. She is also a Pollinator Advocate and is completing her Colorado Native Plant Master certification this year. She tends a pesticide-free home habitat with over 100 species of plants as well as a large school demonstration garden in her hometown of Boulder, CO. Emily has worked in both the nonprofit and for-profit sectors for 25 years focused on fundraising, grant making, and movement-building.

She is devoted to cultivating biodiversity as a critical component of successful nature-based climate solutions and brings her passion as an artist, writer, and mother to realizing PPAN's vision of a world where both humans and our more-than-human kin thrive in perpetuity. 

Tiffany Boyd is the executive director of Classrooms for Climate Action (C4CA). After growing up in Boulder, Tiffany taught in the Boulder Valley School District for 27 years and understands the unique challenges facing educators today. Throughout her teaching career, she has been passionate about getting students civically engaged. While teaching, Tiff started a club which connected students to local issues in their community.

After retiring in 2019, she was inspired by Greta Thunberg and started C4CA to connect teachers and students with local climate action. Together with other retired teachers and local community members passionate about climate action, C4CA helps teachers integrate climate into what they are already teaching.

Jessica Goldstrohm is a civic ecologist, conservation biologist, and owner of Colibri Creative Conservation Solutions, LLC—a purpose-driven consulting firm dedicated to increasing nature access and connectivity through community engagement.

She holds degrees in News Editing (University of Colorado), Biomedical Sciences (Colorado State University), and Biology with a focus on Conservation (Miami University, in partnership with the Denver Zoo Conservation Alliance). This interdisciplinary background supports her mission to connect people with nature in meaningful, lasting ways.

Previously, Jessica founded The Bees Waggle, LLC, where she designed solitary bee houses and created nature-based educational programs for youth. Her insect photography has been featured in Falcon Guides, and she has developed biodiversity and soil health curricula for organizations such as Beyond Pesticides.

Jessica has served on several conservation boards, including the Colorado Pollinator Network, Douglas County Conservation District, and the Broomfield Open Space Foundation. She co-founded the Broomfield Open Space Action Network (BOSAN), organized the inaugural Metzger Farm Nature Festival, and launched the GRIT teen gardening program.

Guided by a vision of urban nature literacy and ecological restoration, Jessica develops collaborative initiatives that bring together municipalities, nonprofits, and communities to foster biodiversity, environmental stewardship, and stronger human-nature connections.

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Did you know that all of PPAN's past monthly webinars are FREE and available on our YouTube?

If you find these webinars and resources valuable, please consider getting involved with PPAN as a volunteer, ordering a Protect Pollinators License Plate, taking the Pollinator Safe Pledge, or becoming a financial supporter. Every dollar goes a long way at PPAN and everyone is needed!

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