We invite you to submit a proposal for a concurrent session presentation and be a part of the 2026 Kansas & Missouri Environmental Education Conference, taking place at the Kauffman Foundation Conference Center in Kansas City, Missouri on October 27, 2026.
The conference offers a great opportunity to share your experience and ideas across Kansas and Missouri! Individuals who have not presented at our Environmental Education Conference in the past are especially encouraged to submit proposals.
NOTE: If you are submitting more than one proposal, please complete a separate submission for each session proposal. You may select more than one strand for your proposal submission.
Session Strands Include:
Relationships that sustain us: Land, place, and belonging
Example Proposal Topics:
Finding Your Nature Voice: The Art of Nature Journaling & Developing a Land Ethic
Learning Where You Live: Place-Based Education in Practice
Grow Your Own National Park: Backyard Habitat & the Homegrown National Park Movement
Justice in the Landscape: Environmental Equity and Who Gets Nature
Reclaiming the Night: Light Pollution, Dark Skies & Ecological Restoration
Designing with Nature in Mind: Principles of Regenerative Design
Art as Ecology: Creative Expression as a Portal to the Natural World
Listening to the Land: Indigenous Knowledge & Reciprocal Ways of Knowing
Systems that sustain us: One Health, thriving communities
Example Proposal Topics:
What Makes a Green School? Building Learning Environments That Walk the Talk
Less Plastic, More Missouri: The Show-Me Less Plastic Initiative
Farming with the Future: Regenerative Agriculture in Practice
Screens Down, Outside Up: The Case for Outdoor & Off-Screen Learning
For the Love of Pollinators: Why They Matter & How We Help
Buildings as Ecosystems: Biophilic Design, Biomimicry & the Built Environment
Nature for All: Universal Design for Learning & Accessibility in Outdoor Education
Connections that sustain us: Networks, partnerships, and collective power
Example Proposal Topics:
The Network Effect: How EE Networks Strengthen the Field
Green Schools Coast to Coast: Building Momentum in Kansas, Missouri & Beyond
Field Catalysts: Organizations Igniting Change on the Ground
Mapping Your Power: Understanding Influence & Advocacy in EE
Doing More Together: Leveraging Collaboration for Greater Impact
Unexpected Allies: How Unlikely Partners Find Common Ground (featuring Dark Sky, Missouri Master Naturalists & Wohlwend Elementary)
Science by the People: Community-Powered Citizen Science
We welcome sessions in a variety of formats—workshops (Need an example to get your started? Check out this sample interactive online workshop outline), hands-on demonstrations, open space discussions (Need some help thinking about Open Space? Here is a guideline/sample agenda to get you started), panels, and storytelling sessions. Whether you’re a seasoned presenter or sharing your work for the first time, your voice is needed.
PROPOSAL FORMS MUST BE SUBMITTED BY AUGUST 28, 2026. Presenters will be notified of session acceptance by SEPTEMBER 25, 2026. To submit a proposal, complete this form.
Presenters receive 10% off their registration fees! All presenters must register for the conference and pay registration fees. (We do offer a pay-what-you-can option if registration is a barrier for any presenter.)
For more information, please contact:
Laura Downey, 785-532-3322 or ldowney@kacee.org
