Talks and Workshops for Educators

•        All of these talks/workshops offer background knowledge and teaching strategies for implementing the material.

•         Curriculum connections are an integral part of each presentation. Thorough handouts,  or website postings, are normally available.

Keynote/Featured Presentations 

1.    Adapting to Life on a 'New Earth' 
2.    Preparing Students for a Sustainable Future...or the Alternative
3.       Teaching Today for Tomorrow
4.    New World Thinking: Gateway to a Sustainable Future
5.     The Hallmark of Environmental Education in the Early Years
6.    Accountability in Outdoor Education
7.     Developing Inquiry and Research Skills in Your Science Classroom
8.    Relating Science to Society and the Environment  
9.    Climate Change: Status, Issues, and Solutions
10.    Conserving the Earth’s Biodiversity 
11.    The Ozone Layer: Status, Issues, and Solutions      
12.   Acid Rain: The Forgotten Problem     
13.   Investigating Terrestrial Ecosystems   
14.    Investigating Aquatic Ecosystems 

Workshops for Educators  

1. Growth and Changes in Animals  (Grade 2) 
2. Growth and Changes in Plants  (Grade 3) 
3. Soils in the Environment  (Grade 3) 
4. Rocks, Minerals, and Erosion  Grade 4) 
5. Habitats and Communities  (Grade 4) 
6. Diversity of Living Things  (Grade 6)    
7.  Identifying the Conifers of Ontario 
8. Biological Indicators of Water Quality 
9. Chemical Indicators of Water Quality
10. Teaching Science to Primary Division Students
11. Teaching Science to Junior Division Students
    

• All of these talks are PowerPoint presentations that are designed to be informative and entertaining.
• They feature my photography and reflect my experiences. All talks are not necessarily available at all times.

1.     Low Maintenance Gardening
2.    Above the Treeline: Hiking Through the Mountains of North America
3.   Deserts of the American Southwest
4.   The Flora and Fauna of the Great Smoky Mountains
5. Grasslands of Canada and the United States
6. Canada's Boreal Forest
7. Auyuittuq National Park: The Land that Never Melts (Baffin Island)
8. The Changing Seasons: A year at Marnoch Hills
9. Iceland Saga: An Ecological Journey
10. Photographing Gardens, Landscapes, and Wildlife (various adaptations are available for your club...ask)
11. Macrophotography for Nature Lovers
12. Coastal Biodiversity and the Health of Lake Huron
13. The Great Lakes: Ecology, Problems, and Future
    

• All of these talks are PowerPoint presentations that are designed to be informative and entertaining.
• They feature my photography and reflect my experiences. All talks are not necessarily available at all times.

1.   The Natural Garden: Gardening with Native Plants
2.   Wildlife Habitat Gardening: Attracting Butterflies, Birds, and other Wildlife to Your Garden
3.    Landscaping With Nature
4.    Low Maintenance Gardening
5.   Families of Flowering Plants
   
6.  My Favourite Garden Plants & Their Roles, Care, and Propagation
   
7.  Constructing and Maintaining a Rock Garden
   
8.    A Garden for All Seasons
9.   Flowering Plants of Alpine Meadows (above the treeline)
10. Cacti and Other Flowering Plants in the Deserts of the American Southwest
11. Equipment and Techniques for Photographing Gardens and the Flowers in Them
12. Flowering Plants of the Great Smoky Mountains
13. Flowering Plants of Canada's Arctic Tundra
14. Flowering Plants of the Prairies
15. Iceland Saga: Flowering Plants and Their Environments
16. Macrophotography for Gardeners
    

Talks and Workshops for Seniors

• All of these talks are PowerPoint presentations that are designed to be informative and entertaining.

• They feature my photography and reflect my experiences. All talks are not necessarily available at all times.

1. Healthy Living for Seniors
2. Seniors and the Environment
3. I also have adaptations for seniors of most of the talks above.

• All of these talks are PowerPoint presentations that are designed to be informative and entertaining.
• They feature my photography and reflect my experiences. All talks are not necessarily available at all times.

1. Woodlot Management for Pleasure, Profit, and Ecological Restoration
2. Equipment and Techniques for a One-person Woodlot Management Operation
3. Preparing a Submission for the  Managed Forest Tax  Incentive Program (MFTIP)
4. Carolinian Canada: From Lake Erie to Northern Huron County
5. Canada's Boreal Forest: Its Status and Future
6. Forest Regions of Canada and the United States
7. Identifying the Conifers of Ontario
8. Identifying the Deciduous Trees of Ontario
   

• If your group does not fit any of the preceding categories, feel free to select a talk from any of those areas. Below are some special ones for you.
• All of these talks are PowerPoint presentations that are designed to be informative and entertaining.
• They feature my photography and reflect my experiences. All talks are not necessarily available at all times.

1. Adapting to Life on a 'New Earth'
2. Coastal Biodiversity and the Health of Lake Huron
3. Ways to Measure the Water Quality of a Lake or Stream
4. Biological Indicators of Water Quality
5. Chemical Indicators of Water Quality
6. Healthy Living: Developing and Implementing an Exercise Program
7. Healthy Living: What Constitutes a Healthy Diet?
8. Healthy Living: Relaxation Techniques
9. What New Car Shoud You Buy?
10. How to Buy a Car Without Negotiating a Price 
11. The Great Lakes: Ecology, Problerms, and Future

Talks and Workshops for Churches

   Most of these presentations are available in four formats:

1. A traditional 15-20 min 'sermon', either in traditional style or PowerPoint;
2. A complete one-hour church service, either in traditional format or PowerPoint;
3. A workshop of any time duration;
4. A seminar series consisting of a selected number of 90 min sessions.

1. Adapting to Life on a 'New Earth': The Christian Challenge
2. This is God's World
3. Environmental Issues and the Christian Response
4. Developing a Christian Environmental Ethic
5. Getting to Know God
6. Science and God
7. The Healing Touch of God's Hand
8. The Power of Prayer
9. The Resurrection of Jesus Christ
10. Life After Death: Life Eternal
11. Moving From Thanksgiving to Giving
12. Seedtime and Harvest: The Eternal Promise
13. Triumph and Tears: The Relevance of Palm Sunday
14. The Virgin Birth: What Does Science Say About It?
15. The Shroud of Turin: Fact or Faith? The DNA of God?
16. The Physics of Christianity
17. The 'Lost Gospels' of Jesus Christ
18. The History of Our Bible
19. The Gnostic Gospels of Jesus Christ
20. The Dead Sea Scrolls and Their Relevance to Us Today
21. The Nag Hammadi Discoveries and Their Relevance to Us Today
22. The Gospel of Judas
    
23. The Gospel of Thomas
24. The Gospel of Phillip
25. The Gospel of Mary
26. Spiritulality: A Deepening Relationship With God
27. God's Justice and God's Mercy
28. Why Be a Christian?
29. Faith: The Way of the Heart
30. The Lord's Prayer
31. The Kingdom of God: Where, What, and Why?
32. Who Is  Jesus?
33. Christianity: Change or Die
    
34. Shout for Joy to the Lord!.......a musical service of one to two hours duration, consisting entirely of hymns, organ music, and other selections written by Bill; I can arrange for special instrumentalists and vocalists.

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