I have been focusing specifically on eco-art education in this blog since its inception, but have just finished working on a major document related to environmental and sustainability education and so would like to share it here. Called DEEPER – the Deepening Environmental Education in Pre-Service Education Resource – it aims to support and inspire faculty, staff, and students to deepen the implementation of environmental education in initial teacher education programs across the province.
 This resource guide is a substantial publication that is the first of its kind. It was a collaborative effort informed by the input of over 60 participants of the DEEPER provincial roundtable that we hosted at OISE last May. Since that time, we have coordinated a team of writers and reviewers from faculties of education across Ontario who have shared strategies, practices, and resources to encourage initial teacher educators, teacher candidates and staff to improve the breadth and depth of environmental education in their programs, faculties and institutions.
 It has been a rewarding journey working on the DEEPER guide; I have learned so much about the field of environmental education, and its practice in Ontario teacher education programs, and there is so much more going on than I had anticipated. Most importantly I have forged new connections with other environmental educators working across the province, which was in fact one of our motivations for writing this document in the first place. I hope you will take the time to look through it; so much of what we have compiled could be applied in school or community settings. I certainly hope that it helps you to go DEEPER into your own practice of environmental education moving forward.
The DEEPER guide can be found at:Â Â
http://www.oise.utoronto.ca/ese/DEEPER.htmlÂ
