Category Archives: Community Projects
Sleigh rides are the new classroom
The Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival and the National Elk Refuge teamed up this week to take local elementary students on sleigh rides across the National Elk Refuge to help carry out a year-long environmental education program promoting the study … Continue reading
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SUMMERQUEST
…About SUMMERQUEST: This pilot summer school enrichment project brings ecology and biological science to life for 250+ kindergarten-8th grade students and identified at-risk-youth. It will utilize public lands as the “living field lab” for discovery while learning alongside artists, writers … Continue reading
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Calling all Interns!
The Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival is searching for quality interns for this summer’s internship program. Please pass this notice on to your friends, peers, students and other relevant faculty! We greatly appreciate the help to spread the word! Relevant … Continue reading
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EarthFilm Festival on Sunday, April 18
EARTHWEEK events kick off in Jackson Hole on Sunday, April 18, with the first-ever EarthFilm Festival at the Center for the Arts. This FREE day-long community event is hosted by the Wildlife Film Festival, Jackson Whole Grocer, JH Reduce, Reuse, … Continue reading
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Recycled Elk Herd Exhibit for Earth Week
In efforts to raise student awareness about one-use plastics, over 350 students in the Jackson area came together to create life-sized elk sculptures from recycled material. The entire elk herd will be installed at a day long EarthFilm Festival at … Continue reading
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Space Camp 2009
The Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival, in collaboration with Dancers’ Workshop and the Art Association of Jackson Hole, offered an out-of-this-world experience this year in celebration of the Year of the Cosmos, 2009! Children, grades K – 3, had the … Continue reading
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Classroom and Indoor Composting Program Now Underway
The Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival received a grant from 1% for the Tetons to initiate a collaborative two-year education pilot program that will take electric indoor compositing units into classrooms for hand-on learning. JHWFF will collaborate with Jackson Community … Continue reading
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Nature of Learning
Last week marked the finale of a yearlong environmental program for Jackson Hole and Wilson second grade students. The Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival and the National Elk Refuge coordinated the Nature of Learning program. The program consisted of … Continue reading
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