Events
The Task Force works to expand conversations within the climate education space to be inclusive and welcoming.
We host meetings that are open to the public such as networking events, workshops, and speaker series. We collaborate with other organizations to create a community of practice around climate education.
Want to highlight an upcoming event to be featured on our page?
Climate Change Microcredential: “Teaching Urban Climate Change: Systems, Science & Stewardship,” February 2 - July 25, 2025 (hosted by STEMTeachersNYC and City College)
Register here by December 6, 2024: https://stemteachersnyc.org/climate-change-microcredential/
In early 2023 STEMteachersNYC and City College of New York began collaborating on and inviting partners to contribute to a nine credit microcredential to ground teachers in Climate Change, Systems Thinking and Sustainability content, pedagogy, and a range of vetted tools, lessons and units already in use across NYC schools. Coursework shall be application and practice-based, leveraging current events through the Ecology Disrupted curriculum, to help prepare teachers to be confident, knowledgeable, and equipped to not only teach about Climate Change, but create and respond to events and teaching contexts with appropriate resources and new material.
A collaborative opportunity for NYC teachers to develop a local and global understanding of climate change within a coherent framework of systems thinking. Supported by hands-on experiences and student-centered pedagogy, coursework will be infused with real-world, data-rich, fieldwork experiences with local nonprofits, master teachers and climate scientists. Participants will emerge with immediately implementable tools and strategies, skills to tackle and integrate new topics, and the ongoing support of our community!
COURSE SCHEDULING
Dates below are approximate, and are meant to give you a sense of time and schedule commitment:
Course 1 | SCIE7509 Climate as a System | Approx schedule
In person: Feb 2, 9 @City College, 10am-3pm
Via Zoom: Feb 26, March 5, 12, 19, 26, April 2, 9, 16, 4:30-7:00pm
In person: May 4 @Brooklyn Botanical Garden, 10am-3pm
35hrs
Course 2 | Climate In the Field | Approx Schedule
One week plus one afternoon
July 7-11, 9:30am-3:30pm & July 14, 3:30-6:45pm ET
35hrs
Course 3 | Climate in the Classroom & Community | Approx Schedule
Fully virtual
July 15-25, 3:30-6:45pm ET
35hrs
In 2025 the hosts are excited to be incorporating more course-spanning projects and texts, and will be collaborating with Tom Roderick to integrate parts of "Teaching for Climate Justice" and some of the NYC teachers quoted in his book. Another important thing to consider is giving back. Cohort 1 teachers have gone on to galvanize programs in their classrooms and schools, create their own climate education frameworks, become sustainability coordinators, and more, and will be returning to share their work with you!
The hosts are maintaining a waitlist and would ideally like to confirm participation the week of December 2nd. Please also feel free to send over any questions. This program will be made available to any NYC teacher, public, charter, independent! Questions: yadana@stemteachersnyc.org
How Things Work Conference, April 22, 10am - 12:30pm, at Bronx Community College, hosted by the Environmental Education Advisory Council (EEAC)
Register: https://tinyurl.com/yc74szaj
The Environmental Education Advisory Council (EEAC) of NYC, the Bronx Community College, and James Baldwin Outdoor Learning Center are excited to host the How Things Work Conference on Tuesday, April 22, 2025, at Bronx Community College. NYC middle and high school students and educators are invited to attend and learn about environmental systems through exhibits and activities.
Various exhibitors from environmental education organizations and agencies across the city will offer activities and learning experiences to help attendees build their eco-literacy, consider how essential systems work and the role we play, and feel empowered to take action in addressing environmental stewardship and climate resiliency.
Webinar: Teaching Climate Change: From Earth Day to Every Day, Tuesday, April 22, 5:00 to 6:30 p.m EST, hosted by the Council on Foreign Relations
Register: https://cfr.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_o_RxGvkuRB-PE0OdgjWPaw#/registration
This webinar features speakers from the American Museum of Natural History, National Geographic Society, SubjectToClimate, and CFR Education from the Council on Foreign Relations.
There's no better way to celebrate Earth Day than to join fellow educators dedicated to preparing students to navigate the impacts of climate change at home and across the globe. As climate change continues to disrupt our world—from agriculture and migration to health and the economy—teachers can empower students to turn climate anxiety into action in the classroom on Earth Day, and beyond.
In this webinar, participants will
gain insights about global trends from a climate and energy expert at the Council on Foreign Relations;
learn why climate change education is so crucial in 2025 through a panel of education leaders from the American Museum of Natural History, CFR Education, National Geographic Society, and SubjectToClimate;
explore free resources and tools to integrate climate change into your class through information sessions in breakout groups on each organization; and
ask questions!
This webinar is tailored to K-12 educators of all subjects who want to gain the confidence, knowledge, and tools to integrate climate change education into their teaching.
Speakers
Varun Sivaram, Senior Fellow for Energy and Climate, Council on Foreign Relations
Caroline Netchvolodoff, Vice President, Education, Council on Foreign Relations
Robert Steiner, Director, Online Teacher Education Programs, American Museum of Natural History
Alex Tait, The Geographer, National Geographic Society
Margaret Wang-Aghania, Executive Director & Co-Founder, SubjectToClimate
Protecting Land, Rights, and Future Generations: Indigenous Women on the Frontlines of Climate Action & Earth Defense, Tuesday, Apr 22, 2025, 5:00– 8:00PM, 777 United Nations Plaza, NYC 10017
Register: https://tinyurl.com/w34tet6b
Please join Women’s Earth and Climate Action International (WECAN) on Earth Day for an impactful event, where Indigenous women leaders from across the globe will come together to highlight the urgent challenges facing their communities and our planet and inspiring paths forward in these times. Speakers will share firsthand experiences of the impacts of colonization, deforestation, extraction, and climate disruption while showcasing powerful climate solutions and strategies that uphold Indigenous rights and sovereignty and bring health and justice to their communities.
This event is part of the 24th session of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII), and will emphasize the critical need to recognize and uphold the rights of Indigenous Peoples, including the right to Free, Prior, and Informed Consent (FPIC), which is essential to protecting their lands, cultures, and ways of life. WECAN will release a policy brief to governments on the vital importance of FPIC as a solution to interlocking crises.
Coinciding with Earth Day, WECAN will also honor the women land defenders who are on the frontlines of protecting ecosystems from destruction, often at significant personal risk. Indigenous leadership and knowledge systems are essential to protecting land, forests, waters, and our global climate while cultivating long-standing egalitarian governance frameworks for current and future generations!
Earth Day at the Social Justice Ministry of the Parish of St. Charles Borromeo, Tuesday, April 22, 2025; 6:00PM – 9:00PM, 211 West 141st Street Harlem, New York 10030
CRETF will join partners at the Social Justice Ministry of the Parish of St. Charles Borromeo in Harlem for their 4th annual Earth Day celebration. This year’s theme is “Our Power, Our Planet.”
Pastor Father William Klaver will open the event with a prayer in honor of the 10th anniversary of Laudato Si’, the second encyclical of Pope Francis, subtitled "on care for our common home". In it, the Pope criticizes consumerism and irresponsible economic development, laments environmental degradation and global warming, and calls all people of the world to take "swift and unified global action.”
The agenda includes speakers from
The New York Coalition of One Hundred Black Women
Columbia University Climate School, The Earth Institute
Metro NY Catholic Climate Movement and Laudato Si
The Earth Bill Network
A Representative from the Office of Congressman Adriano Espaillat
CRETF
WE ACT for Environmental Justice
and more
Urban Ecology Teacher Workshop, Wednesday, April 23, 2025, 3:30pm-6:00pm EST, hosted by Gowanus Canal Conservancy
Register: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc3ezI692-XR3VxFiZRUIkqEeeMRdu6g_YpaI5w8nQfMh1GLQ/viewform
K-5 teachers, reserve your space for our teacher workshop, registration ends April 18th. Immerse yourself in the local ecology as we learn about the Gowanus Lowlands and the life that persists here, despite the many hardships. This workshop is outdoors and hands-on. Limited space is available!
Earth Day Webinar: Teach for Climate Justice: Envisioning a Path Forward, Wednesday, April 23, 2025, 6pm - 7pm EST
Register: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdcbSmsmIlkeLFFS8icK1q_1swwfv8WS6JTJmD1ydVCY2lXlg/viewform
The Teach for Climate Justice Project (T4CJ) invites you to join a facilitated group discussion. This virtual space is for educators, parents, students, and youth allies to share stories and learn from one another. Together, we’ll explore a path forward for climate justice education that involves building communities of hope, organizing for power in the current moment, and achieving a transformed education system.
3-Part Workshop: Navigating Climate Distress in the Classroom, April 24, May 1, May 8, 2025 at 4:30pm EST, hosted by Project Neutral
Register: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/8Io2LkmkQJGuXpxROG5Qqw#/registration
More young people than ever are feeling the emotional toll of climate change. As educators, you are on the front lines of supporting them through complex reactions—fear, anger, grief, and everything in between. Join this free 3-part workshop series to build your confidence in leading open, supportive, and meaningful conversations about climate change with your students.
Why Join?
- Learn strategies to build emotional resilience in yourself, so you can better support your students.
- Gain practical tools for fostering thoughtful and engaging classroom dialogue about climate change.
- Connect with fellow educators who are also navigating the challenges of teaching in the midst of a changing world.
Workshop Series Overview
1. Climate emotions 101 (April 24): Connect with other educators about your own responses to climate change and understand how that self-awareness can help you in the classroom.
2. Holding space for climate conversations (May 1): Learn tools for having productive climate conversions with your students.
3. Putting it into practice (May 8): Learn to address common student reactions to climate change by working through practical classroom scenarios with other educators.
Date & Time
Apr 24, 2025 04:30 PM EST
May 1, 2025 04:30 PM EST
May 8, 2025 04:30 PM EST
Sierra Club Atlantic Chapter Youth Summit, Saturday, April 26, 2025, 12pm -3pm EST (Virtual)
Register: https://act.sierraclub.org/events/details?formcampaignid=701Po00000if1oaIAA&mapLinkHref=
Calling All New York Junior High & High School Students: Lead the Climate Movement!
Join us for the New York State Youth Climate Action Summit – a powerful virtual gathering of students who are ready to lead the fight for a sustainable future.
🗓️ Saturday, April 26th
🕛 12:00 PM EST
📍 Online via Zoom
This exciting event, hosted by the Sierra Club Atlantic Chapter, features a keynote from Ben Jealous, Executive Director of the Sierra Club, panels with young climate experts, and interactive sessions on the many ways you can take action in your school, community, and beyond.
Whether you're a seasoned activist or just getting started, you’ll gain access to:
✅ Tools and resources to start climate initiatives at your school
✅ Connections with like-minded youth across New York
✅ Inspiration from leaders and changemakers in the environmental movement
Together, we have the power to lead.
Webinar: Students and Climate Change: Empowering Action, Wednesday, April 30, 2025, 4pm-5pm EST, hosted by Harvard Education Press
Use this Zoom link to join the webinar: https://tinyurl.com/bfbp6dep
Students are deeply concerned about climate change, but the vastness of the issue can leave them feeling overwhelmed and powerless. Join authors Tom Roderick, Laura A. Schifter, and Mark Windschitl as they discuss how educators can help raise climate literacy among students and support and empower them to be part of climate solutions.
Webinar Speakers
Tom Roderick Founder·Teach for Climate Justice Project (T4CJ)Tom Roderick is a teacher, writer, and education activist in New York City. He retired in 2019 after 36 years as Founding Executive Director of Morningside Center for Teaching Social Responsibility. He is the Founder of the Teach for Climate Justice Project (T4CJ) and the author of Teach for Climate Justice: A Vision for Transforming Education.
Laura A. Schifter Senior Fellow·Aspen InstituteLaura A. Schifter is a Senior Fellow at the Aspen Institute, where she founded and directs This Is Planet Ed, an initiative to unlock the power of education as a force for climate action. She is also a Lecturer on Education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and serves on the Committee on Climate Education at Harvard University. She is the coauthor of Students, Schools, and Our Climate Moment: Acting Now to Secure Our Future.
Mark Windschitl Professor of Science Teaching and Learning·University of WashingtonMark Windschitl is a Professor of Science Teaching and Learning at the University of Washington. He is the author of Teaching Climate Change: Fostering Understanding, Resilience, and a Commitment to Justice, as well as coauthor of Ambitious Science Teaching. An invitation to speak at Harvard Education Press does not imply an endorsement of the speaker’s views or values by HGSE, Harvard University, or members of its community.
Online Course: Cornell University Civic Ecology Lab: Food, Farms, and Climate, May 5-June 1, 2025
Register: https://cornell.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_0MJfRoAweqgJuSi
Food--what we eat--impacts climate change, our health, and our financial well-being. By eating a healthy diet, we can reduce the world's climate emissions by 30-70% and reduce our chance of dying from heart disease by 26%. Sadly, 1/3 of the food produced on farms is never eaten.
In this course, you will learn about win-win-win diets that not only lower our climate emissions but are also healthy for humans and good for the economy. You will also discover what cities, schools, and policy makers are doing to promote win-win-win diets. For your final project, you will create an infographic or short letter to communicate what you have learned to policymakers, friends, and family.
Course: Food, Farms, and Climate
Dates: May 5 – June 1, 2025
Institution: Cornell University (Civic Ecology Lab)
Format: Online pre-recorded lectures, live webinars, readings, interactive discussions, and practical applications
Workload: 4 weeks, 4-5 hours of work per week. You will have an additional two weeks to complete course assignments.
Certificate: Earn a Cornell University certificate (PDF) upon completion. 25 learning hours.
$70 class fee for US citizens or sliding scale for hardship
2025 New Horizons in Conservation Convening, May 8-10, 2025, hosted by Yale University
Our very own Abby Jordan will be presenting about National Wildlife Federation’s Resilient Schools and Communities (RiSC) program at the 2025 New Horizons in Conservation Convening invites professionals, practitioners, students, recruiters, and vendors to Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut to explore urgent issues in the environmental field. The convening will focus on different perspectives in environmental institutions, environmental justice, food insecurity and sovereignty, climate and energy justice, outdoor experiences, future leadership in the environmental movement, and more. It will bring together students, academics, researchers, and professionals from diverse backgrounds to give talks, participate in workshops, attend field trips, meet local leaders, and network with each other.
The convening will be held on campus in the Yale School of the Environment, the newly renovated Yale Peabody Museum, and at the Omni New Haven Hotel at Yale. Renowned environmental justice professionals and activists, academicians, leaders from the food sovereignty movement, authors, leaders of local and national environmental organizations, and government policymakers will be in attendance. Participants and alumni of diversity pathway programs such as the Yale Conservation Scholars - Early Leadership Initiative and Environmental Fellows Program will also be there.
This event is not free.
Unnaming Climate: Authoritarianism, Collective Trauma & Imperfect Solidarity, Thursday, May 8, 2025 8:00 PM 9:30 PM EST, hosted by the Climate Psychology Alliance of North America
Register: https://tinyurl.com/46dxpj2h
The speakers will address collective trauma and the polycrisis. Moderated by Sarah Jaquette Ray, they will discuss how the climate crisis has been mobilized in service of authoritarian nationalism, anti-immigrant xenophobia and misogyny.
Through an interview format, our speakers will explore a range of questions: how we’ve gone from the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) to this moment, where the right wing has decisive power? How do concepts of climate distress, alienation, collective trauma, identity and identification help us understand the emotional dynamics of this moment? How do anti-immigrant and misogyny arise within climate change or environmental discourse? And perhaps most importantly, how do we stay open, build connection and support a solidarity based movement, imperfect as those solidarities may be?
This event will include a still-updating handful of influential speakers discussing how did we get here and what do we do?
Meet the speakers
-Finn Does (UC Berkeley, '28 and a Climate Justice Organizer, Environmental Educator, & Climate Mental Health Advocate) is student-organizer, fighting for climate literate schools, a Green New Deal and to make climate action a part of American identity. He's focused on addressing the climate emergency through youth inclusion, worker rights, and accessible solution-framed climate communications. He's concerned about climate change as a threat-multiplier, crisis of communication, economic depressor, mobility and international security issue, and an ever intensifying psychological storm. He was co-chair of the Bay Area Youth Climate Summit, for which he is now an advisor.
-Dr. Joseph A. Henderson is an educational anthropologist specializing in environmental and climate change education. His research explores how sociocultural, political, and geographic factors shape climate change teaching and learning. He holds faculty appointments at the University of Vermont and Paul Smith’s College of the Adirondacks. His current research focuses on how climate change education is implemented across federated education systems, and he contributes to this work as a member of the Monitoring and Evaluating Climate Communication and Education (MECCE) Project. Additionally, he investigates the relationship between shifting gender norms in environmental education and broader social trends worldwide
-Dr. Nikki Hoskins, MDiv., PhD has been teaching at the Harvard Divinity School since 2024. Her work attends to Christian histories of colonial, racial, and environmental domination. With the support of the Louisville Institute’s First Book Grant for Scholars of Color, Hoskins is completing a book manuscript, “Blackness Weathered: Decolonial Ethics for the Earth,” where she researches the religious and ecological practices of Black women in Chicago’s Altgeld Gardens, an area sociologists identify as one of the most egregious cases of environmental racism in the U.S. Hoskins is a member of the Society for the Study of Black Religion, the Society of Christian Ethics, and on the editorial board of Black Women and Religious Cultures. She has earned several fellowships for her graduate research, including the Charlotte W. Newcombe Fellowship, the Louisville Institute Fellowship, and the Forum for Theological Education Fellowship.
-Dr. Sarah Jaquette Ray (she/her) is a professor and chair of the Environmental Studies Department at Cal Poly Humboldt. She works at the intersection of social justice and climate emotions, particularly among youth activists and in higher education. Ray is author of two books, The Ecological Other: Environmental Exclusion in American Culture (Arizona, 2013), on the emotion of disgust in environmentalism and its implications for social justice, and A Field Guide to Climate Anxiety: How to Keep Your Cool on a Warming Planet (California, 2020), an existential toolkit for the climate generation. She has co-edited multiple volumes bridging social justice and environmentalism, including Latinx Environmentalisms: Justice, Place, and the Decolonial, and Disability Studies & the Environmental Humanities. Another on how to center the big emotions of climate change in the classroom is The Existential Toolkit for Climate Justice Educators: How to Teach in a Burning World (UC Press, 2024).
-Dr. Jade S. Sasser is Associate Professor in the Departments of Gender & Sexuality Studies and Society, Environment, and Health Equity at the University of California, Riverside. She received her PhD in Environmental Science, Policy, and Management from the University of California, Berkeley. Her work explores how environmental problems such as climate change and toxic exposures intersect with reproductive bodies, health, and rights. Her first book, On Infertile Ground: Population Control and Women’s Rights in the Era of Climate Change, was published in 2018 by NYU Press and won the Emory Elliott book award. Her new book, Climate Anxiety and the Kid Question: Deciding Whether to Have Children in an Uncertain Future (2024), analyzes the relationship between climate emotions, social inequality, and reproductive anxiety in the U.S. She also has a podcast with the same name.
-Rebecca Weston, LSCW, JD is Co-Executive Director of CPA-NA and is a psychotherapist, photographer, and activist living in metro-New York. In her clinical practice, her work is informed by a recognition that our senses of self, connection, and our sense of capacity are powerfully influenced by both internal and systemic aspects of our lives. She has expertise in attachment and trauma. As a long time social activist with deep roots in clinical practice, Rebecca believes that emotion carries a story that is at once private and social; that change is at once individual and collective.
and more speakers to come!
Continuing Education Credits are available!
"Climate Psychology Alliance - North America is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Climate Psychology Alliance - North America maintains responsibility for this program and its content."
Please reach out to with questions and to request CE credit for this event.
Information on CE’s
Email barbaraeasterlin@climatepsychology.us to sign up for CE’s.
Learning Objectives for “Unnaming Climate: Authoritarianism, Collective Trauma & Imperfect Solidarity”
1. Participants will be able to explain how deep alienation, vulnerability and insecurity resulting from economic fears, lost identity, eroding sense of embodied community can be manipulated by powerful authoritarian figures with whom people can identify.
2. Participants will be able to recognize subtle subtexts within climate discourse that exacerbate both powerlessness and misdirected blame.
3. Participants will be able to use their skills as clinicians to address splits within the climate movement and foster flexible and open spaces in which people can learn collaborative and community based ways of addressing fear and insecurity.
Instructional Level: Introductory
This event charges a $35 fee to attend
Climate LIVE K12: Role of Blue Carbon in Combating Climate Change, Wednesday, May 14, 2025 4:00 PM - 4:30 PM, hosted by Columbia Climate School
Register: https://tinyurl.com/a4a5744x
Climate LIVE K12: The Role of Blue Carbon in Combating Climate Change and Restoring Biodiversity
Climate LIVE K12 is dedicated to bringing the science of sustainability to K12 students, educators, and parents.
About this Event
Target Audience: Grades 9-12, Undergraduates, Graduate Students, Educators, the Public
This session will explore the power of blue carbon ecosystems, focusing on the critical role seagrass meadows play in carbon sequestration and coastal resilience. We will dive into real-world examples of restoration projects, including the development of carbon credits and biodiversity markets, which not only help mitigate climate change but also promote the conservation of marine biodiversity.
A link to join the session will be provided to all registered participants upon registration.
If you would like to submit any questions before the event, please send them to Laurel Zaima-Sheehy (lzaima@climate.columbia.edu)
Event Contact Information:
Laurel Zaima-Sheehy
212-854-0641
lnz2104@columbia.edu
LOCATION:
Online
TYPE:
Workshop
Seminar
CATEGORY:
Education
Earth Institute
Climate LIVE K12: Soil Solutions: Regenerative Agriculture & Climate Change, Wednesday June 11, 2025, 4:00 PM - 4:30 PM, hosted by Columbia Climate School
Register: https://tinyurl.com/yshb5rsa
Climate LIVE K12: Soil Solutions: Regenerative Agriculture & Climate Change
Climate LIVE K12 is dedicated to bringing the science of sustainability to K12 students, educators, and parents.
About this Event
Target Audience: Grades 6-8, 9-12, Educators, the Public
Regenerative agriculture has the potential to act as a carbon sink and can be a key strategy to mitigate climate change, but must also be combined with other emissions reductions actions. Join us to take a look at farming strategies that can enhance soil health, foster biodiversity, reduce erosion, increase yields, increase drought resilience, and more, all while sequestering carbon in the soil. Finally, consider the relationship between climate change and agriculture -- while a changing climate puts new pressures on farmers, farming can also be a powerful part of the solution.
A link to join the session will be provided to all registered participants upon registration.
If you would like to submit any questions before the event, please send them to Laurel Zaima-Sheehy (lzaima@climate.columbia.edu)
Event Contact Information:
Laurel Zaima-Sheehy
212-854-0641
lnz2104@columbia.edu
LOCATION:
Online
TYPE:
Seminar
Workshop
CATEGORY:
Education
Earth Institute
Climate Communication and Action for Museum Professionals - Cohort 2 June 13-15, 2025, hosted by The Wild Center
Application: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScocwoNnD2AI71XNlGi3pBL_FXNvpo0BDszEp7JvVVKKFo7fQ/viewform
The Institute of Museum and Library Services-supported Climate Communication and Action for Museum Professionals (C-CAMP) program seeks five museums or cultural institutions to join a 1-year inter-institutional professional development training for museum staff to take action on climate change through developing climate education engagement programs, exhibits or initiatives that serve their home institutions and communities. This program offers a year-long community of practice among experienced and new museum professionals to strengthen climate engagement and action nationally among the museum field. The program will begin in April 2025 and will run through April 2026. The C-CAMP program is led by Phipps Conservatory & Botanical Garden, The Wild Center and Climate Generation with support from advisors at Smithsonian, NOAA's Climate Program Office, Madison Children's Museum and the University of Pittsburgh.
Participation in C-CAMP includes:
- monthly 90-minute virtual meetings for learning and group work
- a paid 4-day in-person retreat at The Wild Center (Tupper Lake, NY) June 13 - 16, 2025.
- a network of fellow museum staff with expertise in climate education
- at least 3 "office hour" check-in meetings with the core team
- additional work planning a Climate Action Initiative to implement at participating institutions upon completion of the program
C-CAMP requires participating institutions to:
- develop a 3-member team with at least one member in a senior leadership position
- be a museum, botanical garden, science center, zoo, aquarium or cultural institution based in the United States
- have executive level support via a brief signed letter
- commit to developing a new climate action initiative that focuses on internal or external programmatic opportunities (ex. a strategic initiative, community partnership, exhibit, or educational program)
- commit to centering climate justice and community partnerships in this work
Applications are due Monday, December 2nd, 2024 at 11:59PM EST!
If you have further questions, please email Sarah States, Director of Research and Science Education at Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens (sstates@phipps.conservatory.org)
Webinar: Students and Climate Change: Empowering Action, Wednesday, April 16, 2025 4pm-5pm, hosted by Harvard Education Press
Students are deeply concerned about climate change, but the vastness of the issue can leave them feeling overwhelmed and powerless. Join authors Tom Roderick, Laura A. Schifter, and Mark Windschitl as they discuss how educators can help raise climate literacy among students and support and empower them to be part of climate solutions.
Climate Education: An Educator Workshop with Start:Empowerment, Thursday April 10, 2025, 4:00pm-6:30pm, EST, at New York University's Georgiou Library (5th Floor, 239 Greene St, New York, NY 10003)
Register: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdSJyEaopV3ZJpXL2T0NP4lv4Apk-UFYCIbmrs72Nbn5TvmYw/viewform
Become equipped with tools, strategies, and culturally relevant resources to teach climate change! This session will use children’s books as a vehicle to introduce concepts of climate justice and highlight Indigenous voices, actions, and pedagogies, empowering teachers to center diverse narratives and foster environmental awareness in their classrooms. Through this training, educators will learn to bridge storytelling with science, integrate social justice principles into their curriculum, and inspire students to think critically about their role in building a just and sustainable future.
About Start:Empowerment: Start:Empowerment is a youth BIPOC-led non-profit at the nexus of climate education, solutions, and environmental justice. With programming across Turtle Island, they offer high-quality justice-centric climate education that blends science, technology, engineering, art, and mathematics (STEAM) skills with traditional ecological knowledge. Their mission is to empower youth of color to innovate, imagine, and build a just and sustainable future.
This workshop is recommended for K-6 educators, non-formal educators, librarians, and community members interested in Environmental and Climate Education. 2 CTLE credits will be available.
This event is free but registration is required. Because of limited capacity, seating is on a first-come, first-served basis.
This event is sponsored by NYU's Georgiou Library, in collaboration with the Wallerstein Collaborative and Start:Empowerment.
Climate LIVE K12: Young Leaders in Action- Save Money, Reduce Emissions, Wednesday, April 9, 2025 4:00 PM - 4:30 PM, hosted by Columbia Climate School
Register: https://tinyurl.com/n2fea5r7
About this Event
Target Audience: Grades 6-8, 9-12, Undergraduates, Educators, the Public
Join us for a talk by a young climate change-maker who developed a community-focused website that breaks down the Inflation Reduction Act’s incentives and all the financial tricks that make going green not only the best choice environmentally but also financially. Her project aims to help people save money while reducing emissions, and empower individuals to take action on climate change through accessible resources.
A link to join the session will be provided to all registered participants upon registration.
If you would like to submit any questions before the event, please send them to Laurel Zaima-Sheehy (lzaima@climate.columbia.edu)
Event Contact Information:
Laurel Zaima-Sheehy
212-854-0641
lnz2104@columbia.edu
LOCATION:
Online
TYPE:
Workshop
Seminar
CATEGORY:
Education
Earth Institute
Barriers and Potentials in using Social-Emotional Learning towards Climate Justice, April 7, 2025, 9:00 AM EST, hosted by the Center for Sustainable Development, Columbia Climate School
Register: https://columbiauniversity.zoom.us/meeting/register/DcLatGcHSEyjeNs9ehRayQ#/registration
Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) enhances our connection to nature by fostering mindfulness, empathy, and responsible decision-making. However, in many regions, droughts and natural calamities have skewed our relationship and mental space with nature. This conversation will bring us the ground realities of contextualization of SEL used as a teaching tool. It will first start to explore the current barriers that grip using SEL as a teaching and learning tool. The conversation will then reflect on frameworks and practices that have shown the various pathways of using SEL for environmental education. While doing so, the interconnected nature of these pathways are also discovered. Speakers will discuss using purposeful pedagogy, design for change and collective happiness frameworks. While others will bring examples of national initiatives (STEAM in Pakistan; Climate Integration in New Jersey) as implementation ideas. While there are others who reflect on nudges that could help to spread out powerful environmental messages/actions in the community. Others work on cultural attitudes and context as possible pathways. A common underlying theme is contextualising SEL needs to have underwritten by a justice lens. We do that by highlighting the barriers to implementing SEL and the possible solutions from the ground. Then we explore how these can be strategized to be scaled to be included in formal and non-formal curricula.
Moderator: Radhika Iyengar, Climate School Columbia University
In conversation with
Camila Hadi Chaudhary: Role of SEL, climate, teaching, and learning
Ambreena Ahmed, Director, Teachers’ Resource Centre, Pakistan: SEL and Climate Education tool kit for teachers
Afia Aslam: Advocacy with teachers unfamiliar with the topic
Arya Karumanthra: Perspectives from India.
Eshal Farooqi: Environmental Teaching needs to be Contextualized.
Marvi Soomro: School Gardens and SEL: Potential of SEL in Teaching and Learning
Fozia Parveen: Teacher aids
Arooj Khalid: Case Studies from Pakistan
Discussant: Baela Jamil, ITA
Worldwide Climate & Justice Education Week, April 7-13, 2025, hosted by Bard Graduate Programs in Sustainability
Learn more and plan an event ot register to attend one here: https://www.worldwide-climate-ed.org/about-3
Worldwide Climate Education Week is a global initiative sparking dialogue around climate and justice on campuses and in communities around the world. Join us April 7-13, 2025. Join us for Virtual Events.
Climate Justice requires all of us. Not just climate experts, but everyone, no matter your discipline. Artists, historians, chemists, economists, whatever your profession, we all need to start talking about climate solutions.
Together we are planting the seeds for solutions in our communities, one conversation at a time.
Plan your week here: https://www.worldwide-climate-ed.org/about-7
Webinar: Addressing Climate Emotions: A Groundbreaking Toolkit for Educators, Tuesday, March 25, 2025, 6:30pm, hosted by the Climate Mental Health Network and NEEF
Register:
https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_cP7C2k5-Q76dGOeFfS0W1A#/registration
Join Climate Mental Health Network and NEEF on Tuesday, March 25 at 6:30 p.m. ET for the launch of the first evidence-based, teacher-tested resources for middle school educators to address the emotional impacts of climate change. At our launch webinar, you will:
Learn about the research behind the resources
Get first access to the FREE Climate Emotions Toolkit
Hear from teachers who have used it and the team that created it
These resources were developed based on a three-year program of work, including a nationwide research study to understand the experiences and needs of middle school teachers and their students. Informed by that research, we developed a comprehensive set of resources to support both student and teacher mental health. A nationwide pilot confirmed its effectiveness, with middle school teachers across the US testing the resources in their classrooms.
Key findings from our research:
83% of teachers said their school community had been impacted by an extreme weather event.
98% of teachers said they have encountered emotional reactions from students when teaching about climate change.
The majority of teachers felt unequipped to help students cope with the mental health impacts of climate disasters.
Teachers overwhelmingly recommend the resources we developed for addressing climate emotions—100% of teachers said they’d recommend the toolkit to a colleague.
Here’s what they’re saying:
“The toolkit provided a wealth of valuable resources that made it highly effective for addressing both the cognitive and emotional challenges of teaching climate change.” (California teacher)
“The activities got my students thinking about their emotions in a very productive and meaningful way. They also made it easy to lead good discussions and help me understand each individual student better.” (New Jersey teacher)
“The lesson plans were aligned with our science standards. The activities were easy, short and effective.” (Florida teacher)
Climate Electives Teacher Panel, Wednesday, March 19, 2025, 7pm - 8:15pm EST, hosted by the Center for Climate Change Education at PRI
Register: https://cornell.zoom.us/meeting/register/LX329yunQH-Qk3QdToycPQ#/registration
Are you interested in teaching more about climate change? Are you interested in creating and teaching a new elective course for your school? Join us for a panel discussion with teachers teaching electives about climate change on Wednesday, March 19 at 7pm EST.
Panelists:
Sarah Brumberg, Lehman Alternative Community School, Ithaca, NY
Travis Crocker, Dryden High School, Dryden, NY
Shaundra Davis, Richfield Springs School District, Richfield Springs, NY
Heidi Lux, Lehman Alternative Community School, Ithaca, NY
Tatiana Merrick, Buffalo Public Schools
Glen Stuart, Montgomery High School, Skillman, NJ
Panelists will share:
Brief overviews of their courses
Lessons learned from teaching their courses
Favorite resources used in teaching about climate change
What they wish they knew before starting the course
Thoughts on teaching climate change in 2025
Answers to your questions!
Note that the registration form includes a place for you to submit your questions.
Celebrating Connections Across the Community, hosted by STEMteachersNYC, Lehman College & Science Council of NYC (SCONYC), Saturday, March 8, 2025, 9:30am – 4:30pm EST
Register: https://stemteachersnyc.org/cuny-stnyc-sconyc-2025/
STEMteachersNYC, Lehman College & SCONYC invite you to a Celebration of STEM Teaching, Community & Connection!
Saturday, March 8, 2025 | 9:30am – 4:30pm
Lehman College, 250 Bedford Park Blvd | Bronx, NY
You’re Invited! So many individuals, organizations, and institutions contribute to the learning landscape of the NYC STEM teaching community. Our learning community is created through connections from teacher to teacher, community to classroom, degree program to cultural institution, and more. Join us March 8th 2025, for a celebration of the teachers in our community, and of all the supporters of the learning continuum – join us and make new connections!
This year we will focus on the connections and partnerships that help build the professional learning scaffolds and opportunities for growth for teachers. Join us in celebrating together!
What to Expect
Join us for a day of connection, inspiration, and celebration of the NYC STEM teaching community!
Brief Agenda:
• Morning: Hands-on workshops led by K-12 STEM educators in partnership with The Science Council of New York City (SCONYC).
• Afternoon: Keynote speakers, collaborative breakout sessions, and panel discussions on mentorship, partnerships, and teacher leadership.
• Closing: Awards ceremony, coffee, and dessert.
Celebrate the teachers, faculty, and cultural institutions that build bridges across classrooms and communities, creating opportunities for growth and learning. Don’t miss this chance to connect, collaborate, and be inspired!
Adirondack Climate Conference, Thursday March 6, 2025, 9:30am - 4:30pm EST, hosted by The Wild Center
Watch it live: https://www.wildcenter.org/live/
Livestream Agenda
9:30 AM - 9:45 AM - Welcome & Opening Remarks
Jen Kretser - Director of Climate Initiatives, The Wild Center
Sunita Halasz - Project Coordinator, ACORN
Zoe Smith - VP Strategic Initiatives, Paul Smith's College
9:45 AM - 10:30 AM - Plenary Session 1: Climate Change: Where We Live
Amanda Stevens - Senior Project Manager, NYSERDA
Dr. Curt Stager - Author & Professor of Natural Sciences, Paul Smith's College
10:30 AM - 11:15 AM - Plenary Session 2: Getting to "Our" Solution
Tony David - Division Director, Akwesasne St. Regis Mohawk Tribe Environmental Program
Alexandra Jacobs-Wilke - Mayor, Village of Potsdam
1:30 PM - 2:15 PM - Plenary Session 3: New York Climate Initiatives
Kisha Santiago-Martinez - Deputy Secretary of State, NYS Department of State
Maureen Leddy - Director, Office of Climate Change, NYS DEC
Suzanna Randall - Chief Resiliency Officer, NYS DEC
2:15 PM - 2:30 PM - Plenary Session 4: North Country Rural Resilience Road Map
Jen Kretser - Director of Climate Initiatives, The Wild Center
Sunita Halasz - Project Coordinator, ACORN
Zoe Smith - VP Strategic Initiatives, Paul Smith's College
3:45 PM - 4:30 PM - Plenary Session 5: Where Do We Go From Here? a Media Panel
David Sommerstein (Moderator) - News Director, North Country Public Radio
Bridget Shirvell - Freelance Journalist, Author of Parenting in a Climate Crisis
Mike Lynch - Climate Reporter, Adirondack Explorer
Catherine Wheeler - St. Lawrence Valley Reporter, North Country Public Radio
Webinar: Drought: Destroyer of Civilizations,with Sylvia Reeves, NIDIS Regional Drought Information Coordinator, hosted by Museum of the Earth in Ithaca, Thursday, February 27, 2025, 7pm - 8:30pm EST
Register here: https://www.priweb.org/event/science-in-the-virtual-pub
We are all too familiar with the impacts of foods, nor'easters, ice storms, derechos, tornadoes, hurricanes, and even atmospheric rivers of rain or snow but most of us would not rank drought high on our list of natural hazards of major concern. Let's take a minute or two to rethink that. Certainly, all of the aforementioned weather hazards are quite capable of infrastructure damage, disruption, physical and economic injury and even death on a large scale. Yet, anthropologists and archaeologists theorize that drought is a unique hazard that should not be ignored. Just ask the Mayans in Mesoamerica or ancient Egyptians about drought. A look back into the history of these great cultures and nations will reveal that drought can be blamed and named as a Destroyer of Civilizations. Now, fast forward in your mind, to the Dust Bowl event of the 1940s in the US; fast forward again to the decades-long drought of the 2000s in the western US and finally, consider the "taste" of drought that we all just experienced along the I95 corridor. No, drought is not quite the threat to our civilization that it was to the Mississippian indigenous nations in the midwest but we do need to reckon with any water shortage that could impact our major cities (New York, Boston or Philadelphia) or our ability to grown food in the high plains or agricultural valleys of California. So, let's talk about assessing drought in a changing climate.
This presentation will cover some of the history of drought, impacts of drought in the US in the past 10 years and the focus of research and inquiry on monitoring drought, drought outlooks, impacts and resilience strategies for the future.
Visit our nation's drought information portal at Drought.gov and learn more about Assessing Drought in a Changing Climate. Learn more about Sylvia Reeves at https://cires.colorado.edu/people/sylvia-reeves
Accelerating Sustainability Education with System Dynamics: A Community-Based Strategy, Wednesday, February 26, 2025, 11am - 12pm EST, hosted by the CLEAN Network
Join us for an engaging webinar where the authors of a recently published paper in Nature Sustainability share their findings on scaling educational innovations in sustainability. While many high-quality educational resources are available, their adoption often remains limited. This session will present the System Dynamics model developed to analyze propagation strategies and highlight the potential of community-based approaches. Learn how mobilizing a network of ambassadors can drive exponential growth in adoption, with actionable insights for implementing these strategies in various contexts, including sustainability-focused initiatives.
Learning Outcomes
Understand the limitations of traditional outreach and word-of-mouth strategies in scaling educational innovations.
Discover the benefits of a community-based propagation model for accelerating adoption.
Explore real-world examples of successful scaling through ambassador networks.
Gain actionable insights on implementing community-based propagation strategies in educational and other settings.
About the Presenters
Juliette Rooney-Varga directs the Climate Change Initiative, co-directs the Rist Institute for Sustainability and Energy, and is a professor of Environmental Science at the University of Massachusetts Lowell. She has more than twenty years’ experience as a scientist studying biogeochemistry and microbial ecology. Her current work focuses on translation of science to bridge the gap between scientific and societal understanding of climate change and sustainability. She develops and analyzes the impact of dynamic modeling and interactive simulations that enable people to learn for themselves about the climate and energy systems. These simulations bring current climate change and energy science to students, citizens, and policymakers at all levels and have been shown to motivate science-informed action.
She earned a Ph.D. at the University of New Hampshire, an MS from Cornell University and a BA from Colby College.
Charles Henderson is a Distinguished Professor at Western Michigan University (WMU), with a joint appointment between the Physics Department and the WMU Mallinson Institute for Science Education. He is the Director of the Mallinson Institute and co-Founder and co-Director of the WMU Center for Research on Instructional Change in Postsecondary Education (CRICPE). His research program focuses on understanding and promoting change in higher education, with an emphasis on improving undergraduate STEM instruction. Dr. Henderson’s work has been supported by nearly $11M in external grants and has resulted in many publications. He is a Fulbright Scholar and a Fellow of the American Physical Society. Dr. Henderson is the senior editor for the journal Physical Review Physics Education Research and has served on two National Academy of Sciences Committees: Undergraduate Physics Education Research and Implementation, and Developing Indicators for Undergraduate STEM Education.
David Ford serves as the Vecellio Professor of Vecellio Construction Engineering and Management in the Via Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. He joined Virginia Tech in 2022. Ford’s research focuses on the social impacts of natural disaster management in communities. In his current research, he is exploring the quantification of habitation loss using dynamic modeling. He aims to expand the analysis of disaster management projects beyond economics to include their social impacts. Previously, Ford served on the faculties of Texas A&M University and the University of Bergen, Norway. He has over a dozen years of experience in engineering practice.
Florian Kapmeier is Professor of Strategy at ESB Business School at Reutlingen University, Germany. He received his doctorate from the University of Stuttgart on “Interorganizational Learning in Learning Alliances”. He has strengthened his academic profile with research visits at MIT Sloan School of Management (Cambridge, USA), McGill University (Montréal, Canada), University of Lugano (Switzerland), and Emlyon Business School (Lyon, France). For his research and teaching activities, he links the System Dynamics methodology with empirical research on theory development and testing, focusing on organizational aspects of the understanding of complexity, increasingly addressing environmental sustainability issues.
Exploring Historical, Political, and Pedagogical Dimensions of Climate Change Education, Tuesday, February 25, 2025 07:00 PM EST, hosted by Accelerate
Register: https://lakeheadu.zoom.us/meeting/register/fnszR72IRk25PXVE9W7l0A#/registration
Join North American researchers as they share their exploration of the challenges and opportunities in advancing Climate Change Education (CCE) in teacher education through three critical papers. These papers investigate historical and political dynamics shaping climate change’s place in education, present a heuristic of promising pedagogical practice, and examine how political orientation shapes teacher practice. Experienced and emerging scholars David Long, Joe Henderson, Andrea Drewes, Ellen Field, and Sidney Howlett share their recent findings for addressing the complexities of CCE in teacher education.
In-Person Workshop: ‘What I'd teach about climate change if I only had an hour, hosted by the Museum of the Earth, 1259 Trumansburg Rd, Ithaca, NY 14850, Wed. Feb. 19, 2025, 11:00am - 12:30pm EST
More information: https://www.priweb.org/visit/events
Join PRI's Director of Teacher Programming, Dr. Don Haas, for an exploration of teaching his favorite lesson, and why it is so powerful and important.
It's an investigation of the story of a gallon of gasoline, of the scale of things and of how we can bring deeper understandings of climate change to broader audiences.
The session celebrates that we are all climate educators (even if we are not professional educators) and it will help us to navigate difficult discussions. You will gain a more visceral understanding of the urgency of climate change coupled with strategies for addressing the problem and the associated negative emotions. And you will be able to employ these strategies in your own teaching immediately.
The interactive workshop is intended for educators across the disciplines as understanding climate change requires understanding broad interdisciplinary ideas. It is also intended to engage educators from across the career span, from pre-service teachers to veteran educators.
Implementing a Community Climate Action Project, a Resilient Schools and Communities (RiSC) webinar, hosted by New Jersey Audubon, Tue. February 18, 2025, 7pm - 8pm EST
Register: https://tinyurl.com/3yxyz3um
National Wildlife Federation (NWF) affiliate, New Jersey Audubon (NJA), has been adapting the Resilient Schools and Communities (RiSC) program since 2021.
A series of “RiSC Action Cards” have been developed by NWF and NJA to offer teachers an opportunity to explore the RiSC program in small bites. The RiSC Action Cards have been integrated into NWF’s EcoSchools U.S. program
NJA’s new webinar series will explore each of the new Cards. This interactive webinar will explore how to implement a community climate action project that will increase your community's climate change resiliency. Hear from experienced RiSC teachers about their students' projects.
Facilitator: TBD
In-Person Workshop, Build a Wind-Powered Machine, hosted by the Museum of the Earth, 1259 Trumansburg Rd, Ithaca, NY 14850, Tuesday February 18 and Thursday, February 20, 2025, 11am - 1pm EST
More information here: https://www.priweb.org/visit/events
Drop by between 11 am and 1 pm on Feb. 18 and build your own miniature wind-powered elevator to take home. Learn about wind power and other climate change solutions from Dr. Ingrid Zabel, PRI’s Climate Change Education Manager.
Mid-Winter Climate Institute hosted by NYC Public Schools Office of Energy & Sustainability, February 18-20, 2025
Register here: https://nycdoefacilities.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_55xkH62QxGlUcYK
Back for a second year! Two in-person and one virtual day of professional learning, to help educators integrate climate change into their curricula. Per Session available.
In-person sessions will be held at Columbia University Teacher’s College, 525 W 120th St, New York, NY 10027.
Impacts of Climate Change on Wildlife and People, a Resilient Schools and Communities (RiSC) webinar, hosted by New Jersey Audubon, Tue. Feb 11, 2025 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM EST
Register here: https://tinyurl.com/yc6tyvjs
National Wildlife Federation (NWF) affiliate, New Jersey Audubon (NJA), has been adapting the Resilient Schools and Communities (RiSC) program since 2021.
A series of “RiSC Action Cards” have been developed by NWF and NJA to offer teachers an opportunity to explore the RiSC program in small bites. The RiSC Action Cards have been integrated into NWF’s EcoSchools U.S. program
NJA’s new webinar series will explore each of the new Cards. This interactive webinar will explore the impacts of climate change on people and the wildlife around us. A current RiSC teacher from New Jersey will share how her students have investigated wildlife impacts.
Facilitator: TBD
Listening to the Community: Create A Community Vulnerability Survey, a Resilient Schools and Communities (RiSC) webinar, hosted by New Jersey Audubon, Tue. February 4, 2025, 6:30pm - 7:30pm EST
Register here: https://tinyurl.com/e38d88u4
National Wildlife Federation (NWF) affiliate, New Jersey Audubon (NJA), has been adapting the Resilient Schools and Communities (RiSC) program since 2021.
A series of “RiSC Action Cards” have been developed by NWF and NJA to offer teachers an opportunity to explore the RiSC program in small bites. The RiSC Action Cards have been integrated into NWF’s EcoSchools U.S. program
NJA’s new webinar series will explore each of the new Cards. This interactive webinar will explore how students can reach out to their community to identify the climate change vulnerabilities they experience. A current RiSC teacher will provide examples form her own teaching and describe actions students took based on their survey findings.
Facilitator: RiSC educator from New Jersey, TBD
NYC Outdoors! Environmental Education Expo, Tuesday, February 4, 2025, 4:30pm-6:00pm at Pier 57 in Manhattan, hosted by the NYC Soil and Water Conservation District
Register: https://events.humanitix.com/nyc-outdoors-environmental-education-expo
Join the annual Environmental Education Expo to discover what programs and opportunities are available for NYC teachers, students and families from 20+ local organizations, including Hudson River Park’s River Project, Billion Oyster Project, Brooklyn Botanic Garden and more.
Each year, this event aims to showcase environmental education resources for New York City teachers and educators, in hopes that more children will have the opportunity to experience and learn about the natural features of our city.
Get ready to learn about exciting topics including:
Field trips
Sustainability
Urban Agriculture
Composting
Solar Power
Nature in the City
Citizen Science Programs
Professional Development Opportunities
Recycling
The Hudson River Estuary
This event is free and open to the public. Registration is encouraged but not required.
NYC Youth Agenda Winter Dataland, Thursday, January 30, 2025, 4:30pm-7:00pm EST, Riverside Church, 91 Claremont Ave, NY, NY 10027
RSVP: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfySOazmCgPtLT4ViSxua2hSqfiD0KF_KvmCTAio_l41gsCsA/viewform
The NYC Youth Agenda Coalition is turning five, and they’re making this their Year of Visibility and Accountability. Explore interactive Policy Stations to learn about research, recommendations, and future vision, and share your experiences on issues like economic mobility, education equity, environmental justice, housing security, and mental health.
In particular, the policy group is looking for movement on equitable access to green spaces, and green jobs. During the event, the policy group will be presenting data on what the city has been doing in regard to green spaces and green jobs, inviting youth leaders to provide feedback on how as young people, they can instigate more action towards these shared goals. Your insights will shape the advocacy agenda as the Coalition prepares to meet with local officials this spring.
If you have any questions or would like to follow-up directly with the NYC Youth Agenda Coalition, please email rachel.castillo@cuny.edu
Community Climate Solutions: Mitigation and Adaptation: A Resilient Schools and Communities (RiSC) webinar, hosted by New Jersey Audubon, Tue. January 28, 2025, 6:30pm-7:30pm EST
Register here: https://tinyurl.com/39ek9k79
National Wildlife Federation (NWF) affiliate, New Jersey Audubon (NJA), has been adapting the Resilient Schools and Communities (RiSC) program since 2021.
A series of “RiSC Action Cards” have been developed by NWF and NJA to offer teachers an opportunity to explore the RiSC program in small bites. The RiSC Action Cards have been integrated into NWF’s EcoSchools U.S. program.
NJA’s new webinar series will explore each of the new Cards. This interactive webinar will discuss the different types of community-based solutions. Led by a current RiSC teacher, this session will focus on the difference between climate change mitigation and adaptation.
Facilitator: RiSC educator from New Jersey, TBD
Earthjustice Quarterly Town Hall: Not On Our Watch, Monday, January 27, 2025, 2:30pm-3:30pm EST
Register: https://tinyurl.com/ys659zwz
The incoming administration has declared that climate change is a hoax and is planning to install climate deniers and oil and fracking executives at the helm of federal agencies that were created to protect public health and the environment from those very industries.
On the heels of Inauguration Day, Earthjustice is poised to fight the new administration on multiple fronts. Earthjustice sued the first Trump administration more than 200 times and won 85% of those cases — and they're ready to do it again. Trump is more prepared this time, but so are they.
The town hall will feature Earthjustice President Abigail Dillen, Senior Vice President of Programs Sam Sankar, Vice President of Policy and Legislation Raúl García, and Deputy Managing Attorney Robin Cooley. You will hear their plan for the first 100 days of the new administration and the actions they’re already taking to protect the health of frontline communities, wildlife, and our shared climate future.
Can’t join live? Register to receive a recording after the event.
This will be a town hall–style event and will include a live Q&A where you can submit questions for our speakers. The event platform will offer closed captioning and the option to dial in by phone for audio-only access.
Questions? Contact events@earthjustice.org
For Teachers: Creating ArcGIS StoryMaps with Billion Oyster Project, Monday, January 27, 2025 at 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM EST
The Billion Oyster Project is hosting a virtual Professional Development workshop on creating Storymaps with ArcGIS for classroom middle and high school teachers. There's a nominal fee that can be waived for Title I teachers (Email Elisa for the code!).
Elisa Caref, she/her
Teaching and Curriculum Specialist
ecaref@billionoysterproject.org
Billion Oyster Project
10 South Street, Governors Island
New York, NY 10004
How to Talk to Your Kids About Climate Change: Adult Lecture, Sunday, January 26, 2025, 1pm-2pm EST, 334 Furman St., Brooklyn, hosted by Brooklyn Bridge Park
Register: tinyurl.com/2ue4x75w
Our children today are facing the challenges of a warming world head on. They have a right to understand the realities of the climate crisis and what it means for them – and so, the adults in their lives have a responsibility to provide that knowledge as best they can. Join us as Harriet Shugarman, an internationally renowned activist, policy analyst, economist and author of the book, How to Talk to Your Kids About Climate Change, Turning Angst into Action, shares her unique insights and some best practices for having these meaningful conversations.
Due to limited space, advance registration is required. This event takes place at 334 Furman St. (Park offices).
About the Author/Speaker
Harriet Shugarman is the founder and Executive Director of ClimateMama, a core team member with The Ecopsychepedia Project and the Chair of the Advisory Council of Our Kids Climate, a global parent climate network. Harriet worked with the International Monetary Fund for 13 years, including as an IMF representative at the United Nations for 10 years. She is a professor of Sustainability and Climate Change, teaching at both Ramapo College and The College of New Jersey. Harriet is a mentor and leader with the Climate Reality Project and was the founding chair of the NYC Climate Reality Metro chapter; she is also a recipient of the prestigious Climate Reality Alfredo Sirkis Memorial Green Ring Award. In New York State, Harriet is an active member of the policy team at CRETF, where she is helping advocate for and move the state forward on providing climate education – across subject areas – for preK through 12th grade. Harriet is on the advisory committees of a wide range of climate, justice and education organizations including Dear Tomorrow, WECAN, and CHICKs . Harriet is the mother of two young adults; she lives in New York City with her husband and her dog, Moose.
Youth Climate Justice Convergence, Saturday, January 25, 2025, 10am-3:30pm EST
Register: https://actionnetwork.org/events/nyc-youth-climate-justice-convergence?source=direct_link&
The climate crisis is worsening, fossil fuels are continuing to expand, New York City has literally been on fire, and we have an incoming xenophobic presidency that pledges “drill, baby, drill,” who poses a threat to our human rights across the board, and a prospect of continual disasters. We are at a tipping point for our movement.
On January 25, days after the upcoming inauguration, a cross-sectional portion of organizers, young people, activists, and students from across the New York City youth climate justice movement will gather for a critical day-long gathering of trainings, workshops, speakers, and planning. It's high time we stand up for our future; this is our opportunity! You don't want to miss it.
This is our moment to come together, learn, and prepare for what a second Trump administration means for our future and organizing in New York City and how we're going to fight back. The day will include workshops and presentations from organizers and activists across the movement, covering all the issues that define our future under attack to paint a picture of what it looks like to fight for climate justice as our country is being taken over nationally by fascism. The presentations and workshops will cover and discuss the state of climate justice, environmental justice, and climate action policy in New York City and State, and how we can get involved in organizing for change here. We will also discuss in depth what our roles are in the movement, get to know youth organizers and passionate students from across the city, and get an understanding of how we can organize for change in our school communities. The day will also feature a suite of exciting and well-known speakers. Lunch will be provided.
Whether you've never attended a climate or environmental justice action before or you've dedicated years to organizing around it, this event is for you.
Let's learn, let's grow, let's prepare, let's bring this movement together.
Another future is possible.
Note: This event is geared to any and all who want to engage in youth organizing with a focus on students in High School, Higher Education, Middle School, or other recent graduates of either high school or a higher level.
From Principles to Practice: New Resources for Teaching Climate Education, Thursday, January 23, 2025, 3pm-4pm EST, hosted by NAAEE
Register: https://eepro.naaee.org/learning/principles-practice-new-resources-teaching-climate-education
Join NAAEE on January 23 at 3:00 PM ET for an eeWEBINAR featuring new (and free!) resources for integrating climate education into your teaching and learning.
Three climate change leaders will share materials to advance climate change education: Frank Niepold, NOAA’s Senior Climate Education Program Manager, Dr. Bora Simmons, Director of the Project for Excellence Program of NAAEE, and Dr. Christopher Roland Knittel from MIT’s climate education group.
Our speakers will discuss:
NOAA’s recently-released "Climate Literacy: Essential Principles for Understanding and Addressing Climate Change"
NAAEE’s “Educating for Climate Action and Justice,” the latest module in the Guidelines for Excellence series
New high-school climate change lesson plans from MIT that are free and easy to use
Additional resources from NAAEE and NOAA that can support climate education at all levels
All registrants will receive the recording of this webinar.
Speakers:
Bora Simmons serves as the founding director of the National Project for Excellence in Environmental Education. The North American Association for Environmental Education (NAAEE) initiated the Project in 1993 to help educators develop and deliver effective environmental education programs. The Project has drawn on the insights of literally thousands of educators across the United States and around the world to craft guidelines for top-quality environmental education.
Christopher Knittel is the associate dean for Climate and Sustainability, the George P. Shultz professor, and a professor of Applied Economics at the MIT Sloan School of Management. Prior to MIT Sloan, Knittel taught at the University of California, Davis, and Boston University. His research focuses on industrial organization, environmental economics, and applied econometrics.
Knittel is an associate editor of The American Economic Journal— Economic Policy, The Journal of Industrial Economics, and the Journal of Energy Markets. His research has appeared in The American Economic Review, The Review of Economics and Statistics, The Journal of Industrial Economics, The Energy Journal, and other academic journals. He also is a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research in the Productivity, Industrial Organization, and Energy and Environmental Economics groups.
Knittel holds a BA in economics and political science from California State University, Stanislaus; an MA in economics from the University of California, Davis; and a PhD in economics from the University of California, Berkeley.
Frank Niepold is the climate education coordinator at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Climate Program Office in Silver Spring, Maryland. Niepold also leads the education section of NOAA's public data and information web portal, Climate.gov, and is a co-chair of the U.S. Global Change Research Program's Education Interagency Working Group. In addition, he has served as the U.S. Climate Action Report Education, Training, and Outreach chapter lead for the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), an education and youth delegate for the United States at the 2015 Conference of Parties (COP21), and a member of the Federal Steering Committee for the Fourth National Climate Assessment (NCA4).
At NOAA, he develops and implements NOAA's climate goal education and outreach efforts that specifically relate to NOAA's climate goal and literacy objective. Additionally, he is the managing lead of the U.S. Global Change Research Program document, "Climate Literacy: The Essential Principles of Climate Science."
High School Climate Action Planning Event, hosted by NYC Public Schools Office of Energy and Sustainability, Thursday, January 23, 2025, 11AM-3PM EST
Registration opens January 2.
Students will earn community service hours while planning sustainability initiatives and Climate Action Days activities for their schools.
This event will take place in-person at Brooklyn Technical High School, 29 Fort Greene Pl, Brooklyn, NY 11217.
Taking a Climate Impact Walk, a Resilient Schools and Communities (RiSC) webinar, hosted by New Jersey Audubon, Tue, Jan 21, 2025 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM EST
Register here: https://tinyurl.com/mpj7dsab
National Wildlife Federation (NWF) affiliate, New Jersey Audubon (NJA), has been adapting the Resilient Schools and Communities (RiSC) program since 2021.
A series of “RiSC Action Cards” have been developed by NWF and NJA to offer teachers an opportunity to explore the RiSC program in small bites. The RiSC Action Cards have been integrated into NWF’s EcoSchools U.S. program
NJA’s new webinar series will explore each of the new Cards. This interactive webinar will guide educators in how to apply what students learned in reviewing a climate vulnerability report focused on school grounds and a school community in a way that prepares students and educators to identify opportunities for increasing community climate resiliency.
Facilitator: Roberta Hunter, PhD (908) 396-6506, roberta.hunter@njaudubon.org
Teaching Climate Change for Grades 6-12 With Kelley Le, January 21, 2025, 7pm EST
Register: https://montclair.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0of--vrzMsHd3zzvt_H9xEH-njdXx_GiJ-#/registration
Book talk with Kelley Le, author of Teaching Climate Change for Grades 6-12, hosted by Montclair University and the American Educational Research Association (AERA)
This timely and insightful book supports secondary science teachers in developing effective curricula around the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) by grounding their instruction on the climate crisis. This new edition focuses on meeting teachers where they are in their teaching and learning while tending to various contexts, communities, and cultures to activate educators in understanding and responding to the climate crisis in this moment. By anchoring instruction on the climate emergency, Dr. Lê offers guidance on how educators can activate students as agents of change for their own communities.
The Global Landscape for Climate Action in 2025, Thursday, January 16, 2025, 8pm EST, hosted by the Climate Reality Project with special guests Al Gore and Phyllis Cuttino
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To kick off the new year, Climate Reality’s Founder and Chair, former US Vice President Al Gore, and Climate Reality President and CEO Phyllis Cuttino are hosting a special call with Climate Reality Leaders around the globe.
Together, we’ll review what we learned in 2024, recap the outcomes of COP 29 in Baku, discuss the state of the climate movement in the US and around the world, and look ahead to our big plans for 2025.