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Engaging Youth with the Built Environment

HouseStories’ mission is to engage K-12 youth with the built environment through multi-sensory, hands-on learning powered by a unique curriculum. Learn about the framework and curriculum that turns students into urban engineers as they build adaptive and resilient cities in response to density, geography, resources, and climate.

Date and Time:

Tuesday, April 16, 2019, 1:00pm

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Resource for students, teachers, administrators, and community organizations on the U.S. Youth Climate Strike - March 15th

Are you interested in helping students engage with or learn about the U.S. Youth Climate Strike on March 15th? Check out "Youth Climate Strikes: Overview and Resources" for background on the movement, info about current happenings, and strategies to engage as a student, teacher, administrator, or community partner!

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Classroom, Organization
Opportunity

Request for Environmental Literacy Presentations: California Science Teachers Association (CSTA) Conference

The 2019 CSTA conference is in San Jose from October 18 – 20. We are reaching out to encourage you to submit a proposal for a 90-minute workshop that features environmental literacy. Sessions are needed that provide teachers, schools, and districts with resources, strategies, instructional materials, and programs that promote environmental literacy and California's Environmental Principles and Concepts, and specifically address implementation of the Next Generation Science Standards.

Registration Deadline:

Monday, March 25, 2019, 11:59pm

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Y-PLAN

Y-PLAN (Youth – Plan, Learn, Act, Now) is a unique, award-winning educational strategy that empowers young people to tackle real-world problems in their communities through project-based civic learning experiences. Whether you're an educator or civic leader, learn more about how Y-PLAN strengthens schools and cities.

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Classroom
Green New Deal - High School Campaign Sign-Up

Calling all middle & high school teachers! Share with your students! This February, high schoolers (and middle schoolers!) across the country will be leading campaigns to pass local resolutions calling on the federal government to pass a Green New Deal, and we’d love to have you join us! Sign up here to coordinate a campaign in your community, and an iMatter/Sunrise coach will reach out to help you get started.

Green New Deal - High School Campaign Sign-up

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Greenermind Summit

A community of change-makers. A weekend of play | connection | discovery. Greenermind is a community of change-makers in the San Francisco Bay Area and in Washington, D.C. We host the Greenermind Summit -- one part adult summer camp, one part unconference, and one part restorative retreat.

Date and Time:

Thursday, June 13, 2019, 8:00am to Sunday, June 16, 2019, 5:00pm