In episode 176 of America Adapts, Doug Parsons hosts Dr. Kelly Hereid, the Director Of Catastrophe Research and Development at Liberty Mutual Insurance.
In episode 167, Doug Parsons hosts Francisco Sanchez Jr., Associate Administrator for the Small Business Administration’s Office of Disaster Assistance.
Millennial Cities is an online resource for planners, changemakers, and curious observers.
Find hundreds of web mapping applications and interactive, data-driven visualization tools related to demographics, climate change, sustainability, social justice, environment, housing, and more.
Read our blog, explore the tools, and make change in your community.
Game Genius is a nonprofit that provides play-based services and experiences to support leaders, organizations, and socially beneficial initiatives in the Greater Washington DC region.
Date and Time:
Saturday, April 17, 2021, 9:00am to Sunday, April 25, 2021, 5:00pm
Join Antioch New England University on Wednesday, March 17th for their next Conservation Psychology webinar - Beyond Inspiration: The CARE Roadmap for Audience Conservation Engagement
Are you interested in understanding the dimensions of your audiences’ relationships with nature? Do you need to demonstrate to funders that your programs increase learners’ connection to nature? A new guidebook can help you measure this elusive concept with young children, teenagers, or adults. This webinar will introduce you to the guidebook and the 11 assessment tools it features. A pdf of the Guide is free at NAAEE’s Publication site. Join Martha Monroe, Louise Chawla, and Gabby Salazar for this relevant and helpful webinar!
WWF have launched a free certificated training that gives a starting point for how educators and schools can help shape a sustainable future through a whole-school approach to Education for Sustainable Development.
You’ll learn how to prepare your students to survive and thrive in the changing world, and gain tools driving positive change within and beyond the school community.
The Promise of Civic Engagement in Environmental Issues is a draft discussion paper. Through this paper, NAAEE and its partners are seeking a deeper understanding of how environmental education can support and complement initiatives that are geared more broadly toward educating for civic agency, capacity, and participation.
Join this free training webinar on the fundamentals of crafting messages that motivate action & change for the environment. Two time and date options available: April 22 & 29.
Date and Time:
Wednesday, April 22, 2020, 2:00pm to Wednesday, April 29, 2020, 8:00am
Earth Force is committed to ensuring that young people have the knowledge, skills, and motivation to be effective civic participants who bring their environmental values to public decision-making
[Resources updated April 7] COVID-19: Events are being canceled. People are physically distancing. Confirmed cases are increasing. These are unprecedented times. Hopefully, this list of resources will help. I will continue to update it as time permits.
Specially supported early bird registrations to attend CWI's 2020 VIRTUAL Summer EAST Institute on Place Based Service-Learning and Sustainability. CWI's acclaimed Summer EAST Institute is a unique opportunity for deep learning, collaboration, and networking in a design lab atmosphere, with like minded K-16 and community based educators from across the U.S.
Date and Time:
Monday, August 10, 2020, 10:00am to Friday, August 14, 2020, 5:00pm
Special supported early bird registrations are available to attend CWI's 2020 Summer WEST Institute on Place Based Service-Learning and Sustainability. CWI's Institute is a unique opportunity for deep learning, collaboration, and networking in a design lab atmosphere, with like minded K-16 and community based educators from across the U.S.
Date and Time:
Monday, July 27, 2020, 8:00am to Friday, July 31, 2020, 3:00pm
The World Resources Institute produces a variety of data visualizations and infographics on the climate and environment. Their comprehensive library pulls in resources, maps, data, and videos to communicate and urge action on environmental issues.
In the face of our massive climate change challenges, should I/we be focusing attention on taking small individual actions or working to support larger changes via governmental policy shifts? A new study shows that convincing people to live greener lives makes them LESS likely to support real climate policy. The details will guide you in being a more effective climate change educator.
Edward J. McCrea wrote this article to describe the environmental education movement's history in the United States through a timeline that spans from 1762 to 2005.
The Utah Society for Environmental Education (USEE) embarked on a Strategic Planning process during the summer of 2018. To ensure they were supporting the needs all of our environmental education communities here in Utah, USEE convened focus groups (called them mini-summits) in 5 distinct regions of the state. The Community Engagement Guidelines for Excellence were the framework upon which the mini-summits were built.
A big thank you to Alex Porpora, USEE Director, for providing this blog post!
What's a better, more inexpensive way to learn and expand your knowledge than watching a webinar from the comfort of your office, with a coffee in hand? My thinking is, if you get at least one new tool from a webinar it is worth it. What will you learn this month? These webinars are what I am tuned into. What am I missing?
