Register: https://www.wildcenter.org/adkbuildingconference/

oin builders, designers, code officials, tradespeople, and material suppliers for a one-day, interactive training on the Adirondack Building Conference: 2025 Energy Conservation Construction Code of New York State (ECCCNYS). Led by industry practitioners, the workshop will highlight key code updates, compliance strategies, and best practices for energy-efficient, climate-aligned residential construction. Participants will gain practical tools to meet New York State’s evolving building requirements while advancing shared goals for housing quality, decarbonization, and workforce capacity across Northern New York. Opportunities to connect with industry vendors.

Continuing Education: (1) AIA LU/HSW, (1) PDH, and (1) GBCI CEU additional credits are pending official approval from DOS; however, we can offer the course as PDE.

Agenda

8 am: Doors open for vendors & coffee hour

9 am: Event begins ; Keynote: Chris Sgroi, Senior Project Manager for Codes & Standards with NYSERDA

9:30 – 11:30 am: Introduction to the Residential 2025 ECCCNYS by Builders for Builders with Kevin Stack, CEO of Building in Nature’s Image

Session Description: This interactive training will guide you through the significant changes to the 2025 ECCCNYS and identify the new provisions and the key revisions from a builder's perspective.

As energy codes continue to evolve, successful compliance requires a clear understanding of code intent, building performance, and the trade-offs inherent in each of the three compliance pathways. This builder-led training introduces the 2025 ECCCNYS through the practical lens of constructability, cost control, building science, and long-term building performance.

Participants will examine key changes from prior code cycles and explore how those changes impact building enclosures, mechanical systems, and verification requirements. Real-world case studies will demonstrate how builders can meet—or exceed—code requirements cost-effectively, while simultaneously improving durability, comfort, resilience, and project management.

Designed for builders, remodelers, trades, and code officials, this session bridges the gap between regulation and real-world construction—supporting better decisions in the field and more consistent, effective code implementation across New York State.

11:30 am – 1 pm: Lunch & Vendor Expo

1 – 2 pm: Code Based Resilience with Josh Stack, Founder & Principal at Stack Resilience LLC

Session Description: This session introduces a builder's framework of using the 2025 NYS Energy and Uniform Code to achieve above code resilience measures for key disturbances including extreme heat, flooding, severe storms, power outages, and other disturbances faced by North Country designers, builders, and building owners. The presentation is based on the presenter's experience developing more stringent local energy and green building codes, code based extreme heat best practices, and passive building and building science based solutions for the residential built environment.

2:15 – 4:15 pm: Significant Changes to 2025 Residential Code of New York State with Arthur Pakatar, The Pakatar Group, LLC

Session Description: This training highlights key updates in the 2025 Residential Code of New York State, focusing on important changes to the Building and Electrical chapters. Designers, builders, and developers will gain practical insight into revised requirements for structural design criteria, fire protection, alarms, stairs and emergency egress, energy storage systems, decks, and guards, as well as new electrical provisions for emergency disconnects, surge protection, and expanded GFCI locations. The course emphasizes what’s new, what’s changed, and what it means for residential project design and construction as the 2025 code takes effect on December 31, 2025.

4:15 – 5 pm: Reception & Networking in the Great Hall

Register: https://tinyurl.com/bdh9rwdu

Participants will gain background knowledge on why climate education is urgently needed, along with practical pedagogy strategies and interdisciplinary entry points. This session highlights a wealth of free, standards-aligned resources to support teachers across content areas and will give participants the chance to explore these resources for themselves.

Presenter:

Rachel Arbor is a Presidential Award winner whose work has been recognized by the U.S. Department of Education, the EPA, and the White House. She is the CEO and Founder of Gaia Scholastic and the NY State Lead for SubjectToClimate. With a Master’s Degree in Education, she builds interdisciplinary content in a way that challenges students to make connections: with themselves, with each other, and with nature, across content areas. She trains teachers across the country on how to re-shape their curriculum through an environmental lens, coaches students on how to turn their climate anxiety into climate action, and fosters environmental connection in and out of the classroom.

Register: https://www.mylearningplan.com/WebReg/ActivityProfile.asp?D=17189&I=5310027

The Wild Center, in partnership with Franklin-Essex-Hamilton BOCES and regional Adirondack organizations, invites educators to a professional development workshop. This event will focus on classroom strategies, curriculum development, and highlight specific resources relevant to North Country students. We will also discuss updates to NYS standards, NY Inspires & Portrait of a Graduate, and the new climate & finance class requirements announced by NYSED. The schedule will include a teacher panel, opportunities to explore The Wild Center, and connect with museum staff.

Register: https://cornell.zoom.us/meeting/register/SmYdg4fdS7ObYwwG9Nuqhg#/registration

Join PRI's Director of Teacher Programming, 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 those who 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. Some of the strategies that will be employed and investigated in the session include: - Social mathematics: a strategy for making really large and really small numbers easier to grasp; - Climate action as a multi-tool (for making ourselves and the world better); - The essential role of honesty in climate communication; - The value of reframing generally and specifically highlighting the role of fire in climate change; and; - More! The interactive workshop is appropriate for educators across the disciplines as understanding climate change requires understanding broad interdisciplinary ideas. Climate activists are welcome too! It is also intended to engage educators from across the career span, from pre-service teachers to veteran educators.

This is PRI’s contribution to the Worldwide Climate and Justice Education Month

Register: https://airtable.com/appAHUePbd33qmcTV/pagSy7Lx72u2f4n3q/form

Join New York state energy partners for EnergySmart CNY's 4th Annual Clean Energy Career Exploration Fair! This event will feature clean energy businesses and developers, representatives from educational and training institutions, labor leaders, and more! We hope to attract job seekers and individuals seeking to learn more about clean energy careers, as well as education and training in clean energy from the region.

Thursday, March 5th, 2026 from 5:00 pm - 7:30 pm

Marriott Syracuse Downtown, Persian Terrace Room

100 E Onondaga Street, Syracuse, NY

This career fair will take place in conjunction with the New York State Green Building Conference. This free career fair is not exclusively for conference attendees, it is open to the public. Refreshments will be provided.

Email AliD.GSW@WestcottCC.org

For more information or visit https://www.energysmartcny.org/events/

Register: https://tinyurl.com/55fnt84x

Choose from one of 3 dates:

March 3, 2026

March 4, 2026

March 5, 2026

4pm - 5pm EST

These free virtual professional learning hours for middle and high school educators are being offered by the National Wildlife Federation’s New York staff.

Educators will engage in fun activities to spark discussion, evaluate their own climate and resilience knowledge, explore digital tools that can be used in the classroom, and learn about opportunities to participate in nature-based climate solutions projects in the city.

Facilitators:

Emily Fano, MA, Director, Climate Education

Abby Jordan, MPA, Climate Education Manager

Registration Link: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/p6-ScD8KQV-zqcXzJA5cPQ

It has been widely acknowledged that the impacts of climate change and climate policy reveal the enduring legacies of colonialism.  But what about climate science itself?  We invite you to join us on Zoom on February 27, 2026, at 12:30 PM UTC, to celebrate the release of the first free online resource on the historical links between Climate Science and Colonialism and their current-day manifestations – and why and how we must do better.  This is the inaugural pilot version of a two-year project based on video talks by scholarly experts from around the world.  Intended for high school and college educators, scientists, scholars, activists and concerned citizens, this collection of curated resources is brought to you by the My Climate Risk Education Working Group in collaboration with MCR’s Himalayan Hub and The Pearl Hub (My Climate Risk is an initiative of the World Climate Research Programme).  Based on talks from our 2023 webinar series, Climate Science and Colonialism: Can We Do Better? the resources consist of 5 modules framed by an Introduction, background materials, suggestions for use across disciplines and guidelines for an Orienting Discussion that foregrounds the local geographical-cultural context.  Each module has learning outcomes and sub-themes with contextual readings, suggested questions and critical thinking discussion points.

Register: https://www.climatestoriesproject.org/

Climate Stories Project is offering new K-12 and University climate storytelling Curriculum Modules!

Climate Stories Project is offering a free webinar to introduce our new climate storytelling curriculum modules for K-12 and university teachers. CSP Director Jason Davis and Volunteer Tessa Ware will give an overview of how to use climate storytelling in your classroom and then we will review the structure of the curriculum modules. The modules include teaching climate change via the recorded stories on the CSP website, having students tell their climate stories, carrying out climate story interviews, using climate stories in creative media, and leveraging climate storytelling for positive change. The webinar will be presented on March 19 at 12 noon ET as part of the Worldwide Climate and Justice Education Month. 

A virtual link will be communicated before the event.

Host Contact Info: jason@climatestoriesrproject.org

Register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/talk-international-day-of-women-and-girls-in-science-tickets-1977518507088?aff=oddtdtcreator#location

February 11: International Day of Women and Girls in Science

On this day, proclaimed by UNESCO, we celebrate the vital role of women and girls in advancing science and shaping solutions to global challenges. This year, the focus is on one of the most urgent issues of our time: the rapid melting of glaciers and its profound impact on water systems, migration patterns, cultural heritage, and the future of life on Earth.

As part of the exhibition Guardians of the Glaciers by Peruvian photographer Ángela Ponce—centered on the Quelccaya glacier and its significance for Quechua-speaking communities in Peru—this program situates the loss of tropical glaciers within a global context, from the Andes to the Arctic and Antarctica.

The event brings together leading women in science and policy: Dr. Robin Bell, glaciologist at Columbia University’s Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory; Almudena Fernández UNDP's Chief Economist for Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC); Dr. Allison Caine, cultural anthropologist at the University of Wyoming, whose research explores health and well-being in rural contexts; and Janet Babin, award-winning journalist specializing in climate and sustainability.

Through this interdisciplinary dialogue, we aim to highlight women’s contributions to science and decision-making as we confront the climate crisis and its cascading effects on communities and ecosystems worldwide.

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This event will be in English.

Register Here: https://tinyurl.com/yvdwvuj2

Join EcoRise, Nature Based Solutions, and EEAI for an engaging online webinar introducing educators to EcoRise’s sustainability curriculum and water‑focused resources. The webinar will explore:

❖ The Water Footprint Calculator

❖ Nature‑based solutions for flooding, drought, and water‑related climate challenges

❖ Classroom‑ready lessons and grant opportunities

❖ A special presentation from Charlie Alcorn, a Tucson‑based expert in water harvesting and ecological design

This is a great chance to gather fresh tools for your classroom and connect with fellow educators passionate about water literacy and climate resilience.

Register: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_LT6p6dAXQZio4Gn6mx1sDQ#/registration

Climate change isn’t just transforming our planet — it’s shaping how we think, feel, and show up in the world. In the midst of escalating disasters and uncertainty, what does it truly mean to thrive? And how can we build the emotional resilience needed to face these challenges while staying grounded, hopeful, and engaged? Join this dynamic webinar with national experts to explore the emotional dimensions of climate change and the powerful connection between individual wellbeing and collective action. Participants will gain practical tools and resources for cultivating emotional resilience, alongside concrete strategies for taking meaningful, values-aligned action in their communities.

Webinar speakers:

-Larissa Dooley, PhD: Director of Research and Programs, Climate Mental Health Network

-Elizabeth Bagley, PhD: Managing Director, Project Drawdown

Moderator: -Kate Yoder, Senior Staff Writer, Grist

This free event will be recorded and available to all registered participants.

Register: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeKAirdFCGuB3Ajb8Xa8b-UWXmPqCdAovS44upUCnv2oFvM8Q/viewform

Does thinking about climate change make you uncomfortable? Does it make you anxious and sad? Do you avoid thinking about it because it seems too serious? Do you think about it too much and don’t know how to neutralize your feelings? Have you never even considered having climate emotions and want to learn more about what that means? 

Join CMHN for a free, participatory, online workshop where we will ACTUALLY talk about climate change. How it makes us feel, what to do with those feelings, and how to take action against climate destruction. 

To participate, you must be 18 or older and have an open mind.

The zoom link will be sent out prior to the workshop.

IMPORTANT: This event may include topics that may be distressing (e.g. climate anxiety). The facilitator is NOT a mental health professional and is NOT providing therapy. Disaster Distress Hotline: text or call 1-800-985-5990. Suicide & Crisis hotline: Text or call 988.

Register: https://thisiswhatwedid.org/anxiety-into-action/

A recent study surveying 10,000 young people around the world found that an alarming number of them are extremely worried about climate change and feel the future is frightening.

What can a parent, grandparent, or caregiver do to address young peoples’ climate anxiety? THIS! Is What We Did offers a 75-minute workshop to help families address climate anxiety by providing information, tools, and resources that can help.

This workshop is offered quarterly through our website, and we also offer it by request to groups of 6 or more. 

Join us for this free workshop to learn age-appropriate tips for helping young people ages 2-18 cope with and transform feelings of anxiety, depression, and grief around the climate and environment.

Register: https://cornell.zoom.us/meeting/register/CtOvchuJQZms20e4EcsHIA#/registration

The Paleontological Research Institution's Center for Climate Change Education has a wide array of resources and programming to support the teaching of climate change across the curriculum and across the grade span. Join them on Tuesday, December 16 at 7:00 pm Eastern for a free workshop showing the breadth and depth of these resources. 

In this professional development workshop, teachers will draw on the rich resources of PRI's Center for Climate Change Education to build confidence in teaching about climate change and energy. The workshop will highlight the interdisciplinary nature of climate change, including the essential roles of understanding mathematical scale and energy history for understanding climate change. 

Participants will explore the Teacher-Friendly Guide to Climate Change, a detailed, peer-reviewed digital text that unpacks climate fundamentals and addresses the social, political, and scientific challenges of teaching a polarized topic. The guide was authored by PRI's Climate Team, who will host the workshop. 

We will highlight classroom-tested activities and resources, such as building a wind-powered elevator to illustrate energy conversion, exploring regional energy history, and using thermometry and water to model thermal expansion in the context of sea-level rise. We will both engage in short activities from across the disciplines that can be directly applied in the classroom and discuss management of climate emotions. 

The workshop also highlights video resources — including PRI’s In the Greenhouse series — and guidance on teaching about the IPCC’s reports, making complex science accessible. Participants leave with tools and strategies that will equip them to deliver engaging, standards-aligned lessons grounded in current climate science and mitigation strategies.

Instructors - PRI’s Climate Team:

• Dr. Don Haas, Director of Teacher Programming, PRI

• Dr. Alex Moore, Senior Education Associate, PRI

• Dr. Rob Ross, Associate Director for Outreach, PRI

• Dr. Ingrid Zabel, Climate Change Education Manager, PRI

PRI Provides Professional Development for Departments, Districts, and BOCES

The Center for Climate Change Education at the Paleontological Research Institution can provide professional development programming at scales from an hour-long workshop to a long term collaboration to build professional learning communities in science or across the curriculum. Contact PRI's Director of Teacher Programming, Don Haas at haas@priweb.org if you would like to learn more about our programming. 

Register: https://tinyurl.com/3zurjvw3

The DC37 Climate Justice Committee is sponsoring a Panel Discussion on "Climate is a Workplace Issue" on this Tuesday, December 9th at 6:30 pm to be held at the newly renovated DC37 Headquarters at 125 Barclay Street in Lower Manhattan.  The Panel will include a school kitchen worker, a Parks worker, and a 911 operator all of whom will speak about how climate change is increasingly impacting their jobs.  It will also include a DOE climate educator, an SCA inspector, a NYCHA architect, and a Parks landscape architect who will talk about the new approaches, and sustainable designs and materials they are using in the face of the increasing climate crisis.  The Panel will especially be geared towards a group discussion with the audience.  

Pizza and soda will be available for those attending in person, although there is also a virtual option. 

Register: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_KKfWzGrDRIyYnMPTtynF5Q#/registration

Dive into Ocean Acidification Curriculum for High School students at MACAN's webinar on November 19 at 5:30PM EST! The Mid-Atlantic Coastal Acidification Curriculum was developed in partnership with the with the Chesapeake Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve (CBNERR-VA) in 2021.

MACAN's education fellow, Jennifer Porcheddu, recently updated all five curriculum modules to meet Next Generation Science Standards and provide options for differentiation and assessment. She also incorporated teacher feedback from recent Teachers on the Estuary (TOTES) workshops and professional development workshops hosted by the New York Department of Environmental Conservation. During this webinar, you'll get to experience a new interactive lesson plan focused on data discovery and the biological impacts of ocean acidification on bay scallops. Jennifer presented this updated curriculum to high school teachers and informal science educators at the National Marine Educators Association conference this past summer, and she is excited to now share her work with you!

Register: tinyurl.com/3tzeapcr

Attention parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, caregivers, and guardians: we invite you to save the date for our Anxiety into Action workshop (A2A) happening this fall on November 9th at 4pm PT. With the news of coral reefs hitting their climate change tipping point, climate anxiety is sure to be running rampant, especially in young people. In fact, 76% of young people say they’re frightened of the future. As caregivers, it’s up to us to help them cope with this anxiety and do as much as we can to tackle climate change while we’re here for the sake of their future.

In this workshop, you’ll be provided with information, tools, and resources for you to help the young people (toddlers to teenagers) in your life ease their climate anxiety and turn it into climate action! If you’ll also be joining us for our Effective Climate Conversations (ECC) Training, you’ll also learn great tips on how to have meaningful conversations with the young people in your life about climate change as well! Both A2A 🧠🌱 and ECC

Register here: Climate + Energy Education Intensive by Solar One

Ready to spark your students’ curiosity about climate and energy? Join Solar One at their new education center for a one-day, hands-on professional learning intensive that will give you tools, strategies, and inspiration to bring sustainability into your classroom.

Dates: 

• Friday, November 7, 2025.

• Monday, November 10, 2025. 

• Wednesday, November 12, 2025. 

• Thursday, November 13, 2025. 

• Friday, November 14, 2025.

By participating, you’ll receive:

• STEM Toolkit – a full classroom set of solar circuit supplies to take to your school.

• 5 CTLE Credit Hours – earn while you learn.

Participants that complete our session will be eligible to apply for a FREE Residency (valued at $1,017) - Solar One educators will come to your school and lead a Solar field study, wind turbine design, or building battery lesson with up to 5 of your classes in one day.

This is your chance to recharge your teaching practice, connect with other passionate educators, and walk away with ready-to-use activities your students will love.

Spots are limited - reserve your place today!

Register: https://tinyurl.com/yc834b74

There is new research on whether people view climate action and cost of living as competing goals–and what that means for effective messaging. 76% of Americans agree we’re living in a “cost of living crisis” today, and 48% are very worried about it.

What does that mean for clean energy and climate communicators? Especially when opponents are pushing a narrative that clean energy is expensive while fossil fuels are cheap?

The Yale Program on Climate Change Communication recently conducted a nationally representative survey on Americans’ top worries across 14 different issues, including the cost of living, the economy, global warming, immigration, crime, government corruption, etc. They found that cost of living is one of Americans’ top worries, but top worries vary dramatically, depending on the audience.

Potential Energy Coalition recently completed an extensive research project in the US to answer a few critical questions:

1. What do people mean when they say “cost of living” is a top issue today, and how much do energy bills specifically factor into these concerns?

2. To what extent do people view clean energy and climate action as part of the problem or part of the solution for energy affordability?

3. Against this backdrop, what messages are most effective at driving support for clean energy and climate action?

4. How can we most effectively respond to questions or concerns about the cost of clean energy when raised?

Potential Energy Coalition is eager to share what they’ve learned with you! They invite you to join them for a discussion hosted by the Yale Center for Environmental Communication. They’ll be sharing key findings from the research, including both audience insights and effective messaging recommendations.

For more information about Potential Energy Coalition

Register: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScADwIPDg2_8cHo4gagyg_iRJG2LxkVfDpTTb0475Et26nngw/viewform

NYC Public School teachers are invited to join the Office of Energy & Sustainability and partner agencies and organizations for professional learning workshops. Pick and choose sessions, or attend all four, and earn up to 6 CTLE credits:

• Open Streets How-To: A Tutorial for Creating Outdoor Learning Space, presented by The Horticultural Society of New York & NYC DOT Office of Livable Streets (10-11AM) 

• Climate Education 101, presented by teachers on the NYCPS Climate Education Leadership Team (11:05AM-12:05PM) 

• NYC Parks Learning Hub, presented by NYC Parks Teaching & Learning Unit (1-2PM) 

• Climate Action Day Training, presented by NYCPS Office of Energy & Sustainability (2:10-3:10PM) 

Register: https://cornell.zoom.us/meeting/register/rvAGewtNTdqtz8AUzI86qA#/registration

Join the Center for Climate Change Education at PRI for their second panel discussion with high school teachers teaching climate change electives.

Are you interested in teaching more about climate change? Are you interested in creating and teaching a new elective course for your school? Join this panel discussion with teachers teaching electives about climate change on Tuesday, October 27 at 7pm EST.

• Confirmed Panelists: Travis Crocker, Dryden High School, Dryden, NY

• Glen Stuart, Montgomery High School, Skillman, NJ

Panelists will share:

• Brief overviews of their courses

• Lessons learned from teaching their courses

• Favorite lessons used in teaching about climate change

• Favorite images or animations for teaching climate change

• 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.

Watch the YouTube Live recording of the first panel discussion from March 2025, here: https://www.youtube.com/live/qAAD6R49DXU?si=iSsNZb4SsnRZRQt1

Register: https://lp.constantcontactpages.com/ev/reg/ns8v8yy

This event has a cost

This interactive roundtable event on Oct 23, 2025 at SUNY Adirondack will bring together educational institutions, state agencies, economic development organizations, businesses, nonprofits, and area students to increase awareness of Adirondack climate resilience workforce needs. The event will include speakers, panels, several facilitated roundtable discussions related to building a climate-ready workforce pathway with diverse partners, and ample time scheduled for networking and tabling during the event.

The Climate-Ready Workforce Roundtable builds directly on a yearlong series of ACORN listening sessions held across the 14 counties of the North Country.

Location: SUNY Adirondack, 640 Bay Rd, Queensbury, NY 12804

Date and time: Thu, Oct 23, 2025 9:30 AM - 5:00 PM

Organizer: Dan Fitts, (518) 241-6186, info@adkresearch.org

Register: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/Hs_zFIXwQuKnTkrGEhkygQ#/registration

In this workshop, we'll explore how our emotions about climate change can impact how we engage with the realities of a changing world on our own, how we show up for our students, and our capacity for resilience. Together, we will ground ourselves in a meditation specifically designed for climate educators. We will then discuss how to tune in one's own emotions, followed by an interactive exercise. We will conclude by sharing practical tools, like the Climate Emotions Toolkit, that can help you bring these concepts into the classroom. We understand that some of these workshops do not work for educator's schedules, so all registrants will receive a recording and additional resources to their e-mail within 1 week of the event. We are striving to make our events more welcoming to all, with specific goals about racial equity and inclusivity. Your answers during registration will help us to know how we are doing.

About the workshop facilitator: Elissa Teles Muñoz

Elissa Teles Muñoz is a climate education specialist, program manager, and youth mentor. As the K-12 Education Manager at the Climate Mental Health Network, Elissa manages partnerships with school districts across the country and develops practical resources to help teachers address student emotions about climate change, including the Climate Emotions Toolkit. She also co-directs the Teach for Climate Justice Project, an initiative aimed at empowering teacher organizing around justice and SEL-centered climate education.

Register by October 31: https://outdoorlearning.com/4-seasons/

With two weeks left in October and November right around the corner, National Wildlife Federation is excited to share this upcoming learning opportunity with schools and educators nationwide.

November is Native American Heritage Month and through our partnership with the Outdoor Learning School & Store, we are able to offer you this 25% coupon code to support you in registering for the 4 Seasons of Indigenous Learning Course: 4Seasons25%

Registration for Season 1: Foundations of Knowledge closes at the end of October. The course will start at the beginning of November and run until the end of May. This includes:

• 7 x 1 hour virtual presentations (recorded if you can’t join live)

• 5 hours of foundational self-paced module-based learning

• A Certificate of Completion

• $25 towards Indigenous Learning Resources

This 12-hour course supports participants in deepening their understanding of Indigenous knowledge and perspectives while strengthening connections with the local Land and supporting more respectful, reciprocal relationships.

Register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ecorise-design-for-change-design-thinking-for-climate-resilience-tickets-1702044714559?aff=oddtdtcreator

This workshop series is for K–12 classroom teachers.

Workshop Series: Design for Change – Design Thinking for Climate Resilience:
This workshop series is designed for K–12 classroom teachers who want to empower students as environmental leaders while strengthening STEM connections. Through three interactive sessions, you’ll gain practical tools to guide students in collecting data through eco-audits, applying design thinking and the engineering design-build process, and developing Student Innovation Grant projects that tackle real sustainability challenges in their communities.

By the end of the series, you’ll be ready to transform your classroom into a hub of eco-literacy, STEM exploration, and student-driven innovation and have access to the grant application to apply to the EcoRise Student Innovation Fund to get started right away.

What You’ll Learn:

• How to conduct an eco-audit and use the findings as the foundation for STEM-based inquiry

• Strategies for integrating design thinking and engineering design-build into sustainability projects

• Steps for guiding students through the Student Innovation Grant application process

• Ways to leverage EcoRise Design Studio curriculum to spark creativity, collaboration, and problem-solving

Agenda:

• Session 1: Sustainability + Design Thinking in Action - Explore the “why” of sustainability and the “how” of design thinking. Learn how to use your school as a living laboratory to spark STEM innovation and transform your space.

• Session 2: From Ideas to Impact - Apply design thinking and the engineering design-build process to brainstorm, prototype, and shape bold project ideas grounded in eco-audit findings.

• Session 3: Pitch, Refine + Launch - Share your project concepts, gather feedback, and dive into the steps of the Student Innovation Grant process to bring student-driven solutions to life.
  
  Participating teachers will receive CPE and GT credit. Stipends are being offered to teachers who complete all three sessions, more details to be provided in Session 1.

Register: https://celfeducation.app.neoncrm.com/np/clients/celfeducation/event.jsp?event=435&

Join the Children’s Environmental Literacy Foundation (CELF) and local K-12 educators at Wave Hill Public Garden and Cultural Center, an urban oasis in the Bronx. Wave Hill is situated on a high ridge above the Hudson River estuary—28 acres of gardens offering grounds, woodlands, and sweeping panoramas of the majestic Palisades. This is the perfect landscape to connect with nature and to discover ways to engage students in outdoor inquiry and data collection.
Discover how to build a culture of sustainability by exploring key systems, stakeholders, and strategies for integrating a climate lens into your school and curriculum. Teams of teachers and administrators are encouraged to attend to support your sustainability goals.

Program Objectives

• Explore ways of sparking student inquiry through CELF's Civic Science Framework.

• Learn about upcoming opportunities to engage students in climate action through the exploration of gardens and green spaces.

• Connect with like-minded educators to gain insights for integrating sustainability and climate action themes and projects into your curriculum.

Email info@celfeducation.org for more information

Limited grant-funded spots available
Earn Continuing Teacher and Leader Education (CTLE) credits