Embracing Adaptability in Learning Communities During Uncertain Times
2020-09-15 08:00 - 17:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Zoom
Learning Communities in Times of Crisis
The world in which we find ourselves leading, learning and teaching has dramatically changed over the last several months. The uncertainty that surrounds us has implications for how we approach our work, our relationships, and our emotional and psychological condition. During our time together, we will explore some of the dynamics of the uncertain times in which we find ourselves, how you are adapting, and approaches to maintaining professional and personal well-being

Starting a Community Project in Uncertain Times
2020-09-15 10:00 - 11:30 | Zoom
STARTING A COMMUNITY PROJECT IN UNCERTAIN TIMES

September 15 @ 10:00 am – 11:30 am
$20 – $40

Do you have an idea for a project to make a positive change in your community?
Many of us have great ideas for the change we want to see in the world, but we also have questions about how to get started and maintain progress. In this two-part webinar, we’ll address the steps to initiate your own community-based project and help you get started. Perhaps you could lead a monthly beach cleanup, volunteer to run a school library, raise funds for playground equipment, train teens to prepare for summer jobs — or pursue other projects that benefit coming generations.
At our first session on September 15, we’ll discuss your skills and interests, and we’ll cover the basic elements of project development and implementation, and tips on how to gather needed resources, overcome obstacles, and more. You will also connect with a buddy for mutual support between sessions.
At our second session on September 29, you’ll share progress on your projects, and discuss areas where you might be stuck and how to push through. We will also cover strategies and resources to hold your vision and engage others.
Between Sessions 1 and 2, you will be invited to undertake personal research and to further develop your project. At the end of the webinar you will have clarified your project idea, developed a plan and taken your first steps towards your vision.
This two-part webinar is offered by SAGE and Elders Action Network (EAN) to help the people in our communities to create their legacies. The registration fee for the entire webinar is $20, $30 or $40, depending on your ability to pay.
Click here for registration!

What has COVID-19 taught us? “Build Back Better” in the Era of Sustainable Development
2020-09-16 09:00 - 11:00 | Zoom
UNESCO recently released its Education for Sustainable Development for 2030 framework – ‘Education for Sustainable Development: Towards achieving the SDGs’ urges us to reflect on our past actions and re-focus on achieving the SDGs. The panel will take the main principles from the UNESCO report and will invite various stakeholders to reflect on their practices over the past COVID-19 period and discuss how their practices have changed over this course.
Key questions that will shape the discussion are- What have we learned from COVID-19 and how does our learning transform into informed practices towards sustainable development? Given the ever-changing education policy due to COVID-19, the panel will focus on sustainability practices at schools and at homes that continue to neglected. For example, food wastage, energy wastage, plastic pollution, air travel, and carbon emissions. This panel will help to reflect on building back better keeping sustainability as a lens. Teachers could reflect on the curriculum in school, parents reflect on sustainability practices at home and with their children. Academics and scholars provide a critical perspective on UNESCO’s 2030 framework and suggest the next steps. Practitioners narrate how this past experience has shaped-up their implementation on the ground. Policymakers reflect on the policy gaps.

The panel will highlight discussion points that will help to “Build Back Better” keeping sustainability in mind. It will provide a critical perspective as well as concrete steps forward to make this planet a more equitable place to inhabit. It will reflect on gaps and turn them into opportunities to reflect and take action on. The participants will leave the discussion with clear ideas and objectives on how they can recover from this pandemic with a concrete vision for a sustainable future.
Register: HERE

MOSAiC Webinar Series
2020-09-16 14:30 - 15:00, 2020-09-23 14:30 - 15:00, 2020-09-30 14:30 - 15:00 | Webinar
Teachers, bring the unprecedented science and adventure of the ongoing MOSAiC expedition, one of the most extensive Arctic research expeditions ever conducted, into your virtual classrooms with new resources (e.g., virtual tours, tracking apps, ArcGIS Storymaps) developed by the education and outreach team at the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES) – University of Colorado.
MOSAiC Webinar Series:
Join us every Wednesday (3:30 – 4:00 pm MT) during the month of September for short (30 minute) webinars to learn more about MOSAiC virtual educational resources and how you can integrate them into your teaching. How can you introduce your students to the MOSAiC expedition with videos and ArcGIS Storymaps? How do you sign your students up for MOSAiC scientist classroom calls? How do students track the expedition? How can students submit questions directly to the scientists? All of these questions and more will be answered during these weekly webinars! Register for each webinar by clicking on the events below.
Events:

Week 1 (9/2, 3:30-4:00 pm MT): Using virtual tools to engage with the MOSAiC expedition
Week 2 (9/9, 3:30-4:00 pm MT): Experience MOSAiC in virtual reality
Week 3 (9/16, 3:30-4:00 pm MT): Teaching with MOSAiC Media (videos, images, podcasts, and more!)
Week 4 (9/23, 3:30-4:00 pm MT): “Exploring the New and Old Arctic” curriculum (MS/HS unit)
Week 5 (9/30, 3:30-4:00 pm MT): “Arctic Feedbacks” curriculum (MS/HS unit)

Please contact jonathan.griffith@colorado.edu with any questions.

Online Climate Action and COVID recovery course
2020-09-17 - 2020-10-08 | Online
CLIMATE ACTION & COVID-19 RECOVERY — PRACTICAL RESILIENCE STEPS FOR RURAL COMMUNITIES
Shepherding, organizing and sustaining climate action in rural communities can be a challenge at any time. This is essential work with lots of rewards, but the challenges are undeniable. Now, with many rural communities facing COVID-19 health and economic disruptions, uncertainty about how to carry on business and community life safely, and looming budget cuts, many rural climate leaders want to be part of a forward-thinking response that also addresses climate change.
Rural areas face their own challenges and bring their own strengths to the efforts to recover, rebuild, reimagine and become more resilient. Rural economies were the hardest hit by the 2008 recession and the slowest to recover. In many places, the compounding forces of race, poverty, and geographic isolation hit hard and could also be seen in the immediate and looming threats of climate change, even before the coronavirus pandemic put health, economic, and racial disparities in the spotlight.
This course will help you make climate and resiliency action integral to community recovery even if your town seems too small to make much of an impact or take the reins; even if there is a lot of competition for time, attention and funds; and even if no one seems to know (or agree on) what to do next. With a focus on what we call “practical resilience,” this course will help you determine how your community can use its resources to prepare for, respond and withstand the twin challenges of COVID-19 and climate change, and at the same time build a better place to live for all of your residents.
In this course, you will:

Learn practical ways to understand your community’s systems, map resources, and identify opportunities.

Learn proven approaches for building awareness and participation, designing community climate and resilience solutions, and taking action together, including ways to work with political division, resistance or inertia.

Access templates and examples from other small towns and rural communities for taking action on common leverage points including local food systems, health care and access, active transportation and recreation, community cohesiveness, and energy self-sufficiency.

Learn from peers in other communities about engaging rural communities in resilience solutions.

WHO IS THIS FOR?
Civic groups • Business & economic development leaders • Concerned residents • Elected officials • Conservation organizations • Community organizers • Environmental educators and EE organizations • Extension & community development professionals • High school and college students • Community health groups • COVID response organizers • Climate action leaders • Consultants
COURSE INSTRUCTOR
Michele Archie, Harbinger principal and co-author of Climate Choices: How Should We Meet the Challenges of a Warming Planet? and the accompanying facilitator guide. Michele has long experience with engagement and action in rural communities across the U.S. and has recently worked with rural communities and researchers on community-driven COVID-19 responses. See her LinkedIn profile.
SESSION DATES AND TIMES
Four weekly sessions:
Thursdays – September 17 – October 8, 2020
11 a.m.-12 p.m. PT/2-3 p.m. ET
MORE DETAILS

Sessions available for replay in case you need to miss a session or want to review.

$340 early registration discount through Aug. 31, $425 regular course fee.

Discounts for multiple participants from the same organization:

$290 each for 2-4 participants

$250 each for 5 or more

Learn More & Register Here

WOHESC - Call for Proposal Deadline Extended to Sept. 18
2020-09-18 08:00 - 17:00 | Online
At WOHESC 2021, we will continue to work to advance equity, diversity and inclusion through conference thematic elements, speakers and attendees. The focus will be on People, Planet, People: Envisioning Higher Education Sustainability and Resiliency in 2030. As 2020 is proving to be a year of lessons already, and with what we’ve learned so far this year, what can we expect to see for the next 10 years?

Register to Attend WOHESC
In-Person or Virtually

We are now offering both in-person and virtual conference ticket options for WOHESC 2021. Join us at South Seattle College on February 10-12 in person or access our outstanding programming remotely from anywhere.

Enjoy a relaxing float down the Sandy River while collecting litter along its banks.
2020-09-19 10:00 - 15:00 | Dabney State Recreation Area, Dabney State Recreation Area Historic Columbia River Highway, Corbett, OR, 97019, United States
Enjoy a relaxing float down the Sandy River while collecting litter along its banks. This event is a one part relaxing float, one part exciting scavenger hunt!
At 10am, we’ll gather at Dabney State Recreation Area (using physical distancing) for a short introduction & safety talk. Then we’ll launch our rafts, kayaks, and other watercraft into the Sandy! Floaters will stop at various beaches along the river to collect litter, sometimes working as a team, for example, to dig something exciting out of the sand. Who knows what you’ll find! Floaters can expect to arrive at Lewis & Clark State Recreation Area (L&C) around 3pm.
This year we’re introducing a Land Litter Team, where you can participate from the comfort of your own two feet! This group will collect litter at a local recreation area. Youth between 10-17 are also very welcome and must be accompanied by an adult. See ticket options below.
This Floating Cleanup is the culmination of our 2nd summer of the “Stash the Trash” program, a DIY cleanup program at 5 lower Sandy parks. These mesh garbage bags make it easy to ‘pack it out’ while you have fun in the water.

There are 4 ticket options. You can register as an ‘individual’, or if you have multiple people in your group, you can register as a ‘team’.

Reserve a paddle in a 4-6 person raft
Reserve a paddle in a 1-person inflatable kayak (limited availability)
BYOWC (Bring Your Own Water Craft), i.e. you’re bringing your own water craft (kayak, raft, tube, boat, floatie!) paddle, and personal flotation device (PPD– or life jacket– is mandatory for everyone).
Land litter team: collect litter at a local recreation area in a more traditional land-based crew.

To minimize the potential spread of COVID-19, participants in each raft (borrowed AND BYO) need to be in the same COVID exposure circle (or “household”). Household groups using a raft provided by Stout Creek Outfitters will float with a masked river guide (guide sits at rear as approved by OR State Marine Board Guidelines). If you have less than 4 people in your household, please reserve a kayak paddle, or BYOWC! Thank you for cooperating with this new logistical safety detail.
If you’re registering for more than one person, Click the “Tickets” button, then choose, “I want to get tickets as a team member” & make up a team name (or join an existing team). In the order form, you will be prompted to add your guests’ names & ages.

Suggested donation: $3-50 per person. Your donation gets you a free parking pass at Dabney! Any additional funds donated support this event and the ongoing operations of the Sandy River Watershed Council.
Money or credit-card access shouldn’t be a barrier to participating: contact Katelyn at katelyn@sandyriver.org for sliding scale or card-free options or any other questions.

Big thank you to our funder, the City of Troutdale, and to our partners: Oregon State Parks, SOLVE, & Stout Creek Outfitters.
We look forward to seeing you on the river!
Registration Details Here.

Leach Botanical Garden Executive Director Job Opportunity
2020-09-20 - 2020-10-15
Executive Director Position
Nestled among majestic western redcedars and Douglas firs along picturesque Johnson Creek, Leach Botanical Garden is a 16+ acre not- for- profit botanic and cultural garden that opened to the public in 1981. Home to northwest native plants and other special collections from temperate areas across the globe, Leach Garden connects people, plants and place through discovery and delight. Inspired by founders, John and Lilla Leach, the garden offers opportunities for engaged learning in horticulture, natural sciences, and conservation. It provides a respite from urban life and offers welcoming venues for cultural events and other celebrations. The first phase of a transformative garden design including an aerial tree walk, pollinator and habitat gardens, fireside terrace, and gathering green, will be complete in November, 2020. The continued growth and enhancement of the garden will facilitate its role as a vital resource to the local multi-cultural community and establish Leach as a regional destination. Leach Botanical Garden is owned by Portland Parks & Recreation and managed by Leach Garden Friends.

Job Description
The Executive Director position is an exceptional opportunity for an inspiring and collaborative leader with outstanding communication and relationship building skills to realize the bold vision of the Leach strategic plan. A visionary with a passion for the Garden and a commitment to its mission and values is required to engage and inspire key stakeholders, including a diverse local community, staff, partner organizations, and the general public. A key challenge is the implementation of the second phase of the Leach Garden Master Plan and associated capital campaign. Demonstrated success in organizational leadership in botanical gardens or related environments and strong financial acumen are critical. A charismatic leader adept at building strong relationships and a shared vision is needed to strategically guide the garden to its goal as a botanical and cultural treasure and exceptional destination. As an employee of Leach garden Friends, the Executive Director reports to and is supported by the LGF Board of Directors.

Duties and Responsibilities

Build a culture of collaboration and communication across all functions and align the team around a shared vision for the Garden.
Responsible for hiring, development, mentorship, and retention of qualified and engaged staff.

Direct strategic and operational planning: manage and oversee annual budgets and direct the organization’s operational and fiscal function and performance.
Ensure that Leach Garden engages in a wide variety of communication strategies targeted to effectively reach different audiences.
Work with Portland Parks & Rec and the design team to complete design development and construction documents for 2nd phase of the Master Plan
Initiate and manage 2nd phase of the Leach Capital Campaign including directly soliciting individuals, companies, foundations and government sources.
Implement a fee-based admission policy that includes access to underserved populations.
Communicate regularly with the Board, providing in a timely manner all information necessary for it to function effectively.
Proactively assist with board development: recommending potential board members and assisting with the orientation and education of board members to build their knowledge, commitment and skills.
Collaborate with Portland Parks & Recreation and other partner organizations and cultivate new partnerships that support our mission.
Work with cultural community leaders to develop strategies to expand the diversity of those engaged with the Garden

Qualifications/Qualities
BS or BA with minimum of 5-7 years of experience in organizational leadership in botanical gardens or related environments. Master’s degree in a relevant field is preferred.
Excellent communicator & listener
Passion for the Garden and its mission
Leader / Visionary
Proven fundraising skills
Technologically proficient
Strategic
Motivating and inspirational to staff and others
Collaborative
Fearless

Full-time salaried position; compensation based on qualifications and experience. Acceptance and review of applications will continue until the position is filled.
The first review date is scheduled for October 15, 2020. Submit cover letter and resume to leachjobs@gmail.com.

BECOME A YOUNG LEADER IN ACTION!
2020-09-20 08:00 - 17:00 | Online
Are you a Portland-area high school student who is interested in:
Gaining a global perspective? Developing leadership & teamwork skills? Building intercultural connections? Taking action on critical issues?
Young Leaders in Action is a youth-led program that brings together high school students from across the Portland metro area to develop the skills to become engaged, resourceful and activated youth leaders in Oregon. Participants meet monthly, from October-May, to take part in workshops on global issues, intercultural activities, leadership and networking trainings, and social action projects.
The Young Leaders in Action program engages a diverse group of students from high schools across the Portland metro area in cultivating leadership skills to become local leaders poised to take action on global issues. Built on the ethos that critical thinking, teamwork and empathy are key elements to leadership development, the Young Leaders in Action program empowers youth leaders to become agents of change at home and abroad.
See what it’s all about—watch a video on one of this year’s Young Leaders in Action, Liyu Huang.
Applications are due September 20th, 2020.
If you’re interested in applying to this program, please contact: Samara Chism-Winfield, samara@worldoregon.org. For more information about this program, please visit our website.

International Day of Peace - Peace Pole Dedication
2020-09-21 16:00 - 17:00 | Zoom
Each year the International Day of Peace is observed around the world on September 21. The UN General Assembly has declared this as a day devoted to strengthening the ideals of peace, through observing 24 hours of non-violence and cease-fire.
The Hawthorne Boulevard Business Association (HBBA), Mt. Tabor Neighborhood Association, Hosteling International USA, United Nations Association Portland, and the Greater Portland Sustainability Education Network (GPSEN) are co-hosting this year’s
International Day of Peace
Monday, September 21
4:00 – 5:00
SE 50th and Hawthorne Blvd, Portland, Oregon 97214
This year’s International Day of Peace theme is “Shaping Peace Together”. The event will include:

A welcome speech and land acknowledgement
Peace pole dedication
Local speakers
Closing reflection

The small gathering will honor social-distancing guidelines and will be live-streamed via Zoom for the community.
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83074612758?pwd=[REDACTED]
In addition to our on-line celebration, please support local businesses in their efforts to remain vibrant through the Hawthorne at Home Virtual Street Fair.
This includes our co-sponsor, JaCiva’s Bakery, which continues to offer cakes and chocolate during these difficult times. Yes, there will be chocolate at the celebration!
To express interest in attending and help spread the word, visit our Facebook Event Page.

ENOUGH 2020: RECLAIMING OUR FUTURE
2020-09-22 04:30 - 19:30 | Online
In 2020, young people have had ENOUGH. Enough delays. Enough denial. Enough theft of our future. This year, our votes and our voices will be enough to demand climate action from our leaders—or we’ve had enough of them too. On September 22nd, National Voter Registration Day, youth are coming together to Reclaim Our Future. We’re elevating the voices of diverse youth, with stories from the frontlines, movement builders, artists and special guests. Be inspired and learn why young people vote and the power they hold, what’s at stake this election and how you can build youth power this November and beyond.
Sign Up HERE to Tune In

Youth Have Power: Plugging Into Climate Action
2020-09-23 08:00 - 2020-12-17 17:00 | Online
DIFFERENT TIMES, DIFFERENT EVENT.
Join The Wild Center’s Youth Climate Program for an exciting new event series – Youth Have Power: Plugging Into Climate Action. Youth Have Power is a flexible, 3 month menu of events for high school students to learn about climate change, decide how to take climate action, and connect with other youth climate leaders. Evening and weekend sessions will feature dynamic speakers, off-screen activities, and ways to meet other students who are passionate about climate action. Students who attend 5 sessions over the 3 months and complete 1 action challenge will have officially completed the program and will earn a prize!
All events are designed for an audience of high school youth, with the exception of the Speaker Series which is open to the public. Scroll down for a peek at the calendar for the entire event series.
Registrations are processed on a rolling basis, but we recommend registration before the Youth Have Power Kick-Off on September 29. Registration is free and open to high school students across the country and around the world. Youth can register individually or as part of a youth cohort or team. See below for information on registering youth cohorts.
Please, Register Here!

Integrating the SDGs in Higher Education - No "One Size Fits All"
2020-09-29 05:30 - 07:00 | Online
Tuesday, 29 September 2020 | 2:30pm – 4:00pm CEST (Paris time)/5:30am – 7:00am PST
This webinar will look at the Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) initiatives undertaken by universities worldwide and present examples of how they integrate the SDGs at their institutions using a Whole Institution Approach (WIA). UNESCO ESD for 2030 and the synergies with the IAU Higher Education for Sustainable Development (HESD) work will be discussed. The IAU Global Cluster on HESD serves as an example of how the IAU fosters engagement of universities with SDGs and monitors developments with reports and surveys.
Panelists:

Alexander Leicht, Chief of Section, Education for Sustainable Development, UNESCO
Dr. Shakuntala Laskar, Senior Professor, Assam Don Bosco University, India (IAU HESD Cluster SDG 7)
Charles Hopkins, UNESCO Chair in Reorienting Education towards Sustainability, York University Toronto, Canada (IAU HESD Cluster SDG 4)

Moderators: Hilligje van’t Land, IAU Secretary General and Isabel Toman, Programme officer, Sustainable Development, IAU
Register Here.
>> REGISTER

Innovate to Mitigate competition for grades 8-12
2020-09-30 - 2021-03-31
Innovate to Mitigate wants students or student groups to submit ideas about how to address climate change by reducing greenhouse gases.
People around the world are working hard on this problem. To meet the big challenges we face, we need good ideas from everyone. This challenge encourages young people to unlock their immense potential for finding solutions!
Students compete for a chance to win prize money and earn recognition from peers, community, and experts.
ALL 8 – 12th grade STEM TEACHERS

Invite students in any STEM discipline to enter projects that address climate change through innovative adaptation and mitigation strategies
Engage them in problem-based learning in projects that have meaningful real-world impact
Foster collaboration on climate change communication and social impacts, energy conservation and technical innovations, carbon sequestration

Competition dates: Sept 30, 2020 – Mar 31, 2021
Check the website for details:
Innovatetomitigate.org
View past submissions:
https://innovate2015.videohall.com
PRE – REGISTER HERE:
http://bit.ly/2Lxk1fK

Free Online Course from National Geographic: Teaching Global Climate Change in Your Classroom
2020-09-30 - 2020-10-17 | Online
FOR EDUCATORS
Teaching Global Climate Change in Your Classroom

Follow National Geographic Explorers to the treetops of the rain forests, the reefs of Mexico, the glaciers of Iceland, and the shores of the Chesapeake Bay as they find solutions to global climate change. Practice innovative ways to visualize the changing climate with your students as we all seek a planet in balance.

Audience
– Formal and informal educators
Dates
– September 30 – November 17

3-Year Academic Study: The Effect of Adaptive Learning on Student Performance
2020-09-30 15:30 - 17:00 | Online
In this week’s webinar we’re hosting special guest Nathan Boase, from Queensland University of Technology. He’ll be presenting the highlights from his 3-year study on the effect of adaptive learning on student performance. Join fellow professors and administrators where you can discuss the results and ask Nathan any questions you have!
Register Here!

EcoFaith Recovery: Just Vote, Our Stories for Community Action
2020-09-30 19:00 - 20:00 | Online
Creation Justice Webinars

EcoFaith Recovery will host our next creation justice webinar on Sept. 30 at 7 p.m. They will lead a storytelling workshop where we can learn how to share about our care for the climate and for racial justice in ways that activate our family and community to vote our faith climate justice values this November (and beyond). Register today!

Sept. 30, 7-8:30 p.m.: EcoFaith Recovery: Just Vote, Our Stories for Community Action (register)

Four webinars have already happened, and you can watch the recordings or learn more about the organizations by following the links below. Visit our website to see all the registration and recording links.

July 22: Portland Harbor Community Coalition‘s Cassie Cohen (watch now)
Aug. 5, 7-8:30 p.m.: Verde‘s Tony DeFalco (watch now)
Aug. 19, 7-8:30 p.m: Rogue Climate‘s Allie Rosenbluth and Jackie Rodriguez (watch now)
Sept. 2, 7-8:30 p.m.: Eloheh Center for Earth Justice‘s Randy Woodley (watch now)

Wearable Electronics for Health, Wellbeing and a Sustainable Future Webinar
2020-10-01 10:00 - 11:00 | Webinar
Join GEC as we kick-off an important discussion about sustainable wearable electronic devices and their increasing impact.
Wearable electronics are being recognized as a safe, reliable, and accessible way to address ongoing healthcare needs and their use has been dramatically expanded by governments, healthcare systems, educational institutions, and businesses. This webinar will explain current sustainable procurement trends and the importance of the availability of sustainable wearable technology to meet the needs of organizations seeking to improve the wellbeing of their workforce, hospital systems expanding access to healthcare, and educational systems creating a safe learning environment for students and staff.  Purchasers expect that sustainable wearable devices increasingly respect privacy, reduce global environmental and social impacts, and more broadly contribute to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.
Speakers:

Nancy Gillis, CEO, Green Electronics Council
Amy McDonough, Senior Vice President, Fitbit Health Solutions

Seeking New Board Member – Eco-School Network
2020-10-04
The Eco-School Network is a nonprofit organization that equips parents and students to lead school communities toward sustainability. School-wide and district-wide initiatives connect students with nature, prepare them to live sustainably, and help them discover that they can create meaningful change. If this appeals to you and you’re passionate about children, schools and sustainability, we want to hear from you.
Our current board is a robust group of nine dedicated individuals who work well together. We are shaping this young nonprofit into one that will serve the community for many years and shift the culture and practices of schools toward sustainability. At this time, we are particularly looking for individuals of diverse races and backgrounds that represent the communities we serve, as well as individuals with non-profit finance or accounting experience.
Click here for the job description. If you are passionate about children, schools and sustainability and have some time and energy to devote to a board, please send a letter of interest and an optional resume to jeanne@ecoschoolnetwork.org. Or if you have a colleague or friend who would be a valuable board member, please send a note to Jeanne or call her at 503-244-0026. Applications accepted until Monday, October 4th at 11:59 p.m.

Climate Literacy and Energy Awareness Network (CLEAN) Webinar Series
2020-10-05 08:00 - 2020-11-11 17:00 | Online
Take your teaching about climate and energy to the next level with the CLEAN Webinar Series.
Webinars range from “Strategies for Integrating Climate Science into the Elementary Classroom” to “Teaching Climate Consequences with CLEAN: Motivate and Inspire, Don’t Despair”. For a full list of offered webinars, click HERE. We also invite you to check out these partner webinars that are related to the CLEAN series.

Leading Universities in an Age of Uncertainty
2020-10-06 05:30 - 07:00 | Online
Tuesday, 6 October 2020 | 2:30pm – 4:00pm CEST (Paris time) / 5:30 am – 7:00 am (Pacific)
In these turbulent times, university leaders around the world have to make decisions based on rapidly changing variables that make it difficult to make meaningful predictions. This webinar will reflect and exchange on principles of leadership that have helped mitigate the present challenges and shape the future. The speakers will speak about the financial, systemic and educational ramifications of the pandemic and share their experiences and decision-making process during these times. We expect that this exchange will be of value to university leaders everywhere and inform their own decision-making in the face of the current crisis and beyond.
Panelists:

Mamokgethi Phakeng, Vice-Chancellor, University of Cape Town
Andrew Deeks, President, University College Dublin
Sir Hilary Beckles, Vice Chancellor, University of the West Indies

>> REGISTER

Oregon Natural Resources Education Program (ONREP) Professional Development Opportunities
2020-10-06 08:00 - 2020-12-02 17:00 | Online
An abundance of Outdoor School workshops for educators with information to better equip distance learning. Dates ranging from October 6th to December 2nd. All workshops will be help online.
Learn more and register for these and other learning opportunities here: http://onrep.forestry.oregonstate.edu/workshops

Capturing Outdoor Opportunities: Strategies for Virtual and Hybrid Environmental Education | Oct 6 & Oct 15 | Online
Incorporating Nature-Based Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) in the Classroom (SS#1) | Oct 8 | Online
Overcoming Obstacles to Taking Students Outside (SS#2) | Oct 9 | Online
Carbon & Climate – A Complex Issue | Oct 21 to Oct 28 | Online
Teaching Energy in Ecosystems | Oct 22 to Nov 12 | Online
Beyond the Carbon Cycle: Introducing Climate Justice | Oct 29 to Nov 05 | Online

For registration, click here!

Start building your team for People's Ecochallenge 2020!
2020-10-07 - 2020-10-28 | Online
Dear Ecochallenger,

Our Ecochallenges have been immensely positive in our collective impact because of you and your team leadership. So we are reaching out to you again to invite you to build yet another strong and committed team for this year’s People’s Ecochallenge.

We all know what’s taking place around the world right now – to ourselves, our neighbors, our communities near and far. In the face of a global pandemic, unprecedented social justice movements, massive migrations, resource depletions, political and civil unrest, and overall disruptions to our daily lives (just to name a few), we know how significant it is right now to contribute as much good as possible.

So this October, join us in aligning your values with the actions you take. Focus on actions that uplift justice for every community, or focus on actions you can take directly from your home. Challenge yourself to practice deeper sustainability and to engage in critical thinking, so that we may all live in and share a better world.

For Team Captains, we provide the following resources to support your team building:

– a 30-page Team Captains Guide
– social media graphics and print-ready collateral
– general technical support

We look forward to seeing what we can accomplish together this October. For now, let us know if you need anything else to build out your team! We will be in touch again later this month.

Sincerely,
Ecochallenge.org

< create your team now >

Zero Carbon Conference
2020-10-07 - 2020-10-08 | Online
We are living in an unprecedented, critical moment to take intentional and equitable action on the climate crisis. With less than a decade to achieve sustainable development goals, collaboration is imperative to scaling our impact. We can jump-start this impact with a focus on four areas:

Embodied Carbon
Operational Carbon
Zero for All
Financing the Future of Zero Carbon Communities

The Zero Carbon Conference will respond to this need and forge a collaboration of our community of architects, designers, engineers, contractors, and responsible manufacturers–along with ESG investors and developers who are taking active steps to accelerate the decarbonization of the built environment.

Through keynotes, plenaries, panel sessions and 1:1 networking opportunities, practitioners and funders will come together to advance these initiatives around operational + embodied carbon reduction, cost-benefit analysis, and community resources to achieve an equitable decarbonized future. The Zero Carbon Conference will deliver the technology, the materials, the know-how, and the financing models needed to pave the way for scalable decarbonized global communities.
Join Us. Together, We Can Scale a Zero Carbon Future for All.

Register Here

Solidarity School
2020-10-07 17:00 - 18:00 | Online
The Solidarity School is a series of monthly mass calls from 350.org designed for folks looking to grow and expand their skill set in this moment of uprising and climate justice organizing. Each month, guest speakers, 350.org staff and leaders from our broader network will strengthen our frameworks and share strategies, tactics, and actions for ongoing organizing. Register for the 4 sessions here.
“The Solidarity School series will kick-off with a focus on Our Fight for a Just Recovery. We’ll provide foundational knowledge about what a “just recovery” means for 350.org and share our principles and values. We’ll hear how workers’ rights and the fight for racial justice intersect and how both connect with climate justice.
The stakes are high; with severe climate disasters, consistent political failure, and racist police violence, our communities are rising up. And we can meet this moment with real solidarity.”
Our Fight for a Just Recovery: Workers Rights, Racial Justice, COVID & Climate
TODAY Wed Aug 12 @ 5:00PM
Register here
U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley from Oregon will be on the call talking about a Just Recovery at the national level.
All 4 sessions will be:

August 12th: Our Fight for a Just Recovery: Workers’ Rights, Racial Justice, COVID & Climate
September 9th: Defund, Abolish & Divest: Climate, Racial & Economic Justice
October 7th: Protecting Votes & Building Power: Climate Justice & the Election
November 11th: From Recovery to Restoration: Holding Politicians Accountable & Organizing for a Just Transition

A short course and practicum on Equity & Justice
2020-10-08 - 2020-10-29 | Online
The work of The Foresight Lab in forging peace & reconciliation outcomes, and guiding the transformation of municipal police departments through the craft of diplomacy is deep and broad. Their work in this domain directly contributes to their Vision of The Regenerative Economy: An engine driving consistent and inspiring, and measurable, gains in social, economic, and ecological well-being. This pioneering effort has led to successful social justice interventions in Ferguson, MO, Charleston, SC, Philadelphia, PA, Atlanta, GA, and Baltimore, MD, among many other communities.

Program participation fee includes access to synchronous live sessions on GoToMeeting plus access to readings, asynchronous discussion threads, and the co-creation of materials by faculty attendees on the Collaborase platform.
Synchronous Dates (live sessions led by Mackinzee Macho & Ed Quevedo):

Thursdays, October 8, 15, 22, 29, 7PM – 9PM Eastern; 4PM – 6PM Pacific.
To request further details
about participation and registration:
https://bit.ly/3gMJWxZ

Program description, goals & outcomes:
Through this course, we will
1) Demonstrate how the tools of statecraft, or international diplomacy can transform policing, social justice dislocations, and breakdowns in community equity;
2) Deliver clear pedagogical guidance into how to teach across the social intervention platforms of diplomacy, systemics, and complexity science; and
3) convey to delegates the skills of advanced convening and conflict resolution as classroom tools and skills for next generation leaders.
Session themes:

-Introduction to Regenerative Development: Systemics & Social Change as Tools to Redress Broken Policing Models & Deliver Just Outcomes
-History of Reconciliation: Diplomacy on the Global Stage Catalyzing Peace & Unity
-Leadership & Character: The Spirit of Ubuntu, Honor, & Dignity as Foundations for Equity & Justice
-Power, Love, and Honor Within and Amongst Nations: Transmuting Battlefield Peace-Keeping into Communities and Nation States
Pedagogies presented:
-Teaching Techniques as Models of Diplomacy
-Emergent Learning: Pedagogical Design for Transformation
-Potent Inquiry: Teaching & Refining Radically Disruptive Critical Thinking Skills
-Fieldwork: A New Generation of Real-World Learning
-Skill-building and gain-sharing: Shared Destiny in the Classroom & Lived Transformation in Communities

Oregon and Washington Science Teacher Association (OSTA/WSTA) Joint Virtual Fall Conference
2020-10-09 08:00 - 2020-10-10 17:00 | Zoom
OSTA/WSTA VIRTUAL CONFERENCE
OCTOBER 9-10, 2020
REGISTER NOW TO SAVE YOUR PLACE
$ 10 for OSTA Members
$ 35 for Non-Members
Additional Pricing Information here
Explore – Virtual Exhibition Hall, Keynote Speakers and Featured Speakers
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
Philip Mote (Friday October, 9)
Vice Provost & Dean, Oregon State University Graduate School
Professor, College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences
Dr. Kate Evans (Saturday October, 10)
Washington State University Tree Fruit Research & Extension Center, Wenatchee, WA
Interim Director, Professor of Horticulture (pome fruit breeding)

City Repair's Online Urban Permaculture Design Course
2020-10-10 09:00 - 12:00
This course will support you in weaving together broad-scale goals and place-specific strategies of caring for land and building community. We will introduce you to tools for understanding larger influential patterns of landform, watersheds, climate, and culture, as well as more local strategies including water harvesting, soil and plant care, perennial/food forest system design, appropriate/DIY technologies for storing and conserving energy, detoxifying and retrofitting the built environment, and rooting into place justice.
Topics fulfill the standard internationally-recognized 72-hour Permaculture Design Course curriculum, and includes additional hours on the specialty topics of urban permaculture and placemaking. We have also deepened our ‘design skills’ component of the course to provide more guidance around creating and communicating compelling designs with captivating graphics, perspective drawings, infographics and maps.
