San Bernardino Community College District’s Post

''This initiative transcended a simple tree-planting exercise. By actively involving students from both schools, the NSF fostered a sense of environmental responsibility and ownership among the younger generation..'' Learn more: https://lnkd.in/eeaQ68Y2 #MakeTheWorldBetter

The Michigan Green Schools program has seen significant growth in 2024, with 343 Michigan schools being recognized for their environmental stewardship and education efforts. This is an increase of 37 schools compared to the previous year. Eileen Boekestein, Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy's environmental education coordinator, expressed excitement about the growth of the Michigan Green Schools Program, highlighting its significance in supporting environmental education and sustainability action. With the program's continued growth in 2024, more schools are being recognized for their commitment to environmental stewardship, highlighting the importance of integrating environmental education into the curriculum and fostering a sense of responsibility for the planet among students. Learn more: https://bit.ly/3UndhE3 #sbndetroit #sustainablebusinessnetwork #sustainablebusinessnetworkdetroit #sustainablebusiness #environmentaljustice #climateaction #sustainabledetroit #michigangreenschools #environmentaleducation #sustainability #egle #students #prek12 #michigan #stewardship #education #greeninitiatives #environmentalliteracy #communityengagement #studentempowerment #schoolrecognition #environmentalawareness

My newest environmental essay: getting kids outside is one of the most important things we can do, but this isn't a big enough part of the larger environmental conversation. Thankfully, many environmental educators and organizations work hard to green public and private school grounds and their curriculum. https://lnkd.in/g_YD7j7C #environmentaleducation #scienceeducation #greenschools #outdooreducation #biophilia

We are thrilled to announce the release of our first-ever statewide environmental literacy survey! This 15-minute survey aims to understand how environmental literacy is being implemented in California classrooms including identifying areas of achievement plus districts that currently lack access. Are you a teacher, administrator, and principal in California? Take a few minutes to complete the survey and share it with others in their network to best address the needs of students across California. Take the survey: https://bit.ly/caeli23

Imagine if school communities began acting intentionally about Environmental Education for Young People? How can critical thinking, reading and writing help our young people make positive actions toward helping create a healthy environment? Green Literacy is launching a new series where we will discuss the significance of Early Environmental Education for Young People. For more information, visit our website www.GreenLiteracy.org. #GreenLiteracy #SolutionTree #EEE #GreenLiteracyHandbook #GLH

As Earth Day gives way to Earth Week, I wanted to share another open professional learning resource focused on #ClimateJustice Education. Over the past 18 months, we have been working on this 90-minute overview of 21 climate and environmental justice priority areas. https://lnkd.in/g2BBRG7F Building on our Climate Justice Education framework (that I shared yesterday), we are building resources to help programmatically dimensionalize and ethically ground educational approaches to teach about climate and environmental justice. These 21 priority areas that are resourced in this module are strongly centered on the policy priorities of the Justice40 community. Along the way we share multiple #ClimateJustice frameworks, highlight the history of that justice work, and foreground four fronts of climate justice work. See what you think! The goal is to use this to orient educators to specific climate and environmental justice work they want to learn about and take up in their teaching. (The bones of the resource are there—although we are still elaborating it. Nominations for additional resources are welcome!) Authors include Kelsie Fowler, Taiji Nelson, Dr. Deb L. Morrison, Nancy Price, and myself. This work is part of our Climate Teacher Education Collaborative and ClimeTime initiatives funded through the Washington State legislature.

Join me in learning more about ocean governance and policy!

A few nuggets from the Environmental Challenges session at the Florida Gulf Coast University Water School Dr. Edwin Everham: On every landscape we need to ask, “where is the water and what are we doing to hold it back? Again, when we erect structures let’s preserve green structures that act as protective sponges. It gives us a healthier environment, which is necessary to build a healthier economy, and is good for the people too! Lately, we can’t ignore the fact that the weather is getting more chaotic because of the carbon we put into the ecosystem. Therefore, we need to understand the history, the culture, the ideology, and the ecology to ‘go forward to nature’. Ms. Marsha Ellis: The future of the environment lies in science-focused education and outreach. It takes public education, enhanced access to environmental data, integrating public input, and challenging injustice to promote sustainable environmental action. Empower communities and increase their knowledge through #CitizenScience and use the outcome data to build the knowledge base. Above all, environmental educators should be woven in the social fabric! Make face-to-face conversations, be assertive yet relatable, build relations with people, dare to lead by experience. Dr. Jean Max Charles: With science, we have to learn and unlearn to learn again. My thoughts: Environment and climate action requires that we bring everyone to the table, intentionally integrating active voices of underrepresented groups of community especially women, cultural minorities and people living with disabilities who are usually most at risk. That way we can harness the power of modern science and innovation while at the same time maximizing on cultural and indigenous knowledge systems for sustainable interventions. #EnvironmentalEducation #ClimateAction #SustainableDevelopmentGoals

I am excited to listen to the problems, solutions and perspectives around #Justice40 My perspective is one of optimism and problem-solving. Standing still is not an option. There is no chicken & the egg problem - either one has to be put in place and the rest of the evolution will be happen, organically. If you care to listen, register and join us and get the download. Looking forward to listening to all the other perspectives, positive and not so positive. The urban and rural challenges with #EVCharging will be solved. Are you part of problem or the solution?

Have you been wondering about Pennsylvania's new science and environmental literacy standards and how you interpret them? This session will build participant's understanding around the standards as well as the premise of teaching science while using observable phenomena in the classroom. https://lnkd.in/eB8_2SzC #ChangED #MCIULearns #STEELS