CORE TRAINING
Environmental Action Civics
Join Earth Force’s Core Training in Environmental Action Civics, a comprehensive course designed to launch your journey into impactful environmental education. You’ll join other practitioners in live sessions and post-course support and connection.
This is the training you wish you had sooner.
Community
Join a community of practice around Environmental Action Civics.
Grow
Learn a model to empower youth to change policies and practices
Fund
Receive financial support to take this work into your community
Support
Unlock exclusive ongoing support from the Earth Force team
SUMMER 2025 - NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS
Interested in the Summer 2025 Cohort? Please click below to fill out the application!
Click HereIntegrate civic action into your work
Learn how to train adults in Environmental Action Civics to promote student-led civic action in various educational settings.
You’ll build your capacity to train others in integrating student action projects into existing programming or organizational goals. Get ready for all the best practices to cultivate youth-adult partnerships in civic action while meeting learning goals.
Walk away with a plan
This training offers more than a workshop. It’s the beginning of an ongoing partnership with tailored support, including:
Pre-Work (EAC 101): A foundational, self-paced introduction to Environmental Action Civics.
Live Sessions: Interactive virtual sessions to help you plan and implement EAC in your organization.
Ongoing Coaching: Receive personalized guidance to meet your goals.
We're with you - always
You are committed and so are we. You’ll get a full year of unlimited coaching from the Earth Force team, ongoing support sessions, a fall showcase with peers, plus financial support & materials to integrate this work into your programming.
Welcome to your network
Participants will gain access to Earth Force’s online Community of Practice! This training includes access to the asynchronous Environmental Action Civics 101 course, located directly in the community. You can join conversations, post questions, and engage with other pracitioners!
What Participants Are Saying . . .
I entered this class somewhat familiar with Earth Force’s EAC model, but I am leaving feeling much more confident that this is a framework we can integrate with our Climate Action Planning framework for teens. I am so excited to be improving the work we do by incorporating all of Earth Force’s fantastic resources!
Participant
Winter 2025
I really enjoyed the training thought it was very well done on Zoom which is no easy thing. It was informative and I like that some planning time was included, that is very helpful.
Participant
Summer 2024
This process seems like it will be SO impactful to use with students. The resource library you’ve made is so helpful and will save so much time when I want to execute projects like this. Thank you!!!
Participant
Summer 2024
“This was the most thorough training I have ever received with so much additional documentation and support from Earth Force. It was so amazing!”
Participant
Spring 2024
FAQs
- Kick-off Meeting: June 16th, 12:00pm – 1:30pm EST
- Part 1 Earth Force Process June 18th, 12:00pm – 2:00pm EST
- Part 2 Earth Force Process June 23rd, 12:00pm – 2:00 pm EST
- Action Planning June 25th, 12:00pm – 1:30pm EST
Do you provide professional development to adults or work directly with young people? Interested in a process that leads to student-led environmental civic action? This is for you.
The Workshop is virtual, with a combination of synchronous and asynchronous learning and lots of discussion. We’ve been working virtually since 2010 – and we’ve developed a sense of how to build community even through screens! One participant said “Earth Force staff showed off some stellar virtual facilitation techniques that as a fellow facilitator I will definitely be putting into action!”
Yes! This work – changing how we teach this field – takes time, money, and support. We’ll help you with all three. $500 stipends are available, thanks to our partnership with ee360+.
Little known fact: we’re allergic to boring professional development here at Earth Force. We think we’ve cracked the code into hosting a collaborative, invigorating, and actually useful virtual event. As one participant put it, “This workshop was well organized and informative. I was given so many ideas, information, and helpful tips that I cannot wait to implement into my curriculum.”
Meet Your Facilitators
Krysten manages partner organizations in integrating, implementing, and training Environmental Action Civics and supports local host partners of the RISE Challenge in Illinois, Montana, and Utah.
SJ coordinates the Caring for Our Watersheds Chesapeake Bay challenge and provides support in Environmental Action Civics in the Mid-Atlantic region.
