CORE TRAINING

Environmental Action Civics

For orgs and trainers

Now Accepting Applications: Winter 2025 Cohort

4 Virtual Sessions - February - March 2025

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

WINTER 2025 - NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS

Interested in the Winter 2025 Cohort? Please email Krysten Dorfman with your name, organization, and a short description of why you would like to join.

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Integrate 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:Learn what’s working and what’s not from peers and mentors and develop your own plan of action.

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.

New this year!

For the first time, participants will get to experience Earth Force’s new Community of Practice! This training includes access to the asynchronous Environmental Action Civics 101 course, located directly in the community. 

What Participants Are Saying . . .

This was the most thorough training I have ever received with so much additional documentation and support from Earth Force. It was so amazing!

I have recommended this training and process to anyone who will listen! I cannot wait to use Environmental Action Civics in my programs.

Excellent scheduling! Excellent facilitators! Please offer more training!

I enjoy being able to join event virtually as it makes it easier to participate. It was also great to meet and hear stories from others that are teaching around the country rather than just in my local area.

So appreciative of the wholesome support of this training and the Earth Force team. I am eager to put Environmental Action Civics into practice!

Meet Your Facilitators

Krysten Dorfman
Program Manager

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.

Sarah ("SJ") Jennings
Program Manager

SJ coordinates the Caring for Our Watersheds Chesapeake Bay challenge and provides support in Environmental Action Civics in the Mid-Atlantic region. 

Taylor Ruffin
Program Manager

Taylor manages the RISE Challenge in Colorado, supporting educators and organizations in Environmental Action Civics. 

Alyssa McConkey
Chief Program Officer

Alyssa develops and supports a growing network of organizations dedicated to integrating Environmental Action Civics. 

FAQs

When is the workshop?

There are four virtual sessions from 1-3pm (ET), plus pre-work in EAC 101:

February 24th

February 26th

March 3rd

March 5th

Who should attend?

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.

What's the structure?

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!"

Is funding available?

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+.

Why is this training different?

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."

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