CORE TRAINING
Environmental Action Civics
For orgs and trainers
Now Enrolling: Summer 2024 Cohort
4 Virtual Sessions - July 2024
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
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Interested in the Fall 2024 Cohort? Please email Krysten Dorfman with your name, organization, and a short description of why you would like to join.
Click HereIntegrate civic action into your work
Learn how to implement and facilitate Environmental Action Civics to promote student-led civic action in various educational settings.
You’ll build your capacity to integrate 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
You’ll learn:
Environmental Action Civics 101
The Earth Force Process
Best Practices in Training Others
And more!
Learn what’s working and what’s not from peers and mentors and develop your own plan of action.
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 . . .
Meet Your Facilitators
Alyssa develops and supports a growing network of organizations dedicated to integrating Environmental Action Civics. Her background is in nonprofits, program development, education, and community food systems.
Krysten supports organizations in integrating, implementing, and training Environmental Action Civics and manages our partner organizations' facilitation of the RISE Challenge in IL and MT.
FAQs
When is the workshop?
There are four virtual sessions and one optional session:
- EAC 101 - new asynchronous pre-course!
- Session 1: Kickoff July 18 2-2:45 pm ET
- Optional Study Hall: Do HW together! July 19 9:30-11 am ET
- Session 2: Earth Force Process Steps 1-3 July 22 11 am-1pm ET
- Session 3: Earth Force Process Steps 4-6 July 23 11 am-1pm ET
- Session 4: Breakouts +Action Planning July 25 11 am-1pm ET
Who should attend?
Are you part of the team at an environmental education organization? Do you work with youth or train educators? 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. The Workshop is $250 to attend but the fee is waived thanks to a generous grant from ee360+ and the Bezos Family Foundation. And, stipends are available!
Is this another boring event?
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."
