CORE TRAINING
Environmental Action Civics
For orgs and trainers
Now Enrolling: Fall 2024 Cohort
4 Virtual Sessions - October 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
FALL 2024 - NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS
Interested in the Fall 2024 Cohort for trainers? 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 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
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
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 coordinates the Caring for Our Watersheds Chesapeake Bay challenge and provides support in Environmental Action Civics in the Mid-Atlantic region.
FAQs
When is the workshop?
There are four virtual sessions, plus pre-work in EAC 101:
- EAC 101 - new asynchronous pre-course!
- Oct 21 1-2pm ET
- Oct 23 1-3pm ET
- Oct 28 1-3pm ET
- Oct 30 1-2:30pm ET
Who should attend?
Do you provide professional development to adults in youth engagement, environmental education, or related fields? 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+.
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."
