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Learn how to infuse Environmental Action Civics into your work with young people without overextending yourself. Come away with our full Educators' Guide and TIPS cards, an actionable plan, and a full year of support from our team.

Environmental Action Civics: 2023 Train-the-Trainer Workshop

Earth Force

Champion student-led civic action in various educational settings by learning how to implement Environmental Action Civics. Earth Force is accepting applications until April 20, 2023.

Hosted by Biomimicry for Social Innovation, this week-long workshop offers nature-inspired tools & practices, enlivened with play, wonder, curiosity and inquiry. It will take place at the Ocomora Retreat Center in Northern New Mexico, September 1st–6th.

The Whale's Museum's Workshop for Marine Naturalists

The Whale Museum

Come join The Whale Museum’s Gear Up Workshop on Friday, April 7 from 10–5 PM Pacific Time via Zoom. This workshop’s theme will be Dam! Dams that pose barriers to fish passage, that is.

Spring Outdoor Learning Virtual Workshop Series

The Outdoor Learning Store

Our (free!) Spring Outdoor Learning Virtual Workshops are now live and ready for registration!

Summer Institute: Jumping from Joy to Action

VT/NH Energy Education Program (VEEP & NHEEP)

August 7–11 at The World Fellowship Center in Albany, NH. The 2023 VEEP/NHEEP Summer Institute encourages teachers to use play, wonder, and hope as catalysts for inspiring students to make change and to find joy in taking action.

Teach Climate Network Workshop: Bringing Climate Storytelling into the Classroom

Climate Generation

Join Climate Generation's Talk Climate Manager, Cassandra Ceballos as she shares tips and activities on communicating the science, stories, and solutions around climate change.

Great Lakes Watershed Field Course

Inland Seas Education Association

The Great Lakes Watershed Field Course (GLWFC) is a 4-day professional development experience for teachers from throughout the Great Lakes region taking place from August 8–11, 2023 in Suttons Bay, MI. Training in the course includes watershed and environmental concepts, place-based education and environmental education pedagogy, and time for curriculum development.

2023 Summer Educator's Retreat

Cornell Lab of Ornithology

Join the Cornell Lab of Ornithology K–12 Education team July 23-27, 2023, for our annual Educator Retreat! This year, we are heading to the Pyramid Life Center in the beautiful Adirondacks Mountains, New York. This one-of-a-kind program is designed for K–12 educators and includes hands-on activities and outdoor exploration. We will highlight best practices in citizen science, nature-based educator, and culturally responsive teaching.

The Institute for Earth Education is launching a certification program for a new category of outdoor leaders: Earth Guides. An International Earth Guide focuses on the human relationship with life on this small planet and how to serve it instead of subduing it. The initial training will take place in Cedar Cove, the international home of the institute, on June 23–25, 2023 in Greenville, West Virginia.

Wholly Wild: A Retreat for Teacher Transformation

Woodsong Forest School

Wholly Wild 2023, is an invitation to an embodied, experiential retreat that is designed to transform the inner landscape of the teacher in the beautiful foothills of southeast Appalachia, April 27–30th, 2023.

Problem Solving Workshop: Civics & EE

Earth Force

Join Earth Force on Thursday, Feb. 23 at 4 PM ET for an Environmental Action Civics problem-solving workshop. Bring a question or challenge you are experiencing and be ready to brainstorm solutions with others.

Are you excited about becoming an ambassador for climate storytelling in your community? Join Climate Stories Project and participants from around the world for a 3-part training series to learn about climate storytelling, develop interview skills, and record and share climate stories. Please register at: https://wpi.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJMod-uopzsoHNH0EHcQ-L_Sq1V1cNHOe1U1

Climate Storytelling Teacher Training

Climate Stories Project

As part of the 2023 Worldwide Climate Teach-in, Climate Stories Project is hosting the first online climate storytelling workshop for K–12 and University teachers from around the world! The online climate storytelling is free and open to the public, but registration is required.

Sustainability & Classroom Grants Work Session

EcoRise

Join a virtual PD with EcoRise on 3/7 to get your students solving sustainability issues in their communities. Access to standards-aligned curricula, resources, and student project grants are now available to classrooms across the US! Come learn how our Eco-Audit Grants get students analyzing data, designing solutions, and implementing real-world projects that benefit their communities.

Bow Seat Contest: Workshops for Teachers

Bow Seat Ocean Awareness Programs

Are you looking to extend your student’s work beyond the classroom? Have you ever wondered how to amplify your student’s creative voice in the fight against climate change?

For over a decade, Bow Seat has provided students worldwide with a platform to speak out against environmental injustice and advocate for their future through art, writing, film, music, dance, and more in our award-winning environmental art contest. Bow Seat is pleased to offer free Teacher Training workshops to make it as easy as possible to bring the Contest into your classroom.

Children and Nature Network is hosting a self-care in nature program. I came across this webinar in their most recent newsletter and it looks like a great line-up of presenters with a great topic.

Join Bard College every Wednesday, 10am and 9pm EST to develop your Climate Educator Skills, and Learn More about bringing WorldWide Teach-in On Climate and Justice to your community. Consider holding a Teach In at your school, or consider holding one in your faith community.

A Wade Institute for Science Education professional workshop for grades 6–12 educators
An Approved Course for MA DESE’s Accelerating Science: Open Access Professional Learning

A Wade Institute for Science Education professional workshop for grades 9–12 educators
An Approved Course for MA DESE’s Accelerating Science: Open Access Professional Learning

New England Botanic Garden at Tower Hill: Building a Storyline

Wade Institute for Science Education

A Wade Institute for Science Education professional workshop for grades 3-5 educators
An Approved Course for MA DESE’s Accelerating Science: Open Access Professional Learning

Teach Climate Network Workshop: Teaching Climate Change for Sensemaking and Joy (Yes Joy!)

Climate Generation

Join Dr. Kelley Lê from the UCI Science Project to learn and share ways to overcome barriers to teaching climate change in the classroom. Happening Feb. 16 from 5:00–6:00pm CT.

Teach Climate Network Workshop: “We Will Not Drown, We Will Fight”: Teaching Climate Change, Island Solidarity, and Indigenous Rights

Climate Generation

In this hands-on workshop, participants will engage with a suite of teaching activities centering the resistance of Indigenous Pacific Island peoples to environmental injustice and the climate crisis.

Pre-Service Faculty: Infuse Civics Into Environmental Education

Earth Force

Pre-Service Faculty: Apply to attend a 3-part training in Environmental Action Civics (January–March 2023)