The Tufts Environmental Literacy Institute (TELI) is a four-day interdisciplinary workshop that brings together educators from diverse backgrounds to engage in environmental issues. This year’s theme is Climate-Safe Energy Futures: Vision, Implementation, and Education. The workshop will be co-led by Charles Heaps, a Senior Scientist at Stockholm Environment Institute, and Antje Danielson, Administrative Director of […]
Continue readingENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY June 21-27, 2015 University of Vermont Burlington, Vermont Investigate human impact on Vermont’s environment in this week-long “environmental CSI.” You’re the specialist collecting, analyzing, and interpreting environmental data from local communities using professional-grade laboratory and field instrumentation. What’s in our air, water, and soil and what are the potential impacts for […]
Continue readingTeaching from the Garden: Using Gardens to Enhance Student Learning Did you know that a shovel is not just a gardening tool but a tool to engage learners? Join us for an evening of discussion and demonstrations sure to get your garden season growing! – Learn how to use gardens as teaching tool – Learn about […]
Continue readingBread Loaf Orion Environmental Writers’ Conference Middlebury College Bread Loaf Campus in Ripton, VT June 1 – 7, 2015 APPLY NOW! PROGRAM Bread Loaf Orion is an annual, week-long writers’ conference designed to hone the skills of people interested in producing literary writing about the environment and the natural world. The conference incorporates a model […]
Continue readingJoin Sandy Wilmot, Climate Change Program Manager with the Vermont Department of Forests, Parks, & Recreation next Thursday, March 19th, at 12pm for a lunchtime webinar on climate change and Vermont’s forests. CLICK HERE for more info and to sign up! Forests are an invaluable economic and environmental resource of Vermont. Climate change will likely […]
Continue readingAre you one of the new generation of educators and leaders needed to create livable, resilient and sustainable urban environments? If cities are to be places where people live healthy lives, then urban communities must have the capacity to create resilient and sustainable solutions to address immediate and future environmental challenges. We believe education has […]
Continue readingCheck out the latest from some awesome sustainability-related organizations around the web: AASHE (good reads/jobs/conferences) Second Nature (good watch): Sustainability Sit-Downs #6 is out. This week’s video features M. Lee Pelton, President of Emerson College, discussing higher education’s role in making a sustainability society. Sustainability Sit-Downs is a new Second Nature video series consisting of 12 short interviews […]
Continue readingThe following is a message from Maggie Husak, Program Coordinator, Executive Education for Sustainability Leadership, Center For Health and the Global Environment, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health: We invite you all to join us for a free webinar to learn about Executive Education for Sustainability Leadership offerings for senior leaders from all sectors offered through Harvard’s […]
Continue readingLearn more about the RootSkills Networking and Training Retreat here! Courtesy of the New England Grassroots Environment Fund
Institute for Emerging Sustainability Leaders Climate Change Workshop in Peru July 6-17, 2015 The Amazon Center for Environmental Education and Research (www.aceer.org) invites applications for its Institute for Emerging Sustainability Leaders in Peru scheduled for July 6 – July 17, 2015. The theme for this year’s Institute is Climate Change in Peru. This […]
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