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“Teaching climate change is very emotional, and helping students embrace those emotions is vital,” shared a teacher attending…
“Teaching climate change is very emotional, and helping students embrace those emotions is vital,” shared a teacher attending EarthGen’s newest training, Climate Grief and Creative Expression. This training is designed to equip teachers with skills to address their own climate grief and to support students in the classroom with social emotional learning that will help them manage feelings that can develop when learning about climate change.
EarthGen helps WA teachers address environmental injustice was published on February 9, 2023 on KNKX’s website Article Excerpt: As the planet is increasingly affected by climate change, advocates are making […]
Washington is one of the first states in the US to invest in K-12 climate education through a statewide initiative called ClimeTime. Recent articles from The New York Times and […]
“Teaching climate change is very emotional, and helping students embrace those emotions is vital,” shared a teacher attending EarthGen’s newest training, Climate Grief and Creative Expression. This training is designed to equip teachers with skills to address their own climate grief and to support students in the classroom with social emotional learning that will help them manage feelings that can develop when learning about climate change.
In Washington, Students Learn About Climate Change Like Nowhere Else was published on January 12, 2023 on Reasons to be Cheerful’s website Article Excerpt: In science teacher Ali Coker’s sophomore […]
Do you know a high school student who wants to deepen their understanding of climate change and climate justice and lift up youth voices to shape climate education? EarthGen is […]
Responding to the growing demand for climate justice trainings, EarthGen collaborated with Stacy Meyer, Regional Science Coordinator at ESD 112, to develop three new Climate Justice League cohorts across the state. Nearly 100 teachers joined these new cohorts in fall 2021.
Sound Consumer contributor Tara Austen Weaver recently visited a program supported by EarthGen, which emphasizes youth-centered, collective solutions for a healthy planet. At PCC, 100% of proceeds from our “Farm-to-School” bagged Fuji apples supports EarthGen and other local organizations focused on food systems education.
EarthGen’s training programs help teachers make climate change relevant for students with examples connected to their own lives, and through activities that build their sense of agency to make a difference.