September 19: Drawn to Change The World: 16 Youth Climate Activists, 16 Artists
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Join us to learn how teachers can use a comic collection and comic-making activities to engage students with climate activism. Our discussion will include:
- the power of student voice and youth climate activism
- examples of environmental racism
- unequal impacts of climate change across communities
- how art and the imagination are powerful communication tools for manifesting a transformed, equitable future for all
September 19, 3pm-4pm central time, Zoom
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Emma Reynolds is an illustrator and author based in Manchester, UK.
October 17: The Climate Action Almanac
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Join Arizona State University’s Center for Science and the Imagination to learn about their recent publication The Climate Action Almanac. Joey Eschrich (co-editor) and authors Anna Pigott and Benjamin Ong will facilitate discussions on climate emotions, guerilla gardening, learning with nature to reclaim spaces for community and joy, and pedagogical practices for engaging diverse and non-Western learners. Activities and practical applications for the classroom will be shared.
October 17, 3pm-4pm central time, Zoom
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- Anna Pigott (she/her) writes and teaches about the climate crisis and social transformation, drawing on feminist, more-than-human, and political ecology perspectives. Her research/activism focuses on the roles of emotion and creativity in climate action, particularly in higher education settings. She is honorary lecturer in Human Geography at Swansea University, UK, and Co-founder and Creative Associate of the Climate Lab. She is co-editor of the recent book, Art and Creativity in an Era of Ecocide (Bloomsbury, 2023).
- Benjamin Ong (he/him) is an ecologist, educator, science/nature writer, and development professional from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, where he co-founded the Urban Biodiversity Initiative (Ubi). He was an Applied Imagination Fellow 2021-2022 at Arizona State University’s Center for Science and the Imagination. His current PhD at the University of St Andrews explores reconciliation ecology, nature connection, and tropical urban interstices. An occasional poet and photographer, he received the 2019 Marsh Award for Education in Botanic Gardens.
- Joey Eschrich (he/him) is the managing editor at the Center for Science and the Imagination at Arizona State University. He is the coeditor of The Climate Action Almanac (2024), supported by a grant from the ClimateWorks Foundation, and has coedited a number of books of fiction and nonfiction, including Cities of Light: A Collection of Solar Futures (2021), created in collaboration with the U.S. National Renewable Energy Laboratory, and A Year Without a Winter (2019), named one of the best art books of the year by the New York Times.
November 7: Reframing the Curriculum
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November 7, 3pm-4pm central time, Zoom
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Susan Santone is an educator with more than 20 years of experience in curriculum, policy, and teacher preparation.
November 14: Integrating Climate Literacy Student-Created Media Projects into the Curriculum
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Scott Spicer is the Media Outreach Librarian with the University of Minnesota Libraries, where he serves as Head of Library Media Services
December 5: When the Oceans Rise, Who Gets A Life Raft? Inequality and Climate Change in Sci-Fi
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December 5, 3pm-4pm central time, Zoom
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Stephanie R. Toliver is an assistant professor of Curriculum and Instruction at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
January 19, 2025: The Existential Toolkit for Climate Justice Educators: How to Teach in a Burning World
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January 19, 2025, 3pm-4pm central time, Zoom
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Dr. Jennifer Atkinson is an Associate Teaching Professor of environmental humanities at the University of Washington, Bothell.