Dear ECCLPs Supporter,

We're excited to see you at the upcoming ECCLPs Annual Forum Symposium over a day of climate action centered on the power of education! This week we would like to highlight our incredible 11 AM sessions where inspiring leaders such as Joely Proudfit and Dina Gilio-Whitaker create space to support participants in incorporating Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) and Environmental Justice (EJ) into their educational curricula. Stop by to participate in the Project WET (Water Education Today) activity with Jordi Vasquez and Jenn Stewart from the CA Department of Water Resources and the Water Replenishment District. There are so many powerful sessions, get ready to walk away inspired!

As a reminder, all registrants will automatically receive access to all the workshop recordings!

Featured Session Presenters

Green Job Board & Browngirl Green: How to Navigate Building a Green Career

Green Jobs are on the rise, but not many people know how to navigate and build a long-term climate career pathway. This will be a workshop breaking down the state of green jobs, opportunities for job seekers to turn their passion into a thriving career to sustain their climate activism.

Sophie's Great American ELECTRIC Road Trip: finding science, comedy, and climate solutions across the USA

Join science comedy TV host and creator Sophie Shrand on her biggest experiment yet: driving an electric car from Los Angeles to Boston and back! Sophie will share stories from the road, show sneak peeks of her upcoming docuseries, describe her unconventional career path, and offer tips on using your voice to change the world. You'll leave this session ready to start telling your own stories, with emphasis on using comedy to help people learn.

Igniting Change: Fostering Climate Literacy and Action through Storytelling

In an era where the climate crisis demands urgent action and comprehensive understanding, storytelling emerges as a powerful tool to educate, inspire, and mobilize. Flywheelstories.org proudly presents "Igniting Change," a transformative presentation that delves into the heart of climate and environmental literacy through the art of storytelling. Join us as we journey through captivating narratives crafted by acclaimed photojournalist and filmmaker Mimi Chakarova and National Geographic Explorer and photographer Chris Rainier, whose work embodies the intersection of human emotion, environmental advocacy, and visual storytelling.

Featured Affinity Space Facilitators

Registrants who qualify will be invited to these personalized affinity spaces to build community, connect, and support one another before and during the event!

BIPOC Leaders Affinity Space Facilitator

Pre-Service Teacher Candidates Space Facilitator

Featured Poster Session Presenters

Talking about Climate Adaptation in Schools: Terminology Used and Working Towards a Consensus

(Primary Audiences: University Faculty)

As part of a larger project that focuses on how K-12 schools can act as hubs for climate adaptation solutions, we identified that existing research in this area defined terms differently, leading to difficulties in identifying best practices. To facilitate understanding the findings in this area, we developed a concept map of the literature to identify connections across three areas: K-12 Climate Adaptation Education, Community Adaptation Planning, and Community Schools. This interactive poster will present the terms used in the literature, such as, “climate change adaptations” and “disaster-risk reduction,” where one term may be defined differently and some terms are used interchangeably. The poster will create a space for participants to engage in a discussion forum to discuss any potential gaps in the literature and work towards a consensus on the terminology that should be used at the intersections of these constructs.

An Interdisciplinary Climate Justice Literacy Framework for K-5

(Primary Audiences: PK-5 Teachers)

Learn more about The Interdisciplinary Climate Justice Literacy Framework for K-5, which is an integrated unit framework that provides teachers with ways to implement a comprehensive program to develops students' climate literacy at various points throughout the school year.

Featured Virtual Booths

Visit our virtual booths hosted by amazing partners like Citizens' Climate Lobby and The Climate Reality Project ! Thank you to all our wonderful partners for helping us bring this program to life.

Sign up for the symposium today and automatically enter our raffle for a change to win fantastic prizes, such as: ECCLPs consultant and leading DEI expert Lily Zhang's book "Reconstructing DEI: A Practitioner's Workbook"!

Featured program partner:

We would like to express our immense gratitude to eKadence for their ongoing support as a key ECCLPs partner. The eKadence Foundation is making it possible for ECCLPs to create a professional learning platform for educators throughout California and worldwide. We are beyond excited to share this resource with teachers for the upcoming school year so stay tuned! If you're interested in piloting this new platform to inform it's creation, opt in during registration.

If you have any questions, don't hesitate to contact us at ecclps@uci.edu and don't forget to subscribe to our monthly newsletter here to stay updated on upcoming events and initiatives!

Stay tuned for more weekly announcements and see you at the event!

- The ECCLPs Team

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