An Environmental Education for the Next Generation

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Bioneer,  Climate change has become a defining global challenge. In this fight for the future, younger generations must contribute to the solution. Schools are a great place to start building the foundation for equitable, sustainable and regenerative societies, and many educational initiatives are working to honor the importance of raising young people connected to the Earth. This week, we look at education and how to incorporate lessons on sustainability. INSPIRED BY NATURE: Enhancing STEM with Biomimicry Design Challenges December 8, 2019 at Library of the Canyons, Orange County, CA The Biomimicry Institute, Bioneers and Ten Strands are excited to offer the following professional development training to educators interested in the intersection of environmental education and regenerative innovation. Biomimicry, the process of looking to nature for design inspiration, offers an effective, engaging, and inspiring framework for STEAM education while empowering the next generation of problem-solvers to think differently about nature, engineering, and a sustainable future. This workshop for middle and high school teachers (6th–12th grade) will demonstrate how educators can use biomimicry as a framework to engage students in standards-aligned STEAM content while enhancing 21st century skills. The training is offered as part of the Biomimicry Youth Design Challenge, a FREE project-based learning program and design competition hosted annually by the Biomimicry Institute. The Youth Design Challenge introduces teens to the practice of biomimicry and invites them to invent bio-inspired solutions to challenges related to climate change. Read more here. This Week on Bioneers Radio & Podcast A Sense of Wonder: Ecological Literacy and the Facts of Life | Fritjof Capra, Zenobia Barlow and Esther Cook Does our very survival now depend on our ability to understand the facts of life – nature’s operating instructions – and how to live by them? In this podcast from the Bioneers archives, join the Center for Ecoliteracy’s Fritjof Capra, Zenobia Barlow and Esther Cook to learn how experiential, participatory education in the environment is revolutionizing education from kindergarten through high school through an education of the heart. Subscribe to the Bioneers podcast now: Apple Podcasts | Stitcher | SoundCloud | Spotify Interview with Ten Strands’ Karen Cowe and Will Parish Ten Strands is a San Francisco-based nonprofit dedicated to bringing environmental literacy to all of California’s 6.2 million K–12 students. They have been instrumental in establishing and implementing breakthrough policies that have trained over 20,000 teachers and implemented environmental literacy curriculum in 40% of the schools in California to date. Teo Grossman, Senior Director of Programs & Research for Bioneers, sat down with the founders, Karen Cowe and Will Parish, to learn more. Read more here. Video of the Week: Karen Brown – Revolutionizing the K-12 Education with Sustainability in Mind “Smart by Nature” education has the potential to impart to our young the keys to sustainable living, revitalize our nation’s approach to schooling, and point the way to a hopeful future. This bold vision developed by the Center for Ecoliteracy is preparing today’s young people for the ecological challenges of the coming decades. Karen Brown, CEL Creative Director and an award-winning designer, explores how this vision is becoming reality in K-12 schools nationally. Take Action: Global Climate Strike The Global Climate Strike, Sept. 20-27, is a global movement to draw attention to the climate crisis. On Sept. 20, people are encouraged to walk out of their schools, jobs or wherever they may be to draw attention to the movement. The week of events is inspired by climate strike walkouts at schools across the globe, organized by Fridays For Future. Learn More Ecological Literacy: Teaching the Next Generation About Sustainable Development Fritjof Capra, co-founder of the Center for Ecoliteracy, writes about how we can build a more resilient world on the foundation of natural concepts, such as interdependence and diversity. If education incorporates the same principles on which nature's ecosystems operate, we can begin to understand the collective interactions among the parts of the whole, instead of just the parts themselves. Read more here. Bioneers Indigeneity Education Takes Off Indigeneity is a Native-led Program within Bioneers that promotes Indigenous approaches to solve the earth’s most pressing environmental and social issues. The program’s educational initiatives are truly one-of-a-kind, yielding resources and experiences that provide deeply meaningful cultural and cross-cultural education to students and teachers around the country. Read more here. Do you know people who might enjoy reading this? Please share it with them! Share Tweet Share +1 Forward

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