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Join us for wide-ranging chats with environmental educators about best practices, changing trends, and new insights about the enviro. ed. field. Ian Shanahan from Green Teacher and Jade Harvey-Berrill from the Columbia Basin Environmental Education Network (CBEEN) and Stoked on Science facilitate the cross-pollination of ideas. Join the conversation!
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Join us for wide-ranging chats with environmental educators about best practices, changing trends, and new insights about the enviro. ed. field. Ian Shanahan from Green Teacher and Jade Harvey-Berrill from the Columbia Basin Environmental Education Network (CBEEN) and Stoked on Science facilitate the cross-pollination of ideas. Join the conversation!
How can we support educator manage their own eco-anxiety and that of their students? What is the process of moving from eco-anxiety to eco-action? Why is it so important to acknowledge, name, and sit with the complex emotions associated with environmental concerns? Here’s what else we dove into in this Earthy Chat:
*the need to focus on solutions and not just stop at problems
*age-appropriateness of climate change ed.
*Earth Rangers’ Eco-Anxiety Index and Eco Action Index
*children’s influence on parents regarding-eco anxiety
*Earth Rangers’ From Eco-Anxiety to Eco-Action course
*equipping adults to discuss environmental issue
*validating young people’s legitimate concerns
Guests from Earth Rangers:
Erin Sperling (OCT) is a white settler on Turtle Island, in Tkaronto. She is a teacher educator in science and environmental education at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE) at the University of Toronto, where she earned her PhD in 2020. She has been a Board Member of Earth Rangers since 2018.
Stephanie Doyle, OCT, PhD. is living in Tiohtià:ke on traditional and unceded Kanien’kehá:ka territory. She has over 16 years’ experience in the field of education. Prior to joining Earth Rangers in 2022, she was a teacher educator and researcher at the Higher National Institute of Teaching and Education at the Université de Lorraine in France.
For the pronunciation of Tiohtià:ke and Kanien’kehá:ka: https://pegasus.concordia.ca/Flv_Content/audio/Territorial_Acknowledegment_Pronunciation_Guide.mp3
Tovah Barocas is the President of Earth Rangers. Tovah co-authored a white paper in 2021 on eco-anxiety in kids and outlined a list of compelling recommendations to address this growing issue. A 2022 Clean50 Emerging Leader Award Recipient, Tovah also serves on both the Ontario Parks Board of Directors and Project Learning Tree Canada.
To learn more about Earth Rangers, visit https://www.earthrangers.com/.
*Episode edited by M. Angel Goñi Avila
*Episode recorded in March 2023
Earthy Chats Podcast
Join us for wide-ranging chats with environmental educators about best practices, changing trends, and new insights about the enviro. ed. field. Ian Shanahan from Green Teacher and Jade Harvey-Berrill from the Columbia Basin Environmental Education Network (CBEEN) and Stoked on Science facilitate the cross-pollination of ideas. Join the conversation!