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Lament with Earth Liturgical Webinar

The BTS Center has teamed up with the worship artists The Many to host seasonal virtual events including original music, poetry, rituals, images, scripture, and videos to reflect different seasons of loss related to our Earth. The next liturgical webinar will be Thursday, June 23 from 7:30-8:30 pm (Eastern) to both celebrate and mourn The Season of Via Positiva as summer begins.

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Thursday, June 23, 2022, 7:30pm

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Collaboration Opportunities Between the AMS and Spiritual/Faith-Based Organizations to Build a Weather-Ready Nation Webinar

Spiritual and faith-based houses of worship are often places of safety, volunteerism, and crisis management during and after high-impact weather events (e.g., hurricanes, tornadoes, wildfires, flash flooding). Hence, spiritual and faith-based communities can be an integral part of building a Weather-Ready Nation. This AMS webinar is part of the Finding Common Ground Among Science, Spirituality, and Environmentalism Series.

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Wednesday, June 1, 2022, 8:00am

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BIPOC Faithful Climate Action Fellowship

Are you a young person who is Christian, Jewish, or Muslim concerned about the climate crisis? Join an interfaith collaborative in exploring how our faith traditions can support and guide our climate activism. Young Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (18-26) in the United States are invited to apply for the Faithful Climate Action Fellowship.

Deadline to Apply:

Monday, May 23, 2022, 12:00am

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Washington, DC (Remote), DC
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2022 NAAEE Conference & Research Symposium Call for Proposal Reviewers

NAAEE seeks volunteers to review proposals for the 51st Annual Conference and 19th Annual Research Symposium. Reviewers should have at least five years of experience in the field.

Deadline to Apply:

Wednesday, May 4, 2022, 5:00pm

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United States
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NAAEE 2022 Conference and Research Symposium: Call for Presentations

The NAAEE 2022 Call for Presentations is open! Join us in Tucson, Arizona for the annual Research Symposium (October 11–12) and Conference (October 12–15).

Registration Deadline:

Wednesday, May 4, 2022, 12:00am

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Talking with Green Teachers Podcast

Talking with Green Teachers features discussions with environmental educators from around the globe. In each episode, we hear the human side of EE, while discussing some of the big questions facing this diverse branch of education. This Earth Day, win gift cards to the Non-Profit Outdoor Learning Store by subscribing to our podcast!

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Media, Communications/Social Media
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Relearning Place

Join the Maine Environmental Education Association and the Southern Maine Conservation Collaborative for a gathering on May 31–June 2 at Ferry Beach Center in Saco, Maine.

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Tuesday, May 31, 2022, 12:00pm to Thursday, June 2, 2022, 5:00pm

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Earth Charter Masterclasses

On Thursday, 24 February, we will be kicking off our Masterclass series in English for this year with a class facilitated by Sam Crowell titled "New Sciences, Spirituality, and Holistic Education". We will be having one Masterclass per month for a total of 10 Masterclasses with experts from diverse fields including leadership, education, ethics spirituality, and sustainability, among others. Sign up to receive access to all 10 live Masterclasses throughout the year!

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The Jewish Lab for Sustainability's Shmita Project

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Visit the newly developed Shmita Project webpage to find resources and programming from Hazon and their partners exploring the ways that traditional teachings about shmita shed light on a significant range of contemporary issues, including rest and work, relationship to land, relationship to community, relationship to debt and debt relief, definitions of community, inequality, and the issue of consumption itself.

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Website, Media, Blogs, Multimedia
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Black Healing in Georgia: Landscapes of Past, Present, and Future

Access to nature can reduce anxiety, green schoolyards can impact students’ physical and socioemotional health, and environmental education can improve health-related quality of life. As environmental educators, we’re familiar with nature’s many gifts, including that of wellness and health. In this blog post, we’ll look specifically at how Geechee communities in Georgia supported and prioritized community health.

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Embers of Alternative Futures in Alaska

During Black History Month and beyond, we want to share the inspiration and strength of regional, place-based initiatives that address Black history in nature and relate to this year's theme, Black Health and Wellness. Charting the ways personal histories unravel the self, this collage of conversations between Black, Indigenous, and Afro-Indigenous Alaskans maps paths toward healing.

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Spirituality as a Practice of Awareness

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Thich Nhat Hanh's "Ten Love Letters to the Earth" articulate the power of the connection between spirituality and environmental education. The new eePRO group, Spirituality & EE, will allow us to explore how connecting our spiritualities with our environmental education practice can help us learn and grow as environmental educators and people as a whole.