Online Courses

20 learning hours
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Learning

Urban Environmental Education (Online Course)

Cornell University invites you to take a 4-week "Urban Environmental Education" online course (October 24–November 20, 2022). Cost: $60. Learning materials include: readings, lectures, real-life examples, and webinars. Hundreds of participants from dozens of countries will exchange their experiences. Join our global community of urban environmental educators!

Date and Time:

Monday, October 24, 2022, 9:00am to Sunday, November 20, 2022, 11:45pm

Registration Deadline:

Tuesday, October 25, 2022, 9:00pm

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Ignite Ecological and Social Change through Detroit Zoological Society and Miami University!

Project Dragonfly’s Advanced Inquiry Program master’s degree combines web-based graduate courses through Miami University with face-to-face experiential learning and field study at the Detroit Zoological Society.

Date and Time:

Friday, September 9, 2022, 12:00pm to Tuesday, February 28, 2023, 11:59pm

Registration Deadline:

Tuesday, February 28, 2023, 11:59pm

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Learning

Bayesian Statistics in Ecology (ONLINE)

Bayesian methods for analyzing data are now widely used in ecology and wildlife management. Learn how to use the Bayesian approach which gives you more flexibility in the type of models that you can fit, compared to the classical frequentist approach, as the model is typically specified in the same way that you would write it down mathematically.

Date and Time:

Tuesday, September 6, 2022, 9:00am to Friday, September 30, 2022, 11:59pm

Registration Deadline:

Monday, September 5, 2022, 11:59pm

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Learning

Introduction to Capture-Mark-Recapture (ONLINE)

This class will focus on providing a solid foundation to using specific techniques to answer a broad range of ecological and management-related questions. We emphasize asking good questions, identifying appropriate sampling methods rooted in animal behavior and ecology, and choosing the right analytical techniques.

Date and Time:

Tuesday, September 6, 2022, 9:00am to Friday, September 30, 2022, 11:59pm

Registration Deadline:

Monday, September 5, 2022, 11:59pm

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Cornell Online Course: Environmental Education Outcomes - starts Sept. 12!

The course explores pathways from educational activities to environmental behavior and action. We focus on many fascinating pathways including sense of place, nature connectedness, personal- and collective-efficacy, and identity. And we teach you to develop your own theory of change for influencing others to take environmental actions.

Date and Time:

Monday, September 12, 2022, 9:00am to Sunday, October 9, 2022, 9:00am

Registration Deadline:

Monday, September 12, 2022, 9:00am

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Faith For Earth: A Time for Action

This free, self-paced 2-hour e-learning course will examine the ways in which the Faith for Earth Initiative engages with faith actors and how this work is embedded into UNEP’s overall strategy. It will emphasise the importance of faith and secular actors working together by drawing on the particular qualities of scientifically-guided and faith-inspired action.

Organization: 
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Making Moves: Creating Conservation Movements

Learn to design an outreach and engagement plan that motivates action and change for the planet! Making Moves is an interactive, 8-week online program for conservation, climate, and sustainability practitioners looking to acquire new skills in mobilizing audiences and stakeholders. The next course dates are Sept 15–Nov 3 and enrollment is open through Sept 5.

Date and Time:

Thursday, September 15, 2022, 8:00am to Thursday, November 3, 2022, 1:30pm

Registration Deadline:

Monday, September 5, 2022, 11:59pm

Organization: 
1 learning hour
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Fall Outdoor Learning Workshops
Learning

Free Fall Outdoor Learning Workshop Series

You can now sign-up for FREE Fall Outdoor Learning Virtual Workshops! At 60 mins in length, they come jam-packed with ideas, inspiration & resources from some of the top outdoor learning organizations, educators, and experts in North America. Included in your registration is a certificate of attendance, discounts on outdoor learning resources & equipment, and plenty of prizes!

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Fundraising for Conservation Projects

Turn your ideas into reality by learning valuable skills in conservation fundraising. Fundraising for Conservation Projects is an online training programme brought to you by Conservation Careers and taught by multi-award-winning conservationist, and CEO of Elephants for Africa, Dr Kate Evans. You’ll learn how to search for, apply for and secure funding for your conservation projects, making you more employable and impactful as an aspiring or professional conservationist.

Date and Time:

Thursday, September 22, 2022, 11:30am to Friday, September 22, 2023, 11:30am

Registration Deadline:

Friday, September 16, 2022, 4:00pm

Organization: 
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Mindfulness, Sustainability & The Daily Cup of Tea

Mindfulness in the Daily Cup of Tea is a graduate-level virtual course for PreK–9th-grade teachers. Focus on establishing daily practices of SEL through nature immersion, mindfulness, somatic awareness, and practical plant literacy, including wild and cultivated tea drinking practices. Students gain focus through these regulatory practices, then dive deep into the NGSS/Common Core standards addressed through herbal and botanical experiences in the school yard and surrounding area.

Date and Time:

Monday, September 26, 2022, 6:30pm

Registration Deadline:

Friday, September 16, 2022, 5:00pm

Organization: 
20 learning hours
Background is a photo of a forest growing from pillars rising from a body of water. There's a light blue semi-transparent overlay on top of the photo with the white Cornell University logo at the top. Below the logo is white text that reads, "Urban Environmental Education 4-week online course Oct 24–Nov 20, 2022 Sign up: civicecology.org/uee"
Learning

Urban Environmental Education (Online Course)

Cornell University invites you to take a 4-week "Urban Environmental Education" online course (October 24–November 20, 2022). Cost: $60. Learning materials include: readings, lectures, real-life examples, and webinars. Hundreds of participants from dozens of countries will exchange their experiences. Join our global community of urban environmental educators!

Date and Time:

Monday, October 24, 2022, 9:00am to Sunday, November 20, 2022, 11:45pm

Registration Deadline:

Tuesday, October 25, 2022, 9:00pm

Organization: 
Learning

Ignite Ecological and Social Change through Detroit Zoological Society and Miami University!

Project Dragonfly’s Advanced Inquiry Program master’s degree combines web-based graduate courses through Miami University with face-to-face experiential learning and field study at the Detroit Zoological Society.

Date and Time:

Friday, September 9, 2022, 12:00pm to Tuesday, February 28, 2023, 11:59pm

Registration Deadline:

Tuesday, February 28, 2023, 11:59pm

Organization: 
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Learning

Bayesian Statistics in Ecology (ONLINE)

Bayesian methods for analyzing data are now widely used in ecology and wildlife management. Learn how to use the Bayesian approach which gives you more flexibility in the type of models that you can fit, compared to the classical frequentist approach, as the model is typically specified in the same way that you would write it down mathematically.

Date and Time:

Tuesday, September 6, 2022, 9:00am to Friday, September 30, 2022, 11:59pm

Registration Deadline:

Monday, September 5, 2022, 11:59pm

Organization: 
Close-up photo of a snail
Learning

Introduction to Capture-Mark-Recapture (ONLINE)

This class will focus on providing a solid foundation to using specific techniques to answer a broad range of ecological and management-related questions. We emphasize asking good questions, identifying appropriate sampling methods rooted in animal behavior and ecology, and choosing the right analytical techniques.

Date and Time:

Tuesday, September 6, 2022, 9:00am to Friday, September 30, 2022, 11:59pm

Registration Deadline:

Monday, September 5, 2022, 11:59pm

Organization: 
EEO course flyer
EEO course flyer
Learning

Cornell Online Course: Environmental Education Outcomes - starts Sept. 12!

The course explores pathways from educational activities to environmental behavior and action. We focus on many fascinating pathways including sense of place, nature connectedness, personal- and collective-efficacy, and identity. And we teach you to develop your own theory of change for influencing others to take environmental actions.

Date and Time:

Monday, September 12, 2022, 9:00am to Sunday, October 9, 2022, 9:00am

Registration Deadline:

Monday, September 12, 2022, 9:00am

Organization: 
Graphic with a white background and text that says, "making moves/Creating Conservation Movements" and an illustration showing a silhouette of a group of people celebrating with arms outstretched
Learning

Making Moves: Creating Conservation Movements

Learn to design an outreach and engagement plan that motivates action and change for the planet! Making Moves is an interactive, 8-week online program for conservation, climate, and sustainability practitioners looking to acquire new skills in mobilizing audiences and stakeholders. The next course dates are Sept 15–Nov 3 and enrollment is open through Sept 5.

Date and Time:

Thursday, September 15, 2022, 8:00am to Thursday, November 3, 2022, 1:30pm

Registration Deadline:

Monday, September 5, 2022, 11:59pm

Organization: 
Colorful dotted background with a photo of a person holding a rainbow-colored tent
Learning

Fundraising for Conservation Projects

Turn your ideas into reality by learning valuable skills in conservation fundraising. Fundraising for Conservation Projects is an online training programme brought to you by Conservation Careers and taught by multi-award-winning conservationist, and CEO of Elephants for Africa, Dr Kate Evans. You’ll learn how to search for, apply for and secure funding for your conservation projects, making you more employable and impactful as an aspiring or professional conservationist.

Date and Time:

Thursday, September 22, 2022, 11:30am to Friday, September 22, 2023, 11:30am

Registration Deadline:

Friday, September 16, 2022, 4:00pm

Organization: 
Learning

Mindfulness, Sustainability & The Daily Cup of Tea

Mindfulness in the Daily Cup of Tea is a graduate-level virtual course for PreK–9th-grade teachers. Focus on establishing daily practices of SEL through nature immersion, mindfulness, somatic awareness, and practical plant literacy, including wild and cultivated tea drinking practices. Students gain focus through these regulatory practices, then dive deep into the NGSS/Common Core standards addressed through herbal and botanical experiences in the school yard and surrounding area.

Date and Time:

Monday, September 26, 2022, 6:30pm

Registration Deadline:

Friday, September 16, 2022, 5:00pm

Organization: 
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Conservation Project Management & Design

If you want to succeed as a professional conservationist, you need project management and design skills. Join the NEW Online Training Program Conservation Project Management & Design to gain key skills in managing and designing conservation projects using the Conservation Standards – the leading approach within the sector.

Date and Time:

Wednesday, October 26, 2022, 11:30am

Registration Deadline:

Friday, October 21, 2022, 4:00pm

Organization: 
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Online Course: Global Climate Policy and Solutions

Follow the action at the United Nations Climate Change conference through an online course offered by Hamline University and Climate Generation.

Date and Time:

Monday, October 17, 2022, 11:59am to Wednesday, November 30, 2022, 11:59am

Registration Deadline:

Friday, September 30, 2022, 11:59am

Organization: 
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Learning

Faith For Earth: A Time for Action

This free, self-paced 2-hour e-learning course will examine the ways in which the Faith for Earth Initiative engages with faith actors and how this work is embedded into UNEP’s overall strategy. It will emphasise the importance of faith and secular actors working together by drawing on the particular qualities of scientifically-guided and faith-inspired action.

Organization: 
1 learning hour
Top two-thirds of graphic is a white background with illustrations on red and yellow leaves, a black outline of a bird on a branch, and six circle-framed photos of nature. The bottom of the graphic is a landscape photo of a group of people playing outside near a forest. Text is in the body of the post.
Fall Outdoor Learning Workshops
Learning

Free Fall Outdoor Learning Workshop Series

You can now sign-up for FREE Fall Outdoor Learning Virtual Workshops! At 60 mins in length, they come jam-packed with ideas, inspiration & resources from some of the top outdoor learning organizations, educators, and experts in North America. Included in your registration is a certificate of attendance, discounts on outdoor learning resources & equipment, and plenty of prizes!

Organization: 
Multi-color dotted background with the Conservation Careers logo on the upper right and a photo of a group of people holding a crocodile on the bottom left. Text is in the body of the text.
Learning

Conservation Project Management & Design

If you want to succeed as a professional conservationist, you need project management and design skills. Join the NEW Online Training Program Conservation Project Management & Design to gain key skills in managing and designing conservation projects using the Conservation Standards – the leading approach within the sector.

Date and Time:

Wednesday, October 26, 2022, 11:30am

Registration Deadline:

Friday, October 21, 2022, 4:00pm

Organization: 
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Learning & Teaching About the SDGs

The course introduces the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) – the set of globally recognized goals that aim to secure a sustainable, peaceful, prosperous, and equitable life on Earth for everyone now and in the future by 2030. Yes, the SDGs are indeed ambitious and need the participation of all of us! That is also why this course will provide teachers with specific ideas for how they can get involved and help achieve these goals through their school and the local community.

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Marine Naturalist Teachers' Program

A virtual session of The Whale Museum's Marine Naturalist program just for Teachers! This high quality program will be entirely virtual with no live components. Presentation videos will become accessible through the virtual platform Whova starting August 22 and be available for 6 months!

Date and Time:

Monday, August 22, 2022, 12:00pm

Registration Deadline:

Sunday, August 21, 2022, 8:00pm

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Communications for Conservation Projects

Moderator Endorsed: Conservation & Behavior Change

Communications for Conservation Projects is a comprehensive program of training, support and jobs from the team at Conservation Careers. It is built on a detailed analysis of what employers are looking for when hiring early-career conservationists. After completing the training you’ll confidently be able to plan and deliver effective communications activities during your career as a conservationist or environmental professional. Making you more employable, competitive and better at your job!

Date and Time:

Tuesday, August 16, 2022, 12:00am

Registration Deadline:

Friday, August 12, 2022, 12:00am

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Learning

Nature-Based Early Childhood Class and Badge

Introducing ECOPEEP a unique program beginning with a course combining early childhood education with environmental education taught by the Urban Ecology Center’s Matt Flower. By combining these two disciplines, Matt introduces you to the essential elements of Nature-based Early Childhood (NbEC) and demonstrates what makes Urban NbEC unique and effective. Online, Mondays, August 1-22.

Date and Time:

Monday, August 1, 2022, 6:30pm to Monday, August 22, 2022, 9:30pm

Registration Deadline:

Friday, July 29, 2022, 4:59pm

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Camera Trapping for Wildlife Research & Monitoring (Online)

The use of camera traps in wildlife monitoring and research has grown dramatically in recent years as camera trap technology and analytical approaches continue to develop. This course is intended to provide an overview of the use of camera traps in wildlife studies.

Date and Time:

Monday, August 1, 2022, 9:00am to Friday, August 26, 2022, 11:59pm

Registration Deadline:

Sunday, July 31, 2022, 11:59pm

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Wildlife Capture & Chemical Immobilization (Online)

This course is for students and professionals interested in learning about all aspects of capturing and immobilizing wild animals using a variety of techniques and drugs. This course is also the prerequisite for a 4-day FIELD COURSE designed to provide students a one-of-a-kind, hands-on learning experience capturing and chemically immobilizing wolves, bears, cougars, elk, and other wildlife at the Wildlife Science Center (WSC) in Stacy, MN.

Date and Time:

Monday, August 1, 2022, 9:00am to Wednesday, August 31, 2022, 12:00am

Registration Deadline:

Sunday, July 31, 2022, 12:00am

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Geospatial Modeling with QGIS and R (Online)

In this course, we will process raw point location data, estimate home ranges, and conduct habitat assessments using raster land cover data and the open-source software applications QGIS and R.

Date and Time:

Tuesday, July 5, 2022, 9:00am to Sunday, July 31, 2022, 12:00am

Registration Deadline:

Monday, July 4, 2022, 12:00am

Organization: 
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Universal Design for Learning In EE

Register by July 8! Universal Design for Learning (UDL) is a framework to guide the design of learning environments that are accessible and challenging for all. This course will encourage you to reflect deeply on your practice.

Date and Time:

Friday, July 1, 2022, 12:00pm to Friday, August 5, 2022, 5:00pm

Registration Deadline:

Friday, July 8, 2022, 12:00pm

Organization: 
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Sustainable Invention: Where have all the plastics gone?

OREGON TEACHERS ONLY: By engaging your students with the problems of plastics and the potential of alternatives they can more deeply investigate topics such as Climate Change and Environmental Justice and develop a deeper understanding of real world applications of sustainable invention to solve challenges.

Date and Time:

Monday, June 27, 2022, 5:00pm to Monday, July 11, 2022, 11:59pm

Registration Deadline:

Sunday, May 1, 2022, 11:59pm