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> Begin forwarded message: > > From: Mary Fischer <mfisc...@brandeis.edu> > Subject: Coping with Climate Anxiety in the Classroom and for Yourself: a > Workshop > Date: May 20, 2020 at 4:48:38 PM EDT > To: climatechangeinitiative <climatechangeinitiat...@lists.brandeis.edu> > > Coping with Climate Anxiety in the Classroom and for Yourself: a Workshop for > College & University Faculty > > May 21 @ 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm EDT and June 11 @ 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm EDT > This event takes place online. > > The Worry & Hope study at the University of Hawaii revealed a pervasive > emotional climate of fear, anger, sadness, shame and hope about climate > change. College faculty already knew this, and are, themselves, feeling > anxiety, grief, and additional stress that accompanies a sense of urgency and > responsibility to teach and engage with students about climate change across > all academic subject areas. > > This two hour online workshop is for faculty to address their own emotions so > that we can create and hold space in our classrooms for students to integrate > and process hard realities about climate change impacts. If not here, where? > If not us, who? A short overview of research on climate change education and > pedagogies will be followed by experiential workshop going through 4 > activities that you can then use in your classroom. The activities are based > on recent research as well as ecotherapy, ecopsychology, and the Active Hope > work of Joanna Macy. > > Krista Hiser is the Director of the University of Hawaii System Center for > Sustainability Across the Curriculum (an AASHE Regional Center). She is also > a longtime Professor of writing and teaches climate change communication, > project-based sustainability capstone, and climate fiction. > > Register today <https://forms.gle/NNCVcsGtbmsagnbp7>! Deadline is May 20. > Contact Krista Hiser <mailto:hi...@hawaii.edu> with questions. > > University of Hawaiʻi is one of the regional AASHE Centers for Sustainability > Across the Curriculum > <https://www.aashe.org/partners/centers-for-sustainability-across-the-curriculum/>. > Centers host workshops and other professional development opportunities > throughout the year. If you aren’t able to attend this event, please consider > attending one of the other upcoming events organized by a Center > <https://www.aashe.org/calendar/list/?tribe-bar-search=Centers+for+Sustainability+Across+the+Curriculum&undefined=Select+an+Item>. > > This event is also being offered on June 11 > <https://www.aashe.org/calendar/coping-climate-anxiety-june-2020/>. > > Register for the May 21 workshop <https://forms.gle/NNCVcsGtbmsagnbp7> > Register for the June 11 workshop > <https://www.aashe.org/calendar/coping-climate-anxiety-june-2020/> > Mary Fischer > Manager > Office of Sustainability > Brandeis University > 781-736-8744 > mfisc...@brandeis.edu <mailto:mfisc...@brandeis.edu> > > <http://brandeis.edu/sustainability> > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "gep-ed" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to gep-ed+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/gep-ed/F95A3E56-8486-4D89-93B6-6DA90687CEE7%40gep-guide.net.
