eeINSPIRE Webinar: Climate Emotions in Education

Education about climate change and environmental problems can elicit feelings of anxiety, grief, anger, and hopelessness in students. How do we educate students about pressing environmental problems—including intersections with social justice issues—in a way that avoids traumatizing students, and instead facilitates emotional resilience and empowers them to take action?

Event Link: https://naaee.org/eepro/learning/webinars/eeinspire-webinar-climate-emotions

This webinar will provide:

• A greater understanding of the importance of attending to emotions when teaching about climate change/environmental problems in educational settings
• Insights, tools, and approaches for preventing traumatizing young people in the classroom and instead empowering them to act
• An overview of existing resources/tools for supporting climate emotions in education
• A better understanding of how to effectively support diverse groups, and
• How to teach about the intersection of climate change and social justice issues (climate justice)

All eeWEBINARS are live captioned.