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SUMMARY:Lessons from Cities Around the World: Sustainability and Resilience through Green Schoolyards
DESCRIPTION:Cities across the globe are experiencing an urgent need to mitigate and adapt to climate change. As city officials everywhere grapple with ways to emphasize sustainability and resiliency goals\, many are turning to nature-based solutions. These solutions can happen right where children are every day: in schools. There is growing momentum to transform school grounds into nature-filled spaces for learning and play\, and to enhance sustainable practices\, and climate resilience while improving health and education outcomes – especially for children most impacted by systems of inequity and environmental injustice. Join us to hear municipal leaders from across the globe gather to discuss lessons learned\, promising practices\, how greening schoolyards helps achieve multiple city goals\, and to have your questions answered. \nThis webinar is conducted by the Cities Connecting Children to Nature initiative\, a partnership between the National League of Cities and Children & Nature Network. Moderated by NLC CEO Clarence E. Anthony\, the event will feature leaders from Jundiaí\, Brazil and Antwerp\, Belgium plus leaders from CCCN cities in the US.
URL:https://www.childrenandnature.org/event/lessons-from-cities-around-the-world-sustainability-and-resilience-through-green-schoolyards/
LOCATION:Online Event
CATEGORIES:Webinar
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SUMMARY:Introduction to Nature Everywhere (Recording)
DESCRIPTION:The “Introduction to Nature Everywhere” virtual information session offers participants an overview of the Nature Everywhere vision to advance equitable access to nature in 100 communities by 2025. This information session will feature a conversation highlighting lessons learned from Cities Connecting Children to Nature (CCCN) – a joint initiative of the Children & Nature Network and the National League of Cities – about what it takes to achieve and scale transformational change. The session will also provide information about the Nature Everywhere application process and upcoming 2023 Vision Labs.\n \nModerated by Christian Alvarado\, Peer Learning Manager at the Children & Nature Network\, this event will feature a conversation between Monica Lopez Magee from the Children & Nature Network and Andrew Moore from the National League of Cities. \nWatch the recording of the “Designing Community Strategies and Building Cross-Sector Teams” virtual info session. This session features successful communities and their strategies for creating equitable access to nature and building diverse teams for effective systems change.
URL:https://www.childrenandnature.org/event/introduction-to-nature-everywhere/
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CATEGORIES:Webinar
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SUMMARY:Vitamin N with Richard Louv (Recording)
DESCRIPTION:Join us July 10th at 1 pm CST for a conversation with author and Children & Nature Network co-founder\, Richard Louv. \nAbout this event\nJoin author and Children & Nature Network co-founder Richard Louv in discussing what he learned about creating a nature-filled life while writing his books\, including “Vitamin N: The Essential Guide to a Nature-Rich Life: 500 Ways to Enrich Your Family’s Health & Happiness\,” and get inspired to complete your own #VitaminNChallenge\, made possible by Nature’s Way.  \n“Vitamin N” is a one-of-a-kind\, comprehensive\, and practical guidebook for the whole family and the wider community\, including tips not only for parents eager to share nature with their kids but also for those seeking nature-smart schools\, medical professionals\, and even careers. It is a dose of pure inspiration\, reminding us that looking up at the stars or taking a walk in the woods is as exhilarating as it is essential\, at any age. \nAttend this event with Richard Louv for your dose of Vitamin N. It is a complete prescription for connecting with the power and joy of the natural world right now! He’ll also talk about actions he has learned about since the publication of “Vitamin N” — and a few from the book he is working on right now. \nThis inspiring discussion will be followed by audience Q&A.
URL:https://www.childrenandnature.org/event/vitamin-n-with-richard-louv/
LOCATION:Online Event
CATEGORIES:Webinar
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SUMMARY:Family Time in Nature (Recording)
DESCRIPTION:Spending family time in nature sounds simple\, but is it? Unfortunately many families experience barriers when it comes to spending quality time outdoors. In this workshop we will discuss some of those obstacles\, real and perceived – including lack of time\, systemic racism\, gear and less than enthusiastic children\, as well solutions to these challenges. We will also answer the age-old question\,“‘What do I do with my family once we get outside?” \nYou’ll hear from: \n\nDenice Rochelle Denice is Founder and Director of The Bronze Chapter\, a nonprofit organization that creates community at the intersection of identity and the outdoors. The Bronze Chapter re-connects Black\, Indigenous and other people of color to the natural world through outdoor skill-sharing and recreation. \nHeather Kuhlken Heather is Founder and Executive Director of Families in Nature. The vision of Families in Nature is to inspire ALL families to fall in love with nature and foster the next generation of conservationists. They strive to engage families of all backgrounds with children of all ages.\n\nFamily Time in Nature is part of our Families Together in Nature program\, a series of events and resources to help parents and caregivers get out in nature! Our aim is to remove barriers\, offer inspiration and create community. If you haven’t seen it yet\, check out Self-Care in Nature\, the first event of the series.  \nStay tuned for our next event in early September: Back to School With Nature – Social Emotional Learning & Academic Outcomes. We will discuss how time in nature helps with improving academic outcomes and how to integrate nature into the curriculum and learning environment. \nJoin the Families Together in Nature group on The Trailhead\, our free online community. It’s the place to share resources\, ideas\, questions\, insights – and to cheer each other on!
URL:https://www.childrenandnature.org/event/family-time-in-nature/
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CATEGORIES:Webinar
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SUMMARY:Building - and Rebuilding - a Movement (Recording)
DESCRIPTION:What does building a movement mean and\, once the momentum is there\, how do we evolve and respond to meet changing needs? This conversation brings together Marlow Baines\, Youth Director for Earth Guardians\, and Richard Carlbom\, co-founder and partner of United Strategies\, to share their successes and challenges\, and discuss what it takes to sustain meaningful change. \nUnder Marlow’s direction\, Earth Guardians — an NGO working to empower youth leaders at the intersection of environmental and climate justice — was able to dismantle and rebuild its infrastructure to solidify youth-centered leadership. Through Marlow’s efforts to elevate the voices of her peers and after a long\, coordinated effort of the Earth Guardians Youth Council to engage in anti-racism work\, the organization took a giant leap forward in 2021\, evolving from a U.S. based nonprofit organization to a truly global NGO. As Youth Director\, Marlow helped implement the vision of the Earth Guardians Youth Council and redefine the role of youth leadership within the organization. She currently leads the Choose Action Now campaign\, empowering youth leaders ages 15-30 to take action in their local communities. \nRichard served as the Campaign Manager of Minnesotans United for All Families\, the official ‘Vote No’ campaign that helped Minnesota become the first state in the nation to defeat a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage. The $13 million effort proved to be the largest grassroots campaign in Minnesota history. After successfully securing the Freedom to Marry in Minnesota\, Richard served as the Director of State Campaigns for the national Freedom to Marry campaign. Overseeing a 34 state public engagement and education strategy\, Richard traveled to 28 states to provide support to local leaders trying to secure marriage equality. Richard brought his first-hand knowledge of research and strategy to the table\, paired with his work to help pioneer long-form conversation-based campaigns that changed the hearts and minds of individuals when it came to their support for marriage equality. \nThis inspiring discussion will be followed by audience Q&A. \nOur Fall Inside-Out Leadership series hosts conversations between people with similar experiences working to address similar problems\, but in different spaces or with different approaches. Our aim is to make these conversations interdisciplinary\, intergenerational and perhaps a bit unexpected\, connecting leaders who might not otherwise be connected to share their points of view and demonstrate commonalities. Visit our events page to learn about other upcoming events!
URL:https://www.childrenandnature.org/event/building-and-rebuilding-a-movement/
LOCATION:Online Event
CATEGORIES:Events,Inside Out Leadership Series,Webinar
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SUMMARY:Nature's Power in Healing Trauma (Recording)
DESCRIPTION:How can nature and outdoor access support healing? With today’s youth facing a growing mental health crisis\, this conversation will focus on how nature-based activities and therapies can support children and young people’s well-being and help them recover from trauma. We will hear from Dr. Hanaa Hamdi and Kimiko Russell-Halterman who are both working in different spaces connected to this topic. \nDr. Hamdi has more than two decades of experience in public health administration\, research and community development practice. She is committed to advancing health equity across underserved populations through comprehensive and holistic approaches —including integrating nature everywhere people live\, learn\, pray and play. Dr. Hamdi serves on the Children & Nature Network board of directors. \nKimiko Russell-Halterman is the Environmental Educator for Brown Girl Surf\, who works to build a more diverse\, environmentally reverent\, and joyful women’s\, girl’s\, and gender expansive surf culture by increasing access to surfing\, cultivating community\, amplifying the voices of surfers of color\, and taking care of the earth. She is also currently pursuing graduate studies focusing on equity and justice in environmental & outdoor education. Kimiko attended UCSB\, where she studied Environmental Science and Education\, fell in love with teaching\, learned to surf and spent as much time as possible playing in the sea. \nThis inspiring discussion will be followed by audience Q&A. \nOur Fall Inside-Out Leadership series hosts conversations between people with similar experiences working to address similar problems\, but in different spaces or with different approaches. Our aim is to make these conversations interdisciplinary\, intergenerational and perhaps a bit unexpected\, connecting leaders who might not otherwise be connected to share their points of view and demonstrate commonalities. Visit our events page to learn about other upcoming events!
URL:https://www.childrenandnature.org/event/natures-power-in-healing-trauma/
LOCATION:Online Event
CATEGORIES:Events,Inside Out Leadership Series,Webinar
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SUMMARY:Connecting Children to Nature and Sustainability and Resilience Initiatives
DESCRIPTION:  \nTowns and cities have an opportunity to reprioritize resources to foster children’s connection to nature connections while meeting sustainability and resilience goals. \nMore than ever\, our towns and cities are at the front line of the climate crisis facing growing risks from extreme heat\, sea level rise\, and flooding from storms and excessive rainfall. In response\, local governments are taking important steps to become more resilient through sustainability measures that lower their emissions as well as through investments in green infrastructure and nature-based solutions to reduce risk\, with increased support from state and federal loans and grants. As towns and cities begin to reprioritize their budgets towards sustainability and resilience\, the projects that result from these investments present invaluable opportunities to foster children-nature connections. Children with regular access to nature gain multiple forms of support for healthy development through active outdoor play and learning to redress the “nature deficit disorder” that has resulted from too much childhood time spent inside. \nCities Connecting Children to Nature initiative (CCCN) and Regional Plan Association (RPA) recently conducted a review of local and state resilience and sustainability plans and interviewed municipal officials and stakeholders throughout the New York metropolitan region to determine effective ways to bridge goals of resilience\, sustainability\, and children-nature connections. \nPlanning\, sustainability\, resilience\, and other municipal professionals in the tri-state area are invited to hear from city leaders who have been integrating children’s nature connection into their sustainability and resilience planning and a discussion of how you can make similar connections in your community. \nNOTE: This event is targeted toward municipal professionals in the tri-state area (New York\, New Jersey and Connecticut).
URL:https://www.childrenandnature.org/event/connecting-children-to-nature-and-sustainability-and-resilience-initiatives/
LOCATION:Online Event
CATEGORIES:Webinar
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SUMMARY:Vitamin N - A Conversation With Richard Louv (Recording)
DESCRIPTION:Join us July 19 at 1 pm CST for a conversation with author and Children & Nature Network co-founder\, Richard Louv. \n\n\nAbout this event\n\n\n\n\nRichard will share what he learned about creating a nature-filled life while writing his book\, “Vitamin N”\, and share some tips for completing the #VitaminN2022 Challenge! \n\nLearn more about the challenge at: childrenandnature.org/resources/vitaminn/.
URL:https://www.childrenandnature.org/event/vitamin-n-a-conversation-with-richard-louv/
LOCATION:Online Networking
CATEGORIES:Events,Webinar
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SUMMARY:Webinar: Integrating Youth Development and Nature Can Help Youth in Reach Their Full Potential
DESCRIPTION:Integrating youth development programs and nature experiences amplifies the benefits of each and produces new opportunities for youth to reach their full potential. Join Search Institute\, C&NN and community-based leaders from Grand Rapids\, MN and Atlanta\, GA to explore “what works” in supporting young people’s growth and development and to consider learning that might be useful to enhance programs and practice. The webinar will include research findings and grounding from a year-long ground truthing with community-based organizations.
URL:https://www.childrenandnature.org/event/webinar-integrating-youth-development-and-nature-can-help-youth-in-reach-their-full-potential/
LOCATION:Online Networking
CATEGORIES:Webinar
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