February 2025 Online Panels
Environmental Education & Democracy
Join us for a two-part exploration of how environmental education can empower democratic participation and decision-making for a sustainable future. These sessions are designed for educators eager to enhance democratic environmental governance, and help students and communities influence sustainability practices, policies, and institutions.
About
Democracy enables individuals and communities to influence governmental priorities and environmental governance. Today, fostering democratic principles is essential for achieving environmental and social sustainability. Environmental education can cultivate values, skills, and competencies that enable students and other community members to participate in equitable and democratic environmental governance.
Cornell University and NAAEE are organizing two online panel and discussion sessions to:
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Explore various forms of democratic participation in environmental governance that can be supported by environmental education, and
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Share practical tools that educators can use in their programs to promote civil society, participation, and democracy, which ultimately advance sustainability.
What you will learn
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Participation. Understand how participation in environmental governance supports long-term environmental and sustainability goals.
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Role of education. Discover how environmental education can enhance deliberative discussions, civic engagement, and participatory decision-making.
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Methods. Learn practical methods that environmental educators can use to involve students and communities in environmental decisions and governance.
Panelists
February 12, 2025 at 4:00pm ET:
Marit Hammond
Associate Professor,
Department of Politics and International Studies,
University of Warwick, U.K.
Jen Kretser
Director of Climate Initiatives,
The Wild Center, U.S.
Yun-Wen Chan
Assistant Professor,
Texas State University, U.S.
February 26, 2025 at 4:00pm ET:
John Dryzek
Distinguished Professor,
The Centre for Deliberative Democracy and Global Governance at the University of Canberra, Australia
Kelley Lê
Executive Director,
Grades of Green, U.S.
Nathan Spees
Global Education Coordinator, WWF, Austria
Panel facilitator:
Alex Kudryavtsev
Research Associate,
Cornell University
Register now
Reserve your spot! Registration is fee and open to all.
Acknowledgement
The expert panel is funded by the Office of Environmental Education at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency through ee360+, the environmental educator training program led by the North American Association for Environmental Education under Assistance Agreement No. NT 84019001. This expert panel has not been formally reviewed by EPA. The views expressed in this expert panel are solely those of the panelists and facilitators. EPA does not endorse any products or commercial services mentioned in this panel.