Call for Proposals: An Existential Toolkit for Climate Educators Workshop, 3-5 July 2020, Munich
14 October 2019
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From 3th to 5th July 2020 the Climate Educators Workshop is held at the Rachel Carson Center for Environment and Society at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich. Proposals are due to 18th November 2019.
As feelings of environmental grief, nihilism, eco-depression and climate anxiety become more common within the Climate Generation (including current collegeaged students), educators across disciplines need the knowledge and resources to help those students deal with these emotional impacts. Many educators in the environmental sciences and studies (ESS), however, persist in communicating the scale and urgency of our unfolding crisis without adequately addressing its affective consequences on students’ ability to learn, much less address and adapt to climate change. Our challenge today is to ensure that students have the emotional resilience and existential tenacity to stay engaged in climate solutions for the long haul.
How can educators, activists, and community leaders help students navigate the emotional impacts of ecological degradation and social injustice in the age of climate disruption?
The international and interdisciplinary workshop, which is held from the 3th until the 5th July 2020 at the Rachel Carson Center for Environment and Society from the Ludwig-Maximilian-University of Munich, seeks materials and presentations that will address the preceding question. Proposals for scholarly papers, teaching or educational materials, or descriptions of other kinds of student-oriented projects that relate to this topic and showcase the participants’ unique contributions are due 18th November 2019.
More information can be found online here or here as PDF-Download.
