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Cities Engaging Youth as Nature Advocates Webinar

Monday, September 23, 2019
2:00 PM to 3:00 PM (Central Time)

Join us for this free webinar that will explore good practices and lessons learned from engaging youth in service, facilitation of local nature experiences, and as role models and nature advocates. The webinar will highlight the recently released City-Corps Partnership resource, a Cities Connecting Children to Nature case study, and insights from The Corps Network that illustrate ways that cities and corps cultivate future stewards and pathways for employment while increasing equity in nature access. Mon, September 23, 2:00 - 3:00 PM CT.

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Cities Enhancing Public Spaces with Nature Play Webinar

Thursday, October 24, 2019
2:00 PM to 3:00 PM (Central Time)

Cities Enhancing Public Spaces with Nature Play Webinar

Cities are installing nature play spaces to foster outdoor learning and play, improve children’s health and wellness, activate parks, and promote everyday connection to nature. Join us for a discussion on nature play features and the benefits they provide and how two cities prioritized and navigated installation of nature play elements. City case studies provide an insider perspective on engaging youth and residents in co-designing nature play spaces, multi-agency collaboration, accounting for risk & liability, and opportunities to replicate nature play spaces throughout their cities. Nature play space form meets function in this free Enhancing Public Spaces with Nature Play Webinar.

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Public Libraries as Nature Connectors Webinar

Wednesday, August 28, 2019
12:00 PM to 1:00 PM (Central Time)

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Making the Case: Community Engagement for Equitable Access to Nature

Monday, June 24, 2019
11:00 AM to 12:00 PM (Central Time)

Nature benefits the wellbeing of children and families, possibly more dramatically for those most at risk for poorer outcomes. But it is exactly these children and families who have the least access to quality nature. What would it look like if green spaces and nature-based programs were truly responsive to the needs of the diverse populations they serve? Engaging community residents—adult and child alike—through deep and genuine participatory approaches is key to creation of truly equitable access to nature. Explore these effective engagement practices with Louise Chawla (Professor Emerita, University of Colorado Boulder), Meg Kelly (Healthy Schools Campaign, Space to Grow Director), and Sonya Sankaran (City of Madison).

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Making the Case for Affirming Children’s Voices in Early Childhood Nature-Based Initiatives

Wednesday, March 13, 2019
11:30 AM to 12:30 PM (Central Time)

Young children have the right to a say in matters of relevance to them. And, research is showing that they are capable of exercising this right, given developmentally appropriate opportunities. Exciting new approaches to lifting children’s voices in both research approaches and educational practice provide expressions of this fundamental right. The Children & Nature Network is collaborating with Natural Start Alliance (a project of the North American Association of Environmental Education) to facilitate this webinar about evidence- and practice-based information to make the case for affirming the voices, experiences and cultural ways of knowing of our youngest participants in nature-based education. Presenters: Dr. Carie Green is an Associate Professor in the School of Education, Graduate Programs, at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. Her research focuses on participatory methods for engaging young children as active researchers of culture and change. Natalie Lucas is Manager an

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Taking Action: Advancing the Health Benefits of Nature Across Disciplines

Wednesday, December 12, 2018
1:30 PM to 2:00 PM (Eastern Time)

How can our collective work improve the health and wellbeing of children, families and communities?

The Children & Nature Network invites you to learn about a new Health & Nature Action Agenda, developed in collaboration with health leaders from across the U.S. We'll share outcomes of a listening tour from the frontline of the health & nature movement -- and discuss how we can work together to advance nature as both a health care prevention and intervention strategy. Don't miss this opportunity to learn how you can get involved in the health & nature movement!

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Making the Case for Long-Term Investment in the Development of Diverse Young Leaders

Wednesday, October 17, 2018
11:00 AM to 12:00 PM (Central Time)

As we seek to enhance the breadth of experience and cultural backgrounds of those in the children and nature movement, it is imperative that we develop the leadership capacity of diverse young people to serve, work in, and lead this movement. Why would it be valuable to make a long-term investment in training and leadership development of diverse young leaders? What strategies are being used to invest in their sustained leadership development? Is there evidence to support those approaches? What are the experiences of young leaders involved in these programs? How might the experiences of leadership development practitioners and young leaders inform research on leadership developmental pathways? Join members of C&NN’s Research and Natural Leaders initiatives and our young leader guests in a conversation about making the case for investment in sustained leadership development for diverse young leaders. We look forward to hearing your thoughts and strategies.

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