Presenters
Annitra Peck and Emily Hie
Description
This field-based workshop will focus on equitable solutions currently being implemented for the health of Whatcom County watersheds. The Teaching for the Climate Collaborative will guide participants through classroom-ready STEM activities that connect students to the outdoors and illustrate how climate change is affecting different stakeholders and ecosystems. Tribal partners will share their expertise and a variety of take-home resources will set teachers up to integrate workshop learning with the Since Time Immemorial Curriculum.
Details
- Participants will be sent a survey before the course to confirm registration, gather additional information, and secure a spot.
- Stipend: $100
- Funding is provided by the Washington State Legislature through the ClimeTime proviso.
- 4 Clock Hours
Agenda
8:50 Teachers arrive and sign in
9:00 – 9:15 Opening/Housekeeping/Intros/Why Hope and Resiliency
- Land acknowledgement – Cambry
9:15 – 9:25 Who are You/Who is in the room – Quick get to know you
9:25 – 9:35 Why are salmon important?
- Culture, Economy, Environment
9:35 – 9:40 Taking students outside 101 – Chris
9:40 – 10:25 Activity – Tree Communities lesson by Common Threads
10:25 – 10:35 Break
10:35 – 11:00 Indigenous Story – connection to salmon/water?
11:00 – 11:20 Introduce the problem – Threatened species/habitat loss
- Development/land changes, human impacts, climate change
- Small table brainstorm with before and after photos
11:20 – 11:50 Working Lunch (2 focus topic rooms available)
11:50 – 12:35 Activity: Catch Me If You can by NSEA
12:35 – 12:45 Identify Solutions
- Restoration
- Co-management structure/tribes/align work with regional priorities
- Shared goals/community based approach
- Increased natural buffer/water storage/climate adaptation
12:45 – 1:00 Wrap up – surveys, gratitude
Location
Nooksack Salmon Enhancement Association
3057 E Bakerview Rd. Bellingham WA 98226
Dates
Sat, October 26, 2024 – Sat, February 8, 2025
Contacts
Dianne Szerlong
360-299-4050
dszerlong@nwesd.org