UPCOMING EVENTS
Teens: En-ROADS Youth Climate Action Summit
Saturday, March 2, 2024 from 1-4 pm
Environmental Education Fund (EEF) invites high school students to participate in a fun role-playing workshop as members of six teams of global stakeholders to determine an action and policy path to address climate change.
Students will work in teams using En-ROADS, the free, interactive simulator from the MIT Sloan School and partners. The goal of the workshop is to keep global temperatures as low as possible by the year 2100. "What if" scenarios will be explored to plan effective and equitable actions using a mix of communication, negotiation, innovation strategies.
The sessions were designed by, and will be led by chemistry, biology and environmental science teachers Randy Weintraub and Steven Brownstein, from the Princeton International School of Mathematics and Science. This is an opportunity for students from different NJ schools to meet and work together.
To participate, students should register at: princetonlibrary.libnet.info/event/10126084
Refreshments will be served. Parents are invited to join the event for the final group presentations beginning at 3:15 p.m.
Co-hosted with the Princeton Public Library and the Princeton Regional International School of Science and Math.
EEF will provide certificates of attendance for attendees.
Date: Saturday, March 2, 2024 from 1-4 pm
Location: Princeton Public Library, 65 Witherspoon St, Princeton, NJ 08542
Registration Link and More Information: https://princetonlibrary.libnet.info/event/10126084
A Princeton library card is not required to register.
Students will work in teams using En-ROADS, the free, interactive simulator from the MIT Sloan School and partners. The goal of the workshop is to keep global temperatures as low as possible by the year 2100. "What if" scenarios will be explored to plan effective and equitable actions using a mix of communication, negotiation, innovation strategies.
The sessions were designed by, and will be led by chemistry, biology and environmental science teachers Randy Weintraub and Steven Brownstein, from the Princeton International School of Mathematics and Science. This is an opportunity for students from different NJ schools to meet and work together.
To participate, students should register at: princetonlibrary.libnet.info/event/10126084
Refreshments will be served. Parents are invited to join the event for the final group presentations beginning at 3:15 p.m.
Co-hosted with the Princeton Public Library and the Princeton Regional International School of Science and Math.
EEF will provide certificates of attendance for attendees.
Date: Saturday, March 2, 2024 from 1-4 pm
Location: Princeton Public Library, 65 Witherspoon St, Princeton, NJ 08542
Registration Link and More Information: https://princetonlibrary.libnet.info/event/10126084
A Princeton library card is not required to register.
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Greetings!
Invitation: Please join ANJEE, the Environmental Education Fund (EEF) and additional co-hosts (listed below) for a screening and a conversation for the new documentary, The Condor and the Eagle (watch anytime during April 17-19, by donation). Then, join us on Monday, April 19, at 1:40 pm ET (NYC) for a discussion about how the sustainability movement can promote harmony with nature.
This film and panel discussion will introduce you to the Indigenous heroes who are fighting tar sands development, fracking, oil pipelines, and petrochemical plants. The environmental destruction of fossil fuel extraction is only possible because of the invisibility of the people who suffer most. The Condor and the Eagle shows how Indigenous communities are claiming their power and fighting back. The film focuses on four Indigenous women who are leaders in this movement.
As allies in this fight, we have so much to learn from the stories of Native environmentalists, as the world responds to climate change and environmental injustice.
Donations: There is a sliding scale suggested donation in lieu of an admission fee, where all proceeds go to support indigenous people and those who work to amplify their work. By joining this screening, you will support:
- The Turtle Clan of the Ramapough-Lenape Nation, who are seeking assistance in creating a sustenance farm, which will also encompass education about tribal ancestor practices. (More info).
- The film's "No More Sacrificed Communities" Impact Campaign.
PLEASE REGISTER TO ATTEND AND MAKE A DONATION ACCORDING TO YOUR FINANCIAL CONTEXT.
Event Website: https://event.webinarjam.com/register/188/k6yx6hq8
PayPal link: http://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=J6LFN38FXVKQ6
Eventbrite Link: Panel Discussion on Monday, April 19, 1:40 pm ET https://www.eventbrite.com/e/panel-how-the-sustainability-movement-can-promote-harmony-with-nature-tickets-148064867003
The Panel discussion will focus on the following topics:
- The “Rights of Nature.”
- The movement to incorporate Rights of Nature into the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
- How Colleges and other organizations can recognize the Rights of Nature and the related Earth Charter concept that all beings are interdependent and every form of life has value regardless of its worth to human beings.
- How college can partner with Indigenous Nature Defenders to advance sustainability.
Eventbrite Link: Panel Discussion on Monday, April 19, 1:40 pm ET.
Looking forward to your participation!
The Panelists
Lindsey Kayman, (Moderator) is the Director of Environmental Health and Safety at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, and Chair of the College's Sustainability Council. She is also President of Environmental Education Fund (EEF), a 501c3 non-profit that helps colleges and other organizations hold environmental film festivals and creative environmental literacy events.
Vincent Mann, Chief, Turtle Clan of the Ramapough Lanape Nation, which encompasses parts of New Jersey and New York. Since 2008, Chief Mann has tirelessly worked to help his community survive and fight back in light of the Ford Motor Company’s toxic dumping on the Ringwood Mines superfund site. He is also currently co-creating the United Lunaapeewak to restore Lunaape culture and provide educational opportunities across the region. Chief Mann is a Trustee of the Highlands Coalition and a former member of the Ringwood Mines superfund site’s Citizen Advisory Group (CAG). He recently co-founded the Munsee Three Sisters Medicinal Farm with Michaeline Picarro to create local jobs, but more importantly to bring back food sovereignty to his Clan. He works with many universities on projects related to his people, including the NYU and Ramapo College Environmental Science programs, the Price Institute at Rutgers Newark, and Design program at Rutgers New Brunswick. The Russ Berry Foundations awarded Chief Mann their highest honor for being an Unsung Hero for his efforts, even though he maintains that the true Unsung Heros are the citizens of the Turtle Clan. Chief Mann regularly lectures on environmental justice and the importance of indigenous knowledge. Chief Mann gives land acknowledgments across New Jersey and New York in honor of his ancestors and offers up prayers for humanity and for our natural world.
Casey Camp-Horinek, a tribal Councilwoman of the Ponca Tribe of Oklahoma and Hereditary Drumkeeper of its Womens’ Scalp Dance Society. She is also an Emmy award winning actress, author, and an internationally renowned, longtime Native and Human Rights and Environmental Justice activist. Casey led efforts for the Ponca tribe to adopt a Rights of Nature Statute and pass a moratorium on fracking on its territory, and has traveled and spoken around the world.
Craig Kauffman, is an Associate Professor of Political Science and Environmental Studies at the University of Oregon and is a member of the United Nations group, Harmony with Nature, which seeks to incorporate the Rights of Nature into the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
Erica Cowper, is an undergraduate at Drew University majoring in Biology. She is a Board Member of the Drew Environmental Action League (DEAL) and is working on creative ideas to promote preservation of nature and support for indigenous nature defenders at the college. Erica is the Co-Chair of Youth Outreach for the North Jersey Sierra Group and also an intern at Environmental Education Fund.Hosts
Environmental Education Fund
John Jay College Environmental Justice Program
John Jay College International Criminal Justice MA Program
John Jay College Sustainability Council
John Jay College Environmental Club
Encompass New Opera Theatre
New Jersey Environmental Lobby
Citizens Climate Lobby Metro NYC Chapter
Drew University Environmental Action League (DEAL)
Mothers for Sustainable Energy
UN Harmony with Nature Programme
The New York Grail,
Alliance for NJ Environmental Education (ANJEE)
Climate Mama
Cover Image artwork by Justice Maltese