The Assembly for Expanded Perspectives on Learning (AEPL) invites you to the final workshop of its spring series next Friday, April 17, 3-4pm Eastern: Multimodal Climate Literacy in the Classroom (further details below). The event is offered free of charge and will take place on Zoom. Click here to register (or paste this link in your browser: https://forms.gle/Ask4HTMMJgo1r1PH9). Registered participants will receive a Zoom link 1-2 days before the workshop.
Friday, April 17, 3-4pm Eastern
Multimodal Climate Literacy in the Classroom
Led by Nick Kleese and Jasmine Kar Tang, University of Minnesota
This workshop features an activity called River of Life that is adapted from an exercise developed by Joyce Mercer and used by organizations around the world. River of Life enables an application of climate literacy in classrooms across disciplines. This gathering will deepen our understanding of climate literacy as a critical eco-civics as we reflect on our own relationships to the climate crisis.
Bring markers, pens, paper, and other materials to make visual art… and be ready to draw! Experience with drawing or writing is neither required nor expected.
Facilitator Bios
Nick Kleese (he/him/his) serves as Associate Director of Community Engagement at the Center for Climate Literacy at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, where he also teaches courses on children’s and young adult literature. He is currently the managing editor of Climate Literacy in Education.
Jasmine Kar Tang (she/her/hers) is interested in how Asian American and Women of Color feminisms meet administrative practice, consulting pedagogies, and group facilitation. Her publications include essays in Praxis and Writing Center Journal, and she is co-editor of a forthcoming collection on supervisory practice in writing centers.