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Hi, everyone.
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My name is Tracy Richie, and I'm director of Education
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for Earth Day Network.
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Today we're gonna talk about the teach in an engaging
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environmental education resource that you can use with your students
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to talk about local environmental issues and how we can
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collectively take action to address those issues.
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The first environmental teach teach in took place in 1970
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as the first Earth Day.
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It took a lot of inspiration from in the United
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States at the late sixties with the anti war and
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civil rights movement, and how we can collectively come together
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as communities talk about issues that are important to us
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and how we're going to take action to address those
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issues and make sure that they are resolved.
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The important pieces of a teacher are that it is
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a dialogue.
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It is a conversation.
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It's not just a one way transfer of information.
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Unfortunately, like I'm doing right now, a teach in really
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needs to have that collective experience of the audience talking
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about their concerns, their hope and what they want to
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see come out of that.
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The other piece of the teaching is that it has
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to have a very clear call to action.
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So everyone knows their role and what they're gonna do
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to address that issue after the teacher in itself.
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Birthday 2020.
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Obviously, our teachings have had to adjust a little bit.
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We can't have in person teachings because it just wouldn't
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be safe for our community members or for our classes.
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So we've designed a new toolkit that have helped you.
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Host of virtual teaching with your students has all the
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pieces that you need to know about how to start
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a teach in what the agenda could look like.
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What are the components that'll make it successful, and how
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do we host it in a virtual space?
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The other piece that we offer through our website are
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called grab bags.
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These individual grab bags are 1 to 2 page pieces
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of content that help you with what to talk about
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during your teach in the resource behind the data behind
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these issues and some sample calls to action.
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So these are in no way meant to be prescriptive,
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but just to give you gentle nudges and get the
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wheels turning for your ideas of what you could talk
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about during your teaching with your students.
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So for early 2020 we hope you consider hosting a
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virtual teaching with your students Are men around Earth Day?
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The great thing about a teaching is it could take
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place at any time during the year.
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If you do host a teacher and we hope you'll
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registered on our website to let you know what you're
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doing, uh, give us your feedback on one or your
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sample calls to action.
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What are you and your students gonna do to address
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environmental issues in your community?
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Thank you so much for considering environmental teaching for Earth
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Day 2020.
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Please let us know on social media with these hashtags
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what you're up to.
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You can use Prezi and zoom for other platforms to
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host your teach in.
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And we're excited to see what you come up with.
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Thank you so much.