Events

Annual Climate Change and My Community Workshops

Theme: Different every year

Dates: early to mid June

Location: University of Alaska Fairbanks Campus and nearby field sites

Application: Teams of two or three apply. Teams may include a community member, educators, Indigenous knowledge holder such as an Elder, and/or advisor to youth groups. Each person on the team must fill out an application. At least one member of the team is required to enroll in a three-credit 500-level professional development course.

Application DUE DATE: early April 

Questions: uaf-iarc-outreach@alaska.edu  

Description: Climate change influences our lives in Alaska and the changes occurring in the Arctic impact the entire planet. The Climate Change and My Community workshop is for community members, educators, knowledge holders, and/or youth advisors interested in learning more about the following:

• impacts and feedbacks of a warming Arctic; 

• braiding multiple ways of knowing and observing climate change from their Elders, from satellites, and from their own observations, 

• and making a difference on a food security and climate change issue important to their communities.  

Participants will learn how to engage youth in observing changes that relate to local needs. These may include observations in berries, fish habitat, water quality, clouds, weather, soils, permafrost, erosion, and the timing of green-up and green-down. 

You and the youth you work with will collaborate with University of Alaska Fairbanks and NASA scientists to conduct an investigation using Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment (GLOBE) citizen science protocols and inquiry learning methods and use these data, satellite data, and the knowledge of community Elders to inform a climate change stewardship or adaptation project in the place you live throughout the school year. Attending this workshop will engage you in a project called Arctic and Earth STEM integrating GLOBE and NASA (SIGNs), which is funded through NASA Award No. NNX16AC52A).

Instructors: Arctic and Earth SIGNs team

Successful applicants will receive:                         

• For those residing outside the Fairbanks North Star Borough: Travel assistance and per diem (for business portion only)

• Equipment for implementing a GLOBE investigation with your classroom, youth group, or community

• Training in GLOBE protocols and learning activities or other relevant citizen science protocols at a workshop at the University of Alaska Fairbanks campus