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. 

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. 

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