Educating for a Just Ecological Transition: Building Higher Educational Alliances in a Time of Climate Crisis
A Virtual Summit: March-May, 2021
Haverford College
The virtual summit “Educating for a Just Ecological Transition: Building Higher Educational Alliances in a Time of Climate Crisis” engages emerging responses to the climate crisis in higher education—with particular attention to the roles higher education institutions can play in building alliances with social movements, community organizations, artists, intellectuals, and informal educational structures. How can advocacy around climate justice respond to broader questions about inequalities of power? How should institutions of higher education act on their responsibilities to address the climate crisis through curricula, infrastructure, and institutional action? How can higher education institutions learn from, partner with, and provide resources for community organizations and educational programs?
Contact: Joshua Moses - jmoses@haverford.edu & Laura McGrane - lmcgrane@haverford.edu
Full schedule and RSVP at hav.to/7un
Experimental Structures for Higher Education: Learning from Alternative Models
Thursday, March 18
2:00-4:00 p.m. EST
We are living in a time of tremendous innovation in the field of higher education. This conversation brings together activists, educators, students, artists, and entrepreneurs experimenting with new institutional forms. From evolving technologies that respond creatively to changing student needs, and better harness resources in the service of social and environmental justice, to place-based initiatives, contributors offer examples and visions for what higher education might respond to our historical moment--and emerging futures.
Organized by Education Ecologies Collective. Sponsored by the Leaves of Grass Foundation, the John. B. Hurford ’60 Center for the Arts and Humanities, VCAM, and the Department of Environmental Studies at Haverford College.