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May 2020
ChangeScale Lunchtime Conversation Part 2: COVID-19 and Environmental Literacy in the San Francisco and Monterey Bay Area
Please join ChangeScale for a second lunchtime conversation about the impact of COVID-19 on environmental learning organizations in our region. We’ll build on the conversations from our last gathering (if you missed the first one you can still join in!), share strategies and resources, and discuss ways in which we can support one another during this time. Register here. Details: Upon registration, you will receive a Zoom conference link.
August 2020
ChangeScale Lunchtime Coversation
Please join ChangeScale for a lunchtime conversation to explore the future of our partnership. During this conversation, we will share information gathered through the initial stages of our strategy planning process. You will have the opportunity to share your thoughts about the ways in which ChangeScale can best serve our community now and into the future. Your input will inform the future strategic direction of ChangeScale. The session will be facilitated by Youth Outside. When: Monday, May 18, 12:00 PM…
October 2020
ChangeScale Lunchtime Conversation
Please join ChangeScale for a lunchtime conversation to explore the future of our partnership. Over the last several months we have been actively developing a new strategic direction in partnership with the communities we serve. During the conversation on October 19, we will share information gathered through our strategy planning process. At this meeting, you will have the opportunity to weigh in on our emerging direction and share your thoughts about the ways in which ChangeScale can best serve our…
October 2021
Radical Healing in Nature – Healing Hikes As Trailheads To Our Capacity to Engage in Collective Healing
Join ChangeScale and colleagues from around the Bay Area for this free virtual convening. Transformational Coach and Organizational Consultant, Raynelle Rino introduces to us her “Radical Nature Framework” by sharing stories of the profound impacts of her curated healing hikes and the power of nature-based consulting in leadership development. Her multidimensional approach to leadership development will guide us through some compelling processes that urge us to think about what healing centered programs can look like, especially for land-based and stewardship…
March 2022
An Afternoon with Vincent Medina and Louis Trevino
Please join us for an engaging presentation, tasting and discussion with Vincent Medina and Louis Trevino, co-founders of mak-‘amham and Cafe Ohlone in the UC Berkeley Botanical Garden Redwood Grove. mak-‘amham is an Ohlone cultural institution empowering their community with tradition—and teaching the public, through taste, of our unbroken roots. Cafe Ohlone, the only Ohlone restaurant in the world, provides a physical space for Ohlone people to be represented in the culinary world and educates the public, over Ohlone cuisine, in a…
April 2022
Funding Environmental Education
Please join ChangeScale for a discussion exploring funding the environmental education field on Wednesday April 27, 2:00-3:30pm. Katherine Toy, Deputy Secretary for Access for the California Natural Resources Agency will share her work stewarding the Agency’s efforts to expand equitable access to parks and public lands. She will share her learning about emerging challenges and opportunities and discuss the Agency’s priorities and how this is influencing future funding opportunities. Katherine will be joined by Rena Payan, Director of Grantmaking for Justice Outside. Rena is focused on finding organizations that center equity and justice…
August 2022
ChangeScale Convening at The Presidio Tunnel Tops
ChangeScale invites you to connect with environmental educators from across the Bay Area at the newly opened Presidio Tunnel Tops. Kick off the school year at this free event featuring food, networking and a special look at the Bay Area’s newest parkland. Crissy Field Center staff will share their unique vision for Presidio Tunnel Tops as a place to meet and learn, to experience, to enjoy, and to forge new forms of community and events. Learn about the Parks Conservancy’s…
March 2023
Spring Convening: Creating Livable Wages and High-Quality Jobs in Bay Area Environmental Education
ChangeScale is co-hosting a spring convening with Environmental Education Funders Collaborative (EEFC) and Justice Outside on Creating Livable Wages and High-Quality Jobs in Bay Area Environmental Education. This event will be held at the Mitchell Park Community Center in Palo Alto, Friday, March 17th from 10 am to 2 pm. Lunch is provided and attendance is free. We have heard from our community that environmental education (EE) is experiencing massive staffing challenges which directly impact program quality and youth outcomes.…
December 2023
Centering People and Re-Envisioning EE Models
Register for ChangeScale’s December convening on Centering People and Re-Envisioning EE Models!
March 2024
Championing Fair and Equitable Compensation
Championing Fair and Equitable Compensation Join the ChangeScale community as we continue to explore ways to build capacity in the environmental education field and support environmental education (EE) workers. In this convening on Championing Fair and Equitable Compensation, we invite EE funders, educators, practitioners, and leaders from all levels to join these conversations where you’ll get the opportunity to brainstorm and discuss: Strategies for approaching donors with proposals that reflect the true cost of running an org/ program Supporting your…