ChangeScale is a collaboration of organizations in the San Francisco and Monterey Bay Area working together to expand access to environmental education and advance the prominence, effectiveness, and cohesiveness of the field in our region.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, Changescale undertook a strategic planning process, facilitated by Justice Outside, to engage existing and potential stakeholders. One take away from these conversations was that there was a need to improve accessibility of ChangeScale’s community and resources. Now, ChangeScale no longer runs on a membership model and all events are free to all attendees.

Read below to learn about past members, membership benefits, and member impacts on the community.

Member Benefits

By joining ChangeScale, members were investing in not only this larger regional vision for environmental education, but also in professional development for their team that is relevant, local, and collaborative. All ChangeScale members received free entry for all of their staff to ChangeScale’s four annual professional development offerings, which addressed relevant topics facing our field, provided tools for integrating research into practice, and built community. By learning side by side with colleagues from the region, organizations and their staff received top-quality training in an atmosphere of partnership and support.

Additional benefits included:

• Access to members-only networking events, communications, and data
• Advance access to Environmental Education Research Bulletins and other ChangeScale produced publications
• Priority listing in ChangeScale’s online newsletter and website (in the Community Jobs and Community Events sections)
• ChangeScale logo to display on your website, if desired

ChangeScale is a way we are putting action behind our needs and desires to have a working network that doesn’t merely connect our work, but aligns and amplifies it. We are demonstrating the type of community we need in this work, realizing there is more to do and more to include, but still making sure we move forward together. 

~ José G. González, Latino Outdoors

Membership

All interested organizations within the twelve counties of the San Francisco and Monterey Bay Area were eligible to join ChangeScale as institutional members.

ChangeScale membership contributions were paid on an annual basis. Dues were arranged on a sliding scale. We understood that each organization has unique circumstances.

ChangeScale fills a critical leadership niche in our Bay Area environmental education ecosystem. By providing essential professional development and a focus on ensuring that every single student receives environmental education, ChangeScale helps move us toward healthier communities and a more sustainable future. The California Academy of Sciences is proud to be a member of ChangeScale.

~ Elizabeth Babcock, California Academy of Sciences

Past Members

Partners in Support

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