What is Climate Stewards?
Climate Stewards is a training program that prepares people to build resilience to climate change impacts on communities and ecosystems.
How Does Climate Stewards Work?
Through in-person sessions, field trips, and online learning, participants will:
- Improve their understanding of climate science and climate change impacts on human communities and ecosystems.
- Develop confidence and skill to communicate with others about climate change.
- Connect with other community members and local organizations to work together on climate resiliency projects.
- Help build a community of active Climate Stewards
What is Included in the Climate Stewards Curriculum?
Climate Stewards is a hybrid (online and in-person) training course. The curriculum is divided into the following units:
- Unit 1: Community Connections – Connect through experiences with climate change and extreme weather, focusing on relationships, social-emotional resilience, and trauma-aware practices.
- Unit 2: Communication, Interpretation, Education – Learn to communicate about climate change using the appropriate tools for various audiences.
- Units 3 & 4: Climate in Context – Learn the science behind climate and earth systems, climate change, and the role of humans with examples from Oregon.
- Unit 5: Community Resilience – Learn to leverage community connections and resources for climate resilience efforts focusing on community-specific risk and resilience assessments and collective solutions to climate change.
- Unit 6: Community Engagement – Connect with community partners that offer volunteer opportunities related to climate stewardship and resilience work as part of a capstone project. Engage in one or more communities of practice related to climate change work.
The training course is typically delivered over 12 weeks. Courses include online lessons, in-person classroom sessions and field trips.