Cornell Garden-based Learning is offering a new online training course designed for K-12 educators looking for practical tools to teach about:
- Food systems
- Traditional indigenous ecological knowledge
- Waste-to-resource solutions
The six-week training, Climate Solutions: Permaculture Fundamentals for Educators, debuts July 20. A flexible three-week intensive version is also available that can be started anytime up to August 7.
Participants engage with weekly video lectures and curated readings. Assignments guide participants in applying course concepts to their own contexts, culminating in the development of a curriculum unit that integrates permaculture concepts into their teaching practice.
Optional live Zoom sessions throughout the course provide opportunities for peer learning, curriculum feedback, and live coaching on curriculum projects.
The course instructor, Monica Ibacache, is the founder of Eco-Designers -- a New York City-based permaculture and sustainable design education program for youth and educators.
The course fee is $350 (including the optional Zoom sessions) and provides 30 CTLE hours for New York State teachers.
Find more information about the course and online registration at the course website.
Questions about the course? Contact Monica Ibacache: mji33 [at] cornell.edu (mji33[at]cornell[dot]edu)
Climate Solutions is one of 11 online courses we offered by Cornell Garden-based Learning’s Horticulture Distance Learning Program. Other offerings include how-to gardening, garden design, permaculture, and botanical illustration courses.
