{"id":588,"date":"2025-05-28T09:04:11","date_gmt":"2025-05-28T16:04:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/ccas\/?p=588"},"modified":"2025-05-28T09:44:12","modified_gmt":"2025-05-28T16:44:12","slug":"wohesc-winter-25-ccas-mes-and-cec-unite","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/ccas\/wohesc-winter-25-ccas-mes-and-cec-unite\/","title":{"rendered":"WOHESC Winter ’25 – Cultivating Unity, Community, Climate Action, and Solarpunk Imagination!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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This spring, students, faculty, and staff from The Evergreen State College traveled to \u2014 the Washington Oregon Higher Education Sustainability Conference<\/a> \u2014 held this year in Portland, OR at the Portland Community College Sylvania Campus<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Themed around “Cultivating Sustainable Communities,”<\/strong> the 2025 gathering brought together changemakers from across the Cascadia bioregion to envision more just, resilient, and regenerative futures.<\/p>\n

Representing Evergreen were delegates from across campus:
– The Center for Climate Action and Sustainability (CCAS)<\/strong>
– The Clean Energy Committee<\/strong>, funded by the student green fee
– The Changemakers Lab<\/strong> academic program
– Several Master of Environmental Studies (MES) Sustainability Fellows<\/strong><\/p>\n

This marked a milestone year for Evergreen\u2019s involvement. For the first time, an Evergreen staff member led a workshop at WOHESC<\/strong>. Michael Joseph, Assistant Director of CCAS and MPA candidate, presented an interactive session titled “Solarpunk and You: How We Can Change the World,”<\/strong> developed with CCAS student staff, with facilitation assistance from Aeowyn Isobel, the Center\u2019s chief editor.\"\"<\/p>\n

The workshop introduced attendees to the Solarpunk movement<\/strong>\u2014a growing genre and framework for envisioning sustainable, just, and hopeful futures\u2014through the lens of Tabletop Role-Playing Games (TTRPGs)<\/strong> as educational curriculum and scenario training simulators. Participants engaged in guided imagination and reflection activities designed to build creative agency and climate resilience, drawing connections between personal strengths and systemic change.<\/p>\n

\u201cRejecting dystopia isn\u2019t just about hope\u2014it\u2019s about building capacity for collaborative futures,\u201d* said Michael Joseph. \u201cSolarpunk invites us to imagine forward together, and that\u2019s what this session aimed to model.\u201d<\/pre>\n
In another first, Evergreen also supported a student participant in WOHESC\u2019s Sustainability Design Challenge<\/strong>, a hands-on experience rooted in Design Thinking.<\/em>\u00a0The student explored how this methodology could be adapted and brought back to campus\u2014particularly to enrich academic learning and campus projects through innovation and user-centered systems thinking.<\/p>\n
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Throughout the conference, Evergreen participants engaged in interactive panels, connected with regional peers, and brought home new insights and strategies for strengthening our campus-wide sustainability efforts. The experience emphasized not only Evergreen\u2019s commitment to environmental leadership, but also our dedication to building inclusive, imaginative communities ready to face the challenges of climate justice head-on.<\/p>\n
To learn more about the conference and upcoming events, visit the WOHESC website<\/a>.<\/p>\n
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Pictured Above: Students spelling WOHESC and taking a goofy picture before the van-ride home!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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