{"id":612,"date":"2025-07-16T20:22:12","date_gmt":"2025-07-17T03:22:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/ccas\/?p=612"},"modified":"2025-07-16T20:50:31","modified_gmt":"2025-07-17T03:50:31","slug":"%f0%9f%8c%b1-climate-center-summer-institute-imagining-better-futures-together","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/ccas\/%f0%9f%8c%b1-climate-center-summer-institute-imagining-better-futures-together\/","title":{"rendered":"\ud83c\udf31 Climate Center Summer Institute: Imagining Better Futures, Together"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Date:<\/strong> Tuesday, July 29, 2025
Time:<\/strong> 9:00 AM \u2013 4:00 PM
Location:<\/strong> The Evergreen State College
Sign-Up Deadline:<\/strong> Wednesday, July 24<\/p>\n

This summer, we\u2019re inviting students, staff, faculty, and community members to come together for a full-day Summer Institute<\/strong> hosted by the Climate Center. Through the lens of Solarpunk<\/strong>\u2014a movement that blends hopeful climate futures with creativity, justice, and systems thinking\u2014we\u2019ll explore how imagination and action can work hand in hand to build a better world now.<\/p>\n

Expect a day of collaborative workshops, storytelling, hands-on tools, and space to connect with others who care deeply about climate justice and community resilience.<\/p>\n

\ud83d\udd17 Sign up here<\/strong><\/a> to reserve your spot.
\ud83d\udcec A detailed agenda will be emailed to participants on Friday.
\ud83d\udcd6 In the meantime, check out this overview post for a sneak peek at what\u2019s in store.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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July 29, in SEM II B2105<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n

9:00 AM \u2011 10:00 AM<\/td>\n\n

Welcome, Introductions, & Housekeeping.<\/p>\n

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  • Coffee and chatting (9-9:15)<\/li>\n
  • Welcome New Guests, Free-write (5 min.)<\/li>\n
  • Refresher\/Recap of Day 1 (Faculty & Staff: Solarpunk and Teaching Social Action)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10:00 AM – 10:50 AM<\/td>\n\n

Workshop Session 1: Intention<\/p>\n

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  • Teaching Social Action (with Anthony)<\/li>\n
  • Solarpunk Solutions (with Michael)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10:50 AM – 11:00 AM<\/td>\n\n

Break (stretch, rest, chat)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

11:00 AM – 12:00 PM<\/td>\n\n

Workshop Session 2: Impact<\/p>\n

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  • Teaching Social Action (with Anthony)<\/li>\n
  • Solarpunk Solutions (with Michael)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12:00 PM \u2011 1:00 PM<\/td>\n\n

Lunch Break\u00a0(Bring a Lunch\/Potluck!)<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  • Food options in the\u00a0 Summer on campus are limited. So please be sure to bring food (or plan to potluck or grab food off campus)!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1:00 PM – 3:00 PM<\/td>\n\n

Workshop Session 3: Integration!<\/p>\n

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  • Teaching Social Action (with Anthony)<\/li>\n
  • Solarpunk Solutions (with Michael)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3:00 PM – 3:45 PM<\/td>\n\n

Wrap-up: “Regroup & Recap”<\/p>\n

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  • Groups A and B present their discussions and mindmaps to the other group<\/li>\n
  • Time for individuals to share-back any lingering thoughts or ideas.<\/li>\n
  • Decide on 1 action to take going forward.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3:45 PM – 4:00 PM<\/td>\n\n

Feedback Form Time<\/p>\n

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  • Specific time to quickly fill out the Washington Center’s Feedback Form<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

    Questions?<\/strong> Reach out to us at ClimateAction@evergreen.edu. We can\u2019t wait to see you there.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Date: Tuesday, July 29, 2025Time: 9:00 AM \u2013 4:00 PMLocation: The Evergreen State CollegeSign-Up Deadline: Wednesday, July 24 This summer, we\u2019re inviting students, staff, faculty, and community members to come together for a full-day Summer Institute hosted by the Climate Center. Through the lens of Solarpunk\u2014a movement that blends hopeful climate futures with creativity, justice, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7234,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/ccas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/612"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/ccas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/ccas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/ccas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7234"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/ccas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=612"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/ccas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/612\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":618,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/ccas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/612\/revisions\/618"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/ccas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=612"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/ccas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=612"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/ccas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=612"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}