2024 Environmental Science, Health, and the Public Sphere Adult Training

Build your career/self development, communication, critical thinking, equity and inclusion, and leadership skills.

The 20 hour in-person adult training will covering the following areas

  1. Environmental Science and Health
  2. Research Methodologies
  3. Soil and Water Quality and Atmospheric Dust
  4. Environmental Communication and Justice

Each area will consist of: (1) Introduction, (2) hands-on, inquiry-based activity, (3) documentation and reflection, (4) data sharing and visualization, and (5) public speaking and sharing observations/findings with the group.

After this training you will have the following job skills

  • Environmental science
  • Environmental Data analysis
  • Environmental Interpretation
  • Environmental Ethics
  • Water
  • Water Resources
  • Air quality
  • Sediment Sampling
  • Soil Science
  • Environmental Contamination
  • Soil contamination
  • Environmental Pollutants
  • Political Ecology
  • Applied science
  • Community-Based Participatory Research

Outcomes

  1. We anticipate that after the training, adults will have an increased:
    1. Awareness, knowledge, and understanding of Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math (STEAM) concepts, processes
    2. Understanding of the scientific process
    3. Skillset related to using instruments, following data collection protocol
    4. Ability to communicate environmental issues
    5. Ability to create data visualizations
  2. The training will build self-efficacy and confidence for learning, doing, and communicating science ​​
  3. Adult participation will culminate in a photovoice project, the compilation of photographs and written interpretations of local environmental issues and projects
  4. Through the photovoice project, adults will apply the knowledge and concepts discussed in the training to explain environmental public health and deepen engagement with their local community.
  5. Adults will be trained on how to engage their communities as leaders and how to cultivate strong partnerships around shared issues with adults, governmental and non-governmental organizations as well as other stakeholder groups.

Schedule*

* Schedule is subject to change

Micro-credential Topics
Environmental Science and Health Research Methodologies Soil and Water Quality and Atmospheric Dust Environmental Communication and Justice
Time Day 1
9:00 - 9:30AM Ice breaker and research methods
9:30 - 11:00AM Introduction to environmental science, health and policy
11:00 - 11:30AM Break
11:30AM - 1:30PM Intersectionality +Positionality
1:30 - 2:30PM Art and Humanities
2:30 - 3:00PM Break
3:00 - 5:00PM Water science
Time Day 2
9:00 - 9:30AM Ice breaker  - sharing their interview collages
9:30 - 11:30AM Discuss field methods and Soil screening test kit- GC
11:30AM - 12:00PM Break
12:00 - 1:00PM Data interpretation and visualization
1:00 - 2:30PM Introduction to Atmospheric Dust
2:30 - 3:30PM Environmental Communication and Justice
3:30 - 4:30PM Community building + Ecological model of health
4:30 - 5:00PM Photovoice Presentations + Celebration!

Adult Trainings

Superior, AZ

Date range: March 29-30
Time: 10AM - 6PM

Address: 52 N Pinal Ave Superior, AZ 85173

light snacks and lunch will be provided

(Registration closed)

Globe/Miami, AZ

Date range: April 26 & May 3
Time: 9AM - 5PM

Address: Globe High School 437 S High St, Globe, AZ

light snacks and lunch will be provided

(Registration closed)

Hayden-Winkelman, AZ

Date range: TBD
Time: 10AM - 6PM

Address: TBD

light snacks and lunch will be provided

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