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Earth Network members build their teamwork muscles in a \u201cRadical Collaboration\u201d workshop led by Kirya Traber and the Office of Interdisciplinary Engagement.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
The\u00a0Climate School\u2019s Earth Networks program is helping to build this type of cross-cutting partnership by encouraging interdisciplinary teams to apply for three years of funding<\/a> around a topic of their choosing. Networks promote novel approaches to research, education, and impact in alignment with the Climate School\u2019s mission to \u201cfurther knowledge and educate leaders to equitably and justly address the changing<\/a> climate and other sustainability challenges.\u201d<\/p>\n In spring of 2023, the first cohort of Earth Networks completed the three-year program. These four networks pursued topics as wide-ranging as the soil that grows our food to distant planets, and have launched an extraordinary range of initiatives:<\/p>\n Spring 2023 also marked the launch of three new networks.<\/p>\n The\u00a0Sustainability, Energy<\/a>, and Entertainment Network\u00a0 The\u00a0Climate Education for a Resilient<\/strong><\/a> Future\u00a0Network will explore climate education in the K-12 sector, with leadership from\u00a0Dannie Dinh,\u00a0Radhika Iyengar, and\u00a0Laurel Zaima-Sheehy. In the United States, students spend an average of just two hours per year learning The third new network,\u00a0Foundations for the Social Climate<\/strong>, Each of these networks \u2014 whether mature or brand new \u2014 have one thing in common. They unite diverse, interdisciplinary teams from across the Columbia community to work together on a shared topic. The Earth Networks program as a whole provides an entry point to the Climate School for collaborators<\/a> from across the University; each team is provided support from the Climate School Office of Interdisciplinary Engagement, including tailored workshops to develop key skills and to advance projects.<\/p>\n For example, in 2023 the Healthy and Sustainable Food Systems<\/a> Network participated in an Office of Interdisciplinary Engagement workshop series led by expert facilitator\u00a0Kirya Traber. The group identified their core values and goals. They spent time discussing power dynamics and identifying action areas in a workshop on \u201cCentering Justice.\u201d They had several \u201cRadical Collaboration\u201d working sessions to move their project<\/a> forward, and they honed their ability to share their work with non-expert audiences in a \u201cStorytelling\u201d workshop.<\/p>\n For more information, please visit the Earth Networks page\u00a0here. Networks are always actively recruiting and growing their contact lists! If you\u2019re interested, please contact the respective network director, or contact\u00a0earthnetworks@climate.columbia.edu<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" What do plastic pollution, storytelling, and mental health have in common? These are all pathways Columbia scholars and students are taking to tackle the climate crisis, from different areas of expertise, through the\u00a0Earth Networks\u00a0program. Climate change and related environmental challenges are a messy, \u201cwicked\u201d problem that touches on many aspects of the way we live […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7148,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8106","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cfwt.sua.ac.tz\/ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8106","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cfwt.sua.ac.tz\/ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cfwt.sua.ac.tz\/ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cfwt.sua.ac.tz\/ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cfwt.sua.ac.tz\/ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8106"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.cfwt.sua.ac.tz\/ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8106\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8132,"href":"https:\/\/www.cfwt.sua.ac.tz\/ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8106\/revisions\/8132"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cfwt.sua.ac.tz\/ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7148"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cfwt.sua.ac.tz\/ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8106"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cfwt.sua.ac.tz\/ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8106"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cfwt.sua.ac.tz\/ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8106"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
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(\u201cSEEN\u201d)\u00a0<\/strong>network, led by M.S. in\u00a0Sustainability Management\u00a0alum\u00a0Shaun<\/a> Hoyte, aims to create a coalition across entertainment industries to promote knowledge sharing on best practices for reducing their environmental footprint. The Network will focus initial efforts on the sports industry, and includes members from Columbia Sports Management, Columbia Alumni Affairs and several external groups.<\/p>\n![\"Three](\"https:\/\/news.climate.columbia.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Dannie-Radhika-Laurel.jpg\")
\u00a0about the climate crisis; network members estimate that figures in many other countries are not much better<\/a>. Given this need for stronger climate education for younger learners, this network aims to identify, map, and establish a database of ongoing and active programs, collaborators, and best practices, as well as develop products<\/a>, resources, and tools to support climate learners and educators around the world.<\/p>\n![\"Black](\"https:\/\/news.climate.columbia.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image006.png\")
\u00a0seeks to accelerate understanding of climate mental health as a community<\/a> phenomenon, create greater social resilience in impacted communities, and bring mental health and social resilience into broader resilience planning. Led by\u00a0Gary Belkin, this network will connect with the\u00a0BillionMinds\u00a0project and the\u00a0United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Race to Resilience, bringing Columbia researchers and scholars from public<\/a> health, psychology, risk management, and resilience into collaborations around mental health, social resilience, and climate change.<\/p>\n