Observing Global CO2 at The Top of the World Ignites My Teaching
Visiting NOAA Global observatory ignites taking action through education to slow climate change impacts locally and globally.
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- Sep 26, 2022
Lakes and Mountains Connect Environmental Educators from Siberia to Colorado
Sharing our love of water, land, mountains, culture, faith, and teaching; the late summer exchange partnership with Irina Aiurzanaeva...
- Jan 25, 2022
Workshops that Work: Believe it or Not
An adult student from a recent training workshop told me “no one will believe you, they don’t know that virtual learning can be so...
- Dec 1, 2021
How Was Your Trip to Scotland? they ask… Climate Justice is What I Want to Share
How was the conference?, so many folks have asked as a normal, kind pleasantry. They know I attended the COP26 in Glasgow, Scotland only...
- Nov 18, 2021
COP26: Becoming Better Ancestors
The world needs you, and you, and you, and each and every one of us to operate together as an authentic community, built of genuine...
- Nov 1, 2021
Glasgow: Covid Testing, Polar Bears Wearing PFDs, and World Sisters
After a good night's sleep after an expedition of train travel yesterday, today has been an awesome welcome to Glasgow. My day started at...
- Oct 25, 2021
Just How Did Sarah Get a COP26 Badge?
Genuine relationships, commitment to do 'the work', staying connected over time and geographic distance, and reaching out for...
- Aug 31, 2021
Dry Smoky Isolated Mountain Home - My Climate Story
I am an environmental educator in the 21st century in the United States of America. I am a white woman with more years of formal...
- Jan 1, 2021
United or Not Here We Come, Glasgow!
Last evening my first of many covid tests results came in negative. I packed my limited luggage (traveling light) with snacks and extra...
- Oct 24, 2020
Help Wanted: Finding Our Patient Courage, Resiliency, and Hope
By Sarah R. Johnson We are desperate for a new story, a promising narrative, words of encouragement grounded in our history of tenacity,...
- Oct 22, 2020
Award for Excellence in EE Awarded to Youth Water Leadership Program
The Youth Water Leadership Program was selected and awarded a 2020 Award for Excellence in Environmental Education: Innovative EE Program...
- Jan 17, 2019
Earth Education Expands to Teach Active Participation in Public Life
By Sarah R. Johnson, MAEd, Wild Rose Education Originally published at InTeGrate Science Education Resource Center As the world continues...
- Sep 20, 2018
Raising Up a Fire: Stoked on Conservation?
Published 8/17/18 by Aldo Leopold Foundation Like most environmental educators and park interpreters, I have a strong commitment to...
- Aug 9, 2018
Reframing, Rethinking, and Re-inspiring Professional Training
How well do your professional development trainings leverage the collective wisdom and experience of the participants, foster a culture...
- Aug 2, 2018
The Summer it Was Difficult to be Brave
As the sooty smoke fills the air on day 29 of wildfire in the Roaring Fork Valley, one 12,588 acre wildfire is 90% contained and another...
- Jul 12, 2018
Feathers, Dead Baby Birds, and Eggshells: A Most Authentic Investigation
It is not often that an outdoor science educator has unlimited unstructured time at a nature preserve with a small group of only six 8-12...
- Jan 15, 2018
My Dreams for My Country, Its People, and Its Landscape
On this January 15, 2018 Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the public storm is becoming stronger than most are comfortable to bear. People are...
- Jul 6, 2017
Watersheds are for Learning
I love to teach. I am a connector. Thinking like a watershed is my nature, not my job. Rivers connect us to each other across...
- Mar 22, 2017
Watersheds Hold Connections: My Water Story
Flying across my headwaters state of Colorado on the spring equinox my forehead is glued to the small oval window of the regional jet. We...
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