Field Chats: Environmental Applied Civics Essentials
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In Field Chats, the Earth Force team breaks down Environmental Applied Civics - the research-based approach to build youth-adult partnerships, help young people be environmental decision-makers, and improve your enjoyment of teaching! Whether you’re just getting started or deep in implementation, Field Chats serves as a living library of best practices, insights, and stories shaping the future of how young people learn best. Episodes are under 20 minutes and full of actionable tips!
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- Episode 67: Rethinking Evaluation with Emergent Learning: Earth Force & Data+Soul · 13 min. · Sæson 4 Episode 67How can you use evaluation to do more than report outcomes—to make better decisions, adapt your strategy, and strengthen your work? In this replay of our live 2026 NAAEE…
- Episode 66: Mapping the Ripple Effects of Community Change in Fairfax, VA · 28 min. · Sæson 4 Episode 66How can a local environmental project create lasting, systemic change? SJ, Earth Force’s District Strategy Lead, brings together Yannos Misitzis, a Special Education educator at…
- Episode 65: What is Environmental Applied Civics? (and what it’s not!) · 16 min. · Sæson 4 Episode 65What is Environmental Applied Civics—and what isn’t it? In this episode, members of Earth Force's Program Team SJ, Taylor, and Alyssa explain what EAC is, how it works, and what…
- Episode 64: All About Youth Climate Summits with Cedar Barg at The Wild Center · 23 min. · Sæson 4 Episode 64Krysten Dorfman and Taylor Ruffin welcome back Cedar Barg of The Wild Center to talk about the evolution of Climate Action Planning (CAP) resources and their collaboration with…
- Episode 63: What 20 years of Environmental Applied Civics evaluation tells us · 28 min. · Sæson 4 Episode 63In this episode of Field Chats, Alyssa McConkey and Vince Meldrum dig into what the data reveals about changes in educators, student confidence and skills, and young people’s…
- Episode 62: Community Inventories: A Practical Guide to Environmental Applied Civics · 17 min. · Sæson 4 Episode 62How can educators use community inventories to help students investigate local environmental issues? In this episode of Field Chats: Environmental Applied Civics Essentials, the…
- Episode 61: New Environmental Applied Civics Educator Guide: A Walkthrough! · 11 min. · Sæson 4 Episode 61Explore Earth Force’s new Environmental Applied Civics (EAC) Educator Guide in this visual walkthrough. The guide is a comprehensive resource for educators who want to engage…
- Episode 60: One Year Later: Chickens & Civic Change at Katherine Johnson Middle School · 24 min. · Sæson 3 Episode 60We're in the field for an update on a crowd favorite Environmental Applied Civics legacy project at Katherine Johnson Middle School! Young people set up a closed-loop food system…
- Episode 59: Building Resilient Communities with Leia Lowery · 26 min. · Sæson 3 Episode 59In this episode, Earth Force CEO Vince Meldrum talks with Leia Lowery, Founder and CEO of The Climate Initiative (TCI). Leia shares how TCI grounds massive global climate issues…
- Episode 58: Empowering the Next Generation of Water Leaders · 23 min. · Sæson 3 Episode 58This episode explores the Water Education Exemplars Project, a Colorado initiative bridging the gap between state water policy and youth engagement. Earth Force's Alyssa McConkey…
- Episode 57: 250 Years In: The Future of Civic Education · 22 min. · Sæson 3 Episode 57What happens when students stop just memorizing the three branches of government and start actually influencing them? In this episode of Field Chats, the Earth Force team…
- Episode 56: Levers of Civic Change: A Conversation with Ace Parsi · 14 min. · Sæson 3 Episode 56How do we move education beyond the four walls of the classroom? Vince Meldrum discusses this with Ace Parsi, formerly with iCivics, now a candidate for the U.S. House to…
- Episode 55: EAC in the Social Studies Classroom · 18 min. · Sæson 3 Episode 55We see you, social studies educators! Earth Force program staff Krysten, SJ, and Taylor discuss how Environmental Action Civics (EAC) bridges science and social studies. They…
- Episode 54: Place and Community: Authentic Youth Learning in New Mexico · 30 min. · Sæson 3 Episode 54In this episode of Field Chats: Environmental Action Civics Essentials, Alyssa McConkey talks with Dr. Antonio Gonzales of Albuquerque Public Schools and Erin Blaz and Theresa…
- Episode 53: Climate Literacy + Civic Action: How Colorado Made It Official · 19 min. · Sæson 3 Episode 53What does it take to move from youth interest in climate to state-level policy change? In this episode of Field Chats: Environmental Action Civics Essentials, we sit down with…
- Episode 52: Learning Democracy by Doing It (A Conversation with NYLC and Earth Force!) · 25 min. · Sæson 3 Episode 52Earth Force CEO Vince Meldrum talks with NYLC CEO Amy Meuers about reimagining service learning as a pathway to democracy. They unpack NYLC’s new Ignite framework, explore the…
- Episode 51: Designing Climate Solutions With (Not For) Students · 23 min. · Sæson 3 Episode 51Hosted by Vince Meldrum, President/CEO of Earth Force, this episode is a replay of a 2025 EAC Week event. It features Cory Manning, previously at the City of Denver’s Office of…
- Episode 50: From Assumptions to Evidence in Youth Engagement · 11 min. · Sæson 3 Episode 50In this episode, Dr. Jennifer Earl of the University of Delaware shares research that reframes how we understand youth participation in civic life. Drawing her research and…
- Episode 49: Reflecting on the People & Ideas That Shape Environmental Action Civics · 16 min. · Sæson 3 Episode 49In this end-of-year roundtable episode, the Earth Force team reflects on the people, books, and ideas that continue to shape Environmental Action Civics. Program staff and…
- Episode 48: Making Space for Fun in Civic Action · 11 min. · Sæson 3 Episode 48Earth Force Program Manager Taylor Ruffin and Chief Program Officer Alyssa McConkey dig into how Environmental Action Civics creates joyful, inquiry-driven learning experiences…
