Workshop
Green Zones
CEED’s Green Zones workshop builds community knowledge in the Twin Cities about the layers of pollution in their neighborhoods, and assist with linking to successful models and campaign strategies in California.
Popular Education Curriculum
CEED is committed to the principle that all families and communities have the right to participate in the critical questions impacting their communities around energy, climate and environmental policies and planning. Through our community education workshops, community members dive into the topics of pollution, energy, and climate while leveraging their experiences to consider organizing and community-advocacy strategies.
Overview
CEED’s curriculum is organized by series. Our existing curriculum includes the Pollution Series, Energy Series, Climate Series, Nature Series, Environmental Intersectionality Series, and Federal Policy Series. Each contains various educational materials related to the series’ theme; materials may include facilitation guides, outlining an entire lesson plan for a workshop, or supplemental educational resources, such as an infographic, a zine, or even a cookbook. CEED’s curriculum positions communities to share stories and experiences that address injustice and advance advocacy and liberation.
Access specific tools or workshop information below. If you are a community of color, indigenous community, or low-income community, network or alliance wanting more information about CEED’s popular education materials or to schedule a workshop, please contact Natalya Arevalo at narevalo@ceed.org
CEED’s Popular Education Curriculum Principles
Nature Series
Workshop
Healthy Soil
This facilitation guide is meant to inform gardeners and households of the importance of gardening with healthy soil.
Workshop
Human Nature
This facilitation guide aims to recognize the impacts of colonialism on the earth as we confront historical contexts, push back on colonial habits, and uplift traditional practices that address the impacts of colonialism on the earth.
Environmental Intersectionality Series
Workshop
Movement Intersections
Resources Home>Resources>Movement Intersections Overview Intersectionality as a Model for Organizing This facilitation guide aims to recognize the ways oppressive systems uniquely impact communities and individuals. Through collective sharing and discussion, relational understandings of the overlapping systems of oppression can be implemented into organizing and advocacy work. Together, we name the importance of building solidarity to transform society and collectively work towards liberation. Download Toolkit Image by Freepik. Additional Resources Power…
Popular Education
Race & Class in Our Built Infrastructure
This facilitation guide uses historical perspectives to ensure that discussions about race, class, and opportunity are held in an honest context – away from guilt and blame.
Popular Education
Gender & The Environment
Understanding the current climate crisis is understanding that the violence and exploitation against the earth is interconnected with the violence women face, some of which include: objectification and profit.
Popular Education
Linking Local & Global
Storytelling can play an important role in connecting our individual stories to our community story. These narratives then connect us to other environmental justice stories across borders to create awareness of the issues and potential solutions our communities face.
Federal Policy Series
Popular Education
The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA)
This facilitation guide is meant to highlight the positive environmental impacts that the IRA can have in our homes, neighborhoods, cities, and states. Together, we will envision what a flourishing community looks like with IRA benefits implemented.
Popular Education
Justice40
This facilitation guide is designed to help us understand the importance of coalition building as a tool to drive change, particularly around Justice40 investments. We hope this workshop can be used to collectively ground ourselves in community discussions rooted in trust and honest demands for environmental justice resources.
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