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Join Us for Our Next Webinar Featuring Rachel Arbor the CEO and Founder of Gaia Scholastic an award-winning consulting company whose mission is to integrate Environmental Education into the classroom.

 

 Integrating Environmental Literacy into Any K-12 Classroom

Tuesday, March 24, 2026

7:00 p.m. ET, 6:00 p.m. CT, 5:00 p.m. MT, 4:00 p.m. PT

This Webinar invites educators to explore how climate education can be woven into any K-12 subject area.

Participants will gain background knowledge on why climate education is urgently needed, along with practical pedagogy strategies and interdisciplinary entry points. This session highlights a wealth of free, standards-aligned resources to support teachers across content areas and will give participants the chance to explore these resources for themselves.

 

Students participating in Gaia Youth Climate Summits

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Presenter:

Rachel Arbor

Rachel Arbor is a Presidential Award winner whose work has been recognized by the U.S. Department of Education, the EPA, and the White House. She is the CEO and Founder of Gaia Scholastic and the NY State Lead for SubjectToClimate. With a Master’s Degree in Education, she builds interdisciplinary content in a way that challenges students to make connections: with themselves, with each other, and with nature, across content areas. She trains teachers across the country on how to re-shape their curriculum through an environmental lens, coaches students on how to turn their climate anxiety into climate action, and fosters environmental connection in and out of the classroom.

Gaia Scholastic is an award-winning consulting company whose mission is to cultivate a generation of environmentally literate global citizens by integrating nature and environmental concepts into the learning experiences of students of all ages and abilities. Gaia Scholastic supports educational organizations in weaving standards-driven, interdisciplinary Environmental Education into their work through curated curriculum, Professional Development, and with community events in which students can showcase their work, like the PK-12 Youth Climate Summit. 

You can find a list of Gaia Scholastic's partners here.

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A certificate indicating you have engaged in one hour of professional development will be available to those who attend the webinar in person and request it.

The presentation will be recorded and placed on the NMLSTA website https://nmlsta.wildapricot.org/ where it will be available for members.

2025-2026 Webinar Schedule

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September 25, 2025

Suzanne Cunningham: LEGO(TM) Chemistry

October 21, 2025

   Suzanne Zilvetti: Show What You Know: Empowering Students with Science Portfolios    

 November 18, 2025

   Emily Hawbaker: Teaching Energy & Creating Energy Team - Kids Teaching Kids!    

December 2, 2025

Missy Holzer & Donna Governor - Empowering Students to Think Critically with Model-Evidence Link Diagrams

 January 15, 2026

Katy Garvey - MySciLife
 February 25, 2026

    Jon Griffith & Bridget Walsh -  Explore Data Sensemaking Strategies in the Context of Climate Phenomena with Data Puzzles    

March 24, 2026

Rachel Arbor - Integrating Environmental Literacy into the Classroom

April 15-18, 2026

NSTA National Conference

Anaheim, CA

The presentations will be recorded and placed on the NMLSTA website where it will be available for members.

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