Completed Events
Spring Forward has reached 2,000+ students and taught 150+ workshops across the country in less than 2 years!
Northeast Cohort day of the International Climate Generation Summer Institute on Climate Education
July 22nd, 2022
Spring Forward led a training on how to teach about climate change for teachers at the Northeast Cohort day of the International Climate Generation Summer Institute. Spring Forward gave an hour-long training on how to effectively teach about climate change, justice, and action through telling the full story while empowering students.
Steadfast Solutions Summer Camp Workshop Series
July - August 2022
Spring Forward led a five week program at Steadfast Solution's two Boston sites, each with over twenty students. Throughout these five weeks, the students gained an understanding of the greenhouse effect, climate justice, and how they can make effective change.
At the end of the program, the students completed and presented their final projects to display what they had learned over the past five weeks!
Training for Peabody Essex Museum Staff
June 25th, 2022
Spring Forward led a training for staff working in the "Climate Action: Inspiring Change" Exhibition which will be available until June 2023. Staff learned more about how to explain the science behind climate change, climate justice, and about the importance of encouraging visitors to work towards systemic changes rather than individual change. We also discussed climate psychology and how visitors may be thinking about the crisis during the exhibition.
3 Climate Justice Activism Workshops For Winchester 6th Grade Classes
May 24th - 25th, 2022
Over 50 sixth graders in Winchester were introduced to the inequities climate change brings and how they can take action to change our system and fight for healthier air, land, water, and cities for everyone.
LILA International 6th grade Systemic vs Individual Change Workshop
April 12th, 2022
All 6th-grade students at LILA International School learned the difference between systemic and individual change. They investigated how individuals taking action for systemic change throughout history has been successful and how they can make collective and systemic change. At the end of the workshop, all the students practiced taking action for systemic change by beginning to write letters encouraging climate action.
Earth Day Workshop with Amigos 3rd Grade Class
April 10th, 2022
3rd graders at the Amigos School in Cambridge learned about the inspiring history of Earth Day, the science behind climate change, and how they can take systemic and collective action this Earth Day.