1. Green Schoolyard Lecture Series
 | Dates: May 7, 2026 Location: Virtual Description: This lecture series, hosted by Green Schoolyards America, discusses emerging topics and provides guidance for creating and stewarding high-quality green schoolyards and schoolyard forests. Sessions feature presentations by subject-area experts including Green Schoolyards America’s staff, along with time for audience Q&A. This month, the presentation is Healthy Soils for Healthy School Trees. Register HERE. |
2. CAELI District Community of Practice
 | Date: May 8, 2026 Location: Virtual Description: CAELI invites district office staff from across California to join the District Environmental Literacy CoP—a statewide network for leaders, educators, and support staff working to advance environmental literacy and sustainability in schools.The CoP brings together professionals committed to integrating sustainability principles into district operations, instruction, and culture. Through collaboration, shared learning, and resource exchange, members work toward districtwide innovation and systems-level change. Register HERE. |
3. Green Schoolyard Forest Leadership Institute
 | Dates: May 15, 2026 deadline to apply Location: San Francisco Bay and San Diego Description: Now enrolling for Fall 2026 — San Diego and San Francisco Bay Area Cohorts. The Schoolyard Forest Regional Leadership Institute is a two-year program that empowers school districts and County Offices of Education to move beyond piecemeal greening projects and address the systemic barriers that too often hamper these efforts. They help teams build the systems, policies, and plans necessary to scale green schoolyards with schoolyard forests across entire districts—equitably and sustainably.They encourage interested school district leadership teams to complete the interest form below by May 15, 2026 if they would like to be considered for a participation stipend. Click HERE to learn more. |
4. AEOE Online eeCourse: Accessible by Nature
 | Date: April 14, 2026 Location: Virtual Description: Explore how school gardens can blossom into joyful, accessible learning spaces that nurture literacy, numeracy, science, well-being, and environmental stewardship from Kindergarten through the elementary years. You’ll walk away with adaptable strategies for a wide range of climates and school contexts, plus renewed confidence, fresh inspiration, and ready-to-use ideas to bring your school garden to life. Register HERE (scroll down to bottom of page). |
5. CAELI CBP Community of Practice
| Date: May 19, 2026 Location: Virtual Description: The Community-Based Partner (CBP) virtual Community of Practice brings together program leaders and staff from environmental education organizations to engage in collaborative learning and build capacity. Join colleagues from across the state to share resources, explore best practices, and strengthen connections that enhance our organizations and increase our collective impact. This session will focus on Climate Education. Register HERE. |
6. CA Youth Climate Policy (CYCP) Leadership Program
 | Date: May 31, 2026 deadline to apply Location: Virtual Description: The California Youth Climate Policy (CYCP) Leadership Program is open to students entering 9th through 12th grade in the 2026–27 school year who are ready to grow as leaders, build community, and take meaningful action on climate issues in their schools and beyond. CYCP is grounded in equity-driven values, and we strongly encourage applications from youth whose identities and perspectives have been historically underrepresented in environmental and climate spaces. CYCP is supported by program partners Ten Strands, Undaunted K12, and the Sierra Club San Francisco Bay Chapter. Students: Click HERE to apply for Cohort 4 starting this summer. |
7. Global EE Partnership (GEEP) 2026 Youth Innovation Challenge
 | Date: May 31, 2026 deadline to apply Location: Virtual Description: The Taiwan Ocean Conservation Administration and GEEP invite young people (15–30 years old) from around the world to propose an innovative solution to tackle marine issues, provide healthy habitats for marine life, protect human health, and support people of all ages to be engaged stewards to support marine environments. They are looking for solutions that are informed by research, feasible and measurable, innovative, and address one of this year’s key topics using environmental education. Read more about the challenge and tips for submitting your proposal HERE. |
8. Forestry Institute for Teachers – Summer 2026
  | Date: June 14-July 25, 2026 Locations: El Dorado, Tuolumne, Humboldt, and Shasta Counties Description: FIT offers immersive in-woods professional learning experiences designed for both formal and non formal educators. At each week-long session FIT’s team of credentialed instructors and local experts weave environmental education with unique forestry field experiences to explore California’s forest resources and expand your teaching practice! Registration is all-inclusive, covering on-site accommodations, meals and resources; you just have to get there! Whether you’re looking to broaden your content knowledge, explore new environmental education strategies, or connect with like-minded educators, FIT provides the perfect setting — outdoors, in the forest, with other inquiring minds! FIT welcomes all active California educators.For more information and registration, click HERE. |