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Environmental Leadership Journey-In-A-Month! April 1 to 30, 2020 Environmental Leadership Journey-in-a-month! April 1 to 30, 2020 Forty-two Seniors, seven Ambassadors, and two adults in Girl Scouts San Diego completed journeys focused on environmental leadership while “sheltered” to slow the spread of Covid-19. With in-person Girl Scout meetings and activities suspended in mid-March, we realized that we could shift a canceled Environmental Leadership “journey-in-a-day” to a “journey-in-a-month!” Soon 49 girls registered, and in April they completed activities at home and met twice weekly by videoconference, in groups of ten. This document includes meeting activities “handouts,” and evaluations are included in this document. More info at http://sdrufc.com/journeys/ . Activities were completed between meetings, in individual online journals and sometimes working with partners. The first two meetings were about leadership, as girls wrote about leaders they admire. They discussed “what leadership skills do you observe in the pandemic issues today?” For the third meeting, they read the report, “San Diego: 2050 is calling,” identified the climate impact concerning them most, and what actions San Diego could take to reduce that. With Covid- 19, this grew to discussing how climate change and the coronavirus are different and similar. The girls explored community equity for the fourth meeting, as they looked at census-level demographic and pollution data in CalEnviroScreen3.0. How might disadvantaged and advantaged communities differ in their vulnerability and preparedness for climate change and Covid-19? If you were mayor, what would you do to prepare disadvantaged communities? For the fifth meeting, they turned to personal lifestyles, following the lifecycles of common products and taking inventory of their own carbon footprint. They read a Los Angeles Times article about youth, climate, activism, and hope. And a 2015 position statement on climate change from the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts. For the sixth meeting, the girls reflected on climate change and their lives, and identified an action that could make a difference. All Girl Scout awards include a Take Action activity, and the “sheltering” reality shifted this to advocacy about a change that can be made locally. In the last three meetings, the girls refined messages on how and why San Diegans can take action, and identified audiences and ways to reach them. They posted on Instagram, their parents’ Facebook or Nextdoor neighbor accounts, and sent email messages to local officials, newspaper columnists, and community leaders. They advocated for thrifting instead of fast fashion, eating more local food, reducing food waste, planting more trees, adding solar panels, carpooling, and more. Please direct questions to Anne Fege, [email protected], 858-472-1293. Anne Fege, Ph.D. is an outdoor volunteer, former Cadette leader and natural resource professional. Environmental Leadership “Journey-in-April,” Introduction Environmental Leadership Journey-in-a-month! Meetings 1 and 2, April 1 and 6, 2020 OBJECTIVES OF “JOURNEY-IN-A-MONTH” 1. Incorporate personal experiences to discover, connect, and take action 2. Explore local climate science and community equity 3. Explore personal leadership, values and vision 4. Identify issue and develop steps to Take Action 5. Practice clear thinking and communicating 6. Contribute to evaluating and adapting this Journey experience BEFORE THE FIRST MEETING, April 1 ONE. Connect to this GoogleDrive folder, established for the Journey, https://drive.google.com/open?id=1ijQDSnZHNGgQ_LtIHMC8uZylunENIiM_ . Create a document that will serve as your “journal,” labeling it in the following way: Journal_FIRSTNAME_LASTINITIAL, for example, Journal_AnneF TWO. Explore the website of a local environmental group and read about one of the women staff or board members. Suggest that you start with the Conservation Partners list at https://www.climatesciencealliance.org/partners (scroll down) or an organization that you’re already familiar with. (If an organization’s website has insufficient information, please select another organization.) Write the following in your journal, with several sentences for each: ● What is the mission of the organization (what do they do)? ● What three things interest you, about the work, education and experience of the woman staff or board member? ● Describe a climate science action project, report or meeting that the organization has recently completed. If that can’t be identified, describe their conservation work. ● What information or action does it provide for climate changes and impacts in San Diego? FIRST MEETING: INTRODUCTIONS, Wednesday, April 1 Outline of the Journey-in-a-month, Anne Fege, co-facilitator Introductions: name, school, and your expectations for completing this journey Set up “pairs” to work together, between meetings Ask each girl to share one experience that interested you, from the local environmental leader that you read and wrote about Outline activities to prepare for the second meeting Environmental Leadership “Journey-in-April,” Meetings 1 and 2, page 1 BEFORE THE SECOND MEETING ONE. In your journal, list twenty traits you value in a leader. Then choose five leadership traits and write 2 sentences about why each is important. TWO. Think of an inspiring leader that you have known in the past five years. In your journal, write a short letter to the leader, thanking them. Use 3 x 3 communication model: ● 3 messages that you want others to remember (“3 traits I appreciate about you”) ● 2 or 3 sentences for each message (“I remember you showed that first trait in 2 ways”), then do the same for two other traits THREE. “Meet” with your partner (by telephone, Skype, etc). Take time to learn about her. What community does she live in, what school does she attend? Where was she born and how long has she lived in San Diego? Who is her family? What are their 3 favorite activities, during this shelter-in-place? What family activities do they enjoy and will return to? What does her troop enjoy doing? How had they planned to use the cookie receipts? What are her other interests and skills? What else do you want to share with each other? FOUR. Pair and share with your partner: Read the five leaderships traits and why they are important to you. Partner just listens. Pair and share: Read the letter to each other. Partner asks whether and how each appreciated trait is now a personal leadership trait. FIVE. Get outdoors. Walk for half hour on your neighborhood streets. Or sit quietly and alone on a bench or wall for half an hour. Then write five observations in your journal. SECOND MEETING: LEADERSHIP, Monday, April 6 Check in. For introductions, share 3 interesting “facts” about your partner. Ask three girls to read their letters to inspiring leaders. Ask others to share what they learned about themselves, in the journaling. Start discussion on leadership for COVID-19 issues. What two leadership traits have you observed, in effective leaders at the national, state or local level? What personal leadership trait(s) are you currently expressing? Questions? Contact Anne Fege, [email protected], prepared 3/25/2020 Environmental Leadership “Journey-in-April,” Meetings 1 and 2, page 2 Environmental Leadership Journey-in-a-month! Meetings 3 and 4, April 9 and 13, 2020 Objectives of “journey-in-a-month” 1. Incorporate personal experiences to discover, connect, and take action 2. Explore local climate science and community equity 3. Explore personal leadership, values and vision 4. Identify issue and develop steps to Take Action 5. Practice clear thinking and communicating 6. Contribute to evaluating and adapting this Journey experience BEFORE THE THIRD MEETING: ONE. Read the report, “San Diego, 2050 is Calling” report, https://www.sandiego.edu/2050/ . Focus on the six pages from this 2050 Report, that are inserted at the end of this document. Think about the six local impacts of climate change: What have you personally experienced? What has your community experienced? What do you think you or your community will experience by 2050? What are local actions that could reduce those impacts? Choose one impact or trend that most concerns you, and write in your journal: 3 reasons for your concerns, and 3 local actions that could reduce those impacts Pair and share: discuss your concerns and choose one of the six impacts-trends to share in the meeting. Be ready to offer your combined 3 reasons and 3 local actions. TWO. View the 8-minute video on science of Covid-19, https://covid.yale.edu/media-player/4989/ . Maybe even view it twice to really follow the science. THREE. Read the article, “Why don’t we treat climate change like an infectious disease?” by Shannon Osaka, 3/16/20, https://grist.org/climate/why-dont-we-treat-climate-change-like-an- infectious-disease/. Think about the differences in familiarity, timeframe and duration. Think about the similar actions that would reduce impacts of both climate change and pandemics. FOUR. Get outdoors. Walk for half hour on your neighborhood streets, with a mask. Or sit quietly and alone on a bench or wall for half an hour. Then write five observations in your journal. THIRD MEETING: LOCAL CLIMATE CHANGE, Thursday, April 9 Check in. Tell us where you walked or sat, during your half-hour outdoors (since the second meeting). Share one of the observations that you wrote in your journal. Ask each pair to share the local impact that most concerns them. What are the 3 reasons for your concerns, and what 3 local actions that could be taken to reduce
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