Nature in The City: A Day of Film & Media Workshops
Effective storytelling is an essential part of conveying critical information to diverse audiences and inspiring action, especially in environmental education and climate change communication. However, learning this skill is not often accessible to everyone, even though any subject, discipline, or issue area can benefit from it.
When the team at Here On Earth, an environmental arts nonprofit in NYC, met Mary Leou, NYU Clinical Professor of Environmental Conservation Education, at a Climate Week event this fall (shout-out to STEMTeachersNYC!), we bonded over exactly this. Together, we recognized the urgent need to make media and storytelling skills more accessible to everyone, both in and outside of the classroom.
So, the NYU Wallerstein Collaborative for Urban Environmental Education is partnering with Here On Earth to provide a whole day of introductory media skills workshops, as professional development opportunities for teachers, students, and nontraditional educators alike.
Join us on Election Day, November 4, 9-3pm at 82 Washington Square East (NYU Pless Hall) to learn how to tell compelling environmental stories with just your phone camera, stop motion, and more!
No previous film/media experience required. Teachers of all grade levels are welcome. Please come with a charged phone and laptop (any model is fine).
Breakfast will be provided! Please bring your own lunch.
ABOUT THE WORKSHOPS
In the morning, Here On Earth is offering an introductory filmmaking workshop to teach you a suite of basic media and storytelling skills, with simple, replicable exercises that you can bring back to your projects or classes.
In the afternoon, Quin Hricik from NYU Wallerstein will introduce stop motion as a joyful and engaging method to evaluate students’ understanding of scientific concepts.
ABOUT HERE ON EARTH
Here On Earth is an environmental arts initiative in NYC for anyone who cares about the planet. We collaborate with artists, scientists, and activists to host interdisciplinary conversations, film screenings, exhibitions, and other public programming that reconnect urban communities with the nature around and within us.
We also partner with schools and educators to offer filmmaking fellowships and workshops for students of all ages. Our goal is to nurture youth as climate storytellers—using film as a powerful tool to drive imagination and action toward a more resilient future.
ABOUT QUIN HRICIK
Quin Hricik (she / they) is a second year PhD Student at NYU studying science and environmental education. Their research focuses on alternative arts-based assessments and enhancing the inclusion of disabled students in non-formal and outdoor science and environmental education. She has worked in non-formal learning centers across the country, connecting people of all ages and backgrounds with nature.
ABOUT THE WALLERSTEIN COLLABORATIVE FOR URBAN ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION AND SUSTAINABILITY
The Wallerstein Collaborative For Urban Environmental Education was established in 2000 in the Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development at New York University to promote environmental literacy and sustainability by working with educators in K-12 classroom settings, graduate students, and faculty in colleges and universities.
ABOUT THE NYU ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION EDUCATION PROGRAM
The NYU Environmental Conservation Education graduate program is one of the oldest environmental education programs in the United States. It prepares students for leadership in the field of environmental education. Graduates hold positions in formal and non-formal education, cultural institutions, non- profits and government agencies.