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SUMMARY:The NJSOC Book Club… Summer Session
DESCRIPTION:Our FREE  book club is back with a new title for Summer 2026!\n\nOur FREE book club is back with a new title for Summer 2026! \nJoin us as we read together Raising Hare\, a memoir by Chloe Dalton. Participants will read at their own pace\, with the opportunity to discuss virtually via the Heylo app. You’ll receive weekly discussion points to ponder that will guide our group conversation. We’ll meet to discuss the book face-to-face on Saturday\, August 15th\, at the School of Conservation from 10:30 to noon. This meeting will also include an outdoor activity related to our reading. \nHigh School students and up are welcome to join. Participants will provide their own copy of the book. We will officially begin reading on Sunday\, July 5th. Please feel free to register and jump in any time. Participants will receive additional instructions via email (don’t forget to monitor the email address you use to register!). \nAbout Raising Hare:\nNEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK • NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • FINALIST FOR THE 2025 WOMEN’S PRIZE \nA fascinating meditation on freedom\, trust\, loss\, and our relationship with the natural world\, explored through the story of one woman’s unlikely friendship with a wild hare. \n“Imagine you could hold a baby hare and bottle-feed it. Imagine that it lived under your roof and bounded around your bedroom at night\, drumming on the duvet cover when it wanted your attention. Imagine that\, more than two years later\, it still ran in from the fields when you called it and slept in your house for hours on end. For political advisor and speechwriter Chloe Dalton\, who spent lockdown deep in the English countryside\, far away from her usual busy London life\, this became her unexpected reality. \nIn February 2021\, Dalton stumbles upon a newborn hare—a leveret—that had been chased by a dog. Fearing for its life\, she brings it home\, only to discover how difficult it is to rear a wild hare\, most of whom perish in captivity from either shock or starvation. Through trial and error\, she learns to feed and care for the leveret with every intention of returning it to the wilderness. Instead\, it becomes her constant companion\, wandering the fields and woods at night and returning to Dalton’s house by day. Though Dalton feared that the hare would be preyed upon by foxes\, weasels\, feral cats\, raptors\, or even people\, she never tried to restrict it to the house. Each time the hare leaves\, Chloe knows she may never see it again. Yet she also understands that to confine it would be its own kind of death. \nRaising Hare chronicles their journey together while also taking a deep dive into the lives and nature of hares\, and the way they have been viewed historically in art\, literature\, and folklore. We witness firsthand the joy at this extraordinary relationship between human and animal\, which serves as a reminder that the best things\, and most beautiful experiences\, arise when we least expect them.”
URL:https://njsoc.org/event/the-njsoc-book-club-summer-session/
LOCATION:NJ School of Conservation\, 1 Wapalanne Road\, Sandyston\, 07826\, United States
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SUMMARY:Climate Change Education: Empowering New Jersey’s Nonformal Educators
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a field based workshop that will empower NJ’s nonformal educators with tools\, activities\, and confidence to teach climate change\n\n\nIn 2020\, NJ became the first state in the US to incorporate climate change education into all K-12 content areas. \nThis professional learning workshop is designed to support New Jersey’s nonformal educators in confidently and effectively teaching climate change through engaging\, learner-centered experiences. The program focuses on building both content knowledge and instructional capacity\, ensuring educators feel prepared to facilitate meaningful climate learning in a variety of nonformal settings. \nParticipants will deepen their understanding of climate change science while exploring Jersey-centric\, hands-on\, and outdoor lessons that connect local climate impacts to global systems. Through guided activities and model lessons\, educators will experience strategies they can immediately adapt for use with their own audiences. \nThe workshop also supports educators in aligning existing programs with New Jersey Climate Change Standards\, helping them strengthen connections between informal learning experiences and formal education goals. Dedicated time for collaboration and discussion will allow participants to share ideas\, refine lessons\, and learn from peers across the state. \nBy the end of the workshop\, educators will leave with increased confidence\, practical teaching tools\, and a supportive professional network—empowered to engage learners in relevant\, action-oriented climate change education. \n  \nTentative Schedule (Rain or shine) \nMONDAY \n\n4:00 – 5:00pm – Arrive and settle in to cabins\n6:00 – 7:00pm – Dinner – please bring your own\n7:00 – 7:45pm – Paddle on Lake Wapalanne\n8:00pm – Campfire + Storytelling\n\nTUESDAY \n\n7:00 – 8:00am – Morning walk (optional)\n8:00 – 8:45am – Breakfast (provided by NJSOC)\n9:00 – 9:30am – Welcome and Introductions\n9:30 – 10:30am – The Basic Science of Climate Change\n10:30am-10:45am- Break\n10:45-11:30- The New Jersey Climate-Change Education Standards for Nonformal Educators\n11:45 – 12:45pm – Lunch (provided by NJSOC)\n1:00 – 2:15pm – Ephemeral Art & Poetry of Climate Change\n2:30 – 3:45pm – NJ Wildlife: Using iNaturalist to Explore Climate Change Issues\n3:45 – 4:00pm –Workshop Summation & Gratitudes\n4:00pm – Departure\n\n  \nWorkshop Details: \nThis workshop is presented through a collaboration of the NJSOC and the Alliance for New Jersey Environmental Education with generous support from National Geographic and a private donor. \nThis workshop is open to New Jersey nonformal educators (employed by zoos\, nature centers\, museums\, community organizations\, correctional facilities\, etc.). Registration fee includes breakfast and lunch\, overnight accommodations in cabin-style housing and all workshop materials. \nEducators will receive $150 stipends upon completion of the workshop. \nPlease contact Tanya Sulikowski\, NJSOC Director of Education\, with any questions. tsulikowski@njsoc.org \nRefund Policy: \nYour event fee\, minus Eventbrite Fees\, is fully refundable if canceled 7 or more days before the event. While we appreciate being notified if you are unable to attend an event\, refunds are not given for cancellations within 7 days of the event. \nIf we must cancel an event\, your registration fee\, including Eventbrite fees\, will be refunded. \n 
URL:https://njsoc.org/event/climate-change-education-empowering-new-jerseys-nonformal-educators/
LOCATION:NJ School of Conservation\, 1 Wapalanne Road\, Sandyston\, 07826\, United States
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