Climate Stewards Course with Pepperwood Preserve
About the Event
Pepperwood is excited to offer a 10-week certification course, the UC Climate Stewards program. Participants in this course will learn about how climate is impacting both our natural and social systems, strategies for productive climate change discussions and support for implementing community-scale ecosystem and community resilience projects. We will practice effectively communicating climate science, discuss the latest climate science, and participate in field-based activities to deepen our understanding of how fire and water are impacting our community within the context of climate change.
Through a hybrid combination of class discussions, self-paced online learning, and field-based activities, participants will become engaged and empowered to help increase community and ecosystem resilience now and for future generations.
Become a certified Climate Steward and a force for positive proactive change in your community! Participation in the Climate Stewards program at Pepperwood also serves as one pathway to becoming a Pepperwood Steward.
Class meetings will be in-person at Pepperwood Preserve and other field trip locations in Sonoma County, as well as 1 online introduction meeting via Zoom. The online Canvas learning platform contains the self-paced readings and assignments, as well as our class discussion boards.
Dates: January 9 - March 27, 2027
Fees: $450 ($200 scholarship rate available for teachers, veterans)
Delivery Mode: Hybrid
Contact: Summer Swallow, sswallow@pepperwoodpreserve.org
Organization Description: Pepperwood Preserve is a 3,200 acre nature preserve, and serves as a living laboratory to engage students, volunteers, and scientists in applied conservation. With many different ecosystems to explore, including grasslands, vernal ponds, oak woodlands, mixed evergreen forests, and serpentine chaparral, the preserve serves as a Watershed Sentinel Site dedicated to tracking ecosystem health over time by systematically monitoring things like weather, soil moisture, stream flow, and the diversity and vitality of local plant and animal populations.