Teaching Climate Change Through Place

Experiential Learning for Stronger Environmental Engagement

Date: May 20, 2026, 18:00-19:30

Place: Library, room 821, Sophia University

Format: In person only

Registration: Not required

This event explores how place-based and experiential learning can help build climate knowledge, strengthen environmental concern, and foster a sense of agency. The speakers will share new survey findings from Japan alongside concrete educational projects in Seattle and Tokyo that bring young people into direct contact with environmental issues through community and field-based learning. 

Program:

Opening input

Carola Hommerich, Sophia University

Climate Concern Without Agency? Findings from the Sophia University Climate Survey 2025

Main presentations

Yen-chu Weng, University of Washington

Place-Based Experiential Learning Curriculum at the University of Washington: From Local to Global, From Practice to Action

Takehiro Watanabe, Sophia University

City as Classroom: Community Engagement in Urban Water Restoration Project

This event was organized by Watanabe Takehiro (Associate Professor, Sophia University).

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