{"id":900,"date":"2023-12-13T14:18:15","date_gmt":"2023-12-13T19:18:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/baldwin-clt-teaching-times\/?p=900"},"modified":"2023-12-13T14:18:15","modified_gmt":"2023-12-13T19:18:15","slug":"apply-by-jan-31-to-spend-5-weeks-in-tanzania-this-summer-learning-about-african-perspectives-and-creative-responses-to-climate-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/baldwin-clt-teaching-times\/teaching\/apply-by-jan-31-to-spend-5-weeks-in-tanzania-this-summer-learning-about-african-perspectives-and-creative-responses-to-climate-change\/","title":{"rendered":"Apply by Jan 31 to spend 5 weeks in Tanzania this summer learning about African perspectives and creative responses to climate change"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Twelve college and high school educators will have an extraordinary, fully funded opportunity to spend five weeks with SIT in Tanzania this summer. Thanks in part to a grant from Fulbright-Hays Group Projects Abroad, SIT developed&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fclick.e.worldlearninginc.org%2F%3Fqs%3Dea59b4e923a2a04da60ba59e398370d0d032f27142e08924e62aca0427c3286c3f0b744f9df226d3550fbc9b5a40ed3f988ff6ec6263ef36&amp;data=05%7C02%7Ckbyrnes%40bowdoin.edu%7C7fecc30893a24acac8e108dbfc079e33%7C984e32e5f98a4600aa3227c3f948abe3%7C1%7C0%7C638380881885447119%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=83zanVwxkcOrxv6am1dhD0IFnlgP3EPE2Nr7TiKMeJM%3D&amp;reserved=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Tuko Pamoja: Tanzanian Creativity and Perspectives in an Era of Climate Change<\/a>&nbsp;as a way for educators to gain the tools they need to bring African perspectives and creative responses to climate change into their classrooms. This five-week experiential summer workshop explores ways urban and rural communities are responding to environmental changes and challenges through a decolonized approach to teaching and learning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Selected participants will meet with policymakers and community leaders across Tanzania and have the opportunity to learn from SIT\u2019s vast network of partners, including:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Tanzanians engaged in sustainable urban development;&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Smallholder farmers and the Maasai community engaged in innovative \u201cclimate-smart\u201d farming practices;&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Artists and craftspeople whose materials and practices are influenced by climate change;&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Activists who focus on coastal and marine environments, sustainable tourism, and natural resource management.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This project has been developed by SIT under a grant from the Fulbright-Hays Group Projects Abroad (GPA) of the U.S. Department of Education and is open to high school educators and undergraduate faculty who have a demonstrated interest in African studies, climate change, and experiential learning. All costs are covered by the grant for selected participants, except for insurance, visa, passport fees, and vaccinations (estimated at $200-$250 total). The application deadline is January 31<sup>st<\/sup>, 2024. Please visit our&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sit.edu%2Facademics%2Ffulbright-hays-project-in-tanzania%2F&amp;data=05%7C02%7Ckbyrnes%40bowdoin.edu%7C7fecc30893a24acac8e108dbfc079e33%7C984e32e5f98a4600aa3227c3f948abe3%7C1%7C0%7C638380881885447119%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=6LPjNBDwPnwbvVGyoMENHjUeG5HjcMIaQnI9440CH%2Fo%3D&amp;reserved=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">website<\/a>&nbsp;for more information, including a program schedule and the application.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Twelve college and high school educators will have an extraordinary, fully funded opportunity to spend five weeks with SIT in Tanzania this summer. Thanks in part to a grant from Fulbright-Hays Group Projects Abroad, SIT developed&nbsp;Tuko Pamoja: Tanzanian Creativity and Perspectives in an Era of Climate Change&nbsp;as a way for educators to gain the tools [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":104,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,3,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-900","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-events","category-faculty-opportunities","category-teaching"],"featured_image_src":null,"featured_image_src_square":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"Kathryn Byrnes","author_link":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/baldwin-clt-teaching-times\/author\/kbyrnes\/"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/baldwin-clt-teaching-times\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/900","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/baldwin-clt-teaching-times\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/baldwin-clt-teaching-times\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/baldwin-clt-teaching-times\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/104"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/baldwin-clt-teaching-times\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=900"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/baldwin-clt-teaching-times\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/900\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/baldwin-clt-teaching-times\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=900"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/baldwin-clt-teaching-times\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=900"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/baldwin-clt-teaching-times\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=900"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}