Events
Winter Study Group
The Teach for Climate Justice Project (T4CJ) will be hosting a study group of 6 study group sessions this winter. The Teach for Climate Justice Study group meetings will run weekly on Tuesdays over the course of six weeks from January 13 - February 24, 2026. Meetings will take place virtually over Zoom.
This study group aims to inspire and support great teaching, empower educators to live their calling with authenticity and passion, and lay the foundation for a grassroots movement to bring radical, transformative climate-justice education to millions of students, educators, parents, and community members.
Study Group for Early Childhood Educators
The Teach for Climate Justice Project is hosting a study group of 10 sessions from January 14th to May 13th, 2026 for early childhood educators teaching PreK - 2nd grade. Meetings will run every other week on Wednesdays from January 14 - May 6, 2026 (see dates below). Meetings will take place virtually over Zoom.
This study group series aims to support educators that work with our youngest students to lay the foundations for SEL and climate justice in developmentally appropriate ways. The Teach for Climate Justice Project's mission is to empower educators to live their calling and bring radical, transformative climate-justice education to millions of students, educators, parents, and community members.
Participants will:
Get a free copy of the book and our study group guide
Receive personalized support from the T4CJ team
Learn alongside a group of committed like-minded educators
Join us in building a movement for climate justice education
Click here to sign up
Please note: If you are not an early childhood educator and wish to join a study group, we invite you to sign up for our winter study group (six weeks in Jan-Feb) for educators working with all ages
Costa Rica Retreat April 2026
Rediscover the joy of working in community to confront the greatest challenge of our time
Join fellow educators in the heart of Costa Rica’s rainforest to explore powerful ways to bring climate justice into your classroom. Experience the vibrant biodiversity of the Central American rainforest, learn from the Indigenous Bribri community of Yorkín, and leave with practical, educator-designed strategies inspired by Teach for Climate Justice: A Vision for Transforming Education.
The 7-Day retreat will run from April 4-11th, 2026. Retreat facilitators, Matthew Cook of Latin American Service Expeditions and Bribri elder, Bernarda Morales, will be joined by Elissa Teles Munoz from the Teach for Climate Justice Project. In order to promote deep conversations and maintain an intimate community, the trip is limited to just 10 participants, with registration on a first come, first served basis.
Highlights include:
Connecting with the beauty and exuberant biological diversity of the Central American rainforest
Immersion in the Bribri community of Yorkín to experience an Indigenous perspective on our relationship with the natural world and how to resist the forces that are harming it
Rediscovering the joy of working in community to confront the greatest challenge of our time
Real strategies you can use in your school that are designed by and for educators, based on Tom Roderick’s book, Teach for Climate Justice: A Vision for Transforming Education
Interested in joining? Click here to submit an interest form and receive more information from the organizers.
For a detailed description and retreat itinerary, please contact Matthew Cook at matt@serviceexpeditions.net or click here.
Teach for Climate Justice Fall Study Group (Virtual)
Kick off the school year with a 6-week exploration of climate justice principles in K-12 education. The study group will meet for 6 consecutive weekly sessions from October 8th - November 12th.
Date and Time: Wednesdays 5-6:30 pm ET/ 2-3:30 pm PT
TO APPLY: Click here.
Tom Roderick’s Teach for Climate Justice Project (T4CJ) is hosting a 6-week study group focused on his award-winning book Teach for Climate Justice: A Vision for Transforming Education.” This group is a space for educators to learn from like-minded peers and reflect on how a vision for climate justice education could be implemented in one’s own classroom, and in classrooms across the country. The study group is FREE to join, and its aim is to prepare participants to organize in their own schools and communities or otherwise contribute to the movement for climate justice education.
Participants will:
Build powerful learning relationships with educators who share your core values.
Feel inspired and ready to organize a successful study group in your school and local community.
Receive a free book, study group guide, and ongoing and personalized support from the T4CJ team.
Applications close on October 1st, so apply soon to secure your spot!
Upcoming Teach for Climate Justice Costa Rica Retreat
The Teach for Climate Justice Project (T4CJ) invites you to join a facilitated group discussion. This virtual space is for educators, parents, students, and youth allies to share stories and learn from one another. To register for the event, click here
Summer Study Group
The Teach for Climate Justice Project (T4CJ) invites you to join a facilitated group discussion. This virtual space is for educators, parents, students, and youth allies to share stories and learn from one another.
Presentation at Teaching Urban Climate Change: Systems, Science, and Stewardship CUNY Microcredential course
On 4/30/25, Tom Roderick presented about Teach for Climate Justice and the T4CJ Project to students enrolled in the Teaching Urban Climate Change: Systems, Science, and Stewardship microcredential course at the City College of New York, led by STEMteachersNYC
Learn more about the course: https://stemteachersnyc.org/climate-change-microcredential/
Teach for Climate Justice Retreat in Costa Rica: April, 2025
The Teach for Climate Justice Project (T4CJ) invites you to join a facilitated group discussion. This virtual space is for educators, parents, students, and youth allies to share stories and learn from one another. To register for the event, click here
Annual Mindfulness in Education Conference: Embodying Courage and Resilience As We Educate for Climate Justice
The Teach for Climate Justice Project (T4CJ) invites you to join a facilitated group discussion. This virtual space is for educators, parents, students, and youth allies to share stories and learn from one another. To register for the event, click here
Social Emotional Learning to Address Climate Change: The Missing Piece Webinar
The Teach for Climate Justice Project (T4CJ) invites you to join a facilitated group discussion. This virtual space is for educators, parents, students, and youth allies to share stories and learn from one another. To register for the event, click here
Check out these photos and testimonials from our successful retreat in April, 2025
Seven educators joined Matt Cook and Tom Roderick for T4CJ’s first Climate Justice Retreat for Educators in the Indigenous Bribri territories of Costa Rica. Head of Latin American Service Expeditions, Matt lives in Costa Rica and works closely with the Bribri people of Yorkin in the rainforest. Traveling by van and dugout canoes to Yorkin, we were warmly welcomed by the Yorkin community and lived with them for five days, experiencing the breathtaking beauty of their eco-forest and their way of life, so different from our own. Along with experiential workshops on chocolate-making, medicinal plants, and tree-planting, we learned the story of their struggles to create and preserve their land- and people-friendly community against incursions by the United Fruit Company—the Yorkin community’s ultimate triumph, an inspiring example of active hope.
Interwoven with these learnings were workshops in which, con cariño, we wrestled with how to bring our radical, transformative vision of climate justice education alive in our schools and classrooms upon returning home—our own adventure of active hope. All the above worked together for a powerful impact on each and every one of us greater than the sum of its parts. I can’t think of words to express what happened. But, as I said to the group in our final session, “This is what radical, transformative climate justice education looks like!”
-Tom Roderick
Past events
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STEM Teachers NYC Micro Credential
Teach for Climate Justice as required reading in Teaching Urban Climate Change: Systems, Science, and Stewardship, a microcredential course hosted by the City University of New York
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Students and Climate Change: Empowering Action Webinar
Webinar hosted by Harvard Education Press on 4/30/25. Tom Roderick and other authors discuss how educators can support solutions-centered education.
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Social Emotional Learning to Address Climate Change: The Missing Piece
Webinar hosted by One Step on 3/6/24. Tom Roderick offers strategies, activities, and inspiration to help students develop the skills needed to address climate challenges.
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Annual Mindfulness in Education Conference,
Teach for Climate Justice served as a guiding text for the conference at the Omega Center in July, 2024. Tom Roderick was a featured presenter and provided powerful parting words to a cohort of over 40 guests.