Many Deaf and hard of hearing youths are born to hearing parents who do not know American Sign Language (ASL) or the Deaf community and, therefore, no ability to communicate with their Deaf child. It can cause lifelong language delays that affect individuals academically, socially, and economically well into adulthood and ultimately impacting their ability…

Website:  https://www.mdclimateacademy.org/programs-ccp Sign up now for the Cohort G in Anne Arundel County, which starts on February 20, 2020. Don’t delay. Sign up today! Join hundreds of others who have already attended this training. This FREE Certified Climate Change Professional Credential Training Program is designed to help participants build competencies to effectively integrate climate change…

Anne Arundel County to Host 2020 Prep Program for the CC-P® Credential Enrollment Deadline is January 31, 2020 The Maryland Climate Leadership Academy is the nation’s first state-sponsored institution providing continuing education and executive training programs specifically designed for state and local government officials, infrastructure executives and business leaders. Cohort G Anne Arundel County (Annapolis)…

March 8, 2020 at 2:00 pm Barns of Shenandoah County with John Adamson – Seven Bends Lecture Series On behalf of the Shenandoah County Historical Society, John Adamson will present a program that includes many interesting photographs of county historic barns. To date, John has surveyed more than 240 Shenandoah County barns. John will share…

Sunday, February 23, 2020 at 2:00 pm Farming for Water Quality with Bobby Clark – Seven Bends Lecture Series Bobby Clark is a Senior Extension Agent with Virginia Cooperative Extension. His office is in Woodstock and he serves Shenandoah, Page, Clarke, Frederick and Warren Counties. He will speak about major efforts including improving farm profitability…

Sunday, February 9 at 2:00 pm Chronic Wasting Disease in VA with Fred Frenzel Learn about the biology, history, and attempted management of this fatal disease of the deer family in Virginia. Fred Frenzel is a District Wildlife Biologist for the Virginia Department of Game & Inland Fisheries covering Clarke, Frederick, Shenandoah, Warren and Page…

Sunday, January 26 at 2:00 pm Planting for Pollinators with Sari Carp Sari Carp is a recovering business school professor, now Executive Director of conservation nonprofit Sustainability Matters in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia (https://www.facebook.com/SustainabilityMattersVA/) . She speaks and writes regularly on sustainable gardening, including the Mountain Courier’s ”Green Grim Reaper” series on invasive weeds….

In 2018 Maryland launched the nation’s first state-sponsored Climate Leadership Academy.  Since then the Academy has trained over 475 participants from state and local governments, NGOs and private business in six cohorts across the state. More recently, the Academy has developed a one-day educational program designed specifically for elected officials in Maryland.  On behalf of…

Maryland Climate Leadership Academy’s next cohort starts NEXT WEEK at the College of Southern Maryland. Earn the Climate Change Professional credential! Sign up now for this FREE and EXCELLENT training! If you can’t make this cohort, there will be others in the future. Just check back on this website link for future details. https://www.mdclimateacademy.org/programs-ccp

The Maryland Climate Leadership Academy is the nation’s first  academy focused on advancing the capacity of state and local government agencies Established in 2018 by the State of Maryland in partnership with the Association of Climate Change Officers, The Maryland Climate Leadership Academy is the nation’s first  academy focused on advancing the capacity of state…