The Residency
The deepest way to bring this work to life: a multispecies educator embedded in your library or organization for an extended period, building ongoing programming, local partnerships, and resources that outlast the residency itself.
A dedicated educator, embedded in your community for a year.
immersive residency
Take-home kits for self-directed exploration.
Independent Programs
Drop-in and outdoor sessions with flexible, low-barrier participation.
Guided Programs
Structured youth, adult, and educator-workshop programming led by the resident.
Facilitated Programs
Over the course of a year, the resident educator delivers 100 learning experiences — for children, teens, adults, and educators — while building the relationships, partnerships, and local knowledge that let this work continue well past the residency.
What A Residency Includes
the experience
Public Libraries
Trusted, accessible, and already place-based — the residency's original and best-tested home.
Nature Centers & Environmental Organizations
Existing outdoor and ecological programming that a residency could deepen and extend.
Community & Cultural Centers
Any civic space already serving intergenerational, community-based learning.
Public libraries are the proven home for this model — but the residency is built to adapt to any place already rooted in community learning.
who can host
Potential Host Organizations
the impact
Through hands-on, place-based experiences, the residency cultivates ecological literacy, curiosity, empathy, and a stronger sense of belonging — while supporting greater environmental awareness, deeper community connection, and the capacity to thrive together in a changing world.
Community-based learning that reaches beyond the library
the challenge
Climate change, biodiversity loss, habitat transformation, and urbanization are changing the places we live, while opportunities for everyday connection with nature are declining.
Communities are growing distant from the living world
The Challenge & The Impact
why this works
lifelong
People of all ages have opportunities to learn and build relationships over time.
Learning begins with the ecological,
cultural, and social histories of the places we call home.
place-based
intentional
Programs are designed to cultivate curiosity, attentiveness, reflection, and meaningful engagement.
Learning emerges through relationships with people, other animals, plants, places, and communities.
relational
Foundations of Multispecies Learning →
Partner, sponsor, or connect the residency with your community organization — and help create new ways for people of all ages to learn with the living world around them.
Let's build something together
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