Water Cooler Chats
The ESA Water Cooler Chats are held with an easy informal style where we can see each other, talk about the science, work, and struggles or share resources. It’s like a radio talk show except you can interact live – online. Don’t forget to bring your favorite beverage!
Interested in hosting one? Contact us at education@esa.org
Season 7
- Applying 4DEE in the Classroom: Using Taste Testing to Teach about Food Systems
December 16, 2025 - Applying 4DEE in the Classroom: Developing a Scalable Online Ecology Course with 4DEE
November 14, 2025 - New Challenges in the Ecology Classroom: Law & Policy
October 30, 2025 - Applying 4DEE in the Classroom: Building Beaver Dams & Building Resilience: Using the Faculty Mentoring Network to springboard fun field-based labs and undergraduate research projects
October 23, 2025 - EREN Info Session
September 25, 2025
Prior Chats
Enjoy all the episodes with this video playlist
Check out the Resources shared in many of these WCCs posted on each page.
Season 6
- Applying 4DEE in the Classroom: Making Better Together: Guiding Effective Group Work For All Students
May 14, 2025 - Applying 4DEE in the Classroom: Environmental Science vs Ecology courses
April 11, 2025 - Innovative Ecology Teaching at Community College
April 7, 2025 - Applying 4DEE in the Classroom: Teaching R to Undergraduates in Ecology
March 19, 2025 - Applying 4DEE in the Classroom: Amanda and Jaime
October 25, 2024 - Take 4DEE in Your Classroom to the next level in your next grant proposal
November 21, 2024 - Applying 4DEE in the Classroom: Working with Non-Majors
December 5, 2024
Season 5
- No time for all four dimensions of ecology education? Which would you drop?
May 9, 2024 - How can I learn to be a better negotiator?
April 3, 2024 - NSF Announces 2024 Sunsetting Macrosystems and NEON-enabled Science Program
November 21, 2023 - Listening Session on Program Implications of the 14th Amendment Equal Protection Clause
- October 27, 2023
Resources are posted on the page. - Interdisciplinary Ecology in the Anthropocene
September 14, 2023
Season 4
- What Goes Into a Field Safety Plan?
April 25, 2023 - Navigating a socio-environmental world through research and career pathways: Trying to weave Earth observations into rethinking our understanding of place
February 21. 2023 - ESA and the National Nature Assessment (NNA) framework
January 9, 2023
Expanding the ecological tent with environmental data science: A case study using the National Ecological Observatory Network.
October 21, 2022
Season 3
- Safe and inclusive field research: How can the proposed new NSF supplementary doc help achieve this goal?
June 6, 2022 - Celebrating Asian-American Ecologists
May 4, 2022 - Leveraging local environments and cross-cutting themes to implement 4DEE
April 8, 2022 - Two-eyed Ecology in the Practice of TEK and Western Science: A Student Perspective
January 28, 2022 - COP26 Debrief
January 27, 2022 - Managing and Conserving Plant Biodiversity in the 21st Century
October 15, 2021 - Ecological Education in Year 2 of the Pandemic: Lessons Learned and Applied
October 8, 2021 - Wrangling Big Data for Natural Resource Projects
September 24, 2021
Season 2
- Bringing 4DEE to TIEE: A Case Study
June 4th, 2021 - Active Learning, Lectures, and Student Outcomes in 4D
May 21, 2021 - How to Submit a Good Virtual Field Trip for #ESA2021
April 12, 2021 - New Concepts and Strategies for Charitable Gift Planning
April 6, 2021 - ESA Listening Session in support of Asian scientists
March 26, 2021 - 4DEE Water Cooler: Turning Field Exercises and Courses 4D
March 12, 2021 - Black Ecologists – Shaping the Science of Ecology
February 26, 2021 - How to Submit a Good Abstract for #ESA2021
February 17, 2021 - What Is 4DEE And What Would You Like to Know About It?
February 5, 2o21 - Tips for Proposing a Workshop, Short Course, or Special Session for #ESA2021
January 5, 2021 - Environmental Justice in Ecological Research and Education
December 11, 2020 (recording available) - Exploration of Modern Indigenous Knowledge and the Power of Indigenous and Western Science
November 13, 2020 (recording available) - The Ins and Outs of Proposing a Session for #ESA2021
October 28, 2020 - Interdisciplinary Ecology in Practice
October 9, 2020 - Impactful and Adaptable: What Can the ESA Bulletin Do for You?
September 17, 2020 - Back to School – On Campus, Online, or Hybrid?
September 3, 2020
Season 1
- Modeling the SARS-CoV-2 Outbreak: Challenges and Opportunities
July 17, 2020 - Building Hypotheses
June 26, 2020 - Teaching Science Communication
June 12, 2020 - Bringing Ecology Home
May 29, 2020 - Fostering Social Connections while Teaching Online
May 8, 2020 - The Role of Natural History in Ecology
May 1, 2020 - Connecting to Place – Virtually
April 24, 2020 - The Early Career Experience
April 21, 2020 - Countering Misinformation with Science Communication
April 17, 2020 - Assessing Student Online Learning during a Coronavirus pandemic
April 10, 2020 - What’s Your Favorite Virtual Field Trip?
April 3, 2020 - What Does “Field” Mean to You in a Coronavirus Spring?
March 27, 2020