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ADVANCEing FieldSafety (AFS)

ADVANCEing FieldSafety (AFS)

Committed to building a safe and welcoming field environment within the Geosciences and beyond

The ADVANCEing FieldSafety program is a collaboration between the FieldSafe team at the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES) at the University of Colorado at Boulder and the ADVANCEGeo Partnership and supported by advisory board members and topic experts. We are a group of individuals with a collective interest and unique skill sets to improve field safety and a welcoming team culture for the broader field-going community.

For general questions or inquiries about the ADVANCEing FieldSafety program, please contact us by email at fieldsafe@colorado.edu.

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Nov
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17
2025
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ADVANCEing FieldSafety Workshop 1 - Norms Agreements

Join us for interactive Zoom workshops that help you apply the tools and strategies from the Field Safety Training: Changing the Culture of Fieldwork online course.

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Nov
Thu
20
2025
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ADVANCEing FieldSafety Workshop 2 - Bystander Intervention

Join us for interactive Zoom workshops that help you apply the tools and strategies from the Field Safety Training: Changing the Culture of Fieldwork online course.

Logo for “ADVANCEing FieldSafety.” The design features an illustration inside a circular frame divided into four quadrants showing diverse people collaborating in different outdoor and fieldwork settings—urban, rural, coastal, and natural environments. To the right, the text reads “ADVANCEing FieldSafety” with “ADVANCE” and “ty” in black and “FieldSafe” in light green. Below, the tagline says “Building Safe and Supportive Field Teams.” >
Dec
Mon
08
2025
MT
ADVANCEing FieldSafety Workshop 1 - Norms Agreements

Join us for interactive Zoom workshops that help you apply the tools and strategies from the Field Safety Training: Changing the Culture of Fieldwork online course.

Logo for “ADVANCEing FieldSafety.” The design features an illustration inside a circular frame divided into four quadrants showing diverse people collaborating in different outdoor and fieldwork settings—urban, rural, coastal, and natural environments. To the right, the text reads “ADVANCEing FieldSafety” with “ADVANCE” and “ty” in black and “FieldSafe” in light green. Below, the tagline says “Building Safe and Supportive Field Teams.” >
Dec
Thu
11
2025
MT
ADVANCEing FieldSafety Workshop 2 - Bystander Intervention

Join us for interactive Zoom workshops that help you apply the tools and strategies from the Field Safety Training: Changing the Culture of Fieldwork online course.

Logo for “ADVANCEing FieldSafety.” The design features an illustration inside a circular frame divided into four quadrants showing diverse people collaborating in different outdoor and fieldwork settings—urban, rural, coastal, and natural environments. To the right, the text reads “ADVANCEing FieldSafety” with “ADVANCE” and “ty” in black and “FieldSafe” in light green. Below, the tagline says “Building Safe and Supportive Field Teams.” >
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ADVANCEing FieldSafety: Changing the Culture of Fieldwork-Coursera

The ADVANCEing FieldSafety course provides field research team leaders and field team participants with the skills and tools to build a welcoming and inclusive field culture. This course will help you and your team develop norms and codes of conduct, and review or clarify leadership and field team organization. This is a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) on Coursera.

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