Climate Justice Resources
for Educators

Bryk, Anthony S., Louis M. Gomez, Alicia Grunow, Paul G. Le Mahieu. Learning to Improve: How America’s Schools can get Better at Getting Better. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard Education Press, 2015.

Bryk and colleagues present a vision for how the science of learning can be more efficiently integrated into educational practice. Their six principles encourage educators to network with researchers to generate measurable interventions.

Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning. https://casel.org/

CASEL advances evidence-based social and emotional learning techniques by working with educators to translate research into classroom practices and advocating for SEL policies at the district, state, and federal levels. SEL webinars and other resources for educators are available on CASEL’s website.

Hammond, Zaretta. Culturally Responsive Teaching and the Brain: Promoting authentic engagement and rigor among culturally and linguistically diverse students. Thousand Oaks: Corwin, 2015.

Hammond presents a pathway for facilitating culturally responsive learning in diverse classrooms drawing on neuroscience and her own classroom experience. This includes an overview of research-backed instructional strategies, a ten-step process for supporting students’ development into independent learners, and thought-provoking prompts for teachers.

Kendi, Ibram X. How to be an Antiracist. New York: One World, 2019.

Kendi calls on readers to examine the hierarchical structures that permeate our social worlds and to envision the steps that must be taken to create a new antiracist society.

Love, Bettina L. We Want To Do More Than Just Survive: Abolitionist Teaching and the Pursuit of Educational Freedom. Boston: Beacon Press, 2019.

Love presents a case for educators to set aside the “educational survival complex” that trains students of color to endure unequal systems. Instead, she encourages a curriculum that explicitly addresses racial oppression and activism in order to equip their students to create change in their communities.

Morningside Center for Teaching Social Responsibility. https://www.morningsidecenter.org/

A national leader in social and emotional learning (SEL), restorative practices, and racial equity, Morningside Center provides training, classroom coaching, and curriculum to support schools in implementing high-quality, ongoing research-based programs.

Muhammad, Gholdy. Cultivating Genius: An Equity Framework for Culturally and Historically Responsive Literacy. New York: Scholastic, 2020.

Muhammad outlines her Historically Responsive Literacy framework for culturally responsive teaching, with a particular emphasis on supporting students of color in grades K–8. Her four-part framework focuses on students’ identity, skill, and intellectual development, in addition to developing the anti-oppression criticality necessary to understand power structures.

Ray, Sarah Jaquette. A Field Guide to Climate Anxiety: How to Keep Your Cool on a Warming Planet. Oakland: University of California Press, 2020.

Ray introduces readers to an “existential tool kit” designed to help young people build the emotional skills to stave off burnout and feelings of powerlessness as they fight for climate justice. Her tool kit incorporates findings from psychology and previous social movements, as well as a decade of experience teaching environmental studies at the college level.

Singleton, Glenn E. Courageous Conversations about Race: a Field Guide for Achieving Equity in Schools. Thousand Oaks, California: Corwin, 2005.

Glenn invites educators to explore why racial achievement gaps continue to exist and how to address them through equitable curriculum.

Singleton, Glenn E. More Courageous Conversations about Race. Thousand Oaks, California: Corwin, 2013.

Glenn pushes educators to put his Courageous Conversations Protocol into practice, offering numerous examples of how this has been done in school districts at the classroom and administrative levels.

Carson, Rachel. The Sense of Wonder. New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 1965.

Carson invites readers to guide and be guided by the children in their lives toward approaching nature with an unbridled sense of awe.

Carson, Rachel. Silent Spring. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1962.

Carson’s seminal work brought the damage inflicted on our communities and the environment by DDT and other pesticides into the national spotlight in the United States, calling on readers to question the political and financial conditions that enable their continued use. Decades after its publication, Silent Spring remains a foundational text of modern environmental movements.

Kimmerer, Robin Wall. Braiding Sweet Grass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants. Minneapolis: Milkweed Editions, 2013.

Kimmer weaves her scientific training as a botanist with wisdom gleaned from her experiences as a member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation to encourage readers to acknowledge and embrace humans’ reciprocal relationship with nature.

Orr, David W. Earth in Mind: On Education, Environment, and the Human Prospect. Washington, DC: Island Press, 1994.

Orr criticizes the careerism and alienation from nature promoted by modern educational systems and proposes an ecologically intelligent alternative designed to foster a sense of wonder toward the natural world.

Park, Linda Sue. A Long Walk to Water: Based on a True Story. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2011.

Park presents the stories of two Sudanese children, Nya and Salva, as the everyday experience of fetching water intersections with armed conflicts and a widespread refugee crisis.

Powers, Richard. The Overstory. London: Random House, 2018.

Powers’ novel depicts a series of intertwining stories about how a group of Americans’ lives relate to those of the trees around them.

The American Littoral Society. www.LittoralSociety.org, 18 Hartshore Drive, Suite #1, Highland, NJ, 932-291-0055.

“Littoral” means having to do with the shore or the shoreline. The American Littoral Society promotes the study and conservation of marine life and habitat, protects the coast from harm, and empowers others to do the same. The Society helps schools and afterschool programs design programs that connect youth to the coast “in a way they will never forget.”

Water.org, founded by Matt Damon and Gary White

Today, 2.2 billion people—1 in 4—lack access to safe water at home. And 3.5 billion—2 in 5—lack access to a safe toilet. The water crisis affects more than one-third of the world’s population. It keeps children out of school, women out of work, and traps people in extreme poverty. It spreads diseases.

Movie actor Matt Damon and water expert and engineer Gary White have teamed up to create an approach to address this critical need. Through their organization, water.org, they work with in-country financial partners to provide affordable loans to people in need of water. People living in poverty use these loans to put a tap or toilet in their homes. Every repaid loan provides an opportunity for another family to get the safe water and toilets they need. Working with partners in East Africa, Latin America, South Asia, and Southeast Asia, Matt and Gary say they’ve helped over 40 million people access water for drinking and/or sanitation. In The Worth of Water, they tell the stories of how they came together and spent years developing their approach.

Water.org pairs nicely with Linda Sue Park’s A Long Walk to Water and with stories from the classrooms of Jared Fox and Megan Wellford in Chapter Two. Students can also research other approaches to dealing the water crisis and observe World Water Day

“ACE National Strategy Framework for the United States.” US ACE Framework. https://aceframework.us/

This framework details climate policy recommendations specific to the United States, including rejoining the Paris Agreement on climate change before the UN Climate Change Conference in 2026 and putting priority on climate education.

Attenborough, David. A Life on Our Planet: My Witness Statement and a Vision for the Future, 109-121. New York: Grand Central Publishing, 2020.

Attenborough recounts his career as a natural historian alongside an account of the loss of natural wilderness during the same period. He suggests numerous solutions to wild habitat loss through government action and changing individual consumption patterns.

Bill Nye, “The Climate Guy.” https://www.billnye.com

Classic episodes of “Bill Nye The Science Guy” cover a range of earth science topics, including the effects of pollution and the functioning of a healthy climate system. The first episode of the more recent “Bill Nye Saves the World” tackles climate change denial and highlights sustainable solutions to global warming.

Butler, Octavia E. Parable of the Sower. New York, Four Walls Eight Windows, 1993.

Butler’s prescient science-fiction novel follows Lauren Olamina, a young African American woman with a unique and painful insight into other people’s emotions, as she is confronted by the brutal realities of survival in a capitalist apocalypse.

Climate and Resilience Education Task Force in NYC. CRETF ClimEd Survey 2021. June 11, 2021, https://static1.squarespace.com/static/6001a539f8f42f6c20a08362/t/61d7371b336fc71c4a409186/1641494299699/CRETF+ClimEd+Survey+2021.pdf

This recent CRETF survey of PreK-12 teachers working in New York City public schools found that while most educators agreed climate change would harm future generations, they had trouble finding time to teach students about this topic.

Eisenstein, Charles. Climate: A New Story. North Atlantic Books, 2018.

Eisenstein tasks readers with setting aside the “war mentality” approach to environmentalism fixated on crisis and blame in favor of an actionable focus on caring for the planet.

Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services. Global assessment report on biodiversity and ecosystem services of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services, eds. Eduardo Brondizio, Josef Settele, Sandra Díaz, and Hien T. Ngo. Bonn, Germany: IPBES secretariat, 2019. https://ipbes.net/global-assessment

This IPBES report assesses the current state of global biodiversity, how the world’s ecosystem services support human wellbeing, and the effectiveness of efforts to preserve those resources.

Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services. “Key Messages.” In Summary for policymakers of the global assessment report on biodiversity and ecosystem services, 12-14. Bonn, Germany: IPBES secretariat, 2019. https://zenodo.org/record/3553579#.YuwPY3bMLb0

This section of the IPBES report details core takeaway about the declining state of the world’s ecosystems and recommendations for how to meet humans’ basic needs at a global level while addressing conservation goals.

International Panel on Climate Change. Summary for Policymakers. Climate Change 2021: The Physical Science Basis. Contribution of Working Group I to the Sixth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press, 2021. https://www.ipcc.ch/report/ar6/wg1/downloads/report/IPCC_AR6_WGI_SPM.pdf

This IPCC summary provides a basic overview of the current science on how human activity is contributing to climate change and how this may impact specific regions of the world in the future.

Kenner, Robert, dir. Food, Inc. United States: Magnolia Pictures, 2009.

This documentary takes a close look at how industrial food production harms the health of humans, animals, and the environment.

Klein, Naomi. On Fire: The (Burning) Case for a Green New Deal. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2019.

Klein captures a decade of environmental destruction and the global fight to take on climate change through economic transformation.

Klein, Naomi. This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. the Climate. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2014.

Klein argues that the “free market” will never be able to save us from climate change because it is caused, first and foremost, by capitalism itself. Creating a more hospitable world, she explains, will require reclaiming the planet from an extractive economic system that inherently values profit over wellbeing.

McKibben, Bill. Eaarth: Making a Life on a Tough New Planet. New York: Times Books, 2010.

McKibben asserts that we have waited far too long to prevent drastic changes to the Earth’s ecosystems. If we want to survive in this new world, it will require drastically altering our way of life to adapt to a more hostile planet.

McKibben, Bill. Falter: Has the Human Game Begun to Play Itself Out?, 89. New York: Henry Holt and Company, 2019.

McKibben, co-founder of the 350.org movement, calls on readers to confront the converging threats of climate catastrophe and technological takeover of human society.

Pollan, Michael. The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals. New York: Penguin, 2006.

Pollan traces the path our food takes through the industrial food system to our plates and the large-scale environmental, ethical, and health implications of our dietary choices.

Quinn, Daniel. Ishmael: An Adventure of the Mind and Spirit. New York: Bantam, 1992.

Quinn’s novel challenges anthropocentric assumptions of human superiority over the rest of nature through a conversation between a cynical man and a telepathic gorilla.

Shiva, Vandana. Soil Not Oil: Environmental Justice in a Time of Climate Crisis. Cambridge, Massachusetts: South End Press, 2008.

Shiva suggests that a return to traditional small-scale agriculture may be the only way to counter the harms caused by our industrial global food system, which perpetuates resource inequality and reliance on fossil fuels.

Wallace-Wells, David. The Uninhabitable Earth: Life After Warming. New York: Tim Duggan Books, 2020.

Wallace-Wells explores the myriad ways life on Earth will be irrevocably altered by climate change in the years to come. With and without drastic ecological intervention, he argues, the planet’s ecosystems and our ways of living in them will never be the same.

Brown, Lester. Plan B 4.0:Mobilizing to Save Civilization. New York: W.W. Norton, 2009.

Brown examines how the transition away from fossil fuels to renewable energy sources like wind, solar, and geothermal power will change society.

Cooperative Climate Futures Project. https://ccfutures.co/

This organization supports ongoing ecological projects that present an alternative to racial capitalism by amplifying the work of Black, queer, and feminist activists and organizers.

Hawken, Paul, ed. Drawdown: The Most Comprehensive Plan Ever Proposed to Reverse Global Warming. Vancouver, BC: Langara College, 2017.

Hawken offers readers a collection of 100 proposals to counter climate change from scientists and policymakers.

Johnson, Ayana Elizabeth, and Katharine K. Wilkinson, eds. All We Can Save: Truth, Courage, and Solutions for the Climate Crisis. New York: One World, 2020.

Johnson and Wilkinson present a collection of essays and poems highlighting the essential role women and girls have to play in climate movements.

Macy, Joanna, and Chris Johnstone. Active Hope: How to Face the Mess We’re in without Going Crazy. Novato, California: New World Library, 2012.

Macy and Johnstone share insights from psychology and spiritual practices to help readers prepare to face our changing ecosystems.

Mitchell, Sherri. Sacred Instructions: Indigenous Wisdom for Living Spirit-Based Change. Berkeley, California: North Atlantic Books, 2018.

Mitchell reflects on indigenous land rights and environmental justice based in her experience as an attorney and member of the Penobscot Nation.

Project Drawdown. “Climate Solutions 101.” https://drawdown.org/climate-solutions-101

This free video course contains six units aimed at high schoolers about how to take action on climate change. Each unit is accompanied by expert conversations led by scientists, graphics, and suggested resources for deeper learning.

Chenoweth, Erica and Maria J. Stephan. Why Civil Resistance Works: The Strategic Logic of Nonviolent Conflict. New York: Columbia University Press, 2011.

Chenoweth and Stephan explore why it is that nonviolent movements are so much more effective than violent ones, arguing that nonviolent noncooperation allows activists to bring about lasting peace by winning the moral and strategic high ground.

Engler, Mark, and Paul Engler. This is an Uprising: How Nonviolent Revolt is Shaping the Twenty-First Century. Oakville, Ontario: Bold Type Books, 2017.

The Englers examine the anatomy of mass movements, from the historical insights offered by India’s independence movement to more recent examples such as Occupy Wall Street and #BlackLivesMatter.

Haga, Kazu. Healing Resistance: A Radically Different Response to Harm. Berkeley: Parallax Press, 2020.

Haga suggests how activists can apply lessons from Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s approach to nonviolence during the Civil Rights Movement to ongoing political conflicts.

Moore-Backman, Chris. The Gandhian Iceberg: A Nonviolence Manifesto for the Age of the Great Turning. Reno, Nevada: Be the Change Project, 2016.

Moore-Backman asserts the need for climate activism based in the tradition of spiritual nonviolence.

Moyer, Bill. Doing Democracy: The MAP Model for Organizing Social Movements. Gabriola Island, BC: New Society Publishers, 2001.

Moyer examines the eight stages of action characteristic of successful social movements throughout history and how activists can take on different roles to advance a cause during each of these phases.

Nelson Jr., Stanley, dir. Freedom Riders. Santa Barbara: Firelight Media, 2010.

This documentary follows the 1961 Freedom Rides, in which black and white nonviolent activists challenged Jim Crow laws requiring racially segregated buses and trains by traveling together through the Deep South.

Simon, Evan. “Meet the youths at the heart of the Standing Rock protests against the Dakota Access Pipeline.” ABC News, February 25, 2017. https://abcnews.go.com/US/meet-youth-heart-standing-rock-protests-dakota-access/story?id=45719115

Theoharis, Jeanne. The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks. Boston: Beacon Press, 2013.

Theoharis flips the popular narrative that civil rights activist Rosa Parks sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott by spontaneously refusing to give up her seat to a white passenger in favor of a complex depiction of her sixty years of sustained political work.

Wolfe-Rocca, Ursula. “Teaching Climate Disobedience: Using the Film Necessity in the Classroom.” Zinn Education Project. https://www.zinnedproject.org/materials/necessity-lesson

Action for the Climate Emergency. https://acespace.org/

ACE works to educate high school students and the public on the need to confront climate change, and to support young activists through its Youth Action Network. Its’ “Our Climate Our Future” collection includes dozens of lessons on climate science and politics as well as videos on how climate change is uniquely impacting communities throughout the United States.

Climate and Resilience Education Task Force Youth Steering Committee. Student & Educator Climate Resource Toolkit, 2021. https://docs.google.com/document/d/18ij35jrR-Q8vY1dK_hAuhO0XViH5XwhZjMqMEVFpyVw/edit

A curated collection of curriculum sets, lesson plans, and other materials for teaching concepts related to environmental justice at a high-school level. The toolkit aims to equip students with the knowledge necessary to take action on climate change.

Climate Generations. https://www.climategen.org/

This nonprofit, founded by polar explorer Will Steger, empowers young people to pursue equitable solutions to climate change through programs targeting education, activism, and storytelling. Climate Generation offers curriculum for students in grades 3-12, and offers opportunities for environmental educators to connect through its Teach Climate Network.

Nancy Metzger-Carter. https://www.sonomaacademy.org/nancy-metzger-carter

Environmental justice educator Metzger-Carter leads the Schools for Climate Campaign, a student activist group that empowers educators and young people to take on the process of passing climate change resolutions in their communities.

Morningside Center for Teaching Social Responsibility, Whole-School Racial Equity Project. https://www.morningsidecenter.org/centering-racial-equity

Morningside Center supports schools, Pre-K to 12, in ongoing work toward the vision of the Beloved Community described in Chapter One.

Transformational Educational Leadership. https://www.teleadership.org/

A professional development organization that provides leadership training to educators invested in building equity and belonging in their school systems.

Casey, Leo. The Teacher Insurgency: A Strategic and Organizing Perspective. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard Education Press, 2020.

Casey examines the political and economics conditions that have culminated in the recent wave of teacher strikes in the US, and the characteristics of a successful strike.

Oliver, Mary. Devotions: The Selected Poems of Mary Oliver. New York: Penguin Press, 2017.

A collection of nearly fifty years of Oliver’s poetic reflections on nature and our connections with it.

Tarlau, Rebecca. Occupying Schools, Occupying Land: How the Landless Workers Movement Transformed Brazilian Education. New York: Oxford University Press, 2019.

Tarlau provides an account of how the Landless Workers Movement created new economic and educational opportunities in Brazil.

Bigelow, Bill and Tim Swinehart. A People’s Curriculum for the Earth: Teaching Climate Change and Environmental Crisis. Milwaukee, Wisconsin: Rethinking Schools, 2014.

Bigelow and Swinehart present a selection of resources for environmental educators, including classroom readings and a range of activities.

City Atlas. Energetic: Teaching the Future. City Atlas. 2019. Board Game. https://newyork.thecityatlas.org/energetic/

Energetic tasks players with working together to develop a carbon-free energy system for New York City by the year 2050. The games website includes a guide for educators looking to use the game as a teaching tool for students age 11 and up.

“Climate Action Simulation.” Climate Interactive. https://www.climateinteractive.org/climate-action-simulation/

This roleplaying game puts students in the shoes of participants at an emergency climate summit seeking to limit global warming. Recommended for groups of 20-50 players highschool age and over.

“Climate Change Education and Climate Justice.” North American Association for Environmental Education. https://naaee.org/our-work/programs/climate-change

A collection of NAAEE resources identifying educational strategies and professional development opportunities for educators looking to revitalize their approach to teaching environmental studies.

Climate Literacy and Energy Awareness Network. https://cleanet.org/clean/community/index.html

The CLEAN Network hosts a collection of guides on teaching climate science and energy policy at the elementary school level, as well teaching webinars and other courses for environmental educators.

“Global Environmental Politics.” The Beacon School. https://sites.google.com/beaconschool.org/faithfull/global-environmental-politics

This website hosts highschool level units on topics ranging from climate change to food policy and resource scarcity created by Bayard Faithfull of the Beacon School.

KidWind. https://www.kidwind.org/

This nonprofit hosts renewable energy themed challenges for students and workshops for educators looking to jump into climate education. It also offers solar and wind power curriculum for elementary, middle, and high school students.

“Making the Green New Deal a Reality.” The Beacon School. February, 2019. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1NhbjQxXsfVAlS9ye2S57x_eddoXyTnjN/view

This project tasks highschool students with drafting a policy memo suggesting new steps for creating a Green New Deal based on existing policy proposals and research.

Morningside Center for Teaching Social Responsibility, https://www.morningsidecenter.org/teachable-moment

Through this website, Morningside Center provides frequent classroom lessons on current issues in the news and on other topics related to SEL, racial equity, and the climate crisis.

NYC Department of Education. Schools of Resilience Toolkit: A Toolkit for Building Resilient and Sustainable School Communities. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1NpO4p8OmDIKQfdSJGY-51jM3ApHj8kKE/view

The SoR toolkit provides a package of webinars and questionnaires to help schools understand the risks posed by climate change in their area and connect with partners in the community to create solutions.

Rethinking Schools. https://rethinkingschools.org/

This nonprofit organization advocates for public education through publishing books, magazines, and materials for use in the classroom.

Subject to Climate (StC). https//subjecttoclimate.org/.

Subject to Climate is a nonprofit organization that connects K-12 educators of all grades and subjects to online materials on climate change at no cost. StC’s mission is to make climate change teaching accessible to all so that the next generation will be inspired to take climate action.

Subject to Climate has two primary programs: a core platform for educators everywhere with a rich array of lessons and resources; and customized regional resource hubs in states where efforts are underway to implement climate education systemically. States with regional hubs include New Jersey, Maine, Wisconsin, and Oregon.

Sustainability Challenge. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1gCvCEPsIZMFn0zWalndQSx3LWnc4q4pN/view

A month-long project challenging students to score points by reducing the environmental impact of their power and food consumption, finding new ways to recycle, and organizing for change in their communities.

ThoughtBox. https://www.thoughtboxeducation.com/

This nonprofit offers schools across the world a framework for developing regenerative education communities focused on caring for the self, other people, and the Earth. ThoughtBox provides leadership programs, teacher training, and curriculum for primary and secondary school students.

Zinn Education Project. https://www.zinnedproject.org/

This projects builds on Howard Zinn’s “A People’s History of the United States” to provide educators with the resources necessary to give students a more complex understanding of history than is generally available in traditional textbooks.

The Awen Center for Wellness, Sustainability, Creativity and Nature-Based Spirituality. https://www.theawencenter.org/

In addition to hosting individuals for nature retreats and forest therapy, the Awen Center hosts seasonal celebrations, teacher retreats, sustainability workshops, and art classes. It provides wellness, teambuilding, and leadership retreats for organizations and community groups.

Intrator, Sam A., and Megan Scribner, eds. Leading from Within: Poetry That Sustains the Courage to Lead. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2007.

Intrator, Sam A., and Megan Scribner, eds. Teaching with Fire: Poetry That Sustains the Courage to Teach. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2003.

Intrator, Sam A., and Megan Scribner, eds. Teaching with Heart: Poetry That Speaks to the Courage to Teach. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2014.

This series of poetry books provides teachers with an outlet to share their unique experiences in the classroom alongside a complimentary poem.

Lantieri, Linda, ed. Schools with Spirit: Nurturing the Inner Lives of Children and Teachers. Boston: Beacon Press, 2002.

Lantieri offers a collection of twelve essays by educators on how to foster students’ emotional intelligence and spiritual development while respecting their diverse experiences and family beliefs.

Palmer, Parker J., and Megan Scribner. The Courage to Teach Guide for Reflection and Renewal. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2017.

This guide provides a set of questions and exercises for educators looking to deepen their understanding of teaching as a profession.

Palmer, Parker J. A Hidden Wholeness: The Journey Toward An Undivided Life, Welcoming the Soul and Weaving Community in a Wounded World. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2004

Palmer encourages readers to live in line with their inner truth by both seeking solace in solitude and coming together in community to support one another. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2004.

Palmer, Parker J. Let Your Life Speak: Listening to the Voice of Vocation. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1999.

Palmer offers thoughtful insight into how to discover and embrace a calling through journaling, meditation, and other inner work.

“Action for Climate Empowerment,” United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. https://unfccc.int/topics/education-youth/the-big-picture/what-is-action-for-climate-empowerment.

The Climate Resilience and Education Task Force (CRETF). https://www.cretf.org/

CRETF, managed by the National Wildlife Federation and WE ACT for Environmental Justice, works to expand access to interdisciplinary PreK-12 climate education throughout New York State. With 200 adult individual and organizational members and 100 high school students in a Youth Steering Committee, CRETF provides a support network for educators, mentors youth to advocate for climate education, and advocates for NY State adoption of CRETF’s Climate Education Platform. CRETF members get regular updates about what’s happening in climate education locally and nationally, participate in Zoom and in-person events where they meet educators doing climate education in their schools and classrooms, and advocate for climate education to be part of the curriculum for all grades and all subjects.

Environmental Education Advisory Council of New York City. EEAC Newsletter, Summer 2018. https://eeac-nyc.org/files/newsletters/EEACnewsletter201808.pdf

The EEAC newsletter informs readers about the organization’s ongoing work to promote environmental education and sustainability in New York City. Each issue includes environmentalist lessons and activities for use in the classroom.

U.S. Congress. House. Supporting the teaching of climate change in schools. HR 29. 117th Cong. Introduced in House January 11, 2021. https://www.congress.gov/117/bills/hres29/BILLS-117hres29ih.pdf

A resolution calling for the House of Representative to support teaching on climate change in public and private schools, as well as through nonprofit organizations and community programs.

“What is Action for Climate Empowerment?” United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. https://unfccc.int/topics/education-youth/the-big-picture/what-is-action-for-climate-empowerment

The UNFCCC’s Action for Climate Empowerment framework outlines six essential elements of a global response to climate change: education, training, public awareness, public participation, public access to information, and international cooperation. ACE also features youth video competitions and other opportunities for young people.