Resources & links, panelists & facilitators:
DAY 1: Monday "Why Climate Through Education?"
André Corrêa d'Almeida, Adjunct Associate Professor of International and Public Affairs;
Assistant Director of MPA-DP, School of International and Public Affairs & Earth Institute, Columbia University
Twitter handle: @andrecdalmeida
https://cup.columbia.edu/book/smarter-new-york-city/9780231183758
Priya Patel, Chairperson, Environmental Commission, Millburn, New Jersey
Learn more about the Millburn Plastic Ordinance here:
https://twp.millburn.nj.us/195/Environmental-Commission
NJ passed a Cumulative Impacts/Environmental Justice Bill!
https://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2020/Bills/S0500/232_I1.HTM
Radley Faulknor, AmeriCorps VISTA, Public Works Department of Baltimore
https://www.jhunewsletter.com/staff/radley-faulknor
Frida Ruiz & Bianca Palomino, co-founders of The Green Cause
https://www.instagram.com/thegreencause/
DAY 2: Tuesday "Pushing for Climate Action Inside and Outside the Classroom"
Marc Rogoff, Lead Environmental Education Specialist, (NJ Environmental Protection)
https://www.nj.gov/dep/seeds/bescch/index.htm
https://www.njcleanenergy.com/main/green-job-training/green-job-training
Michael Heinz, Education Program Development Specialist 3, Office of Standards, New Jersey, Department of Education
Educators have been including climate change in science courses since 2009. There are some examples of great work that students are doing in their community right now. Sustainable Jersey for Schools has a lot of those stories on their website:
https://www.sustainablejerseyschools.com
Jaimie Cloud, Founder & President, The Cloud Institute for Sustainability Education
Resilient Schools Consortium (RiSC) : www.riscnyc.org
Free curriculum for middle and high school students - downloadable w email address.
Slide decks and worksheets for teachers, designed for coastal schools
Risks from sea level rise
Volunteer Opportunities:
https://www.cretf.org/youth-committee
https://njsscoalition.wixsite.com/njssc/calendar
@njstudentsustainability on Instagram
https://www.earthguardians.org/crews
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Workshop: Community Organizing through Storytelling
Amina Castronovo, Field Advisor for Our Climate
Faiza Azam, Youth Leader, Our Climate!
@ourclimateny
ourclimate.us to volunteer for CCIA
TikTok Ourclimateleaders
Jade Lozada, co-policy director at TREEage
Instagram: @treeage_team
Find your elected officials: https://www.usa.gov/elected-officials
National Wildlife Federation in New York City: Eco-Schools USA K-12 climate education resources
Instagram: @greeningfullife
Academy for Environmental Science: https://www.mcvts.org/domain/1201
CREFTF: Toolkit of climate education resources: Email @ ClimateEdTaskForce@nwf.org
Bard College: launching a great initiative in April #MakeClimateAClass
www.solveclimateby2030.org - great teacher resources for all content areas, from science to music!
DAY 3: Wednesday: Education for Climate Action
TEACHERS' PERSPECTIVES ON EDUCATION FOR CLIMATE ACTION
Becky Higgins, Science Educator, Johns Hopkins University Science Content Specialist, Bridgeport, CT
virtual reality organization that is focused on marine conservation
Shakira Provasoli , Science and hydroponics teacher, PS 333 in Manhattan
William Bertolotti , Science Teacher, Plainedge High school, NY
Great questions on the disposables -- maybe research alternatives, or into research on microbes that can break plastic down -- there's even promise in mushrooms @ managing waste! https://gotravelblogger.com/the-mushrooms-will-survive-us/
Cassie Xu, Associate Director, Non-Degree Education & Outreach Programs, Director's Office, Earth Institute, Columbia University
Public Lab is a great citizen science organization open to all!
https://www.globe.gov/ to connect with other teachers and students
The Billion Oyster Project in New York City
Toms River Communities that Care an evidence based protective outcome methodology, a Wellness Committee, in addition to an Ocean County Stigma Free effort.
NJ Audubon sponsors Eco-Schools USA in New Jersey : https://njaudubon.org/eco-schools/
About fracking: https://www.wilderness.org/articles/article/truth-about-fracking-and-environment
Environmental toolkits and workshops is ‘The Community Checkup’ : created teaching material for elementary and middle school students on the topics of air injustice, water injustice, and micro plastics. Email: admin@thecommunitycheckup.org
PRESENTATION: CLIMATE EDUCATION RESOURCES TOOLKIT
Gabriela Mendoza, Sara Poon, and Elena Rubenstein
A draft document version was used for the Summit, and the final TOOK KIT will be released in an interactive website around Earth Day of 2021, so please be on the look out the website: www.cretf.org
PANEL: STUDENT RESEARCH
Betsy Freeman, Readington Middle School Advisor, Enrichment Coordinator of Green Initiatives and Sustainability
Dr. Jonathan Hart, Readington Public Schools Superintendent
DAY 4: Communications & Arts for Climate Action
PANEL: COMMUNICATION & ARTS FOR CLIMATE EDUCATION
Andrew Revkin, Founding Director of the Initiative on Communication and Sustainability at Columbia University's Earth Institute
The sarasota school Sustain What: Paths to Safer Schooling in an Unabated Pandemic https://youtu.be/Z3E4Ef62kbA via @YouTube
Relevant episode (the first one!) on #skypeascientist> Lessons from Skyping Scientists as the Coronavirus Pandemic Drives Learning Online https://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2020/03/12/coronavirus-pandemic-drives-learning-online/
Joaquim Goes, Lamont Research Professor at Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory at Columbia University's Earth Institute
Valerie J Amor, Founder, Drawing Conclusions
PRESENTATION: NEW JERSEY STUDENT CLIMATE CHALLENGE
Heather McCall, Program Director for Sustainable Jersey for Schools.
Andrea Drewes, Department of Graduate Education, Leadership, and Counseling, Rider University njstudentclimatechallenge@sustainablejersey.com
http://bit.ly/NJStudentClimateChallenge
https://www.sustainablejerseyschools.com/events/new-jersey-student-climate-challenge/
WORKSHOP: CREATION SUBVERTS DESTRUCTION: Artivism in Climate Advocacy
Edie Fine and Virgile-Minh, Art Coordinators, Extinction Rebellion in NYC
Also, anyone wanting to find out if there’s an xr youth chapter near them can reach out to contact@xryouth.us
PS 34’s Eco-Fashion show here and the amazing costumes kids made out of upcycled materials: https://sites.google.com/view/ps34ecofashion2019
https://sites.google.com/view/ps34ecofashion2018/
DAY 5: Action Planning Day
PANEL: TIPS & ADVICE FOR SUSTAINABILITY STUDIES & COLLEGE PREP
Charlotte Munson, Sustainability student, Columbia University
Jeremy Ashton Zimmerman, SDG Hub Member, Columbia University
Sofia Assab, SDG Hub Member, Columbia University
https://www.balanced.org/ (new website coming soon)
David Yang, SDG Hub Member, Columbia University
Isadora Muszkat, SDG Hub Member, Columbia University
Purva Bommireddy, Team Leader, Bye Bye Plastic Bags New Jersey
Navyaa Jain, High School Co-Chair, NJ Student Sustainability Coalition
Allison Mulch (New Jersey Audubon): NJ schools will be required to teach about climate change across seven areas: 21st Century Life and Careers, Comprehensive Health and Physical Education, Science, Social Studies, Technology, Visu