This event—Building a Resilient Future: New York’s Climate Education Movement —will be livestreamed at this link on September 25th from 5:45-7:00 PM ET. Interested participants are invited to tune in to hear from a panel of educational leaders from across New York State about innovative policy initiatives being introduced around climate education and tactics for integrating climate change education across grade levels and subjects. The event will culminate in the public launch of the New York Climate Education Hub (beta version linked here).
SubjectToClimate and The National Wildlife Federation’s Climate and Resilience Education Task Force to Launch New Climate Education Resource for New York State Educators
New York Climate Education Hub to be premiered at the American Museum of Natural History during Climate Week NYC education event
On September 25th, the NYC-based Climate and Resilience Education Task Force (CRETF), nonprofit SubjectToClimate, and the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) will co-host an event focused on climate education in New York State. Held during Climate Week NYC, the event will mark the public launch of the New York Climate Education Hub, a vital statewide curriculum resource for New York educators to utilize in their classroom instruction about climate topics.
Building a Resilient Future: New York’s Climate Education Movement will feature welcoming remarks from Sean Decatur, President of the American Museum of Natural History, and a panel discussion moderated by Anya Kamenetz, author, speaker, former NPR Education correspondent, and Advisor at The Aspen Institute and Climate Mental Health Network. Panelists will include Joseph Henderson, Visiting Lecturer at the University of Vermont Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources; Rachel Arbor, New York Educator and recipient of the White House & EPA Presidential Innovation Award for Environmental Educators; Rosamond Kinzler, Senior Director of Science Education at the American Museum of Natural History; Meredith McDermott, Director of Energy & Sustainability at NYC Public Schools; and Sean McFadden, Science Chair at Eagle Academy for Young Men II and Co-Chair of the Climate Education Leadership Team.
About the New York Climate Education Hub
The New York Climate Education Hub is being developed by nonprofit SubjectToClimate, in partnership with the National Wildlife Federation and their CRETF in New York. The Hub is a free platform with teacher-designed lesson plans, curated resources, and professional development opportunities to enable New York’s K-12 educators to easily integrate climate change into what they already teach. Resources from SubjectToClimate’s core platform are aligned to state content standards, and New York-specific educational content has been added to SubjectToClimate’s database of 2,600+ resources to ensure that New York educators have support to deliver place-based education to their students. With the backing of key institutions in New York, it’s clear that the New York Climate Education Hub will be a critical tool for educators across the state to incorporate climate education into their curriculum.
The National Wildlife Federation (NWF), America's largest and most trusted conservation organization, works across the country to confront the interrelated crises of rapid biodiversity loss, accelerating climate change, and pervasive environmental injustice. NWF is committed to providing youth, educators and communities with the knowledge and skills they need to understand the climate crisis and take action to protect our common future.
The Climate and Resilience Education Task Force (CRETF), co-managed by NWF and WE ACT for Environmental Justice, is dedicated to increasing access to interdisciplinary climate education and professional learning opportunities in New York's P-12 schools. The Task Force is committed to: expanding access to interdisciplinary P-12 climate education in New York State through policy and advocacy; supporting educators with resources to and training to implement climate education in their classrooms; advancing climate and environmental justice; and mentoring youth to advocate for their own climate education.
The American Museum of Natural History, founded in 1869 with a dual mission of scientific research and science education, is one of the world’s preeminent scientific, educational, and cultural institutions. The Museum encompasses more than 40 permanent exhibition halls, galleries for temporary exhibitions, the Rose Center for Earth and Space including the Hayden Planetarium, and the Richard Gilder Center for Science, Education, and Innovation. The Museum’s scientists draw on a world-class permanent collection of more than 30 million specimens and artifacts, some of which are billions of years old, and on one of the largest natural history libraries in the world. Through its Richard Gilder Graduate School, the Museum offers two of the only free-standing, degree-granting programs of their kind at any museum in the U.S.: the Ph.D. program in Comparative Biology and the Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT) Earth Science residency program. Visit amnh.org for more information.
