Webinar Recording: Bringing Climate Into the Classroom

On July 11th, Samrat Pathania, Master Teacher Emeritus (Physics, Mathematics, Computer Science) and co-founder of the Educator Collective for Environmental Justice, and Mary Jane Nusbaum, an art teacher in the Hudson Valley and co-advisor for a climate club at New Paltz Middle School, led us through their experience integrating climate solutions into classroom curriculum. Listen back on how how educators can inform and prepare our young people for climate change.

See below for resources shared by our speakers:

• Clean Energy Coaching: Free Clean Energy Coaching for New York Residents

• Climate Across Curriculum: A climate literacy and education project by Smith College

• Climate Literacy and Energy Awareness Network (CLEAN) 

• Educator Collective for Environmental Justice 

• Project Drawdown’s Climate Solutions 101 

• Mathematics of Planet Earth (MPE): Curriculum resources

• National Science Teaching Association 

• Rewiring America 

• Sustainability Math 

• UN Sustainable Development Goals

• The WiLD Center Youth Climate Action Summit Toolkit 

• Libraries of Local: See the full list of participating libraries here

• Canary Media: Chart of the Week Articles 

• The Organic Artist for Kids by Nick Neddo 

• Games: Energetic Game & Green House Game

Our monthly Morning Coffee webinar series highlights experts in the field to inform and inspire our regional climate community.