ENVIRONMENTAL AND CLIMATE CHANGE LITERACY SUMMIT
ENVIRONMENTAL AND CLIMATE CHANGE LITERACY SUMMIT
December 11–12, 2019 | UCLA Meyer and Renee Luskin Conference Center | Los Angeles, CA
December 11–12, 2019 | UCLA Meyer and Renee Luskin Conference Center | Los Angeles, CA
Now more than ever, climate change is an urgent issue that must be addressed. Education must be part of the solution. With that in mind, the University of California (UC) and California State University (CSU) systems are partnering with key stakeholders to support the urgent need to advance PK–12 environmental and climate change literacy by focusing on the preparation of current and future teachers to respond to these urgent issues.
Now more than ever, climate change is an urgent issue that must be addressed. Education must be part of the solution. With that in mind, the University of California (UC) and California State University (CSU) systems are partnering with key stakeholders to support the urgent need to advance PK–12 environmental and climate change literacy by focusing on the preparation of current and future teachers to respond to these urgent issues.
The Environmental and Climate Change Literacy Project and Summit (ECCLPS, pronounced "eclipse") Steering Committee is a collaborative effort helping to make this work possible with the goal to:
The Environmental and Climate Change Literacy Project and Summit (ECCLPS, pronounced "eclipse") Steering Committee is a collaborative effort helping to make this work possible with the goal to:
Educate 500,000 graduating high school students per year in California to become literate in environmental and climate change issues and solutions.
Educate 500,000 graduating high school students per year in California to become literate in environmental and climate change issues and solutions.
ECCLPS Steering Committee Co-chairs
ECCLPS Steering Committee Co-chairs
Marquita Grenot-Scheyer
Marquita Grenot-Scheyer
Assistant Vice Chancellor, Educator Preparation and Public Schools Programs, CSU Office of the Chancellor
Ram Ramanathan
Ram Ramanathan
Distinguished Professor of Climate and Atmospheric Sciences, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego
Marcelo Suárez-Orozco
Marcelo Suárez-Orozco
Wasserman Dean & Distinguished Professor of Education, Graduate School of Education & Information Studies, UC Los Angeles
Fred Uy
Fred Uy
Director, Educator Preparation and Public School Programs and Co-Director, Center for the Advancement of Instruction in Quantitative Reasoning, CSU Office of the Chancellor
Featured Keynotes
Featured Keynotes
Edmund G. Brown Jr.
Edmund G. Brown Jr.
Governor (former), California
Marcia McNutt
Marcia McNutt
President, National Academy of Sciences
Janet Napolitano
Janet Napolitano
President, University of California
Timothy P. White
Timothy P. White
Chancellor, California State University
Sponsors
Sponsors
Partners
Partners
