Resource Center for Environmental and Climate Action Changemakers in TK-12 Schools

This part of the site lays out the case for why K-12 schools have the opportunity to serve as a catalyst for accelerating transformative change within school communities, minimizing ongoing disruptions to learning from climate-related disasters, and providing equitable access to safe and healthy spaces for children, youth, and adults to learn and play. 

This part of the site provides an overview to the vision and philosophies that guide Sustainable and Climate Resilient Schools practices, as well as an overview to the 4Cs Whole School Sustainability and Climate Resiliency  Framework, which describes how to operationalize these practices across a schools campus, curriculum, community and culture.  

This part of the site provides a ton of resources for integrating environmental sustainability education (ESE) - a.k.a. environmental literacy - into curriculum and instruction. Included is a curriculum integration framework, Solutionary Teaching and Learning resources, and a significant amount of supplemental resources for environmental justice, case studies, field research, and much more! There is also a special page dedicated to climate literacy. 

This part of the site provides access to resources for greening a school community's facilities and operational practices (i.e. reducing ecological footprint and GHG emissions). This section also has resources on how to leverage these campus changes as a laboratory for student learning.  

This part of the site provides access resources that support engaging the entire community in a shift towards a sustainable future. Resource examples include: board resolutions, climate movement, student engagement for civic and collective action, sustainability aligned networks and organizations, and resources for awards and recognition etc. 

This part of the site provides access to resources  for different environmental and climate action focus areas (i.e. energy, waste, water, food, land-based ecosystems, etc.). Each focus area page has: Goals and Strategies, Project Management and Curriculum Resources, and Solutionary Examples.