NOVEMBER 5, 2025 — DAY 1
NOVEMBER 5, 2025 — DAY 1
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7:45 a.m. - 8:45 a.m. — Registration
7:45 a.m. - 8:45 a.m. — Registration
Location: Great Hall
8:00 a.m. - 8:45 a.m. — Breakfast
8:00 a.m. - 8:45 a.m. — Breakfast
Location: Great Hall
8:45 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. — Climate Game Show
Late Night for the Planet: Morning Edition
8:45 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. — Climate Game Show
Late Night for the Planet: Morning Edition
With Dr. Curt Gervich & Student Leaders
Location: Great Hall
Location: Great Hall
9:30 a.m. - 10:15 a.m. — Climate Science 101
9:30 a.m. - 10:15 a.m. — Climate Science 101
with Dr. Curt Stager (Paul Smith's College)
with Dr. Curt Stager (Paul Smith's College)
Location: Flammer Theater
Location: Flammer Theater
10:15 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. — Welcome & Opening Remarks
10:15 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. — Welcome & Opening Remarks
Location: Flammer Theater
10:30 a.m. - 10:45 a.m. — Plan Your Day and Announcements
10:30 a.m. - 10:45 a.m. — Plan Your Day and Announcements
Location: Flammer Theater
10:45 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. — Break
10:45 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. — Break
Location: Great Hall
11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. — Concurrent Workshop Session
11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. — Concurrent Workshop Session
(Participants will choose ONE of the breakout sessions outlined below)
Justice On Your Plate: Understanding How Our Food Choices Shape the Food System
Location: Flammer Theater
Presenter: ADK Food Systems Network
Theme: Agriculture, Sustainability
Art in a Changing Climate: Creativity, Care and Cultivating Connection
Location: Naturalist's Cabinet and Outside
Presenters: Adirondack Watershed Institute, Finger Lakes Institute, and the Paul Smith's VIC
Theme: Art, Communication
How To: Community Repair Fair
Location: Climate Solutions
Presenters: Canton Sustainability Committee and Clarkson University
Theme: Climate Justice, Sustainability, Community Organizing
Fluid Verse: Water, Climate Stories & Slam Poetry
Location: Planet Adirondack
Presenter: Echo Lab
Theme: Communication, Art, Storytelling
Teacher Workshop: From Practice to Policy, My Association with the Youth Climate Summit
&
Introduction to the New Climate Action Planning Framework
Location: Conference Room
Presenter: Roger Catania (NYSED Board of Regents) & Cedar Barg (The Wild Center)
12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. — Lunch
12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. — Lunch
Location: Great Hall
1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. — Mini Workshop Lightning Sessions
1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. — Mini Workshop Lightning Sessions
Choose your own adventure! These shorter-than-a-workshop but longer-than-a meet & greet sessions will run between 30-45 minutes. Sessions include mini-presentations, demonstrations, and interactive activities. You can drop in and out of stations, or stay at one that you love the whole time!
30-Minute Workshops: Meet at 1:00 p.m., 1:30 p.m., and 2:00 p.m.
The Insulation Station — ANCA Clean Energy Hub — Climate Solutions Tinkering Studio
What Can Ewe Do? Ecological Farming Practices for Sustainable Food and Fashion — North Country School — Meadow Lot
The Wild Center's Green Campus Tour — Trane Technologies — Animal Viewing Window
Drum Composter Tour — Compost For Good — Pavers Lot / Composter
Farming for the Future: Breaking the Cycle of Destruction — North Country Climate Club — Naturalist's Cabinet
Creatures on Climate Change — The Wild Center — Planet Adirondack
45-Minute Workshops: Meet at 1:00 p.m. and 1:45 p.m.
Yes, You Can! Preserving Food with Canning — Kelley Patenaude — Bio Building Eaves
Bike-Packing in the Adirondacks — Silver Birch Cycles — Outdoor Classroom
Learning the Land through the Camera — Paul Smith's College — Waterside Cafe **bring a camera/ phone**
Make Your Voice Heard: Climate Change Quilt — SUNY Binghampton University — Glacier Wall
90-Minute Lightning Workshops: Pre-Registration Required
More Joy, Less Food Waste: Making Food Scrap Reduction at Your School Fun! — Skidmore College & NYS Department of Environmental Conservation — Flammer Theater
Climate to the Stage — Developing Artists — Conference Room
2:30 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. — Museum Free Explore and Film Screenings
2:30 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. — Museum Free Explore and Film Screenings
Location: Wild Center campus; Flammer Theater for films
Location: Wild Center campus; Flammer Theater for films
3:15-3:30 p.m. — Break
3:15-3:30 p.m. — Break
Location: Great Hall
3:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. — Concurrent Workshop Session
3:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. — Concurrent Workshop Session
(Participants will choose ONE of the breakout sessions outlined below)
Mic-ing Up Mosquitos: An Introduction to Climate Change Journalism
Location: Planet Adirondack
Presenter: North Country Public Radio
Theme: Storytelling, Science, Communication
**bring a phone/ personal recording device **
How to Create a Green Team with Enthusiasm and Hopefully Success
Location: Flammer Theater
Presenter: Emma Willard School
Theme: Green Schools, Climate Action, Leadership
What are Your School's Electric Energy Hogs? Getting Started on an Elecric Energy Efficiency Action Plan
Location: Climate Solutions
Presenter: Institute for a Sustainable Environment
Theme: Sustainability, Food
Microplastics Everywhere!
Location: Naturalist's Cabinet
Presenter: Lake Champlain SEA Grant
Theme: Plastic, Ecosystem Health
Teacher Workshop: Interdisciplinary Climate Education for a Standards-Based Classroom
Location: Conference Room
Presenter: Rachel Arbor (Gaia Scholastic/ Subject to Climate)
5:05 p.m. - 5:45 p.m. — Plenary Session #3
5:05 p.m. - 5:45 p.m. — Plenary Session #3
Learn to Care for People and Places
Learn to Care for People and Places
with Tammy Morgan and Sam Baker
Location: Flammer Theater
Location: Flammer Theater
5:45 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
5:45 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Bright Spot: an Inter-School Panel Case Study
Bright Spot: an Inter-School Panel Case Study
With Emma Willard School
With Emma Willard School
Location: Flammer Theater
Location: Flammer Theater
6:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. — Dinner
6:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. — Dinner
Location: Great Hall
7:00 p.m. — Optional Departure
7:00 p.m. — Optional Departure
7:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. — Evening Afterparty!
7:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. — Evening Afterparty!
includes Wild Lights in Forest Music
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