Suzie Hicks the Climate Chick

Suzie is an award-winning filmmaker, author, and television host. They specialize in climate and environmental communication for kids of all ages. Their work emphasizes the power of children’s media and learning communities — connecting youth advocates and educator allies. With a background in public media and a master’s degree from Columbia’s Climate School, they bring environmental justice to life through kids’ media, books, and community-driven projects. Suzie is most famous for their climate education-oriented YouTube series, “Suzie Hicks the Climate Chick & Sprout.” You can also find them on TikTok and Instagram.

Late Night for the Planet

Late Night for the Planet is the top-rated late night game show in the Adirondacks! It is also the only one we know of. If you know of another one, please do not tell us about it as we would probably have to rewrite this bio to say "second best." LN4TP is the only late night show in the region that specifically focuses on environmental and social justice issues through interviews, games and comedy. LN4TP is run by SUNY Plattsburgh students and hosts monthly live shows at Olive Ridley's in Plattsburgh. We also host a podcast, also called "Late Night for the Planet." Our goals are to raise awareness about important issues facing the ADKs and Lake Champlain Basin, celebrate local environmental and social justice heroes, and build community through laughter.

Tammy Morgan

Lake Placid High School Science Teacher

Tammy Morgan is a high school science teacher and student environment group mentor. Prior to teaching she was a research assistant at the Trudeau Institute. Ms. Morgan has been a key participant in planning the Adirondack Youth Climate Summit. She participated in NASA’s Astrobiology Summer Science Experience for Teachers and was a member of the Spaceward Bound Expedition team at the McGill University Arctic Research Station on Axel Heiberg Island in the Canadian Arctic. She has worked with Clarkson University on a NASA sponsored Climate Change Curriculum Development project, and was a member of the Wild Center / Heureka Climate Change Educational Exchange program in Finland. During an NBBEP fellowship at the Pace University Energy and Climate Center she developed a feasibility study for the town of North Elba examining a source separation organics recycling program for the region and currently manages the Placid Earth Community Composting program in Lake Placid. Recently she attended the 501 Collective trip to Eswatini Africa to learn about regenerative agriculture.

Sam Baker

Lake Placid High School Science Teacher

Sam Baker is an earth science and alternative education teacher at Lake Placid high school. Prior to teaching, Sam was an education intern here at The Wild Center while entering his senior year at SUNY Oswego. In the classroom, Sam emphasizes community engagement, fostering student collaboration with state and local organizations to create positive change in the Lake Placid community while bringing attention to climate change in the Adirondacks. Student projects include “Placid Earth” composting business, Lake Placid high school’s “Cast Your Can” aluminum recycling program, and the return of the “Mirror Lake Ice Out” fundraiser in which Lake Placid students helped raise over three thousand dollars for the Lake Placid Volunteer Ambulance Service.

In 2024, Sam traveled to Azerbaijan to represent the United States at the inaugural COP29 Climate Summer Camp: an initiative to train early-career educators on climate change education, equip them with tools and knowledge, and build global networks. The information learned and connections made through this camp have been invaluable to Sam’s new direction in education and life, and was the catalyst for his recent trip to Eswatini in which he lived and worked on a regenerative farm while immersing himself in Swazi culture. Sam looks to continue exploring the world, learning from diverse cultures, and inspiring his students to find adventure.

Curt Stager

Curt Stager is a scientist, educator, and author whose research deals with climate change, human interactions with the natural world, and environmental history. His work has been published in major periodicals including Science, National Geographic, and The New York Times as well as in award-winning books, most recently "The First Adirondackers: 12,000 Years of Human Presence in the Adirondack Uplands." He currently teaches natural sciences and holds an endowed research chair at Paul Smith's College. In 2013, the Carnegie-Case Foundation named him Science Professor of the Year for New York State. In his spare time, he sometimes likes to inflict his banjo and guitar-playing on people.

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