Summer Institute for Climate Change Education 2021

Schools for Climate Action is a non-partisan, grassroots, youth-adult campaign with a mission to empower K-12 schools to speak up for climate action. We advocate for elected officials to combat the climate crisis in order to protect current and future generations. We are an all-volunteer group of students and teachers running the campaign. We help school boards, student councils, school environmental clubs, PTA's, teachers' unions, and school support organizations pass resolutions that do 3 things:
1. Drive a paradigm shift so people recognize climate change as a generational justice and equity issue.
2. Clearly articulate the political will for all elected leaders, especially Members of Congress, to support or enact common-sense climate policies (such as clean energy standards, green infrastructure investments, and just transition plans).
3. Celebrate and expand school district responses to climate change.

In this session, we will cover:
- what climate action resolutions are and how they can work on local and federal levels
- how to create the climate resolution with students or as an adult stakeholder
- how the resolutions call on Congress and other elected officials to act on climate
- how to pass a resolution with student council/ASB groups and school boards
- how to log the resolution on our site
- how to leverage your resolution by working with us to plan a meeting with your member of Congress to deliver your resolution.

Check out www.schoolsforclimateaction.org.