Educating, informing, and inspiring action to address climate change
Informal educators do so much already in the area of climate change education. So, how do we support one another’s work, improve our practices, and above all, enhance our collective impact? That is the role of the Northeast Climate Change Education Collaborative.
We first came together in 2018 as a community of educators from 21 organizations across the northeast states representing nonprofits; higher education institutions; and state and federal government agencies.
Today, we are 80+ organizations, organized to make systems-level change for climate action, justice and education in public education; educator professional learning; early childhood education; middle and high school education; connected learning ecosystems; and supporting youth climate action.
Our Work
Goals
- To increase our collective effectiveness with climate change education across the northeast region at the organizational and individual levels.
- To engage the public in understanding and addressing climate change and climate justice.
Priorities
- Collaborate on new and joint climate change education efforts
- Build capacity through professional learning
- Network and share experiences and opportunities
- Advocate for climate change education policy
Partner Organizations of the Collaborative
The Collaborative is a partnership of the following organizations, educational institutions, and government agencies. Each of their contributions is critical to the Collaborative’s ongoing success and impact.
See a map of our members’ locations across the Northeast.
- Acadia National Park
- A Climate to Thrive
- Antioch University New England
- Appalachian Mountain Club
- Appalachian Mountain Club: Mountain Classroom
- Audubon Vermont
- Blue Ocean Society
- Boston College
- Boston Harbor Now
- Boston Society of Landscape Architects
- Brown University
- Center for an Ecology-Based Economy
- Champlain College
- Climate Reality Project
- College of the Atlantic
- Community Resilience Organizations
- ECHO
- Fairbanks Museum
- Goddard College
- Gulf of Maine Research Institute
- Hubbard Brook Foundation
- Hurricane Island Center for Science and Leadership
- Ingenuity Year
- Lake Champlain Maritime Museum
- Maine Discovery Museum
- Maine Environmental Education Association
- Maine Math & Science Alliance
- Maine Climate Table Steering Committee
- Maine Sea Grant
- Maine TREE Foundation
- Manomet
- Marsh Billings Rockefeller NHP
- Massachusetts Audubon
- MEEA Changemakers
- Montshire Museum
- Mount Washington Observatory
- National Wildlife Federation
- New Hampshire Project Learning Tree
- NH Fish and Game Department
- Norwich University
- Paul Smith’s College
- Prescott Farm Environmental Environmental Center
- Saint-Gaudens NHS
- Salem Maritime NHP
- Schoodic Institute
- Sciencenter
- Seacoast Science Center
- Shelburne Farms
- Squam Lakes Natural Science Center
- STEMming the Gaps Consulting
- Stone Living Lab
- The Children’s Museum at Saratoga
- The Climate Initiative
- The Concord Consortium
- The Ecology School
- The Wild Center
- Tin Mountain Conservation Center
- UNH Cooperative Extension and NH Sea Grant
- United States Forest Service / Green Mountain National Forest
- University of Maine
- University of Maine: Climate Change Institute
- University of Maine: Farmington
- University of Maine: Maine SeaGrant
- University of New England
- University of New Hampshire
- University of Vermont & Vermont State Climatologist
- UVM Extension - Lake Champlain Sea Grant
- Vermont Department of Forest, Parks, and Recreation
- Vermont Energy Education Program / NH Energy Education Program
- Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department
- Wells National Estuarine Research Reserve
- Wolfe’s Neck Center for Agriculture and the Environment
- World Ocean Observatory