Climate Resiliency Fellowship

Next cohort begins August 11–13, 2026

The Climate Resiliency Fellowship is a year-long professional learning opportunity for teachers in the northeast committed to learning, teaching, and taking action for the climate through interdisciplinary and place-based approaches. We choose to engage with the realities of climate change with hope and justice, while tending to individual and collective well-being.

We’ll work together to create authentic educational experiences informed by the needs and interests of our unique communities. During our seasonal in-person and virtual gatherings, our learning cohort will explore climate change education through dialogue, practice, and solutions-based approaches.

• Strengthen your confidence in teaching about climate change through research-based instructional practices
• Develop skills for building youth voice and for working in partnership with students for climate solutions
• Center relationships across diverse groups in your community as a source of strength and creativity in planning for climate action
• Professional learning rooted in right relationship to land, community, and self
• Space to nourish well-being, hope, and justice within climate change education

The details

• The fellowship is offered at no cost to participants. Three graduate credits are available through Vermont State University for an additional fee.
• Educators working with students in any discipline in grades 5–12 are welcome to apply. A background in climate science or climate change education is not required.
• You'll have ample space and opportunities for personalized learning and professional networking.

We gather seasonally throughout the year in various locations across the northeast, beginning with a summer gathering at Shelburne Farms. The 2026–27 schedule is as follows:

• Summer Kick-Off: Tuesday August 11–Thursday August 13, 2026, at Shelburne Farms in Shelburne, Vermont
• Fall Gathering: Thursday October 8–Saturday October 10, 2026, at Hurricane Island Center for Science and Leadership in Rockland, Maine. Read more about a past gathering on Hurricane Island.
• Winter Virtual Gathering: Friday January 15, 2027
• Interstitial Cohort Calls: March 2027 (Dates TBD)
• Spring Gathering: Thursday May 13–Friday May 14, 2027

You'll be supported throughout the year by the cohort of educators, Northeast Climate Change Education Collaborative partners, and these facilitators.

You may also be interested in these year-long programs, which have an emphasis on education to inspire climate action:

• A Forest for Every Classroom
• A Watershed for Every Classroom

Education for Sustainability is an approach that empowers students to strive for, and thrive in, a more sustainable future, learning that links knowledge, inquiry, and action so students can create positive change now and carry this into their adult lives. To grow your knowledge, take our series of three EFS-focused courses:

1. First, Foundations in EFS;
2. Second, Immersion in EFS; and
3. EFS Leadership Academy third.

Or, take all of these classes within the Education for Sustainability Graduate Certificate.