Events
The Task Force works to expand conversations within the climate education space to be inclusive and welcoming.
We host meetings that are open to the public such as networking events, workshops, and speaker series. We collaborate with other organizations to create a community of practice around climate education.
Want to highlight an upcoming event to be featured on our page?
Teach for Climate Justice Study Group, 6-session virtual study group starting October 8-November 12, 2025, 5pm-6:30pm EST
Register: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfSEgyUy1eVFy_HPyVHRrAonzizyf5lrJbAxCCMMYxBUAfAWg/viewform
The Teach for Climate Justice Project (T4CJ) will be hosting a series of 6 study group sessions this Fall. The Teach for Climate Justice Study group meetings will run weekly on Wednesdays over the course of six weeks from October 8 - November 12, 2025. Meetings will take place virtually over Zoom.
These study groups aim to inspire and support great teaching, empower educators to live their calling with authenticity and passion, and lay the foundation for a grassroots movement to bring radical, transformative climate-justice education to millions of students, educators, parents, and community members.
Climate Education in Your Classroom, Election Day PD, Tuesday, November 4, 2025, various, 10:00am - 3:10pm, hosted by NYC Public Schools Office of Energy & Sustainability
Register: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScADwIPDg2_8cHo4gagyg_iRJG2LxkVfDpTTb0475Et26nngw/viewform
NYC Public School teachers are invited to join the Office of Energy & Sustainability and partner agencies and organizations for professional learning workshops. Pick and choose sessions, or attend all four, and earn up to 6 CTLE credits:
Open Streets How-To: A Tutorial for Creating Outdoor Learning Space, presented by The Horticultural Society of New York & NYC DOT Office of Livable Streets (10-11AM)
Climate Education 101, presented by teachers on the NYCPS Climate Education Leadership Team (11:05AM-12:05PM)
NYC Parks Learning Hub, presented by NYC Parks Teaching & Learning Unit (1-2PM)
Climate Action Day Training, presented by NYCPS Office of Energy & Sustainability (2:10-3:10PM)
Climate & Energy Education Intensive, November 7-14, 9am-2pm, hosted by Solar One
Register here: Climate + Energy Education Intensive by Solar One
Ready to spark your students’ curiosity about climate and energy? Join Solar One at their new education center for a one-day, hands-on professional learning intensive that will give you tools, strategies, and inspiration to bring sustainability into your classroom.
Dates:
Friday, November 7, 2025.
Monday, November 10, 2025.
Wednesday, November 12, 2025.
Thursday, November 13, 2025.
Friday, November 14, 2025.
By participating, you’ll receive:
STEM Toolkit – a full classroom set of solar circuit supplies to take to your school.
5 CTLE Credit Hours – earn while you learn.
Participants that complete our session will be eligible to apply for a FREE Residency (valued at $1,017) - Solar One educators will come to your school and lead a Solar field study, wind turbine design, or building battery lesson with up to 5 of your classes in one day.
This is your chance to recharge your teaching practice, connect with other passionate educators, and walk away with ready-to-use activities your students will love.
Spots are limited - reserve your place today!
Workshop: Nature is Resilient And So Are We, January 27-29, 2026, Hudson River Park, Pier 57 NYC
Register: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdUjWY-pCItMAbExTHsMX3cdC54nUnhGNEwKLGCvqL3dNL7Hw/viewform
If you are interested in learning more about NASA related climate science, are an informal educator in the NYC metro region, and want to connect with others, “Nature is Resilient and So Are We” is the workshop for you!
“Nature is Resilient and So Are We,” is a free, in-person, workshop to learn about what’s going on with climate change in NYC and how to engage with audiences on climate issues. The course is hosted by the Earth to Sky NYC Regional Team, composed of NYC Parks Department, NYS Department of Environmental Conservation, and NYS Parks Recreation and Historic Preservation. Earth to Sky is a collaboration between NASA, the National Park Service, and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. They work to enable interpreters and environmental educators to access NASA data and educational tools to develop excellent science interpretation at their sites.
This 3-day “Nature is Resilient and So Are We” workshop will provide New York City educators with up-to-date, relevant climate science information and connect them with multidisciplinary resources, stories of resilience, and a community of support. Participants will leave this course equipped with knowledge and a plan for bringing climate literacy to their audiences in engaging and effective ways. After the course, participants will be part of the growing Earth to Sky community of practice consisting of communicators and scientists from across the country and world.
When: January 27-29, 2026
Where: Pier 57, Hudson River Park
Workshop Time: 9am - 5pm
Favorite Climate Lessons Teacher Panel, Oct 27, 2025, 7:00 PM-8:00 PM EST, hosted by the Center for Climate Change Education at PRI
Register: https://cornell.zoom.us/meeting/register/rvAGewtNTdqtz8AUzI86qA#/registration
Join the Center for Climate Change Education at PRI for their second panel discussion with high school teachers teaching climate change electives.
Are you interested in teaching more about climate change? Are you interested in creating and teaching a new elective course for your school? Join this panel discussion with teachers teaching electives about climate change on Tuesday, October 27 at 7pm EST.
Confirmed Panelists: Travis Crocker, Dryden High School, Dryden, NY
Glen Stuart, Montgomery High School, Skillman, NJ
Panelists will share:
Brief overviews of their courses
Lessons learned from teaching their courses
Favorite lessons used in teaching about climate change
Favorite images or animations for teaching climate change
Thoughts on teaching climate change in 2025
Answers to your questions!
Note that the registration form includes a place for you to submit your questions.
Watch the YouTube Live recording of the first panel discussion from March 2025, here: https://www.youtube.com/live/qAAD6R49DXU?si=iSsNZb4SsnRZRQt1
North Country Climate-Ready Workforce Roundtable, Thur. Oct. 23, 9:30am-5:00pm, SUNY Adirondack, 640 Bay Rd, Queensbury, NY 12804
Register: https://lp.constantcontactpages.com/ev/reg/ns8v8yy
This event has a cost
This interactive roundtable event on Oct 23, 2025 at SUNY Adirondack will bring together educational institutions, state agencies, economic development organizations, businesses, nonprofits, and area students to increase awareness of Adirondack climate resilience workforce needs. The event will include speakers, panels, several facilitated roundtable discussions related to building a climate-ready workforce pathway with diverse partners, and ample time scheduled for networking and tabling during the event.
The Climate-Ready Workforce Roundtable builds directly on a yearlong series of ACORN listening sessions held across the 14 counties of the North Country.
Location: SUNY Adirondack, 640 Bay Rd, Queensbury, NY 12804
Date and time: Thu, Oct 23, 2025 9:30 AM - 5:00 PM
Organizer: Dan Fitts, (518) 241-6186, info@adkresearch.org
Teach Climate Network Workshop: Understanding Climate Emotions for Personal Resilience, Tuesday, October 21, 2025, 6pm-7pm EST, hosted by Climate Generation
Register: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/Hs_zFIXwQuKnTkrGEhkygQ#/registration
In this workshop, we'll explore how our emotions about climate change can impact how we engage with the realities of a changing world on our own, how we show up for our students, and our capacity for resilience. Together, we will ground ourselves in a meditation specifically designed for climate educators. We will then discuss how to tune in one's own emotions, followed by an interactive exercise. We will conclude by sharing practical tools, like the Climate Emotions Toolkit, that can help you bring these concepts into the classroom. We understand that some of these workshops do not work for educator's schedules, so all registrants will receive a recording and additional resources to their e-mail within 1 week of the event. We are striving to make our events more welcoming to all, with specific goals about racial equity and inclusivity. Your answers during registration will help us to know how we are doing.
About the workshop facilitator: Elissa Teles Muñoz
Elissa Teles Muñoz is a climate education specialist, program manager, and youth mentor. As the K-12 Education Manager at the Climate Mental Health Network, Elissa manages partnerships with school districts across the country and develops practical resources to help teachers address student emotions about climate change, including the Climate Emotions Toolkit. She also co-directs the Teach for Climate Justice Project, an initiative aimed at empowering teacher organizing around justice and SEL-centered climate education.
4 Seasons of Indigenous Learning, Fall 2025 to Spring 2026, hosted by the Outdoor Learning School & Store
Register by October 31: https://outdoorlearning.com/4-seasons/
With two weeks left in October and November right around the corner, National Wildlife Federation is excited to share this upcoming learning opportunity with schools and educators nationwide.
November is Native American Heritage Month and through our partnership with the Outdoor Learning School & Store, we are able to offer you this 25% coupon code to support you in registering for the 4 Seasons of Indigenous Learning Course: 4Seasons25%
Registration for Season 1: Foundations of Knowledge closes at the end of October. The course will start at the beginning of November and run until the end of May. This includes:
7 x 1 hour virtual presentations (recorded if you can’t join live)
5 hours of foundational self-paced module-based learning
A Certificate of Completion
$25 towards Indigenous Learning Resources
This 12-hour course supports participants in deepening their understanding of Indigenous knowledge and perspectives while strengthening connections with the local Land and supporting more respectful, reciprocal relationships.
3-Series Online Workshop for K–12 classroom teachers: Design for Change, October 14, 21, 28, hosted by EcoRise
This workshop series is for K–12 classroom teachers.
Workshop Series: Design for Change – Design Thinking for Climate Resilience:
This workshop series is designed for K–12 classroom teachers who want to empower students as environmental leaders while strengthening STEM connections. Through three interactive sessions, you’ll gain practical tools to guide students in collecting data through eco-audits, applying design thinking and the engineering design-build process, and developing Student Innovation Grant projects that tackle real sustainability challenges in their communities.
By the end of the series, you’ll be ready to transform your classroom into a hub of eco-literacy, STEM exploration, and student-driven innovation and have access to the grant application to apply to the EcoRise Student Innovation Fund to get started right away.
What You’ll Learn:
How to conduct an eco-audit and use the findings as the foundation for STEM-based inquiry
Strategies for integrating design thinking and engineering design-build into sustainability projects
Steps for guiding students through the Student Innovation Grant application process
Ways to leverage EcoRise Design Studio curriculum to spark creativity, collaboration, and problem-solving
Agenda:
Session 1: Sustainability + Design Thinking in Action - Explore the “why” of sustainability and the “how” of design thinking. Learn how to use your school as a living laboratory to spark STEM innovation and transform your space.
Session 2: From Ideas to Impact - Apply design thinking and the engineering design-build process to brainstorm, prototype, and shape bold project ideas grounded in eco-audit findings.
Session 3: Pitch, Refine + Launch - Share your project concepts, gather feedback, and dive into the steps of the Student Innovation Grant process to bring student-driven solutions to life.
Participating teachers will receive CPE and GT credit. Stipends are being offered to teachers who complete all three sessions, more details to be provided in Session 1.
CELF: Sparking Inquiry in An Urban Oasis, Thur. October 9, 4:00pm-6:00pm, 4900 Independence Ave Bronx, NY 104713, hosted by Wave Hill
Register: https://celfeducation.app.neoncrm.com/np/clients/celfeducation/event.jsp?event=435&
Join the Children’s Environmental Literacy Foundation (CELF) and local K-12 educators at Wave Hill Public Garden and Cultural Center, an urban oasis in the Bronx. Wave Hill is situated on a high ridge above the Hudson River estuary—28 acres of gardens offering grounds, woodlands, and sweeping panoramas of the majestic Palisades. This is the perfect landscape to connect with nature and to discover ways to engage students in outdoor inquiry and data collection.
Discover how to build a culture of sustainability by exploring key systems, stakeholders, and strategies for integrating a climate lens into your school and curriculum. Teams of teachers and administrators are encouraged to attend to support your sustainability goals.
Program Objectives
Explore ways of sparking student inquiry through CELF's Civic Science Framework.
Learn about upcoming opportunities to engage students in climate action through the exploration of gardens and green spaces.
Connect with like-minded educators to gain insights for integrating sustainability and climate action themes and projects into your curriculum.
Email info@celfeducation.org for more information
Limited grant-funded spots available
Earn Continuing Teacher and Leader Education (CTLE) credits
Climate Week NYC: “Teaching Climate Change" Connecting Our Stories, Inspiring Our Communities, Sat. Sept. 27, 2025, 10:00am-2:00pm, NYU Pless Hall, 82 Washington Sq East, hosted by STEMTeachersNYC
Register: https://tinyurl.com/3vmr5rya, space is limited
From Stories of Inspiration to Co-Designed Solutions!
CLIMATE WEEK 2025! September 27th, 2025 STEMteachersNYC and NYU Wallerstein Collaborative for Urban Environmental Education and Sustainability invite current and aspiring climate change educators to join a FREE storytelling, co-solutioning event!
"Teaching Climate Change" Connecting Our Stories, Inspiring Our Communities”
What and who inspires you to engage in teaching about climate change? September 27th join those passionate and committed to innovating on climate change education (CCE) for a morning of idea and solution sharing! We will hear from teachers, nonprofits, school and other community leaders, sharing stories of how they teach CCE. We will also tackle real and local impact phenomena, using several stewardship and co-design tools and strategies and the wisdom in the room, to plant seeds of teaching actions...
From your stories we will invite 5-6 of those who RSVP 'yes' to sharing your teaching-as-stewardship story. YOUR amazing work will provide sparks of inspiration and models to learn from. You are also welcome to share the story of a colleague who has inspired you. With the goals and challenges you share here, we will co-solution together with the wisdom in the room.
AGENDA (subject to change)
Welcome from STEMteachersNYC & NYU Wallerstein Collaborative
Panelists, including NYC Parks Colleagues and Climate Microcredential Alumni
Gallery walk of stewardship stories and ideas, with time for QA
Lunch break
Co-designing solutions to goals and challenges you propose
Share your ideas, support others, and community-source solutions and strategies. Strengthen your network of CCE colleagues, join education focused discussions based on topics YOU decide on, and share ideas and inspiration for collective solutioning. Leave with new colleagues and a wider support system for taking your climate change education goals forward into the new year. Open to classroom teachers, informal educators, CCE and CCE PL providers, aspiring teachers and more!
Questions? Email yadana@stemteachersnyc.org
Climate Education Resource Fair & Professional Development Workshop, Sat., Sept. 27th, 9:00am - 12:00pm EST, Sciencenter, 601 1st Street, Ithaca, NY 14850, hosted by PRI
Register: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeAg3E87Y1lhWnZCprgeYFqA0JhMhutgaBMpwH0OkKzcetZMQ/viewform
Cornell Cooperative Extension of Tompkins County, the Sciencenter and the Center for Climate Change Education at PRI are offering a FREE half-day event focused on climate education.
Date: Saturday, September 27th
Time: Workshops 9-10am; Drop-in resource fair 10am-noon
Location: Sciencenter, 601 1st Street, Ithaca, NY 14850. Parking is available on-site.
Come join us to access resources for teaching about climate change that are locally relevant and grade-specific. This professional development workshop will cater to teachers at every grade level and across all disciplines. Informal educators are welcome too.
Climate Education is relevant in every discipline: recent ELA Regents Exams now include climate change-related topics; climate and energy are also Social Studies issues that cannot be deeply understood without Mathematics; Health topics will increasingly be about the dangers we face; and the Arts are an effective way to communicate about climate change. Also, the NYSSLS standards infuse more climate topics into science across all grades and science disciplines.
The day will begin with What I'd Teach About Climate Change if I Only Had an Hour by PRI’s Don Haas. The workshop is appropriate for teachers of all grades and subject areas. The opening workshop will be followed by a Resource Fair offering climate-connected resources, information, and activity ideas presented by the following organizations:
CCE Tompkins- Ag & Hort Team
Cornell Botanic Gardens
Cornell Chapter of the American Meteorological Society (CCAMS)
Cornell Cooperative Extension of Tompkins County
Cornell Health Impacts Core
Cornell on Fire, Climate Action Now, Climate Reality
Cornell University
Discover Cayuga Lake
Finger Lakes Library System
Ithaca Public Education Initiative (IPEI)
The Johnson Museum
The Center for Climate Change Education at the Paleontological Research Institution
Project Look Sharp - Ithaca College
Sciencenter
Southside Community Center
Sunrise Ithaca
Thrive Ithaca Ecovillage Education Center
Tompkins County Public Library
CCE's PowerHouse will also be on site!
Climate Week NYC: Climate Education in Action, at the American Museum of Natural History, Friday, September 26, 5pm-7:30pm EST, co-hosted by NWF/CRETF
Register to attend in-person: https://tinyurl.com/yyx7n94u
Register for the livestream: https://tinyurl.com/mwe9x54w
The National Wildlife Federation's Climate and Resilience Education Task Force is a co-host of "Climate Education in Action," a Climate Week NYC 2025 event, Friday, September 26th at the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) that will feature climate educators discussing how they integrate climate topics into their classrooms. Our co-hosts include AMNH, SubjectToClimate, Climate Mental Health Network, Yale Program on Climate Change Communication, and National Environmental Education Foundation (NEEF).
Climate scientist Katharine Hayhoe is the keynote and AMNH President, Sean Decatur, will offer welcome remarks. NWF’s Emily Fano will offer closing remarks.
In-person attendees are invited to come at 3:30pm to view the Museum’s climate-themed exhibits, including a dynamic media wall about climate change in the Gottesman Hall of Planet Earth! Details will be emailed to event registrants.
Human Nature: A Climate Mindfulness Experience with Kate Marvel, Friday, Sept. 26, 11am-12:30pm, on Governor’s Island, co-hosted by NY Climate Exchange, Climate Mental Health Network, Pratt Institute
Register: https://luma.com/lemofcic?tk=ArsQaj
Don't miss climate scientist and author Kate Marvel, The New York Climate Exchange, Pratt Institute, and the Climate Mental Health Network on Friday during Climate Week NYC. All ages are invited to gather for an outdoor, hands-on event designed to help us reflect, recharge, and connect with others on Governors Island. This event will blend mindfulness, art, and emotional curiosity—inviting participants into a shared, restorative space where we individually explore the climate emotions that Kate presents in Human Nature.
Presented as part of "Power Down & Get Outside," a Climate Week 2025 Culmination on Governors Island
Climate Week NYC: Climate Resilience in Action at the American Museum of Natural History, Thursday, September 25, 2025, 6:30pm-9:00pm, featuring exhibits and speakers, including NWF
Register: https://www.amnh.org/calendar/climate-resilience?sourcenumber=68041
Use code “MYMUSEUM26” for a limited number of free tickets for CRETF members
The evening will be from 6:30-8:45 with tabling, a lecture demonstration and a central lecture from DEP Commissioner Rit Aggarwala.
National Wildlife Federation will be presenting from 6:50-7:00pm in the Hall of Biodiversity.
As climate change reshapes our cities, communities, and health, New York stands at a crossroads—an international city with a responsibility to lead and an opportunity to act.
As part of Climate Week NYC, the AMNH Climate Assembly will invite participants to roll up their sleeves and engage in a live, city-wide conversation about climate resilience. During an energizing 90-minute session, you’ll gather in small groups, share your perspectives, and hear from neighbors and strangers alike as you imagine how New Yorkers can adapt and thrive in a changing climate.
Developed in collaboration with the Global Citizens’ Assembly, alongside The Assembly Project, The Hannah Arendt Center’s Democracy Innovation Hub, and the Museum’s Center for Biodiversity and Conservation, the session offers a rare chance to feel the power of collective problem-solving and leave inspired by the creativity and commitment of your community.
At the end of the AMNH Climate Assembly, participants will receive complimentary entry to Climate Resilience in Action.
Growing Justice in the Bronx: A Youth-Led Tour of the Walton Campus Urban Agriculture Project, Thur. Sep 25, 2025, 6:00PM – 8:00PM EST The Bronx, Reservoir Ave, Bronx, NY, hosted by Start:Empowerment
Register: https://tinyurl.com/585hcv2u
About the event
Join Start: Empowerment during NY Climate Week for the Walton Campus / SYEP Climate Week Showcase, where Bronx youth are leading the way in building climate resilience and food justice in their own community.
In Bronx Community District 5—an area with some of the city’s lowest access to green space and highest climate vulnerability—students are transforming their school courtyards into a living hub for urban agriculture, arts, and climate justice education. Through the Walton Campus Urban Agriculture Program, powered by Start:Empowerment and the Summer Youth Employment Program (SYEP), young people are reclaiming 5,000 square feet of underused space as a model for school-based environmental transformation.
What to Expect:
🌿Guided Tour: Walk through the 5,000 sq ft garden with Bronx youth leaders and Start:Empowerment staff, exploring the multi-year process, student stories, and design visions that brought this project to life.
🎶Living Soundscape: Experience music created by plants themselves, blending art, science, and ecology into an immersive climate education experience.
🥗Community Gathering & Mixer: Close the event with a low-waste, vegetarian food spread that reflects our commitment to sustainability and care.
Accessibility & Care:
The event will include simultaneous Spanish translation, masks, and air purifiers in the main gathering spaces to ensure accountability, safety, and accessibility for all attendees.
Rooted in Community
S:E’s Climate Convergence is, and always has been, a free, youth-led and community-driven event for youth, families, and educators—with free food, activities, and more. Everyone is welcome—no payment required. But that also means every year, we begin with a $0 budget.
This year, for the first time, S:E is inviting their broader community to help sustain this work and compensate the incredible people who make the event possible—with support:
🎨 Stipends for Youth Leaders – BIPOC students from the Walton Campus working after school hours to set up and guide the event.
🌱 Support for Our BIPOC-Led NYC Hub Team – Sustaining the leadership of our team of educators, garden specialists, and organizers who make this vision possible, oversee all aspects of the garden, and mentor BIPOC youth
🗣️ Community Translators – Honoring those who ensure multilingual access, making the event inclusive for all and challenging the exclusionary nature of English-only spaces.
🥘 Food for All – Shared meals are at the heart of the Climate Convergence. We’ve always made sure there’s enough for everyone—whether you RSVP’d, joined from across the street, or are an unhoused neighbor who just needs a plate.
Suggested donations are completely optional, and all funds raised through sliding-scale contributions will go directly toward supporting these costs. We're committed to transparency and will share a cost breakdown after the Climate Convergence.
Support, whether through participation or contribution, helps sustain this powerful space for learning, joy, and action. Thank you for being part of it! 💚
To prioritize community safety, S:E is sharing the location only with those who RSVP.
Find Your Green Mentor & Mentee Panel with Marcus Sibley of NWF, Thursday, September 25, 2025, Javits Center 445 11th Avenue at 38 Street NY, NY 10001
Register: https://luma.com/90f6txfp
Green Jobs Pavilion 2025 is coming back to NYC at the NEST CLIMATE CAMPUS SEPTEMBER 23-25 (at the Javits Center 445 11th Avenue at 38 Street NY, NY 10001.
Join our dynamic, three-day pavilion that serves as a nexus for innovation, education, diversity, and collaboration in the realm of the green economy. This will be a space to support job seekers to be empowered and equipped with the tools, information, and connections they may need to get to their next step on their pathway.
If you want to tune into Pavilion via Livestream/ Virtually you will be able to tune in here starting September 23rd.- subscribe - youtube.com/browngirlgreen
Want to support Green Jobs Board further, buy us a coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/greenjobsboard or checkout our website: https://greenjobsboard.us
3 - DAY AGENDA
Look at bit.ly/2gjpav25 and bit.ly/3gjpav25 for specific events per day at Pavilion.
DAY 1 - TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23
10:00-10:35 AM | Opening Remarks
Green Jobs Board Team
10:35-10:55 AM | Self-Care Grounding Session
Generation Green
11:00-11:25 AM | Opening: The State of Green Jobs
Sponsored by The Roosevelt Institute
11:30-11:55 AM | Envisioning the Future Generation: Gen-Z and Green Jobs
12:05-12:45 PM | Energy Careers Panel
Sponsored by KC3
12:45-1:00 PM | BREAK
1:00-1:40 PM | How Earth Justice Builds a Justice-Centered Environmental Movement
1:45-2:20 PM | Media & Storytelling Careers Panel
2:25-2:55 PM | Seeding Sovereignty Policy Workshop
3:00-3:35 PM | Women in Climate Leadership
With Feminist
3:40-4:15 PM | Conservation Jobs Panel
Sponsored by Terraformation and Doris Duke Foundation
4:20-5:15 PM | Resume Support Session
With Radhika Saathe Studio
5:20 PM | Day 1 Closing Remarks
5:20-6:00 PM | Networking & Tabling
DAY 2 - WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24
9:00-9:25 AM | Opening Remarks
9:30-10:00 AM | BNYDC Green Careers Accelerator
10:05-10:25 AM | Workshop: Unhinged Professional Development Tips That Actually Work
Sponsored by SEEL
10:25-10:45 AM | BREAK
10:50-11:35 AM | Business Case for Green Jobs
EDF and LinkedIn
11:40-12:45 PM | How to Land a Green Job
LinkedIn and Saathe Studio
12:45-1:00 PM | BREAK
Pathways Demo/Feedback Session
1:30-2:15 PM | Regenerative Agriculture & Food Systems: Equity & Local Leadership
Sponsored by Trees.org
2:20-2:50 PM | AI x Climate - Pros & Cons
2:50-3:00 PM | BREAK
3:00-3:30 PM | Urban Planning: Green Building, Transportation & Housing Jobs
3:35-3:50 PM | Workshop: How to Go Beyond 'No'
4:00-4:25 PM | Fireside Chat
Sponsored by The American Clean Power Association
4:20-5:00 PM | Building Your Own Climate Job: Entrepreneurship Panel
5:00-6:00 PM | Translating Your Skills Into a Climate Job: Resume Advice
With Radhika Saathe Studio
DAY 3 - THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 25
9:00-9:25 AM | Morning Opening
9:25-9:45 AM | Laid Off & Burnt Out: Tips to Maintain Sanity in Your Job Search
9:50-10:20 AM | Yes in My Backyard: Communities Through Equitable Community Benefits
Sponsored by Sustain Our Future Foundation
10:25-11:05 AM | Salary Negotiation & Power Dynamics in the Workplace
11:10-11:40 AM | How to Get Your Climate Work Funded
With The Carmack Collective
11:40-12:10 PM | Blue Economy Jobs Panel
Sponsored by BIMS
12:15-12:45 PM | Climate Finance & Business Jobs Panel
12:50-1:10 PM | BREAK
Pathways Demo/Feedback Session
1:15-1:45 PM | Is Grad School for Me? Education Options for Green Jobs
Sponsored by Fordham University Gabelli School of Business
1:45-2:00 PM | The Value of Joining a Board
2:00-2:30 PM | Sustainable Fashion Jobs Panel
2:30-2:50 PM | Circular Economy Jobs Panel
Sponsored by MEBL | Transforming Furniture
2:50-3:15 PM | Climatetech Jobs & Start-Ups
Sponsored by EarthX
3:15-3:30 PM | Workshop Session -The Olympic Mindset for Winning Interviews
3:35-4:00 PM | Find Your Green Mentor/Mentee Panel
4:00-4:10 PM | Closing Remarks
4:10-5:30 PM | Mentorship & Pavilion Mixer
Location
445 11th Avenue at 38 Street NY, NY 10001
Climate Week NYC: Hosting Youth Climate Summits, Wed. Sept. 24, 5:00pm-6:30pm, a virtual workshop hosted by The Wild Center
Register: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tr6IBvBVQrm9qGgi1hxdzg#/
Interested in strengthening climate literacy and igniting climate action with young people in your community? Youth Climate Summits are energetic, student-centered events that bring together young people from different schools to learn about climate justice, science, and solutions and kickstart their own Climate Action Projects. Originally designed for high school audiences, the model has also been successfully implemented with elementary, middle, and undergraduate students. This 90-minute virtual workshop will introduce you to The Wild Center’s award-winning Youth Climate Summit model. Whether you are a current student, informal or formal educator, join us to explore how you can organize a summit using our framework, hear inspiring stories from past events, and connect with a growing international network of summit organizers. This workshop will include interactive breakout sessions, so come ready to engage with other participants and practice planning a summit.
Climate Week NYC: CHILDHOOD IN THE CLIMATE CRISIS: Centering Youth in Policy and Practice, Wednesday, September 24, 2025,
Register: https://www.law.nyu.edu/events/childhood-climate-crisis-centering-youth-policy-and-practice
Children experience the climate crisis in myriad and far-reaching ways, but they are rarely at the center of climate conversations. This panel discussion will bring together leaders in government, medicine, philanthropy, and mental health to explore children as both the subjects and agents of climate policymaking. We will discuss how the law should consider the unique ways that children experience the climate crisis, and how to include children’s perspectives in a broader set of policies in support of a healthy and sustainable future.
This event is in-person only and is open to the general public. Advanced registration is required.
PROGRAM
KEYNOTE: Elisa Morgera, UN Special Rapporteur on Climate Change and Human Rights; Distinguished Professor of Global Environmental Law, University of Strathclyde Law School
PANELISTS:
Meredith McDermott, Chief Sustainability & Decarbonization Officer, NYC Public Schools
Leonardo Trasande, MD, MPP, Director, Center for the Investigation of Environmental Hazards, NYU Grossman School of Medicine
Ansje Miller, Executive Director, Health and Environmental Funders Network
Hava Chishti & Allison Su, Gen Z Cohort, Climate Mental Health Network
MODERATOR: Christine Billy, Executive Director, Guarini Center on Environmental, Energy and Land Use Law, NYU School of Law
CLE: New York CLE credit pending.
Launch of Learning Planet Youth Design Challenge 2025-26, Tues., Sept. 23, 2025, 6:00pm-7:30pm EST, General Assembly, Education House, Floor 14, hosted by Teach for All
Register: https://tinyurl.com/ykv79y99. This event is full
Learning Planet Institute, supported by United Nations University and UNESCO, invites you to the official launch of the Learning Planet Youth Design Challenge 2025–26 (LPYDC).
The LPYDC invites youth aged 15–26 to pitch their bold educational projects for real-world impact. Collaborating with the leaders of tomorrow, it is a launchpad for youth-led innovative learning.
Organized by Learning Planet Institute, United Nations University, UNESCO
Registration
Registration Closed
Event Description
Young leaders will be centre-stage : past YDC participants will share how they created and delivered their innovative and impactful projects, followed by a brilliant line-up of speakers, as we explore together how to best design the future of learning with youth.
Speakers include:
• Sheraya Amarasekara, LPYDC 2024-25 Finalist
• Faith Abiodun, Executive Director, UWC International UWC
• Stefania Giannini, Assistant Director-General for Education, UNESCO
• Wendy Kopp, CEO and Co-Founder, Teach for All
• Christina McElwaine, Chief Operations Officer, United Nations University CPR
• Azucena Sandoval, LPYDC 2024-25 Finalist
• Ayaan Seshadri, LPYDC 2024-25 Prize Winner
• François Taddei, Founder and President, Learning Planet Institute
Climate Change and Generational Trauma, Tues., Sept. 23, 2025, 1:30pm-3:00pm, Gymnopedie, 1139 Bushwick Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11221, Hosted by Climate Revolution Action Network (CRAN)
Register: https://actionnetwork.org/events/climate-change-and-generational-trauma?source=direct_link&
Climate change impacts us all, but not equally. It reopens the wounds of past disasters for older generations, while younger generations live with the fear of an uncertain future. Vulnerable communities face the harshest realities of this crisis, carrying both the immediate damage and the long-term trauma. This event will explore how climate change and generational trauma intersect, and what it means for building resilience across communities.
Venue: Gymnopedie, 1139 Bushwick Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11221, Seats 50-75
Livestreamed by CRAN
Moderated By:
CRAN
Participants:
Ben Dziobek, Executive Director, Climate Revolution Action Network (CRAN)
Marcus Sibley, Director NY/NJ/CT, National Wildlife Federation
Sunni Vargas, Political Director, New Jersey Working Families Party
Shawn LaTourette, Commissioner, New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection
Climate Week NYC: Living Breakwaters: Planning for Climate Resilience, Tues., Sept. 23, 2025, 1:00pm-2:00pm, hosted by SCAPE
Register: https://www.climateweeknyc.org/events/living-breakwaters-planning-climate-resilience
Widely considered a model for climate-adaptive nature-based infrastructure, the “Living Breakwaters” project enhances the physical, ecological and social resilience along the South Shore of Staten Island. Hear from landscape architect Pippa Brashear and her work on the project.
Climate Week NYC: Eco-Anxiety - The Newest Climate Hazard, hosted by the Waterfront Alliance, Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2025, 12pm-1pm EST, featuring NWF staff
Register: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_bxKLgZhjThyecszA_2Y_rw#/registration
Emotional distress caused by the environmental crisis is on the rise and impacting all generations. As the effects of climate change become more visible and severe, and with the spread of climate misinformation, eco-anxiety is considered the newest climate hazard. This panel explores the roots of this anxiety and how we can collectively cope to live with our new world.
SPEAKERS
Susan Clayton, Whitmore-Williams Professor of Psychology, College of Wooster
Kailyn Fox, Education and Training Manager, NYCPS Office of Energy and Sustainability
Abby Jordan, Climate Education Program Manager, National Wildlife Federation
Aria Cochran, Director of Communications, Waterfront Alliance (moderator)
Climate Week events at The Nest Climate Campus
Explore and register for events from September 23-25 at the Nest Climate Campus: https://www.thenestclimatecampus.com/2025-special-features
Explore immersive experiences, community stages, workshops, tours, 1:1 expert hubs and more, including a collective writing experience hosted by our friends at Dear Tomorrow.
Location
445 11th Avenue at 38 Street NY, NY 10001
Get a complimentary 3-day pass here: https://www.thenestclimatecampus.com/register
Sun Day, Sunday, September 21, 2025, 1pm - 6pm EST, Rutherford Place, 15th Street Quaker Meeting House and Stuyvesant Square Park WestNew York, NY 10003United States
Register: https://www.climateweeknyc.org/events/sun-day-festival
Sun Day is a day of action on September 21, 2025, celebrating the power of clean energy. On this day, we’ll celebrate the progress we’ve made and push for more. We’ll install new solar, host e-bike parades, give heat pump tours, and rally for change. Together, we’ll make the sun rise on our clean energy future.
Sun DAY NYC will feature a Power UP: Speaking Solar Panel moderated by Kai Wright and featuring Bill McKibben, Brad Lander, Sany Nurse and others. There will be a Family Friendly Renewable Energy Fair full of information booths and tables, and kid-friendly activities. A performance for children by Esther Crow and a closing performance by Reverend Billy and the Stop Shopping Choir.
NB Power UP Panel requires free registration: tinyurl.com/McKibben-panel-tickets
For more information about Sun Day visit sunday.earth
Online: EcoCareers Summit: Climate Careers, Thursday, September 18, 2025, 1pm - 6pm, hosted by National Wildlife Federation
Register: https://tinyurl.com/3k82txe9
Prepare for Your Dream Career in Wildlife and Habitat Conservation!
The NWF EcoCareers Summit prepares students and young professionals for wildlife and sustainability careers by providing information on the latest EcoCareer trends from leading analysts and employers, clarifying career-enhancing credentials and academic offerings, and formulating a better understanding of the competencies employers seek in the green sector.
See list of sessions on the registration website
Online: EcoCareers Summit: Biodiversity Careers, hosted by National Wildlife Federation, Tuesday, September 16, 2025, 12pm - 6pm EST
Register: https://tinyurl.com/3k82txe9
Prepare for Your Dream Career in Wildlife and Habitat Conservation!
The NWF EcoCareers Summit prepares students and young professionals for wildlife and sustainability careers by providing information on the latest EcoCareer trends from leading analysts and employers, clarifying career-enhancing credentials and academic offerings, and formulating a better understanding of the competencies employers seek in the green sector.
See list of sessions on the registration website
Back to School Night: Raising Resilient Kids In An Age of Disasters, Thursday, September 11, 2025, 7:00pm EST, presented by Climate Mental Health Network in partnership
Register: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_jkch6Yg2SEKQtT8xqbcP0Q#/registration
Date & Time: Thur., Sept. 11, 2025 07:00 PM EST
Description
How do we raise kids with a sense of safety, calm, joy, and purpose when our lives are full of extreme weather and other disruptions? Join us for an interactive webinar about why and how to address the emotional impacts of collective challenges like climate change, and how to heal through collective action. The event will be recorded for those who cannot join live.
Presented by the Climate Mental Health Network, in partnership with the National Parents Union, Science Moms, Children's Environmental Health Network, Capita and the Medical Society Consortium on Climate Change and Health.
Moderator: Jason B. Allen, National Director of Partnerships, National Parents Union
Speakers:
Anya Kamenetz, Advisor, Climate Mental Health Network
Dr. Lisa Patel, Executive Director, Medical Society Consortium on Climate Change and Health; Member, Science Moms, Clinical Associate Professor of Pediatrics at Stanford School of Medicine
Melinda Wenner Moyer, Author of Hello, Cruel World!
Dr. Tara Powell, Associate Professor and Associate Dean for Research at the University of Illinois Urbana Champaign
Climate Disasters: Stories of Resilience and Preparedness, Tuesday, September 9, 2025, 6:00pm-8:00pm EST, online, hosted by National Wildlife Federation
Register at https://www.mobilize.us/nwf/event/830020/
Join the National Wildlife Federation’s Environmental Justice, Health, and Community Resilience and Revitalization program for a roundtable discussion with community advocates and experts on disaster preparedness and the role of community power and science in strengthening resilience. There will be opportunities for attendees to share their own insights, ask questions, and help brainstorm collective action moving forward.
Hosted by the Clean Economy Coalition of Color, this webinar is ideal for anyone curious about preparing for climate disasters in this current landscape or generally interested in learning about disaster resilience. We hope you’ll be able to join us!
Webinar: “Exploring Green and Blue Career Pathways: Opportunities for a Sustainable Future," Tuesday, August 26, 2025, 12pm-1pm EST, hosted by the Waterfront Alliance
Register: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ceh0gajSSiKJIXzuUR5sqA#/registration
Join the Waterfront Alliance and guests, Tuesday, August 26 from 12-1pm for a Waterfront Webinar, "Exploring Green and Blue Career Pathways: Opportunities for a Sustainable Future."
During the webinar guests will discuss the expanding fields of green and blue careers, highlighting diverse opportunities in various fields. Viewers will be able to learn about the skills and training needed to succeed in these growing sectors and how to access pathways to employment.
Speakers Include:
🔷Tonya Gayle, Executive Director, Green City Force
🔷Paola Garcia, Founder, All Born Carbon
🔷Andres Henriquez, Director of STEM Education Strategy, Education Development Center
🔷Vikram Krishnamurthy, Senior Director, Careers & Opportunities, American Forests
🔷LATOYA WILSON, MPA, Career Pathways Consultant, WCP Consultancy
🔷 Jake Madelone, Education Program Manager, Waterfront Alliance
Connecting the Dots between Climate Change & Our Health, Tuesday, July 29, 12pm-1pm, hosted by the NYS Public Health Association
Register: https://www.nyspha.org/event-6260879
This presentation will describe some of the ways that climate change is already impacting and harming people’s health. These climate-health impacts also impose a cost burden that totals in the billions, yet health is almost never included among the costs of climate change that society is expected to bear. People can take positive steps to protect their health from climate change’s harmful effect, avoiding the related costs and preserving community well-being. Besides individual-level protection, being informed and active in demanding policies that create healthier, more equitable, secure communities is essential.
Learning Objectives:
Following this session, participants will be able to:
Describe three ways that climate change is already affecting the environment in ways that can harm human health.
Name three types of health-related costs from climate-sensitive extreme weather and other climate change-fueled events.
List two strategies that can help individuals, families, or communities limit the health harms and related costs they experience under a changing climate.
Speaker
Kim Knowlton, DrPH, is assistant clinical professor of environmental health sciences at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health, and a member of Third Act, a national organization mobilizing people over 60 to safeguard the climate and uplift democracy. She was senior scientist at the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) in New York from 2007-2024, specializing in the human health impacts of climate change. She served as co-convening lead author for the human health chapter of the U.S. Third National Climate Assessment; as a member of the 2nd and 4th New York City Panels on Climate Change; and participated in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's 2007 Fourth and 2013 Fifth Assessment Reports. Her work at NRDC with community partners in India helped to develop and launch South Asia’s first heat early warning system and action plan. She holds a doctorate in Public Health from Columbia University, a master’s in Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences from CUNY/Hunter College, and a BA in Geological Sciences from Cornell University.
Watershed Forestry Institute for Teachers Monday, July 21st - Friday, July 25th, 2025, apply online by May 15, 2025, hosted by the Watershed Agricultural Council
Apply by May 15, 2025: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/WFIT2025
Discover how woods wash water for millions of New Yorkers at the Watershed Agricultural Council's annual Watershed Forestry Institute for Teachers. Their FREE 2025 institute is for 6th - 12th grade teachers and non-formal educators teaching in NYC and the upstate NYC drinking watersheds.
Come explore the forests, waters, science, engineering, history, and world-famous partnerships of the NYC Watershed. You’ll get informed, inspired and equipped to teach watershed forestry topics to your students.
Practice over 25 hands-on lessons about watersheds and forestry
Go on field trips to experience the NYC water supply system up-close and see how forests and farms protect water quality
Earn ~25 CTLE credits
Get trained in Project Learning Tree and Project WET curricula
Get up to $500 to implement your education plans
Program runs Monday July 21 @ 10AM – Friday, July 25 @ 4PM at the Taconic Outdoor Education Center in Cold Spring, NY. Participants stay on site all 5 days. Shuttle service will be provided to/from Cold Spring, NY Metro North Station on the first and last days of the program.
Participants are required to attend a Zoom orientation meeting in late June or mid-July.
Visit the WFIT website for program details, sample schedule, and the online application due by Friday, May 16th, 2025 by 5pm.
For more info and to check your eligibility contact Tyler Van Fleet, Forestry Program Coordinator, at education@nycwatershed.org.
Teach Climate Network (Virtual) Summer Institute, July 14-15, 2025 with regional cohort days July 16-17, hosted by Climate Generation
Register: https://climategen.org/summer-institute/teach-climate-network-summer-institute-registration/
The Teach Climate Network's three-day climate change education conference is built by educators and climate change professionals from across North America! We are planning the 2025 Summer Institute now. Please contact education@climategen.org if you have questions.
Explore the 2025 Institute
Inspiring Hope, Leading Change
This energizing experience connects educators to an engaged community seeking to build collective strength to inspire hope and action in our communities.
Institute Themes:
Understanding & Observing Climate Change: Dive into how people study, understand, and portray climate change.
Re-grounding in Personal Resilience: Practice strategies for strengthening mental health and emotional resilience in the context of climate change education.
Education for Justice: A look into the intersections between social justice, climate change, and education.
More information, including the agenda, here: https://climategen.org/summer-institute/
Climate Education: Integrating Themes of Energy, Water, Waste Into Your Classroom, July 14-19, 2025, hosted by NY Sun Works, 154 W. 93rd St., NYC
Register by July 13, 2025: https://pci.nycenet.edu/aspdp/Course/Details/13398
Cost: $125, materials provided by NY Sun Works
This 6-day course, Climate Education: Integrating Themes of Energy, Water & Waste into Your Classroom is open to all K-12 teachers. It will consist of 5 in-person morning sessions (9:00am-2:00pm) at 154 West 93rd Street, in Manhattan followed by daily 2.5 hours of independent asynchronous work. The final session consists of remote synchronous (9:00am-2:00pm) and asynchronous instruction. The program has been approved by the DOE After School Professional Development Program and may be counted for three P or A+ CREDITS/45 Hours CTLE.
This course on simple sustainability with students offers K-12 teachers the unique opportunity to delve deeper into global environmental issues on a local level. Situated within the setting of a sustainable hydroponic greenhouse, the course focuses on the themes of water, waste and energy to help teachers learn more about current environmental concerns through a blend of technology, discussion, self-reflection, and hands-on projects. In addition, guest speakers, informative tours, videos and educational games offer a holistic approach to learning about real world environmental problems and how they affect different cultures, especially in terms of environmental racism. Participants will learn to question the presence of food deserts and inequities of the urban heat island effect in NYC. Climate education also involves studying how global populations are affected, with minority and indigenous peoples receiving the fewest resources and the largest impact on their communities.