Overview

Our vision at the Center for Climate Literacy is that students in all schools, in all subject areas, and at all grade levels are given education that prepares them—conceptually, emotionally, socially, and culturally—for the challenges of growing up in a climate-changing world. We work with teachers to equip young people with the skills they need to stop the climate breakdown, and the skills they need to imagine, design, and create an ecological civilization. We believe young people have a right to futures in which they can thrive without compromising the Earth’s biospheric integrity. Our mission is to accelerate a transition to an ecological civilization by transforming education from within. We believe that mobilizing and supporting classroom teachers to incorporate elements of climate literacy in their everyday teaching will be a game changer. Our work is grounded in academic research and teacher education experience. Our goals, however, are not academic but practical and transformative. The Center for Climate Literacy is sponsored by the Department of Curriculum and Instruction and the University of Minnesota’s College of Education and Human Development.