This December, as The Climate Initiative reaches its third birthday, we celebrate the journey that brought us to this milestone – YOUR support!
Thanks to you, TCI has:
(1) Created non-partisan climate education programming that has scaled from Kennebunkport, Maine to all 50 states, 17 countries and counting;
(2) Educated over 125,000 high school aged students in topics like sea level rise, renewable energy, agriculture, wildfires, floods and droughts, climate justice & equity, and more;
(3) Engaged over 1,200 educators across the United States!
Your belief in our mission of empowering youth voices for climate action means that we are more than 25% of our way to 1 million youth taking positive climate action by 2025.
Everything we do at TCI and within our programming is created from the lens of hope. Through educating, empower and activating youth to be climate champions in their own communities, we see climate hope winning over despair in youth that experience and complete our programming. Your support and belief in our mission pushes this hope forward, in real (and measurable ways – just ask us!) every day.
This past year TCI staff has been focused on asking “What gives you climate hope?” Watch the video below for answers from New York Climate Week!
Our Impact
15 Million
youth reached with non-partisan climate messaging
300,000
youth engaged in TCI content
125,000
students in 9 different countries educated with Learning Lab
5,000
students have accessed our Student Lab resources
1,200+
High School Teachers utilizing Learning Lab modules
1,200+
Ambassadors in our Mobilize base
Testimonials
Hear directly from the community that
TCI programming and resources have impacted.
With TCI’s support I’ve been able to reach communities around the world with climate action programs, check out my testimonial here:
Pooja Tilvawala
Winner of TCI’s first Climate Career
Through TCI I have opportunities to apply climate science to real world climate solutions, generate content to help educate others on climate science and speak at seminars to help cultivate youth engagement. TCI’s mission revolves around youth engagement and helping to provide individuals with the resources they need to get involved in the fight against climate change.
I would strongly encourage anyone who resonates with my story to utilize the resources available on TCI’s website and to explore opportunities that allow you to get involved within your
own communities.
Catherine Campbell
College Student
While doing the (TCI Learning Lab climate action project) one of the students said, “This is the only reason I come to school now”.
Julie was so inspired by teaching with TCI’s Learning Lab resources that she signed on to co-create our Agriculture Learning Lab!
Julie Ackerman
Teacher at Blue Earth Area Schools, Minnesota
I’m motivated more now to think about my actions. After going through the learning lab curriculum, I feel that i have more of a voice and that my voice actual matters.
Learning Lab high school students from Kent’s Hill
Save the Date (12.12.23) for TCI’s 3rd Birthday Celebration!
RSVP Today!
Join us for a special evening of celebration, reflection, and hope as we mark The Climate Initiative’s third birthday.
Our theme, “Our Changing Landscapes,” will focus on celebrating the transformations happening at TCI and the climate hope that keeps us inspired.
Tuesday, December 12th
7-10PM at Rising Tide Brewery
103 Fox St, Portland, ME 04101
Become an Ambassador!
Add your voice to a growing movement of climate changemakers. TCI’s ambassador program is here to support and empower you on your environmental journey and to provide resources to help in creating solutions for climate change impacts you face in your own community.
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