People, Prosperity, & the Planet: Climate and the Classroom

On April 13, 2023, the MIT Environmental Solutions Initiative hosted an online event to discuss how K-12 education can be an effective force for climate action, and how schools and communities can support teachers in providing a meaningful early climate education.
Speakers:
Margaret Wang is Chief Operating Officer of SubjectToClimate. SubjectToClimate is on a mission to make climate change teaching and learning accessible to all, by connecting educators to resources and collaborating with local stakeholders to meet their climate education needs. Prior to joining SubjectToClimate, Wang studied and worked at Harvard Graduate School of Education, conducting research in education policy as well as sustainability education, and has been an economics and social studies teacher and a product manager in an edtech company.
Dr. Lauren Madden is a professor of Elementary Science Education at The College of New Jersey, where she coordinates the Environmental Sustainability Education minor and graduate certificate programs. She is also the state's leader in elementary climate change education. Dr. Madden has authored more than 40 peer-reviewed journal articles and book chapters, and the Report on K-12 Climate Change Education Needs in New Jersey. Since the launch of the 2020 Climate Change Standards in New Jersey, her expertise has been noted in media sources including the Star Ledger, The Washington Post, and The Guardian.
Alice Fan is Schools Coordinator for Spring Forward, a high school student-led organization whose goal is to ensure all students understand the basic science, history, and far-reaching consequences of climate change, and give them the tools and resources to make the right choices in their daily life. Fan, a Spring Forward co-founder, is a senior at Phillips Academy Andover in Andover, Massachusetts, and has been a student climate advocate in a variety of organizations and campaigns.
Sylvia Scharf (moderator) is Climate Education Specialist at the MIT Environmental Solutions Initiative. Scharf's work focuses on teacher use of ESI’s public-facing climate change materials, especially the podcast TILclimate (Today I Learned: Climate) and the MIT Climate Portal. Before joining ESI, Sylvia was at New England Aquarium, where she honed her climate change communication skills with teachers, teens, staff, and the general public.
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