Schooling the Climate Crisis - Aspen Ideas: Climate
In 2021, over a million K-12 students missed school because of extreme weather events—and yet their schools are largely silent on the realities of climate change. This can change if we activate the next generation of climate leaders while we transform their schools with electric buses, renewable energy, and sustainable lunchrooms.
Kiera O'Brien
Public policy representative at TotalEnergies
Naina Agrawal-Hardin
Policy organizer with Know Your IX
Maya Green
Learning and engagement team intern at MASS Design Group
Laura Schifter (moderator)
Senior Fellow, This Is Planet Ed, The Aspen Institute
This is a conversation from Aspen Ideas: Climate in Miami Beach, Florida.
Now in its second year, Aspen Ideas: Climate is co-organized by the Aspen Institute and the City of Miami Beach. In addition to plenary sessions, breakout discussions, announcements, and private roundtables, the event features a tech expo and career fair, a climate solutions showcase, a public arts program, and excursions. Aspen Ideas: Climate takes place March 6–9, 2023. #AspenIdeasClimate