Youth Action Ideas
TAKE ACTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE
Youth Action Ideas!
Climate Commitments: School Board Resolution Toolkit
Use our Climate Commitments: School Board Resolution Toolkit to bring a resolution to your school board that commits your school district to teaching climate change solutions, and takes action. ...
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Lights Out Day
Organize to commit your school to spending one whole day with the lights off. This can be great as part of a series of Earth Week events or as one step in a longer campaign to get your school or dist ...
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Solar on Your School
Work with a community solar company to install solar panels on your school’s roof. Your school won’t have to pay a dime, and your neighbors can actually earn money in the process! Learn more on o ...
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Meatless Mondays
Work with your school cafeteria to create a totally vegetarian menu for Mondays. More than 7% of global greenhouse gas emissions are from the meat industry. Check out our Meatless Mondays landing pag ...
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Plant Trees
Inspire hundreds of students and staff at your school to plant native trees on their own. Get trees donated and distribute them to committed individuals in the spring. Spark discussion about the real ...
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Stop Line 3
Help stop the proposed oil pipeline in Minnesota that would cross through treaty territories and the Mississippi headwaters. Visit stopline3.org. (photo credit: Carson Kowalski) ...
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School Hydration Stations
Install hydration stations at your school so that students can conveniently fill reusable water bottles. In the process, teach your community about how they can save money, cut carbon and protect wat ...
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Grow & Give Community Garden
Learn gardening skills and build the local food movement by growing fresh vegetables to donate to a local food shelf. Read more here. ...
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Climate Change Videos from AceSpace
Watch stories of youth across the US and Puerto Rico showing the impacts of climate change, and climate justice solutions from our partners at Alliance for Climate Education. ...
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Our Climate, Our Future
Check out another project from ACE called Our Climate, Our Future, where you can tell Congress: ‘No more climate deniers, defend the Clean Power Plan, and Give the President a Climate Lesson.’ ...
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50 Simple Things (from EarthGuardians)
A list of 50 individual actions you can take to reduce your carbon footprint. View the list here. ...
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