Equitable Climate Action Partnership (ECAP)
Equity-centered climate action is the most direct path toward developing the knowledge and skills essential to environmental and social wellbeing. For those feeling climate anxiety and social injustices, equitable climate action also builds hope based on the visible results of student efforts. ECAP supports educators and their students as they create and implement REAL Climate Action Projects in the Upper Valley and beyond.​
Getting REAL
a framework for implementing equity-centered climate change education
Relationships
Cultivating a Healthy Foundation for Climate Stewardship
Building strong, healthy connections with self, others, and nature lays the groundwork for social and emotional development in climate stewardship. Reflective and immersive practices, like journaling and nature-based activities, deepen students' understanding of their personal role in stewardship
Equity
Exploring Climate Justice as an Integral Part of Climate Solutions
Engaging with environmental and social justice issues allows students to explore the roots of current inequities. By envisioning and identifying local examples of equitable systems, students gain insight into creating sustainable solutions.
Action
Making Meaningful and Visible Change
Focusing on climate change mitigation and adaptation efforts in the context of place to change the dynamics of extractive systems to more regenerative systems. Action, while hard to do, is a crucial part of building hope in our students as they see that they can make a difference.
Leadership
Building a More Climate Resilient Culture
The final component, Leadership, is an invitation for both educators and students to amplify their impact through collective action, recognizing we need to encourage the voices and gifts of others to participate in climate resilience. In a distributed leadership model, we help students find places where they can shine.
ECAP Topics
Topic Champions that work in the Upper Valley are here to support your projects. Learn who they are and get some ideas of Equitable Climate Action Projects by clicking links below.
Right Here! An Educator's Guide for Equitable Climate Action in the Upper Valley and Beyond
Hopeful Stories
Salamander Scientists
Leslie Connolly's kindergarteners turned their passion for
red efts into a citizen science project!
Want to learn more or get support?
Chat with Leslie: leslieconnolly@hanovernorwichschools.org
Get support from Hannah at VINS: hgelroth@vinsweb.org
Get support from Jennie at Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park: jennie_friedman@nps.gov
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Click Here for a Video to hear Leslie and her students share some project highlights.
Click Here for a Blog Post that gives more project details.
4th Grade Gardeners
4th graders from Woodstock Elementary worked with someone from the IT/Library staff to create a year round gardening project!
Want to learn more or get support?
Get support from Karen Ganey at Regeneration Corps: karen.ganey@gmail.com or regenerationcorps@gmail.com
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Click here for a Video to hear Allison Yoo-Babbit and her students share some project highlights.
Click here for a Blog Post that provides more project details.
Green Building Design Project
6th graders at The Prosper Valley School learn about science, architecture, and personal action as they design and build models of sustainable buildings.
Want to learn more or get support?
Chat with Andy: andy.wood@mtnviews.org
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Click Here for a Video to hear Andy and his students share some project highlights.
Click Here for a Blog Post that gives more project details.
VINS Science Symposium
Over 100 students from five schools gathered for a day of presenting their ECAP project results, a keynote from a VT State climate scientist, and other science oriented activities.
Want to learn more or get support?
Chat with Joan Haley: joan@ed4climateresilience.org
Get support from Hannah at VINS: hgelroth@vinsweb.org
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Click Here for a Video to hear Andy and his students share some project highlights.
Click Here for a Blog Post that gives more project details.
