Climate Classroom

Environmental Education to Inspire the Next Generation of Leaders

The National Wildlife Federation (NWF) is committed to creating age and developmentally appropriate curricula to educate high school students about the causes of and remedies for global warming. NWF recently partnered with the former Vice President Al Gore and the makers of the award-winning film An Inconvenient Truth (AIT) to bring the issue of climate change from the big screen to the classroom. NWF was pleased to assist as project advisors, curriculum developers and faculty for The Climate Project Training Program.

In its first year, this project taught 1,000 Americans and hundred of community leaders in Australia and the United Kingdom to spread AIT’s message by equipping them with the skills to deliver Mr. Gore’s presentation in their communities. NWF has since created specific training programs and presentations for natural resource agency staff, gardeners, birders and industry. On the heels of these successful projects, we are pleased to be rolling out a high school curriculum as our latest addition to the Climate Classroom education initiative.

Based on the Environmental Education Guidelines for Excellence of the North American Association for Environmental Education (NAAEE), the Climate Classroom ensures:

• students understand the science of global climate change
• steps can be taken in daily lives to reduce climate change

The curriculum encourages students to analyze the science of global warming and its relevance to current events and their daily lives.