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Students, Educators, and Campuses
The National Wildlife Federation is working to pass legislation that educates, trains and prepares every American for the opportunities of a new clean energy economy to ensure our nation's workforce remains competitive and all Americans understand their role in reducing global warming pollution.
This transformation is taking place at institutions of higher education, including community colleges, high schools, career and technical education programs, and through innovative partnerships with non-profits that will help create and strengthen education and re-training programs, curricula, and courses.
Our education advocacy team supports new policies and funding for programs that prepare Americans for the clean energy economy, including the Green Jobs Act, the Community College Energy Training Act, the University Sustainability Program and the No Child Left Inside Act. We are advancing a comprehensive approach, seeking $1 billion annually to fund these and other critical programs.
Campuses and Students
NWF is working to promote global warming solutions on college campuses nationwide. We also are leading on-campus campaigns to advance our domestic and international global warming policy goals.
- Our Forest Justice Campaign is building student awareness and engagement on the role of tropical deforestation in the climate crisis.
- Our Campus Ecology Program works with campus administrators to develop on-site plans to reduce their carbon footprint, and to engage students in advocating for domestic and international action on climate change.
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Energy Action Coalition
Teachers and Curriculum
Eco-Schools: Schools across the country and around the world are joining the movement to solve this urgent environmental issue. Students, educators and school administrators can play a key role in reducing greenhouse gas emissions as they seek to shrink their "carbon footprints." In doing so, they can also explore key science, math, technology and social science skills.
Climate Classroom: Teaching about climate change is challenging, particularly when students are young. It is a complicated topic, and also a frightening one. National Wildlife Federation's Climate Classroom is a comprehensive resource for age-appropriate information and activities for both children and teens and provides educators with the tools they need to engage students in learning about and acting on the climate change issue.
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