Our YCI Food Waste workshop this week featured speakers from The Johns Hopkins University, Rutgers University, US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and the University of Maryland. Food waste is a leading cause of climate change -- and limiting our own food waste is one of the easiest, most effective things we can do to combat the climate crisis in our daily lives. It's a topic near and dear to our YCI students' hearts! Every year students complete a number of action and capstone projects on food waste and composting. Pictured: student groups from Ohio, West Virginia, and Maryland completing composting projects and seminars in their communities.
Youth Climate Institute
教育业
Elkridge，MD 118 位关注者
The Youth Climate Institute educates and certifies the next generation of leaders.
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The Youth Climate Institute (YCI) is a climate leadership program for high school students. This extracurricular, chapter-based program certifies and empowers youth to become effective environmental stewards, pursue green jobs, and combat the climate crisis. YCI is a program of the Howard County Conservancy (howardnature.org).
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youthclimateleader.org
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The Youth Climate Institute team has been on the road promoting the program nationwide! Over the summer, we tabled at the Library of Congress National Book Festival in Washington, D.C. In September we traveled to Memphis, Tennessee for the ANCA (Association of Nature Center Administrators) 2025 Summit before finishing Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to attend the North American Association for Environmental Education (NAAEE) Building Bridges Conference this past month. Overall, we shared YCI's mission with an estimated 900 students, educators, and environmental professionals!
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A great reminder from the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today on #AmericaRecyclesDay... and every day, especially as we approach the holiday season! The EPA has a great guide on what is and isn't recyclable -- though keep in mind that local recycling programs have their own list of products that they do and do not accept: https://lnkd.in/gbittxz
Today is #AmericaRecyclesDay! ? Recycling saves energy?, reduces landfill waste ???, and creates jobs. Together we can create healthier communities and economic growth from recycling. ???? https://spgv.io/6044BRw
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Are you looking for more ways to talk about climate change in the classroom? Check out these 10 great tips for engaging students in honest, solutions-oriented climate conversations across all subjects from Project Drawdown https://buff.ly/3AloGhI
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Join us on Thursday, November 21 at 4PM E.D.T. for a free, virtual workshop exploring the use of climate fiction (or cli-fi) to engage young adults in climate conversations. The discussion will be lead by the Youth Climate Institute and feature expert speakers (and published authors!) Chelsea McClure and Laura Jacobs of Towson University. It’s a can’t-miss opportunity for all climate educators who work with young adults! And if that’s not incentive enough, everyone who attends will be entered into a free raffle to win some cool prizes! You must RSVP for this event to receive the Zoom link. Seats are limited, so register today at https://buff.ly/4eWyr4v
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Join us on Thursday, November 21 at 4PM E.D.T. for a free, virtual workshop exploring the use of climate fiction (or cli-fi) to engage young adults in climate conversations. The discussion will be lead by the Youth Climate Institute and feature expert speakers (and published authors!) Chelsea McClure and Laura Jacobs of Towson University. It’s a can’t-miss opportunity for all climate educators who work with young adults! And if that’s not incentive enough, everyone who attends will be entered into a free raffle to win some cool prizes! You must RSVP for this event to receive the Zoom link. Seats are limited, so register today at https://buff.ly/4eWyr4v
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Get excited for our 2024 fall workshop lineup! Here's a sneak peak at everything we have going on October-December. Our expert speaker lineup includes representatives from: - University of Maryland - Towson University - Rutgers University - The Johns Hopkins University - The George Washington University - William & Mary - Sierra Club - US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) - Chesapeake Bay Foundation Message us to learn how you can participate in #YouthClimateInstitute climate programming!
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A great summer opportunity for early-career environmental professionals! Join the interest meeting to see how you can participate as a partner organization.
????OPPORTUNITY ALERT: Applications are now open to become a Hazel M. Johnson Fellowship partner organization for Summer 2025! This Summer at our end of fellowship retreat our talented cohort of early-career professionals enjoyed a weekend of environmental connection, fun, unity, and belonging. Grounded in nature, fellows reflected on their summer where they worked full time internships at top companies in the climate sector, enjoyed career development programming, and built life long communities at a retreat marked by joy, adventure, and optimism. We are excited to come back next summer even bigger and better, as we grow the cohort and collaborate with more partner organizations. Share this video with your favorite climate and environmentalist organizations! BGE’s historic Hazel M. Johnson (HMJ) program launched in the Summer of 2024 to attract, support, and sustain the critical voices missing from the environmental movement. Why? Despite people of color bearing the brunt of the climate crisis and making up nearly 40% of the U.S. population, an industry ‘green ceiling’ remains, with people of color only making up 12-16% of the workforce. Within academia, the same, systemic issues are apparent. In 2021, a mere 138 Bachelors Degrees in Environmenal Science were awarded to Black women in the U.S. That’s unacceptable. Black women and gender-expansive environmentalists are crucial to ideating and implementing the innovative, holistic approaches we urgently need to solve our shared, triple planetary crisis. That’s why BGE is building a Black, ‘green’ workforce pipeline by providing HMJ fellows with paid environmental internships, dedicated mentorship, and ‘green’ career retention strategies. And we’re more passionate than ever about continuing and expanding this career program by and for Black Womxn environmentalists to benefit our community, our movement, and our planet. Decision maker? Apply to become a host organization: https://lnkd.in/eSszt5-q Register to join our info session on 10/09 at 6 pm EST: https://lnkd.in/eBHRFhZQ
Apply to Host an Intern for the Hazel M. Johnson Summer Fellowship