Educate

Connecting educator learning, classroom experiences, school culture, and
relationships across generations.

Education for a Changing Climate

We partner with schools and districts to design and implement standards-aligned, interdisciplinary climate change and environmental education. Our offerings help students and staff understand climate change, navigate its emotional impacts, and develop the hope and agency for young people to become not only the leaders of tomorrow—but the leaders of today.

Support educator and classroom learning

Professional Development

Helping educators teach climate change with confidence and care.

  • School and district speaking engagements

  • Teacher workshops and collaborative learning

  • Instructional coaching and curriculum support

Classroom Curriculum

Connecting climate learning with students’ lives, creativity, and curiosity.

  • Arts-based learning and climate storytelling

  • Climate emotions, hope, and agency

  • Interdisciplinary and standards-aligned curriculum

Strengthen school and community connections

School-Wide Culture and Well-Being

Build a school community grounded in connection, equity, and resilience. Connect classroom learning with school-wide values, relationships, and practices.

  • Environmental justice and belonging

  • Hope-centered social and emotional learning

  • Climate emotions and emotional well-being

  • School-wide learning and action

Intergenerational Learning

Bring students, families, and community members into the learning through shared stories, local knowledge, and collaborative projects.

  • Family and community learning experiences

  • Intergenerational storytelling and oral histories

  • Place-based learning and shared stewardship

Let’s explore what climate education can look like at your school.

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Sample Curriculum

Explore climate learning through stories, place, and creative expression.

paleBLUEdot curriculum is designed collaboratively and grounded in the people, land, and cultures of each community. Contact paleBLUEdot to learn what land- and place-based climate education can look like for you.

Finding HOPE in Stories

LITERATURE AND REFLECTION | K–12

Use stories and storytelling to explore climate themes, hope, and agency. Practice discussion strategies and adapt graphic organizers to create and implement lessons linking story analysis, climate emotions, and meaningful action.

Connecting to Our Living World

NATURE AND CONNECTION | PK–5

Use stories, observation, and place-based activities to strengthen relationships with animals, trees, habitats, and one another. Design learning experiences that build ecological understanding, emotional vocabulary, and caring action.

Climate ART-ivists and Climate ACT-ion

VISUAL ART AND THEATRE | K–12

Connect climate learning with visual art and theatre. Develop projects that invite students to investigate an issue, consider perspectives, and communicate hopeful futures through artwork, artist statements, or performance.

Climate Through Our Lens and Youth Climate Voices

PHOTOGRAPHY AND STORIES | GRADES 6–12

Use photography and multimodal storytelling to investigate local climate experiences and community priorities. Plan student projects that combine student and community concerns, inquiry, reflection, and authentic opportunities to share learning.

Climate Literacy Curriculum and Implementation Support

EDUCATOR SUPPORT | K–12

Collaborate to integrate climate literacy into existing instructional units and school priorities. Identify learning goals, develop lessons and assessments, implement activities, and use student work and reflection to refine instruction.