At the Center for Climate Literacy, we strive to be inclusive, cooperative, and collaborative in our work. After all, achieving a sustainable, ecological, just Earth will require all of our talents. This is why we welcome and invite many ways of contributing. 

For more information about how you can get involved, email us at [email protected].

Leadership Team

 

Leadership Team

Earthlings who are active in the direction and operation of the Center for Climate Literacy

Operations Team

 

Faculty Fellows

Earthlings who are actively involved in one or more key projects 

Undergraduate Staff

Student Earthlings who contribute their time to the Center for Climate Literacy

Katherine Applegate Undergraduate Fellow 2023-24; Linguistics, Class of 2024
Undergraduate Fellow in Media Production; Fisheries, Wildlife and Conservation Biology, Class of 2026
Undergraduate Volunteer; Biology, Society, and Environment, Class of 2024
Undergraduate Fellow in Operations; Finance, International Business, Class of 2025
PhD Candidate
Undergraduate Fellow in Content Creation; Computer Science, Class of 2025
Undergraduate Fellow in Development; Philosophy, Class of 2025
Undergraduate Assistant '22-23
Graduate Student

Teacher Fellows

 

Teacher Fellows

Earthlings actively implementing climate literacy in their classrooms

English
Mckeel Academy of Technology
Cardiff School District
Almaty, Russia
Environmental Justice Literacy
LAUSD
English
ISD 38
ESL
Bloomington Public Schools
Chinese
Central High School
Social Studies
Aim Academy of Science and Technology
Science
Saint Paul Public Schools
Environmental, Stewardship, & Sustainability Ed
Taproot Nature Experience
Science
Coon Rapids High School
English Language Arts
Sandburg
English
Sydney, Australia
Global studies and Minnesota Studies
St. Paul Academy and Summit School
English Language Arts
Fridley High School
Math
Lake International Language Academy
English
Academy of Holy Angels
Science
Columbia Heights High School
EAL / Math / Science
Shanghai American School

Advisors

 

Advisors

Scientists, scholars, public intellectuals, visionary leaders, activists, and other professionals who support the Center's work

Founder of EvolvedNest.org, president of KindredMedia.org, professor emerita at Notre Dame
climate literacy & pedagogy expert, professor emeritus at University of Minnesota
Climate activism leader, professor at the University of East Anglia, Co-Director of the Climate Majority Project
Environmentalist leader, entrepreneur, author; founder of Project Drawdown
integrator philosopher, author; founder of the Deep Transformation Network
eco-fiction expert, founder of Dragonfly.eco
children's literature scholar, OBE, professor emerita of Newcastle University
Editor-in-Chief of The Ecological Citizen, expert in ecological ethics
Award-winning environmentalist, author, and climate activist leader; co-founder of 350.org, and founder of Third Act
Founder, Permaculture Education Institute
Award-winning historian, Anthropocene expert, founding editor of Subaltern Studies, the Lawrence A. Kimpton Professor at the University of Chicago
fairy tale, folklore & myth expert, professor emeritus at University of Minnesota

Ambassadors

 

Ambassadors

Artists, poets, illustrators, novelists, musicians, actors, and other creators who endorse and promote the Center's work

Newbery Medal winning and #1 New York Times bestselling author
American Fiction Award winning author
Newbery Honor winner, multiple Pura Belpré Medalist, and Poetry Foundation's 6th Young People's Poet Laureate
Pura Belpré Honor winning author and speech pathologist
Founder of Captain Polo Academy; Author and illustrator
First U.S. Library of Congress-nominated National Ambassador for Young People's Literature
Three time Caldecott Medal-winning author-illustrator
YALSA Reader’s Choice Award Winner, Parents Magazine Best Children’s Book Award Winner
Caldecott and Pura Belpré-winning illustrator
Green Earth Book and E.B. White Read Aloud Award-winning author
American Indian Youth Literature Award Winning Author-Illustrator
Newbery Medal award winning author
Stonewall and Printz Awards Honor winning author
Academy Award, Hugo Award, and Kate Greenaway Award-winning author-illustrator
Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators Crystal Kite shortlisted author
Author of Setsuko and the Song of the Sea
Judy Blume Award-winning author
Pura Belpré and Walter Dean Myers Honors winning author
Caldecott Award winning and NYTimes bestselling author
Founder of #KidLit4Climate, author-illustrator
Climate Imagination Fellow, PhD in particle physics, author of Ambiguity Machines
Caldecott Medal and Orbis Pictus Award winning author-illustrator
Award-winning author and Order of Canada inductee