Alliance for Climate Education

Alliance for Climate Education, or ACE, is the national leader in high school climate science education.[1] ACE is a 501(c)3 nonprofit that provides free multimedia assemblies on climate science and solutions to high schools.[2] Since 2009, ACE has reached more than 700,000 students at more than 1,200 high schools nationwide.[3] ACE is currently active in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Atlanta, New England, Washington, DC, Northern California and Colorado.[4]

Programs

Assembly

ACE provides free in-person assemblies at high schools nationwide. The assembly has garnered positive reviews from teachers, administrators[5] and media,[3] and is noted for its dynamic multimedia content and effectiveness in connecting with hard-to-reach teen audiences. A 2010 study showed that the ACE Assembly contributed to a 58% improvement in climate science understanding.[2]

Action Teams

After the assembly, ACE helps students start or improve Action Teams, or environmental clubs, at school.[2] Projects consist of anything from starting a recycling club to solarizing the school district. More than 25,000 students have joined more than 700 ACE Action Teams nationwide.[6]

For example, in February 2011, the Action Team at West High School, in Torrance, CA, led a drive-through electronic waste recycling event which saved more than 26,000 lb of ewaste and earned the school $2,600.[7]

Special Events/Partnerships

In Winter 2011, ACE partnered with Protect Our Winters to present Hot Planet/Cool Athletes, a winter tour of high schools in mountain communities. ACE presented their climate presentation in tandem with prominent professional winter athletes, including two-time Olympic gold medalist Seth Wescott, Olympic silver medalist Gretchen Bleiler and five-time X Games gold medalist Nate Holland. Athletes added to the presentation by discussing tangible local impacts of climate change on their careers and local communities.[8]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "What We Do". Alliance for Climate Education.
  2. 1 2 3 "Climate Change: ACE Takes Global-Warming Class to Schools – TIME". TIME.com. 9 November 2010.
  3. 1 2 "Making climate change real at Oakland high school". SFGate.
  4. ↑ "ACE Homepage". Alliance for Climate Education.
  5. ↑ http://acespace.org/buzz
  6. ↑ "Action Teams". Alliance for Climate Education.
  7. ↑ http://www.scpr.org/blogs/environment/2011/03/08/morning-greens-tackling-coal-e-waste-and-polluted-/
  8. ↑ "X Games athletes Bleiler, Wescott take on climate change in ‘Hot Planet/Cool Athletes’ - The Colorado Independent". The Colorado Independent.

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