
Blog

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CEE-Change Fellow Mariam Kabamba describes how the Fellowship revived her hope and provided the support she needed to run a youth-focused environmental and climate leadership training in the Haut Katanga province, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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CEE-Change Fellow and Director of Education at Westport River Watershed Alliance, Kim Botelho, shares how the Fellowship shaped her career and approach to education. Her project introduced students to climate education, showing them how their actions, big or small, can impact the environment.
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CEE-Change Fellow Hamza Malik discusses the impact of community partnerships on his Community Action Project to raise awareness of coastal bird habitats at the Lloyd Center for the Environment Estuary.
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CEE-Change Fellow Vanessa Barela knows the value of outdoor education. Join Vanessa on a journey of self-discovery. She discusses how she broke barriers to promote outdoor learning within the New Mexico Public Education Department (NMPED) and what she learned about herself throughout the process.
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CEE-Change Fellow Jeff Geist discusses how the Fellowship was a transformative experience and how he implemented what he learned into his Community Action Project by working with adults and children to build climate resilience in his community.
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CEE-Change Fellow Jaeydah Edwards embarked on a mission to help Cincinnati residents understand how climate change impacts air quality and their health. Read more in Clearing the Air on Climate Change in Cincinnati, Ohio, and what they can do to fight this issue.
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CEE-Change Fellow Gitanjali Paul empowers educators as change agents for a sustainable world. Read about her Community Action Project that connects educators from the U.S., Canada, and Mexico to integrate climate education and action through systems thinking to tackle complex issues.
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Our CEE-Change Fellow and 8th-grade science teacher at Haslett Middle School, Bridget Booth, shares her journey of teachers and students working together to overcome barriers and implement meaningful, interdisciplinary climate change education in public schools in Michigan.
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Working on climate change action can sometimes feel lonely. Read more about how the CEE-Change Fellowship helped Catherine connect with Fellows from across the world and build a community of support, encouragement, and ideas to CEE-Change Together.
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For Maggie Beetstra, the CEE-Change Fellowship Leadership Institute illustrated the importance of truly listening to community members when working toward civic engagement and environmental action. Learn how she supported a collaborative network among Higher Education Colleges in the Lehigh Valley.
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CEE-Change Fellow Evan Kuras shares the transformative process experienced at the Massachursetts Environmental Education Society (MEES) planning meeting. Through internal reflections and collaborative planning, the board strengthened their relationships, formed energized action teams, and…
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Travel to the Bocas del Toro region of Panama and learn how CEE-Change Fellow Holly Hummel engaged the local community in climate change action through an event filled with aquatic sports, recycled art, and interactive workshops.
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Learn how CEE-Change Fellow Sarada Sangameswaran breaks climate change into manageable chunks through hands-on experiences so students can take climate action.
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Learn how CEE-Change Fellow Harrison Ashangwa uses environmental education and civic engagement strategies to support young people across Cameroon on ways to address climate change in their communities.
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CEE Change Fellow Aneesa Jamal shares how the Fellowship helped expand her Young Climate Authors Program to educators and professionals across three continents to educate their communities on climate change and climate justice through writing, illustration, and publishing.
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Join CEE-Change Fellow Richard (Ritchie) Tusabe on a journey to bridge the gap between schools, communities, and leadership in promoting environmental education in Ugandan school classrooms through his community action project called "The Environment Education Nexus" or "TEEN-2024." Find out how his…
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CEE-Change Fellow Angela Rivera Rautmann talks to NAAEE's Carrie Albright about her community action project. During her time as a 7th-grade science and social studies teacher at Patrick Marsh Middle School, Angela's community action project provided students with an opportunity to not only dive…
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CEE-Change Fellow Eileen Boekestein poetically expresses how the environmental education career journey isn't a pipeline, but a braided river of ever-changing entry points.
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CEE-Change Fellow Justin Kaput found that passion and dedication can be tested and ultimately victorious when fostering climate action in students, even when a global pandemic intervenes. Over two years, Justin's students created and adapted their Climate Walk events to allow for a truly meaningful…
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CEE-Change Fellow Carolin Ellerkemp collects stories of water access and usage from community elders to share with younger generations. The H2Our Project encourages these youth to do the same with their elders, building on a greater public awareness and a more sustainable use of water.
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Melanie Schikore writes about her Community Action Project (CAP) that uses action research methods to work towards community sustainability goals, particularly the transformation of grass lawns to sustainable yards.
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Program Educator Jenna Hoover discusses her experience adapting a formal curriculum to fit her CEE-Change Fellowship project focused on groundwater protection.
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Environmental educator Danny Woolums shares how Lexington youth are connecting with their communities and local ecosystems through the CEE-Change Fellowship.
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In the classrooms at Woodland Pond School, CEE-Change Fellow Aubrae Filipiak uses the KWL discussion framework to introduce new ideas. This stands for Know Wonder Learn and allows students to explore concepts from a place of curiosity while bringing to bear their lived experiences. Aubrae Filipiak…