Our Climate Kids team was excited to team up with the San Pasqual Tribal Wellness Ambassadors to support them in creating fun, educational activities that connect their community to the environmental topics they care about. Our Climate Kids team was excited to team up with the San Pasqual Tribal Environmental Department and their Youth Wellness Ambassadors to brainstorm and create fun, interactive, environmentally-focused activities to connect their community to the environme

The first Youth Climate Challenge was held in conjunction with the 2019 Southwestern Tribal Climate Change Summit and hosted over 8 youth teams from communities across the Southwestern United States and Mexico. This Challenge provided an opportunity to come together, focus on climate strategies and solutions, and advance resilience efforts throughout the Southwest and North America. Following the Challenge, students were offered the opportunity to propose their projects for f

The San Diego Foundation has awarded $364,000 in grants to six nonprofit programs, including the Climate Science Alliance, that will help increase equity and strengthen regional resilience as it relates to diminishing water supplies due to the impacts of climate change. The San Diego Foundation has awarded $364,000 in grants to six nonprofit programs, including the Climate Science Alliance that will help increase equity and strengthen regional resilience as it relates to dimi

The Climate Kids Program was recently highlighted by the Institute for Tribal Environmental Professionals for their Tribal Profiles initiative. Check out how Climate Kids is collaborating with local and regional Tribes to integrate Tribal perspectives in our climate change education and community engagement. “Climate change affects us all, but tribes have been particularly hard-hit by the impacts of atmospheric warming and the myriad changes it brings. It isn't just Alaska Na

The Washoe Tribe’s Environmental Protection Department invited Climate Science Alliance Director Dr. Amber Pairis to participate in their Tribal Climate Change Symposium in Lake Tahoe on September 9-11, 2019. Dr. Pairis spoke in the “Science of Climate” and “Outreach & Engagement” plenaries, joining tribal partners from across the country. Multiple Alliance partners were also on hand for this valuable three-day event including staff from the Institute for Tribal Environmental

The Climate Science Alliance attended the Honoring Traditions Gathering on Saturday, August 31, hosted by the Pala Band of Mission Indians, the Cupa Cultural Center, the Pala Cultural Resources Committee, and Planet Pala to honor the people and culture of Pala and share the collaboration between Pala and the Alliance. The Climate Science Alliance attended the Honoring Traditions Gathering hosted by the Pala Band of Mission Indians, the Cupa Cultural Center, the Pala Cultural

In collaboration with the 2019 Southwestern Tribal Climate Change Summit, 37 student leaders from across the Southwestern US and Mexico ranging in age from 8 to 22 years old joined Summit attendees to focus on climate strategies and solutions and develop action plans to implement in their communities. "As a part of the relatively younger generation I can vouch for the importance impressed upon us of time and the time we have to positively impact everything around us, most imp