On December 1-2, about eighty young climate activists from nearly 20 high schools or youth organizations gathered for the Vermont and New Hampshire Energy Education Program’s (VEEP/NHEEP) Youth Climate Leaders Academy (YCLA) kick-off retreat at the Hulbert Outdoor Center in Fairlee, VT. Youth worked in teams to identify ways they could conserve energy, reduce carbon emissions, and…
VEEP/NHEEP has grants available to schools to help fund action projects during the 2023/2024 school year. If you have an idea for an action project that will encourage behavior that benefits the environment, and could use financial support to bring it to life, apply today. Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis as funds…
Jesslyn Mullett teaches middle school math and science in Marlboro, VT, and attended this year’s VEEP/NHEEP Summer Institute. Perhaps you, like Jesslyn, have been wondering how to kick off the year, incorporate all you need to teach (including climate change), and still focus on joy and meaningful solutions. She writes,”I went from feeling anxious about…
