ENVIRONMENTAL AND CLIMATE CHANGE LITERACY 2019 SUMMIT

December 11–12, 2019 | UCLA Meyer and Renee Luskin Conference Center | Los Angeles, CA

Summit Steering Committee Co-chairs

Marquita Grenot-Scheyer

Assistant Vice Chancellor, Educator Preparation and Public Schools Programs, CSU, Office of the Chancellor

Marcelo Suárez-Orozco

Wasserman Dean & Distinguished Professor of Education (former), Graduate School of Education & Information Studies, UCLA

Ram Ramanathan

Distinguished Professor of Climate and Atmospheric Sciences, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego

Fred Uy

Director, Educator Preparation and Public School Programs and Co-Director, Center for the Advancement of Instruction in Quantitative Reasoning, CSU, Office of the Chancellor

The UC–CSU Environmental and Climate Change Literacy Project and Summit (ECCLPS) was hosted in 2019 and showcased a report of recommendations for the university systems to advance PK–12 environmental and climate change literacy by focusing on the preparation of current and future teachers to respond to these urgent issues.

Mission: Educate the 400,000+ graduating high school students per year in California to become literate in environmental and climate change issues and solutions

UC and CSU partnered with key stakeholders to publish the report and 220 stakeholders participated in the summit to further strategize implementation and scaling up the report recommendations.

Summit Featured Keynote Speakers

  • Edmund G. Brown Jr.

    Governor (former), California

  • Marcia McNutt

    President, National Academy of Science

  • Janet Napolitano

    President (former), UC

  • Timothy P. White

    Chancellor (former), CSU

  • Miztlayolxochitl Aguilera

    Tongva/Gabrielino and Mexica Native and B.A. Student, Chicano and Latino Studies, California State University, Puvungna (Long Beach)

  • Ben Allen

    Senator, California

  • Cuauhtémoc Avila

    Superintendent, Rialto Unified School District

  • Gene Block

    Chancellor, UC Los Angeles

  • Emily A. Carter

    Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost and Distinguished Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, UC Los Angeles

  • Vincent Del Casino

    Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs, San José State University

  • Lauren Faber O'Connor

    Chief Sustainability Officer, Office of Mayor Eric Garcetti, City of Los Angeles

  • Kate Gordon

    Director, Office of Planning and Research and Senior Advisor to the Governor on Climate, Governor’s Office, California

  • Kavita Gupta

    AP Chemistry Teacher, Curriculum Lead, Fremont Union High School District

  • Kathy Kasic

    Assistant Professor, CSU Sacramento, and Film Director and Cinematographer, Metamorph Films, LLC

  • Eleni Kounalakis

    Lieutenant Governor, California

  • Sofia Lepore

    B.A. Student, Geography and Planning, CSU Chico

  • Enid Partika

    M.S. Student, Environmental Chemistry, UC San Diego

  • Eric Rignot

    Eric Rignot, Chemistry Donald Bren Professor of Earth System Science and Department Chair, Jet Propulsion Lab and Chancellor Professor of Earth System Science, UC Irvine

  • Peter Rivera

    Education Program Officer, Hewlett Foundation

  • William Sandoval

    Professor, Urban Schooling and Faculty Director, Educational Leadership Program, Graduate School of Education & Information Studies, UC Los Angeles

  • Tim Swinehart

    Teacher, Portland Public Schools

Summit Participants

The 220 participants included leaders from:

  • Higher education: UCs, CSUs, private and out-of-state universities

  • PK–12, district and county offices

  • Non-formal education and learning centers

  • State agencies

  • NGOs

  • Climate specialists and scientists

  • STEM education-focused private foundations

  • Philanthropists

  • The community

  • Students: high school, college, and graduate school

  • Summit Committees

    The Environmental and Climate Change Literacy Project and Summit Steering Committee included key stakeholders who contributed to recommendations regarding UC and CSU commitments in the ECCLPS Report and summit at UCLA in 2019.

    Click here to learn more about the committee.

  • Keynote Videos

    Watch the keynote videos from the 2019 ECCLPS event. Speakers included former Governor Jerry Brown, Senator Ben Allen, Dr. Eric Rignot, former President Janet Napolitano, and many others.

    Click here to watch the keynote videos.

  • Summit Media

    The December 2019 Environmental and Climate Change Literacy Project and Summit (ECCLPS) engaged 220 higher education leaders, PK–12 educators, researchers, policymakers, students, and others to share stories, strategies, and ideas to implement and scale the ECCLPS Report recommendations.

    Click here to view the event photos.

  • ECCLPS Program

    The December 2019 Environmental and Climate Change Literacy Project and Summit (ECCLPS) engaged 220 stakeholders to further strategize implementation and scaling up the ECCLPS Report recommendations in roundtable discussions. The summit program and art displays included a variety of art forms from K– 12, UC, and CSU students.

    Click here to view the 2019 program.

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