Harvard Climate Action Week Event
Building Our Resilient Future: Education Driving Hope, Innovation, and Action
Wednesday, May 10, 2023
10:30 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Askwith Hall (Longfellow) and Gutman Library
Join us as we highlight an action-oriented agenda for the education sector — with innovation and engagement as drivers for climate resilience. In a panel conversation in Askwith Hall, we'll show how schools, leaders, and communities are making an impact in mitigating climate change, creating collaborative learning opportunities, and advancing equity. Then, in an informal and energetic afternoon session we're calling the Solutions Showcase, we'll gather in the Gutman Conference Center to explore ways to accelerate progress and to act with hope and urgency. Guests will have a chance to connect with education organizations, nonprofits, and student change-makers who are doing the work, and to trade ideas over a light buffet lunch.
"Climate change is not a future problem; climate change is already happening, and it affects us all. ... Climate change is exacerbating educational inequality. It is now another important cause of the inequities that so many of us are working hard to address. So we need to take action. ... And with about 70 million students enrolled in school from pre-K through postsecondary education, one in five Americans are currently connected to the education sector, making education a critical lever for change. What we do matters." 
