Education

Compelling the United States to take genuine responsibility for our climate pollution, to fully embrace the solutions needed and to help work with the world in an entirely new direction requires a vigorous education campaign. The general public must understand:

1) the unmistakable and scientifically proven human link to global warming; 2) that the US emits per capita and historically the lion’s share of greenhouse gas emissions; 3) the grave consequences of inaction; and 4) the increasingly bright opportunities in store as we phase out greenhouse gasses and revolutionize our economy to be fully powered with renewable energy, state of the art energy efficiency with a premium on conservation.

Community

This Institute engages the local community as well as the citizenry of our country and others to learn the facts, apply lessons and participate in solutions.

Collaboration

We collaborate with Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) to provide annual tuition assistance & scholarships to help New Mexico students locally pursue higher education in environmental, earth and/or atmospheric science.

Instruction

We offer paid student internships CCLIs student Internship Program and Stewardship Workshop.

Recognition

We locally give out education leadership seed grant awards (see below for the history of recipients)

“We owe today’s young people more than overwhelming information. We owe them a solution.”

– Ross Gelbspan
(Journalist, The Heat is On)

The Climate Education Award

Current Award Winner

2025 CCLI Climate Education Award

Esha Chiocchio

For raising awareness about the vital importance of environmental stewardship & regenerative agriculture through the medium of photography

Past Award Winners

2024 CCLI Climate Education Award

David Holway & all those involved at UCSD

For creating the Jane Teranes Climate Change Education Requirement empowering students to help mitigate the climate crisis.

2023 CCLI Climate Education Award

The Guardian

For integrity and diligence in covering the climate crisis and doing so with responsibly independent journalism and piercing investigative reporting.

2022 CCLI Climate Education Award

Catherine Page Harris Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture and Art at UNM

For encouraging students to develop a sense of agency in addressing climate change.

2021 CCLI Climate Education Award

Heather Karlson, New Mexico Climate Action

For your loving endeavor diligently keeping New Mexico informed about local climate action, important climate events and worthy climate related articles.

2020 CCLI Climate Education Award

Dara Johnson with Albuquerque Academy

For engaging with students in community service and climate leadership

2019 CCLI Climate Education Award

Climate X Change

For their education and policy advancement of carbon pricing for New Mexico and the Nation.

2018 CCLI Climate Education Award

Katherine Bueler, 8th Grade Science Teacher at El Camino Real MS

For outstanding commitment to community based learning & sustainability in the classroom.

2017 CCLI Climate Education Award

Citizens Climate Lobby

For organizing the Community Climate Conference

2016 CCLI Climate Education Award

Andrea Polli

For creatively integrating art, technology, science & environmentalism

2015 CCLI Climate Education Award

Santa Fe Public Schools

For working to evolve its sustainability curriculum

2014 CCLI Climate Education Award

Gerard Martinez

Accelerate Program / Jonathan Schwilling Student Intern – the Santa Fe Community College

2013 CCLI Climate Education Award

Xubi Wilson

SFCC Renewable Energy Program Coordinator

2012 CCLI Climate Education Award

Linda Marple

Santa Fe Community Farm

2011 CCLI Climate Education Award

Charles Bensinger

Santa Fe Community College Algae/Biofuels Program

2010 CCLI Climate Education Award

Mark Ericson

SFIS Environmental Science and Community Based Education

The Climate Change Leadership Institute calls for teamwork and wholeheartedly welcomes financial contributions in order to successfully fulfill our mission.

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