Climate Education Policy
Grants for schools & school districts to partner with community-based organizations for climate education professional development
Update from 9/14/23: The application period for Climate Education grants is open from September 14 to November 3. Schools can learn more and apply at the Department of Education website.
Update from 4/22/2022
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LD 1902 has gotten approved for over $2 million by the Appropriations Committee, after being passed & enacted in the House & Senate!
Advocacy in Action
Meet the people who helped pass the Climate Education Bill!
More Advocacy in Action stories to come!
Explore the history of the Climate Education Bill
We see state-level decision-making as one opportunity to make outdoor learning accessible. Many school decisions are made locally in Maine, and we are working toward systems change at a local level. Learn more about our Local Outdoor Learning Advocacy working group.
All youth have the right to meaningful outdoor experience, but not all youth in Maine have the opportunity to learn and explore outdoors. Click here to learn about Stories of Change, an NBEC working group focused on an initiative to elevate the stories of BIPOC and other marginalized people outdoors.