Climate Literacy & Energy Awareness Network Newsflash

October 26, 2022

What's new in the climate and energy education community? Highlights from the CLEAN Community are below.

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News from CLEAN

ACCELS Summit


Thank you to all those who attended the 2022 Accelerating Climate Capacity, Engagement, and Leadership Summit (ACCELS)! We appreciate you all taking the time to not only attend the event, but to be active and engaged participants. We feel grateful for this community.


Please fill out this post event survey. Collecting data about this event will help us pursue funding to continue hosting ACCELS in the future!

If you missed it and would like to watch the discussions, here are the recordings for 

Day 1 & Day 2

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Window Into COP27 with Climate Generation

November 6-18, 2022

The COP27 negotiations are an exciting opportunity to weave climate change into current events, investigate climate change in an interdisciplinary way, analyze the intersections between social and climate inequities worldwide, and inspire your students to raise their voices and take local action on climate change.

Upcoming Virtual Events:


People-Centered Action: Meet our COP27 Delegation | October 26, 2022 at 12:00pm CT

Register Now!


Climate Literacy Network Webinar | November 8, 2022 at 12:00pm CT

Attend Here! (with password: clean)


Teach Climate Network Workshop - Conference of the Parties, what the heck is that? | November 9, 2022 at 3:00-4:00pm CT

Register Now!


From the Mideast to the Midwest: Chicagoland Youth Climate Activists Report Live from COP27 | November 10, 2022 at 12:00pm CT

Register Now! 

Opportunities from the CLEAN Network

CLEAN Calendar: Opportunities & Professional Development

Read below to learn about featured education opportunities from CLEAN & beyond.
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Extreme Weather Metaphors Survey


NNOCCI's Science Committee is testing new metaphors related to extreme weather events and we need your help! 


Please take this survey testing these new metaphors. Once you've taken the survey, you are invited to share it with your network. NNOCCI is looking for individuals over the age of 18 from across the United States. 

Take the Survey Here


Reach out to [email protected] with any questions.

Wade Institute for Science Education

2022 Climate Change Professional Learning Workshop


Investigate climate change phenomena, work with scientists, and take part in inquiry-based learning experiences! Join the Wade Institute for Science Education and our collaborating partner Salem Sound Coastwatch for our two-day professional learning workshop, “Investigating Climate Change: Exploring Resources and Data for the Classroom."

Dates: Friday, December 2nd and Saturday, December 3rd, 2022 (8:30 AM – 3:30 PM ET)

Cost: $165 per participant.

Location: Salem Sound Coastwatch, Salem, MA

Credit: 13 PDPs, plus optional graduate credits

Register Here!

Art x Climate: A Project of the Fifth

National Climate Assessment


The U.S. Global Change Research Program, in collaboration with Smithsonian Institution, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the National Science Foundation, and the Federal Emergency Management Agency, invites artists to engage in the development of the Fifth National Climate Assessment by creatively visualizing climate change in the United States: its causes, impacts, and manifestations; our shared vulnerabilities; and the strength of our collective response. 

Artists who wish to submit their works must do so by 11:59 PM ET on January 27, 2023.


Youth Artists (Ages 13-17): Submit Here!


Adult Artists (Ages 18 and up): Submit Here!

On Call with CLEAN

Attend CLEAN's Weekly Teleconference


For Network Members each Tuesday, 1:00pm ET/12:00pm CT/11:00am MT/10:00am PT


This Month's CLEAN Calls are featuring:

  • November 1st: CLEAN's Social Network Analysis by Katie Boyd
  • November 8th: Informal Conversation (Join Youth, Educator and US ACE Coalition Delegates Live from COP27 in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt!)
  • November 15th: Cornell's Deep Geothermal Project by Robert Ross and Teresa Jordan
  • November 22nd: No Call (Thanksgiving break)
  • November 29th: Integrating Citizen Science with Social Justice to Drive Climate Literacy by Karolyn Burns and Diego Molina-Castrillon (CLEO Institute)
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Featured CLEAN Post

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Explore the scientific research being done on one of the most important glaciers in #Antarctica using: Thwaites Explorer. Use the CLEAN resource from International Thwaites Glacier Collaboration to dive into what we already know about #Thwaites + how and why we continue to study the glacier.


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