Igniting Climate Literacy

Sep 21, 2020  11:00

Event URL:  https://action.earthday.org/education_webinar_9_21_20
Cost:  Free
Hosted by: Earth Day

Join us for a lively discussion about the importance of educating our youth on climate and environmental topics to ensure a citizenry that is equipped with hope, skills, and motivation to take action for a more sustainable future.

We will discuss the connections of climate and environmental education to conservation goals, more green jobs, a healthy economic future, and a sustainable planet.

Panelists:

Rohan Arora
Youth Climate/Environmental Health Activist
Founder and Executive Director of The Community Check-Up

Frida Berry Eklund 
Swedish climate change communications expert, activist and writer
Founder of Our Kids’ Climate

Neeshad Shafi
Executive Director of Arab Youth Climate Movement Qatar

Rab Nawaz, 
Senior Director WWF Pakistan

Asha Alexander, 
Principal and CEO Of The Kindergarten Starters and Executive Leader, Climate Change – GEMS Education, Dubai, UAE  

Laura Secada
Director-General of Climate Change and Desertification of the Ministry of Environment of Peru

Discussion moderated by Nick Nuttall

EARTHDAY.ORG’s Strategic Communications Director