Today’s generation is the first generation to feel the impacts of climate change and the last that can really do something about it. Teaching young people about climate change – its causes, effects, and what we can do about it – is vital. Addressing climate change is a multi-generational problem that demands both immediate action and long term skills, understanding and solutions.

With another school year rapidly approaching, a flotilla of partners (please see below) are working together to support educators in enhancing the climate literacy of American students and citizens. The campaign will demonstrate new and innovative ways to expand climate change learning opportunities for students, and will equip educators with science-based information and resources.

This coordinated social media effort is a commitment to education, engagement, and lifting up innovative and effective climate change education resources and opportunities. In order to create a powerful presence during this next school year, we need your help! This toolkit provides you with all the information you need to engage in the #Teach4Climate social media campaign, and equips you with a list of important climate education initiatives taking place in the U.S. and beyond during the 2016-2017 school year. This document will be kept up to date throughout the campaign, so don’t forget to check back!

Credits: Climate.gov

The #Teach4Climate social media campaign is an effort lead by the Alliance for Climate Education, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration(NOAA), NASA, American Meteorological Society Education, the Association of Science-Technology Centers (ASTC), the CLEAN Network, The Wild Center, the World Bank Group’s global partnership program Connect4Climate, Climate Generation: A Will Steger Legacy, Earth Day Network, Climate Interactive, National Council for Science Education, and others.

It is an open discussion for all to join in the call for education, awareness and action on climate change, among both students and citizens. The event supports the White House Climate Education and Literacy Initiative, launched in December 2014 to connect students and citizens with the best-available, science-based information about climate change.

#Teach4Climate builds on the #Youth4Climate social media campaign launched in 2015 around the COP21 Climate Talks.

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As the climate continues to change, communities in rural areas are experiencing economic and productive challenges caused by constant adaptations and transformation, specially individual farmers. 

A recent report - On the Frontline: Climate Change & Rural Communities - by The Climate Council reveals that climate change is likely to worsen the systemic disadvantages suffered by rural and regional communities, and further widen the gap between rural and urban areas. It also highlights that the increase in extreme weather events is disproportionately affecting those in rural areas, with serious social, health and economic impacts. 

With #Photo4Climate hashtag you have showed us how Climate Change is affecting #Rural areas. Daryll Peter Griffith is this week's finalist with a great caption exposing the consequences of extreme warm weather. Congratulations!

Take a look at the original picture:

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Photo Credit: Daryll Peter Griffith

“Everybody recognizes that if you can make very efficient electric motors, you can make a quantum leap forward”. - James Dyson

"The electric motor has become a little more well-known and appreciated over the past few years with its improving integration into our cars. With most people understanding and appreciating the impact that their pollution has on the climate, there has been a greater demand for auto manufacturers to create cars that can help to improve our environment, or at the very least, do less harm."

"It is through this demand for growth and development that some of the world’s greatest inventors have refined the electric motor to now work better and be more efficient than it ever was before."