Elders Supporting Youth
Supporting Youth
Climate Organizations
Youth and Elders Standing Together
Supporting youth in their fight for a livable world is a core SSAFE value: “We are stewards of this Earth, and we must push for climate action alongside younger generations.”
This page is dedicated to the ways SSAFE Elders and Youth Climate Activists are working together.
Yin Liu and Elise Peirson, staff members from The Wild Center in the Adirondacks, presented to the SSAFE General Committee Meeting on July 7, 2022.
- Watch their presentation by clicking on the video on the right (coming soon!)
- View their presentation slides by clicking here.
- Download their Youth Ally Toolkit by clicking here.
Additional resources sent by The Wild Center:
The Wild Center’s Youth Climate Program (website)
https://www.wildcenter.org/our-work/youth-climate-program/
10 Years of Adirondack Youth Climate Summits (Youtube video)
https://youtu.be/KvJyVwmtvEY
The Power of Inclusive, Intergenerational Climate Activism
https://www.yesmagazine.org/environment/2020/09/21/intergenerational-climate-activism
Jess Wilber, former SSAFE Start-up Coordinator, and former Regional Fellow for CCL Higher Education, presented to the August, 2021 SSAFE General Committee meeting about youth climate movements. Fifteen youth climate movements were highlighted along with a list of ways elders can support their youth counterparts.
Click here to view a PDF of the slide presentation about Youth Climate Movements and how you can lend your support.
Click here to listen to an interview with Jess by Mia Funk with the Creative Process.
Links to Youth Climate Movements:
- Citizens’ Climate Higher Ed
- Citizens’ Climate Youth (must be a member of CCL to see details)
- Schools for Climate Action
- Can You Hear Us?
- Climate Reality Campus Corps
- Defend Our Future
- Earth Guardians
- Fridays for Future
- Future Coalition
- NextGen America
- Our Climate
- Students for Carbon Dividends
- Sunrise Movement
- Zero Hour
- Young Evangelicals for Climate Action
