What We Do
We provide high-quality resources and programs for teachers, students, and the general public. Our programs include teacher professional development workshops and in-person activities at the Museum of the Earth and the Cayuga Nature Center in Ithaca, NY. Our resources include The Teacher-Friendly Guide to Climate Change, YouTube videos, exhibits at our public venues, online resources on Earth@Home, and more.
To explore the Center's resources, visit Earth@Home Climate.
Teacher Professional Development
We teach teachers. The Center for Climate Change Education at PRI efficiently reaches over 1,000 teachers nationwide each year by working with a wide variety of educators, who in turn reach thousands of students. We offer workshops, activities, videos, and assistance with curriculum development. We will tailor workshops to help you teach about climate change past, present, and future, and about topics such as energy systems, climate change solutions, and biological responses to climate change. For information contact our Director of Teacher Programming at teacherPD@priweb.org.
Our Mission
Our mission is to provide and support action-oriented climate change education everywhere. We believe that humanity faces a climate emergency, and that action-oriented education is fundamental to addressing this emergency.
Who We Are
PRI’s Climate Team - Our power is in our people.
PRI Staff:
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Don Haas, PhD, Director of Teacher Programming
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Alexandra Moore, PhD, Senior Education Associate
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Rob Ross, PhD, Associate Director for Outreach
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Ingrid Zabel, PhD, Climate Change Education Manager
Our staff have leadership roles in national and state climate change initiatives, including serving on the Leadership Board of the Climate Literacy and Energy Awareness Network (CLEAN), a recent term as President of the National Association of Geoscience Teachers (NAGT), leading development of NAGT’s position statement on teaching climate change, and advising the New York State Climate Impacts Assessment.
Our scientist partners:
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Toby Ault, PhD, Associate Professor, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences, Cornell University
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Ben Brown-Steiner, PhD, PRI Research Associate
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Ben Luce, PhD, Chair of the Board of Directors, American Solar Energy Society, and, Discovery Analyst, Buffalo Solar Solutions Inc.
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Franklyn Telles, PhD student of Earth Sciences and Environmental Sustainability in the School of Earth & Sustainability at Northern Arizona University
- Lou Derry, PhD, Professor, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences, Cornell University
How We're Funded
Our work is supported by grants from the National Science Foundation, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the Park Foundation, and a substantial endowment from an anonymous bequest, as well as by the generous donations of hundreds of private supporters.