• Translating Climate Awareness into Climate Action
• Translating Climate Awareness into Climate Action
Partnerships and Recognition
The YCAA was invited to collaborate with the ClimateMusic Project, Twende Solar, and Music Declares Emergency through their Be Cool! Connections pilot program, an initiative that provides free solar installations to schools across the Global South that lack reliable access to electricity. Be Cool! Connections leverages fundraising efforts from schools in more resourced communities to accelerate climate action in under-resourced schools, and the initiative has already successfully installed solar panels at a school in Nigeria, providing students and their community with green electricity for the first time.
The YCAA translates climate awareness into action by empowering students with the resources, skills, and network to drive sustainable change in their schools and communities.
Translating Climate Awareness into Climate Action
Our Partner Schools
Founding Schools: Avenues The World School and The Chapin School
Berkeley Carroll School
Brooklyn Friends School
The Dalton School
Dwight School
Fordham Preparatory School
Friends Seminary
Grace Church School
Hackley School
Horace Mann School
The Hewitt School
The Masters School
British International School
The Nightingale-Bamford School
United Nations International School
If you are not yet one of our Partner Schools, contact us to join the network.
Youth Action
Effective, sustained, and equitable climate action is desperately needed to combat anthropogenic climate change.
This is why the YCAA empowers students across New York City to become global leaders of climate action.
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Schools present an incredible opportunity for sustainable growth and youth leadership. Empowering students across New York City to become leaders of climate action paves the way for a more sustainable future for both the city and the world.
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Our annual YCAA Interscholastic Conference brings New York City student activists together to:
Engage with climate professionals
Meet student activists across our 14 school network
Develop interscholastic climate initiatives
Attend educational workshops
Showcase climate action achievements
Our annual Interscholastic Conference serves as a catalyst for lasting environmental leadership.
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Our Partner Schools become hubs of coordinated climate action. Student Ambassadors pursue Climate Action Initiatives (CAIs) in order to further sustainable action in their communities.
Join the Alliance
If you are a student, faculty member, or potential partner. . .