Climate Literacy Fellows

Are you interested in helping your students understand how climate influences them and how they and society influence climate? Would your students enjoy engaging activities presented by energetic and knowledgeable college students?

Climate Literacy Fellows
Climate Literacy Fellows Jordan K. and Grant P. use a kit to help 4th graders learn about renewable energy.

In partnership with the Washington State Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI) and the legislature-funded ClimeTime program, the Gonzaga Climate Institute has created the Climate Literacy Fellows program. Through this program, the Climate Institute hires and trains exceptional Gonzaga undergraduates to deliver high-impact climate literacy activities in elementary school classrooms (grades K-8). As part of Gonzaga's Opportunity Northeast program, the current geographical focus centers on partner elementary schools in northeast Spokane.

The Climate Literacy Fellows program is modeled after the Gonzaga Science in Action! program and has received generous support and collaboration from the program. The original climate literacy kits were review by Gonzaga Biology faculty and Science in Action! and the initial lessons developed for this project were created in collaboration with the SIA! program. 

Learn more about the current Fellows and our staff.

Are you are a public school teacher in Spokane who is considering inviting Gonzaga Climate Literacy Fellows into your classroom?

Are you a Gonzaga undergrad who wants to be a Climate Literacy Fellow? Check out the Join Our Team page! 
This program has changed my life. I can’t thank the Climate Institute enough for giving me this job, and if everyone at Gonzaga could do this job I think it should be a requirement. It taught me so much about the world around me, about others, and about myself and what I can accomplish. This job made me gain confidence in myself and this program is my favorite thing I’ve been a part of at GU by far.

Climate Literacy Fellows Impact

37

Schools Served

302

Classrooms Visited

210+

Hours of Climate Lessons Taught

5000

Students Reached