IL students and educators are calling for equitable, solutions based climate education that will prepare them for the challenges and opportunities of a changing world. Climate Education for IL and Seven Generations Ahead are partnering with community members to help raise funds to accelerate the process of bringing place based climate education into IL classrooms via an Illinois Climate Education Hub created by SubjectToClimate.

SubjectToClimate is a nonprofit with a free platform that houses teacher-designed lesson plans, curated resources, and professional development opportunities to enable all K-12 educators to easily integrate climate change into what they already teach. They have successfully worked with multiple states to create Customized State Hubs, adapting their core platform to facilitate place-based learning through a deep-rooted, localized approach.

The Illinois Climate Education Hub, launched on September 5, 2025, is providing teachers across the state with resources that align with Illinois’ state teaching standards. It also highlights locally relevant climate topics such as the career opportunities created by the IL Clean Energy Jobs Act, or solutions to the unequal distribution of air pollution in Chicago neighborhoods, leading to increased rates of asthma and other health concerns.

Now that the Hub is launched, we need to make sure that it lives up to and exceeds its potential by sharing it with teachers across Illinois, providing training to enhance teacher skills and confidence around teaching climate topics in their classrooms, and adding and adapting resources that pertain to climate issues in Illinois. By donating to support the Illinois Climate Education Hub, you will help empower IL students with the climate education they need to become environmental stewards of our state.

Together, we can change the future of climate change education!

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