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The ACE Blog

The latest news, stories, and ideas from ACE and our students.

Equity In a Time of Socio-Environmental Justice

Last month, ACE alumna Maxine Jimenez gave a keynote speech at the Education: A Key to Climate Action affiliate event at the Global Climate Action Summit in San Francisco.
Maxine Jimenez | October 15, 2018

Latest IPCC Report: Time for Action on Climate Is Running Out

This week, the IPCC or Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, published its latest scientific report, Global Warming of 1.5ºC, on what it will take to limit climate change to 1.5º.
Reb Anderson | October 09, 2018
Bill Bigelow, Curriculum Editor for Rethinking Schools magazine

Interview: Bill Bigelow Rethinks Schools

We are thrilled to be joined by special guest, Bill Bigelow, curriculum editor for Rethinking Schools magazine and co-director for the Zinn Education Project, which provides “people’s history” materials for educators.
Reb Anderson | October 08, 2018
Riya Goel, Youth Microplastics Researcher with Fellow Researcher

They May Be Micro, But These Plastics Have a Big Impact

Microplastics. Seems like a daunting word. But really, it's simple, and it explains a bigger problem. One that has been created by us humans. Microplastics are essentially plastics, in a range of sizes from one millimeter to one nanometer.
Riya Goel, Youth Activist | September 27, 2018
ACE Fellows at the Rise for Climate, Jobs & Justice March

Introducing: Our Climate Our Vote

As the west recovers from wildfires, the east recovers from Hurricane Florence, and the Administration continues to deny climate change, young climate leaders are mobilizing peers to use their powerful voices and votes to call for effective climate leadersh
LILY TRIENENS | September 19, 2018

HKonJ March Highlights Fight for Justice in North Carolina

The Historic Thousands on Jones Street (HKonJ) Moral March is a truly historic march in downtown Raleigh, North Carolina that hundreds of people and organizations attend every year.
Kaniyah Purcell | June 26, 2018

ACE and Washoe County AQMD Partner Up for Idle Free Schools

In Washoe County, Nevada, ACE Action Fellows are working with the Washoe County Air Quality Management Division (AQMD) to run a regional Idle Free Schools Campaign.
Reb Anderson | May 31, 2018

Interview: ACE Alums at Brooklyn Youth Climate Summit

On May 20, ACE alums Aryaana Kahn, Lillian Davis-Bosch and Hakim Evans attended the Youth Climate Summit at the Kurt Hahn Expeditionary Learning School in Brooklyn, NY as part of ACE’s partnership with The Wild Center’s Convening Young Leaders for Clima
Reb Anderson | May 29, 2018

Climate Riders Countering Climate Denial

Recently, I was astounded to find that special interest groups funnel nearly $1 billion each year* to push anti-science bills, delay action on climate change, and spread fake climate science to K-12 schools.
LILY TRIENENS | May 24, 2018

This Is Zero Hour

I’m a 16-year-old environmental activist. I am the founder of a national youth climate action movement called Zero Hour. We are gearing up for the revolutionary Youth Climate Action Weekend this summer.
Jamie Margolin, Zero Hour Founder | May 23, 2018

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