Project Lead – Dr. Kshamta Hunter
Climate Camp will be entering it’s third year in 2025. Based on feedback and observations over the last two years, significant changes are being made to the curriculum. Funding from this grant will help facilitate the completion of these changes in time for a Spring 2025 offering.
One of the main objectives of the Climate Camp is to create safe and brave spaces to encourage dialogue and support conversations around climate change and anxiety between youth and their parents or teachers. Through this project, we hope to build community around climate change response and cultivate emotional resilience to support a lasting dialogue in the communities.
In the week-long camp, participants have the opportunity to learn about the current climate crisis through multiple perspectives, discover the impacts on our local and global communities, and explore solutions from an individual, collective and societal lens. The camp is meant to help youth understand and navigate the uncertainties of our changing world and foster resilience by developing capacities to address the challenging emotions that are often associated with the climate crisis. Each camp day will include an educational portion with guest speakers and experts, time to connect with nature and team project work. Journaling is used as a medium throughout the camp to help participants express their climate emotions and feelings as well as learn ways to work through them. Participants are encouraged to have conversations with their families about climate change and associated emotions.
Read the project brief to learn more about this initiative.
