Building A Movement Too Powerful To Ignore
What is the Climate Action Accelerator Program?
The CAAP is designed to guide schools to create a whole-school climate and nature action plan. Each school creates a multi-disciplinary, intergenerational team to pursue learning about the climate and nature context, the potential for impact, and the framework and models for creating and implementing bold, hope-filled, whole-school climate and nature action. Schools learn in cohorts, networking and collaborating with schools across Canada.
Facilitated by experienced leaders in school climate action with guest experts to bring specialized learning based on the specific needs of each cohort.
Photo Credit: Trinity College School in Port Hope, Ontario. Students talking about mindfulness in nature with their peers.
Learning & collaborating with school teams – students, teachers, administrators, facilities and operations staff, parents, Board members – from schools across Canada and now in the U.S.
A three-year commitment to building organizational capacity for leadership in climate and nature action.
Bringing all your initiatives related to sustainability, climate action, biodiversity, and conservation into one coordinated, strategic climate action plan with measurable short and longer term goals.
Book an Information Session
Use this link to book a 30 minute school-specific conversation where you can learn more and how CAAP could support your goals.
Review our introductory slide deck.
Not feeling ready for CAAP, or want to do something more customized? We can develop a consulting engagement to help you understand where your school is at, and what you may need to do to prepare for the challenges of taking on a whole-school climate and nature plan. Like any other key school initiative, preparing your senior leadership team is an important step. Learn more about our consulting services here, or reach out for a meeting to discuss.
What is the goal of Climate Action Accelerator Program?
To catalyze bold whole-school climate and nature action in school communities, in the K-12 sector and beyond. We must all achieve net-zero by 2050 and reverse the biodiversity trends. Every sector needs leaders who need to get there decades sooner to chart the path. We want to find leaders in elementary and secondary schools and help them create and implement hope-filled, audacious plans. We will share the learning and inspire other schools to join us.
Our Theory of Change
Read About CAAP in this New Book – Download for Free!
Read about our program in the chapter, Accelerating Change-Making: Reflections on Embedding Regenerative Practices in School Climate Action, available as a free download in the new book, Whole School Approaches to Sustainabilty, Education Renewal in Times of Distress (also available for free).
The chapter was co-authored by our Executive Director, Michèle Andrews, renowned climate change education researcher and Assistant Professor Dr. Ellen Field, John Hannah and Eleonor Kerr from Hillfield Strathallan College, Drew Stephens from Southridge School, and Alie Elliott from Trinity College School – 3 of our CAAP Pilot Schools.
