Join us at the Hudson Valley Youth Climate Summit on March 18-19, 2026
Join us for a dynamic virtual event dedicated to sustainability, innovation, and empowering the next generation of leaders to tackle real-world environmental challenges.
The Hudson Valley Youth Climate Summit brings together students, educators, community agencies, and sustainability-focused vendors to showcase impactful work, share innovative solutions, and collaborate toward a more sustainable future.
👥 Who Can Participate?
✔️ Students in grades 4–12, including CTE students
✔️ Educators sharing instructional strategies, research, or innovative practices
✔️ Local agencies and organizations committed to environmental responsibility
✔️ Sustainability-oriented vendors supporting greener communities
✨ What to Expect:
• Engaging student presentations
• Educator-led sessions on sustainability best practices
• Interactive workshops and activities
• Informative exhibits from local agencies and vendors
• Networking opportunities that foster partnerships, innovation, and leadership
📅 March 18–19, 2026
🕗 8:30 AM – 1:30 PM (both days)
📍 Virtual Event
Don’t miss Jaimie’s keynote and workshop!
Keynote
In this keynote session, Jaimie will surface the stark differences between authentic education for sustainability—and the mindsets it deliberately cultivates—and the far more common ways we unintentionally educate for unsustainability. Jaimie will illuminate examples of curricula and learning outcomes shaped by deeply embedded habits of problem based, linear and mechanistic thinking, and will invite participants to consider the power of relational thinking when educating for sustainability.
Workshop
In this workshop, Jaimie will begin by modelling an audit of a unit plan, and some language pulled from various units. We will then co-create an “EfS makeover” as we re-work the language to achieve different learning outcomes. Then participants will have a chance to audit a unit plan of their own, to look for evidence of education for sustainability, and education about and for unsustainability. Lastly, participants will take initial steps to do an “EfS Makeover” of their own to see how small, intentional shifts in language and practice can generate profoundly different outcomes.