Hi! I'm Noa Polston Schwartz (She/Her), and I created Teach Climate & Redefine It out of the all-too-common feeling of helplessness and doom brought on by climate anxiety. I've found that taking action is the best (and only way!) to go. I started this journey as TCRI's founder at the beginning of my 8th grade year, and had carried the project until my senior year in high school. Now as I attend college away from our home base in Sebastopol, our awesome junior and sophomore members are taking over the show, as my role has shifted to FaceTime-call-advice-sessions and email connections.   

TCRI has been an incredible community effort. From the teen educators who spend their after-school hours every week organizing and creating to the teachers who have generously handed us their sacred class time, to all of our funders and supporters, including the lovely Sebastopol librarians who host our meeting space. But the best gift of all, are the elementary and middle school students, whose hands shoot up during our presentations full of ideas and questions. I am so grateful, and cannot wait to see what the next generation of TCRI brings to our community, and for what the next generation of climate activists brings to our world. 

noa@teachclimate.net