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The 15th Annual Adirondack Youth Climate Summit
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NOVEMBER 5TH, 2025: DAY 1
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7:45 - 8:45 Registration
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Breakfast (Great Hall) 8:00-8:45
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Plenary Session #1
8:45 - 9:30		 Climate Game Show - Late Night for the Planet: Early Morning Edition with Late Night for the Planet - Great Hall
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Plenary Session #2
9:30 - 10:15		 Climate Science 101 with Dr. Curt Stager - Flammer Theater
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10:15 - 10:30 Welcome & Opening Remarks - Flammer Theater
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10:30 - 10:45 Plan Your Day & Announcements - Flammer TheaterĀ 
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BREAK (Great Hall) 10:45 - 11:00
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Concurrent Workshop Session #1
11:00 - 12:00		Teacher Workshop: pt. 1- From Practice to Policy, My Association with the Youth Climate Summit; pt. 2- Everything you need to know about the new Climate Action Planning Framework Fluid Verse: Water, Climate Stories, & Slam PoetryArt in a Changing Climate: Creativity, Care and Cultivating Connection
How To: Community Repair FairJustice On Your Plate: Understanding How Our Food Choices Shape the Food System
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LocationMain Conference RoomPlanet AdirondackNaturalist Cabinet & OutsideClimate Solutions ExhibitFlammer Theater
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Presenter(s)Roger Catania (NYSED Board of Regents) & Cedar Barg (The Wild Center)Stephanie Ashenfelder (Echo Lab)Dr. Michale Glennon (Adirondack Watershed Institute), Nadia Harvieux (Finger Lakes Institute), & Natalee Wrege (Paul Smith's College Visitor Interpretive Center) Evelyn Laferriere (Clarkson University), Dustin Bowman (Canton Sustainability Committee) Josh Stephani (Adirondack Food Systems Network)
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Lunch (Great Hall) 12:00 - 1:00
Incubator Lunch for Summit Network (Main Conference Room)
"Age of Humans" film (Flammer Theater)
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Rotating Lightning Workshop Session
1:00 - 2:30
Choose your own adventure!		The Wild Center's Green Campus TourYes You "Can":
How to Preserve Food with Canning
Farming for the Future: Breaking the Cycle of Destruction The Insulation StationCreatures on Climate ChangeBike-Packing in the AdirondacksLearning the Land through the CameraWhat Can Ewe Do: Ecological Farming Practices for Sustainable Food and FashionDrum Composter TourMake Your Voice Heard: Climate Change Quilt
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Meeting LocationAnimal Viewing AreaBio Building EavesNaturalist CabinetClimate Solutions ExhibitPlanet AdirondackOutdoor ClassroomCafeMeadow LotPavers Lot / ComposterGlacier Wall
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Approx. Start Time1:00 pm; 1:30 pm; 2:00 pm1:00 pm; 1:45 pm1:00 pm; 1:30 pm; 2:00 pm1:00 pm; 1:30 pm; 2:00 pm1:00 pm; 1:30 pm; 2:00 pm1:00 pm; 1:45 pm1:00 pm; 1:45 pm1:00 pm; 1:30 pm; 2:00 pm1:00 pm; 1:30 pm; 2:00 pm1:00 pm; 1:45 pm
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Presenter(s)Cody Freeman, Ryan Nicholson (Trane Technologies)

*Bring a jacket		Kelley Patenaude

*Bring a jacket		Anthony Zurlo & Kierstin Moulton (North Country Climate Club)Kayla Gutheil & Bella Abbadessa (ANCA Clean Energy Hub)Chris Werni (The Wild Center) Justin Oliver (Silver Birch Cyclery)

*Bring a jacket		Dr. Saikat Chakraborty (Paul Smith's College)

*Bring camera/phone & jacket		Toby Harmon, Kim Smart, Abbey Gajtkowski, & Isabel San Millan
(North Country School) 		Jennifer Perry (River Valley Regenerative)

*Bring a jacket		Dr. Pamela Mischen
(SUNY Binghamton University)
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90-Minute Workshop 1:00 - 2:30 (pre-registration required!)More Joy, Less Food Waste: Making Food Scrap Reduction at Your School Fun!
Celia Darling (Skidmore College) & Miranda Wolf (NYS DEC)

Flammer Theater		Climate to the Stage
Jill Ashley Kim, Jinn Kim, Esme Thorne, & Mia Fowler (Developing Artists)
*bring an instrument to this session

Main Conference Room
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Free Explore
2:30 - 3:15		 Museum & Outdoor Explore Time
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BREAK (Great Hall) 3:15 - 3:30
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Concurrent Workshop Session #2 3:30-5:00Teacher Workshop: Interdisciplinary Climate Education for a Standards-Based Classroom Mic-ing Up Mosquitos: An Introduction to Climate Change JournalismMicroplastics Everywhere!What are Your School's Electric Energy Hogs? Getting Started on an Electric Energy Efficiency Action PlanHow to Create a Green Team with Enthusiasm and Hopefully Success
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LocationMain Conference RoomPlanet AdirondackNaturalist CabinetClimate Solutions ExhibitFlammer Theater
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Presenter(s)Rachel Arbor (Gaia Scholastic/ Subject to Climate) Catherine Wheeler (NCPR)

*Bring phone/personal recording device		Tori DesRocher, Ashley Eaton, & Allison Morrow
(Lake Camplain Sea Grant & Lake Champlain Research Center)

*Max capacity of 25 partcipants		Dr. Sue Powers (Clarkson University's Institute for a Sustainable Enviironment)Francesca Thornton, Manon Sabatier, Esme Aalberts, Avery Webb, Lada Sirithummapiti, Maela N'dolo, Catherine Seol, Helen Liu, Goldie Phillips, Colleen Graham (Emma Willard School)
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Plenary Session #3
5:05-5:45		Learn to Care for People and Places with Tammy Morgan and Sam Baker - Flammer Theater
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Plenary Session #4
5:45 - 6:00		Emma Willard Bright Spot (Inter-School Panel Case-Study) - Flammer Theater
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DinnerĀ & Activities (Great Hall & Museum Exhibits) 6:00 - 7:00
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7:00Optional Departure
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7:00 - 8:30Evening Party!!!
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NOVEMBER 6TH, 2025: DAY 2
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Breakfast (Great Hall) 8:00 - 8:45
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8:50 - 9:00 Welcome Back - Flammer Theater
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Plenary Session #5
9:00 - 9:45		 Keynote Address: "Solutions are Everywhere: Shifting the Climate Narrative" with Suzie Hicks the Climate Chick - Flammer Theater
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Activity 9:45 - 10:00 Climate Action Venn Diagrams - Flammer Theater and Great Hall
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10:00 - 12:15 Community Climate Action Hub - Solutions Exhibit & Naturalist Cabinet
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Lunch (Great Hall) 11:30 -12:30
Teacher & Educator Networking Lunch (Main Conference Room)
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Plenary Session #6 12:30 - 1:00 How to Climate Action Plan & Bright Spots, Student Teams - Flammer Theater
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1:00 - 2:00 Team Climate Action Planning Time - Various locations around the museum
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2:00 - 2:45 Climate Action Planning Share Out - Flammer Theater
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2:45 - 3:00 Closing Ceremony with the Developing Artists organization - Flammer Theater
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3:00 Departure
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