Check out the schools we've visited, ACE Action Teams and our partners in Colorado.

Amazing ACE Race Winners the New Vista Earth Task Force! They helped their school fight climate change by organizing a local food lunch for their high school, coordinated a year long Transportation Transformation, and hosted a SUPER summit for environmental clubs in their district

Welcome from the ACE Colorado Team!

ACE Colorado has reached over 65,000 to date and is pleased to provide resources for 77 Action Teams.

JD Prater, Colorado Educator, is passionate about inspiring youth to raise their voices in order to create a world that they envision. 

I'm excited to be able to present our no cost, science-based, action-packed adventure that we call the ACE Assembly this year!

To contact ACE's Colorado office, contact JD at jd.prater@climateeducation.org or call at 303-997-1871. To book an assembly at your school, click here.

What’s your favorite part about working in Colorado?

What's not to love about this state - 300 days of sunshine, the mountains, and the amazing energy that our students, teachers and partners are creating. across the state. Plus, ACE gets to be part of the solution that is working to energize students to act in their schools to combat climate change.

What’s the most inspiring student project you’ve worked on in Colorado?

I'm consistently blown away by the power our students have to create change. I want to give special props to the Greeley Central GreenCates, New Vista High School Earth Task Force, Vista Academy High School Triple-G, Compass Montessori VIBE, Denver School of Science & Technology Eco-bots and Fairview High School Action Team. I also want to highlight St. Mary's Environmental Club for their work reducing waste at theri high school. (Check out this video for the full story.)

What are Colorado Action Teams up to? How are they doing? 

Check out the Leaderboard to see how Colorado Action Teams are stacking up against the competition, and the Colorado Map to find a specific Colorado Action Team. 

What are some student blogs?

The Earth Task Force at New Vista High School participated in a river clean-up. 

New Vista High School has monthly Local Lunch days. Check one out! 

Action Teams from Boulder High School, New Vista and Ponderosa High School participated in an iMatter march in downtown Denver.

For more blogs check out Hot and Bothered. 

Region Specific Climate info

 Learn more about the specific impacts of climate change in Colorado

• The mountain pine beetle is the most obvious face of climate change in Colorado. Longer growing seasons and less harsh winters have increased their extent and subsequent devastation in the Rocky Mountains.
• The warmer temperatures will affect our winter recreation with less total days for skiing, snowboarding and snowshoeing.  This will also affect the Colorado economy since so much of our revenue comes from tourism and snow sports.
• Our beautiful alpine friends such as the pika and marmot have been forced to move to higher elevation as the state heats up.  We only have 14,000 feet of elevation gain in the state. After that, there will be no place for them to go!