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

Get to know Team New England!

ACE New England has reached nearly 150,000 students and is currently working with 200+ Action Teams.

Rouwenna Lamm, lead educator, helped start Massachusetts PowerShift and interned with the Union of Concerned Scientists. Brian Stilwell, educator, co-founded a technology reuse initiative at FingerLakes Reuse and empoweed teens in the Ithaca Youth Council during his time as an Americorps VISTA Volunteer.

To contact ACE's New England office, contact Rouwenna at rouwenna.lamm@climateeducation.org or call at 617.816.3288. To book an assembly at your school, click here.  

What’s your favorite part about working in New England?

Collaborating with so many different groups who working toward the same goal from different angles. From businesses creating green jobs, to local governments passing climate action plans, to college student groups, community organizations and other non-profits, there's a way for everyone to get involved.

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

We’ve worked with schools that have started school gardens, recycling programs, composting, to hilarious awareness-raising videos and fun fundraising events, but the most inspiring project might be the Boston Latin School Youth Climate Action Network (BLS YouthCAN) and their campaign to make sustainability literacy a state standard in the Massachusetts public school system. 

What’s a fun fact about the New England team?

We move! We all live in different cities and regularly meet up in Somerville, Cambridge, New Bedford, or Providence (or on video chat), and with the help of trains, bikes and Zipcars we’ve presented at over 250 schools in all six New England States!

What are some student stories on the blog?

ACE Ambassador Molly blogs about the New England Raise Your Voice Leadership Training.

Youth Rep Enxhi blogs about speaking at the Student Climate Conservation Congress. 

New England winners for Earth Day Video Contest. 

Check out more blogs at Hot and Bothered. 

What are New England Action Teams up to? How are they doing?

Check out the Action Team Leaderboard to see where New England Action Teams stack up against the competition. To find a specific New England Action Team, check out the ACE Map. 

Region Specific Climate info

Learn more about the specific impacts of climate change in New England

• Extreme heat and declining air quality are likely to pose increasing problems for human health, especially in urban areas. New England cities that currently experience just a few days above 100°F each summer would average 20 such days per summer. In addition, cities that now experience air quality problems would get even worse. Gross
• Severe flooding due to sea-level rise and heavy downpours is likely to occur more frequently. Remember when Rhode Island was declared a federal state of emergency due to record-breaking floods this past spring? Scientists say that's likely to become common
• Agricultural production, including dairy, fruit, and maple syrup, are likely to be adversely affected as favorable climates shift. Large portions of the Northeast are likely to become unsuitable for growing popular varieties of apples, blueberries, and cranberries, and climate change is likely to devastate the maple syrup business--not to mention our colorful fall foliage. Pancakes everywhere are crying!