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What’s the Big Deal with Next Generation Science Standards?
April 10th, 2013 by Rebecca
For folks in the science education world, yesterday was a BIG day – the day the final draft of the new Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) were released. Think of it like Harry Potter Book 8 for the science world.
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Rebecca is an ACE Educator and the ACE Team Scientist. She's done research in the Arctic and Antarctic and loves to geek-out on all things climate science-related! Ask her a question at science@climateeducation.org.
ACE Strategy for Change
February 13th, 2013 by Sarah
Executive Director Sarah Shanley Hope gives an overview of how ACE makes impact on students, climate and the future.
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Sarah is the Executive Director of Alliance for Climate Education (ACE), leading the organization's vision, executive team and strategy. She is a leader in helping communities envision thriving, sustainable communities for themselves - locally and nationally. She lives with her husband Rob, three-year-old daughter Althea and dog Lula in Oakland, California.
Firsthand Account: Shreya’s Journey to the White House
June 24th, 2011 by ACE Alumni
Written by Shreya Indukuri, ACE Youth Advisory Board Member and incoming Senior at the Harker School in San Jose, CA.
Exactly a week ago, Daniela and I had the amazing opportunity to speak at the White House. I know, pretty unbelievable, right?
We were fortunate enough to have the amazing opportunity to speak at the White House Grid Modernization Event, and to meet with Secretary of Energy, Steve Chu, and the Secretary of Agriculture, Tom Vilsack. We spoke about our SmartPowerEd.org work at various local high schools and how low-cost smart energy technology is transforming schools. We were even streamed live on the whitehouse.gov website! It was so incredible and we were pleasantly surprised to have such high-ranking officials applaud and support our efforts! One of the officials even told us that we practically “upstaged” two secretaries.
Aside from the incredible speaking opportunity, the rest of the Grid Modernization Event was pretty interesting in and of itself. The term “grid modernization” sounds complicated but the event basically created discussion among technology leaders, businessmen, and on government officials on how to revamp our country’s currently high-carbon-emission electric grid.
We attended a breakout group where government and tech leaders discussed scaling new energy efficiency models in the US. Neither Daniela nor I are experts on energy policy so we expected to get lost in all of the jargon but we actually found it engaging and practical. It was great to see how much people cared about implementing new solutions across the US and if you listened carefully, a lot of their ideas made sense and seemed feasible…
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Who’s hearing about school energy use? Maybe President Obama…
May 3rd, 2011 by ACE Field Correspondent
By Shreya Indukuri, Junior at the Harker School in San Jose, CA, and ACE Youth Advisory Board Member
To sum up our long weekend in Washington, D.C. at Powershift 2011 in one word: incredible!
From April 15-18, Daniela and I met some amazing people and got inspired by young people doing some awesome things in their communities. Check out more about it in Daniela’s blog post.
Monday, April 18th was a particularly eventful day for us because we had the wonderful opportunity to meet Aneesh Chopra, Chief Technology Officer of the United States (as advisor to President Obama), and Arun Majumdar, the Acting Under Secretary Of Energy and the Director of ARPA-E (the Advanced Research Project Agency on Energy for the federal government).
First, we visited the Office of Science and Technology Policy, right next to the White House! After an awesome introduction from the Alliance for Climate Education (ACE) on the importance of climate education for youth through their ACE multimedia assembly, we talked about how we were lucky enough to use the resources provided by ACE to start our own environmental project at our school. The smart energy system we installed saved our school thousands of dollars and we had a 250% return on investment along with cutting our school’s energy bill by 13% in one year!
Mr. Chopra loved our project and he pledged to work on a plan to have schools benchmark their energy consumption using the EPA’s Portfolio Manager. This is fantastic because energy benchmarking is the first step of our 4-step smart energy school project that we work on in our organization, SmartPowerEd.
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ACE Field Correspondents are students and ACE Team members reporting from regions around the country on climate news, events, inspiration and more. To become a Field Correspondent, contact your ACE Educator or email blog@climateeducation.org
Biobus Adventure: What Makes The Best Breakfast?
August 2nd, 2010 by ACE Alumni
Instead of eating our usual breakfast, we grabbed some fried plantains and Central American pastries in South L.A., while also feeding the bus a little good morning grease… (video inside)
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Biobus Day 5: Clark Kent = Ethan Burke?
July 28th, 2010 by ACE Alumni
Now, Ethan isn’t your normal ACE Educator. He’s a superhero trapped in an educator’s body.
See just what I mean in this little video…
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Biobus Day 4: skatepark, solar concert, and the San Diego police
July 28th, 2010 by ACE Alumni
“360? Okay.”
A young skater who looked about 13 years old dropped into a 15 ft vert ramp from the 2006 X-Games. Teens and kids on skateboards, bikes, and scooters were shredding all over the 40,000 sq ft Krause Family skatepark in San Diego.
The ACE Biobus arrived on the scene to provide further entertainment. The Wiley One unpacked instruments and amplifiers for a solar-powered concert on the rooftop of Bluebird.
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LA Leadership Training @ SONY PICTURES!
June 21st, 2010 by ACE Alumni
You want to learn how to be a great leader right? Someone capable of telling your story in a way that inspires others to make change… But, you also want to be working on this critical issue to be fun for you and your friends, right? Plus, I bet you wouldn’t mind spending a day at the movies!
Well ACE LA can make these dreams come true — come to our leadership training this SATURDAY 6/26 at Sony Picture Studios! Just fill out our quick app TODAY! And don’t delay, because the deadline is 5pm PST.
Details about training and how to apply are available on our website.
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New England Earth Day Vid Contest Winners!
May 24th, 2010 by ACE Alumni
A month ago, we challenged New England students to make a video about “going green” meant to them and their peers.
Check out the WINNERS of ACE New England’s Earth Day Video Contest and their amazing videos in this post…
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