After a determined two-year campaign, a group of thirty Denver Public Schools students convinced the School Board of Education to approve a bold climate policy to make the school district a national leader in climate action. LeeAnn Kittle, Executive Director of Sustainability for Denver Public Schools, now leads the charge, overseeing the Climate Action Plan, which already saves the district $5 million annually through carbon-cutting initiatives. LeeAnn joins host Josh Dorfman to discuss how the school system drives its climate agenda, how students remain at the heart of the effort, and what it takes to guide such a large organization toward ever-greater climate goals.
Riley Loveland Falvey, Associate Director at the New Buildings Institute, also joins the conversation to discuss how districts and students across the country are collaborating and stepping up to build a supercool, climate-forward future.
