267 - Nichole Berg & Kimberly Howard on Educating on Climate Change

<p><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;">Today, the Getting Smart team is bringing you an interesting episode on educating on climate change with Nichole Berg and Kimberly Howard.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;">Nichole Berg is the program’s manager for climate change and climate justice at Portland Public Schools where she leads efforts to support the school board’s groundbreaking climate literacy solution. Joining Berg in this interview is Kimberly Howard, the Program Officer at Portland General Electric, as well as the sponsor for the development of a climate change curriculum.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;">Together, Nichole, Kimberly, and Tom discuss the school board’s initiative to empower youth leaders and to create more opportunities around civic engagement <span style="color: #14171a;">— specifically around climate change,</span> why Portland General Electric cares so passionately about climate change and why they ultimately decided to partner with Portland Public Schools, and how the curriculum at Portland Public Schools is being developed in partnership with PGE.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;">Listen in as they talk to Tom Vander Ark about educating for climate change!</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><strong>Key Takeaways:</strong></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;">[:10] About today’s episode!</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;">[:44] Tom welcomes Nichole and Kimberly to the podcast.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;">[1:47] Nichole’s background as a bilingual educator and moving into a role about climate change and justice.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;">[5:30] Background on the groundbreaking 2016 policy that addressed climate change: Portland Board of Education Resolution 5272. Where it came from, what it said, and why it was so groundbreaking.</span></p> <p><span styl