Ground Truth: Youth, Educators, and the Climate Crisis in Our Neighborhoods

​Young people are already living in a changed climate, and it hits hardest in communities carrying the heaviest environmental burdens already. Educational settings rarely have room to talk about that honestly. This event makes room! Students, young people, and educators map real environmental conditions in their own neighborhoods, then sit with what the data actually feels like.

​✨ Open to the public ✨

​Workshop: EcoGIS in the Field (4–6pm)
Students and teachers use GIS tools together to map heat exposure, air quality, and polluting infrastructure across NYC. Educators leave with a method they can bring into their own classrooms.

​Intergenerational Conversation: What Does the Data Feel Like? (6–7pm)
Youth, educators, organizers, and allies talk through what the maps show. How do you hold climate grief and still act on it? How do you stay hopeful without lying to yourself?

Co-hosted by The Marcy Lab School, trubel&co, and Rooted Futures Lab.