Teen Climate Communicators
Teens are critical to the climate conversation.
The Arctic is warming at twice the rate of the rest of the world, and Alaskans are experiencing effects of climate change today. The Anchorage Museum shares climate change stories and encourages creative solutions to this complex challenge. As the next generation to tackle climate change, teens are invited to these conversations.
I do get worried about what I’m going to do when I’m an adult. It’s kinda nice to think maybe the world will be a little bit better when I’m an adult rather than not existing. I’d rather it’d be clean and have all the green. To be able to live a happy life rather than deal with all the consequences of climate change.
Who we are, what we do
Learn. Investigate. Take action.
The Anchorage Museum’s Teen Climate Communicators (TCC) are Anchorage-area 9-12 grade students who have a passion for exploring climate and climate action with a critical and inquisitive eye. Teens will gather from the fall to the spring to learn about and investigate climate change and climate action using museum artworks, objects, and resources.
Over the course TCC, teens and museum staff work toward short-term weekly projects and reflections and a long-term, exhibition project. These sessions are flexible and guided by the teens themselves, allowing students to select topics of interest and work on materials for their exhibition to be shared with the community
"Climate change in the past has always meant something I couldn't change. Now it's starting to feel like something I have a shot at fixing."
Next Session
WHO: Anchorage-area students who are entering grades 9-12
WHERE: Seed Lab, 111 W. 6th Ave, Anchorage
WHEN: 4 - 5:30 p.m. Wednesdays, Sept. 11, 2024 – May 2, 2025
Teen Climate Communicators will collaborate with like-minded teens weekly to increase climate change awareness. Teens also learn from museum professionals and guest presenters, engage with museum artwork, objects, and resources beyond what the public experiences, and gain experience communicating about and acting on climate change issues. In addition to developing an exhibition at the Anchorage Museum, teens receive volunteer hours and a climate communicator certificate.
If you are interested in joining the fall and spring session of Teen Climate Communicators, please submit an application or email mfarris@anchoragemuseum.org by Friday, Sept. 6 at 11:59 p.m.
