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Annual Report 1 2015—2016 Annual Report 1 Annual Report 2015—2016 2 Climate Generation: A Will Steger Legacy LETTERS FROM OUR FOUNDER AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR As As Climate Generation’s Ten years ago our focus was founder and as an simple: to build public will eyewitness to climate for climate action. At change, I am invested that time, Will Steger’s in this moment of eyewitness story and opportunity. Not just Arctic expeditions were because our world is our vehicle, coupled with changing faster than we educator professional could have imagined, and development and not not just because we are curriculum offerings. Today, running out of time to curb our emissions; I am our focus is still to build public will for climate invested in this moment because our greatest action, and the power of story still guides our asset for breakthrough is right in front of us. approach. However, the use of the expedition is now in the form of a metaphor for how we Climate change is happening and the time for will successfully address the climate threat: by active, new, large-scale leadership is now. We persevering with courage and tenacity towards need only consider the thousands of record- our goal. We’ve had several ups and downs high temperatures over the last decade, and in along this journey, but we must continue to 2016 alone, which is on track to surpass 2015 as forge ahead. the hottest on record. We are all experiencing climate change in our daily lives, and we are I am inspired by what we achieved from also paying for it with taxpayer dollars. September 2015-August 2016. We reached hundreds of youth organizers through the We owe it to our kids to protect them, and Midwest Youth Convergence and our YEA! that means addressing climate change before MN high school leadership program; and it becomes irreversible. I firmly believe that thousands of students via their teachers America’s ingenuity and resolve is up to this who participated in our COP21 Education task. Those who say nothing can be done about Ambassador program and Summer Institute climate change forget who we are and what we for Climate Change Education. Our Climate can do. Minnesota: Local Stories, Community Solutions project developed community champions who We know our children and grandchildren face shared stories of climate change and solutions, a very uncertain climate future. The task ahead while also implementing action projects in their is no longer about defining the challenge; communities. it is about meeting the challenge. We don’t need more roadmaps; we need to move faster Programmatically and financially, this fiscal year towards the destination. With new thinking, was our strongest yet. We are building on this innovation and collaborative action, we can momentum to invest in our long-term success. transform our world and turn the vision of I am thankful to Climate Generation’s incredible a sustainable and equitable future for all staff and board who represent 23 of the most into reality. committed and creative people around. We are grateful for our partners and all of the students, Thank you for the support and commitment youth leaders, teachers, and communities that you bring to this moment, to Climate who make change happen every day. And, Generation, and to our collective progress. we appreciate you, our current and growing community of supporters, who are investing Onward, in climate leaders and solutions as well as investing in Climate Generation. Thank you. Sincerely, Will Steger Nicole Rom, Executive Director 2015—2016 Annual Report 3 CLIMATE GENERATION: A WILL STEGER LEGACY MISSION & VISION Building on the experience of our founder Based in Minneapolis, MN, Climate Will Steger, polar explorer and science Generation is a nationally connected and educator, Climate Generation: A Will trusted nonprofit dedicated to climate Steger Legacy’s mission is to educate and literacy, climate change education, youth empower people to engage in solutions to leadership and citizen engagement for climate change. Our vision is a sustainable innovative climate change solutions. and equitable future for all. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS We are thankful to our phenomenal board of directors who dedicate their time, energy and expertise to our work each year. They are committed individuals with experience in law, policy, education, finance, non profits, marketing, communications, and industry who have a passion for our mission. This year, we extend a special thanks to our outgoing board members, Tim Seck and Matt Schuerger, who completed their service in January 2016. We would also like to acknowledge our distinguished Advisory Board, a group of respected individuals who have an active relationship with Climate Generation and are making exceptional contributions in the areas of climate change, renewable energy, philanthropy and policy. Finally, in 2016, we began a new organizational strategic plan, which will be finalized by the end of the year and will guide our next three years of work. Our process was full of questions and excitement as we reflected on Climate Generation’s legacy in climate literacy, leadership development, storytelling, and action-oriented programming. Thanks to all who contributed to the plan! Climate Generation staff, board, advisory board and partners gathered at Macalester for a strategic planning session in May 2016. 4 Climate Generation: A Will Steger Legacy PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS DEVELOPMENT Birchwood Cafe Selects Us as Partner Askov Finlayson Partnership Formed to of New Giving Program Keep The North Cold Tackling an issue like climate change requires In the fall of the whole community. With that in mind, we 2015, men’s were thrilled to partner with the Birchwood retailer Askov Cafe – well known for their culture of Finlayson fostering an active and engaged community worked with among their patrons – during the inaugural us to launch months of their Birchwood BOOST initiative their Keep The in February and March of 2016. Birchwood North Cold BOOST is an ongoing community partnership campaign, which program that launched on MLK Day as a way they intended “to give [Birchwood] customers and staff to generate deeper opportunities to learn and engage in awareness of making the world a better place for all of us.” climate change impacts in Minnesota as well as support for our youth education work. During the two months of our BOOST The partnership built off of Askov Finlayson partnership, our staff tabled at Birchwood; co-founder Eric Dayton’s long-running hosted a Booster Club dinner for donors; relationship with Will Steger – Dayton joined convened a training session for our Youth Steger’s 2004 Arctic Transect expedition, Lobby Day; and facilitated a screening whose mission was to highlight the effects and discussion of Minnesota Stories in a of climate change on the Arctic region. Like Changing Climate at the cafe. At the end of Climate Generation, Askov Finlayson believes March, Birchwood that education is a key part of efforts to donated the address climate change. proceeds from their “Be the Throughout the fall and early winter, Askov Change” round- Finlayson made a donation for every North up at the register product they sold to contribute to our as well as a share climate change youth education efforts, of the proceeds and held several special events to promote from the booster the partnership. During the weekend after dinner to benefit Thanksgiving, they donated 10% of all online our 11th annual and in-store sales to Climate Generation. On Summer Institute December 23rd, Askov Finlayson partnered for Climate with Uber to deliver North hats on demand Change Education. – and donated the proceeds from that day Birchwood owner Tracy Singleton was to us as well. All told, Keep The North Cold excited to channel the funds to our teacher raised almost $15,000 in fiscal year 2016 to training efforts, as, in her words, “teachers support our efforts to educate and empower provide the seeds of climate literacy and the next generation of climate leaders, who awareness for their students. The Birchwood are already at work on climate solutions that is thrilled to contribute to this ripple effect.” will protect the state we love. 2015—2016 Annual Report 5 YEA! MN Convenes Youth-Led Climate Justice Event for High School Students The positive impact continues from Youth Climate Generation staff and corporate partner, ESG Architects, at an Earth Day film screening. Visit climategen.org/mnstories to learn more about hosting a screening of your own. Corporate Supporters Host Film Screenings Since its release at a premiere event on of our New Documentary October 1, 2015, Climate Generation staff have facilitated screenings and discussions In partnership with Twin Cities PBS, this year at a variety of venues, reaching almost 700 we created a new film, Minnesota Stories in people. Several of our corporate supporters, a Changing Climate, as part of our two-year such as Aveda, Andersen Corporation, Best public outreach project Climate Minnesota: Buy and Elness Swenson Graham Architects Local Stories, Community Solutions. The film (ESG), have co-hosted screenings with us. showcases six stories of Minnesotans facing In partnership with ESG, we organized an the impacts of climate change, along with Earth Day screening at Mill City Museum narration from some of the state’s leading that included climate stories and solutions climate experts. With this documentary, shared by a Mississippi River park ranger we hoped to build Minnesotans’ awareness and the City of Minneapolis Sustainability of climate change impacts across many office. We’re continuing to host screenings different sectors and livelihoods around and discussions for interested businesses, the state, including agriculture, community congregations, education centers and resilience and public art. neighborhood groups. 6 Climate Generation: A Will Steger Legacy EDUCATION Summer Institute Moves Teachers Fund with additional support from the from Theory to Practice McKnight Foundation, Loll Designs and Rahr Corporation.
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