Student Resources
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Seal of Climate Literacy
Learn how to apply for the new Seal of Climate Literacy diploma endorsement and show your commitment to making a difference!
Climate Champions
Learn how to apply for funding to implement a student-led climate action project in your school.
Learning Links
Check out these links to play games and read about sustainability in your community. You may not get extra credit but you will learn a lot and have fun doing it!
Getting Involved
Find out about all the ways you can make an impact in your community by donating your time to different organizations.
Challenges and Competitions
Use your noggin to solve some local and global environmental issues through these advanced opportunities.
Career Development
Jump on the path to a climate-friendly career with apprenticeship and work opportunities.
Equity and Climate Action at DPS
Find out about the different ways in which DPS is ensuring equity across the district.
Get to School in a Climate-Friendly Way
Ditch the car and explore the safe and climate-friendly ways to get to school.
Welcome Students!
Learn about sustainability issues and solutions, help advance sustainability at your school, and hold the district accountable in working toward a livable future.
Climate Champions
2025 Application | English | Spanish
Review the application packet in English or Spanish.
2024-25 Climate Champions
Learn about past projects.
2023-24 Climate Champions
Get inspiration from past projects.
Marketing Toolkit
Use this toolkit to share important information about Climate Champions with your school community.
Dora Moore
Learning Links
Our Climate Our Future
A video series developed by Action for the Climate Emergency, geared towards educating students on the science of climate change and inspiring and empowering them to take action.
Xcel Energy’s E-Smart Kids
A comic book-themed hub for learning about electricity, energy science, and safety through a variety of activities, games, and videos.
Denver Recycles Sorting Game
A web-based waste sorting game to help players learn what to recycle.
Denver Botanic Gardens Pollinator Game
Bring this printout or pdf to the Botanic Garden and learn what flowers are pollinated by which pollinators.
Audubon Society Activities for Kids
Get to know different types of birds, get tips on birdwatching, and learn about how to help birds in their natural habitats.
EPA Carbon Footprint Calculator
How many greenhouse gas emissions does your household create? Use this interactive calculator to estimate based on your zip code, habits, and personal choices.
Water Footprint Calculator
How much water do you use every day? What about virtual water? Learn more about water footprints with this great resource.
Love My Air
Check out the air quality at a school near you and take appropriate action based on the results.
Kiva Center
Get outside with the Kiva Center and learn more about stewardship and build community!
Lake Middle School
Getting Involved
Groundwork Denver
Join Groundwork Denver’s Youth Teams and learn how to become an environmentalist while receiving employment and professional development.
Consumption Literacy Project
Find out how to reduce waste in your daily life by participating in a CLP program.
Colorado Rising
Join Colorado Rising’s Youth Advisory Committee and gain knowledge, community and leadership skills.
Earth Force
Earth Force supports environmental education organizations be better advocates and students who want to solve environmental problems.
Colorado Sierra Club
Join your local chapter of one of the oldest environmental advocacy organizations in the country.
Slow Food Denver
Learn about food justice and sustainable food systems while getting in the kitchen or in the garden by volunteering or a summer program.
People and Pollinators Action Network
Learn how to volunteer to protect pollinators, advocate for change, and plant native plant gardens.
PREP Academy
Challenges and Competitions
Biomimicry Institute Youth Design Challenge
Engage with this hands-on, project-based STEM learning experience on bio-inspired design.
The RISE Challenge
Conduct research on your own community and make a plan to solve a local climate resiliency problem.
Purple Plow Challenge
Create solutions for real-world, complex food systems and agriculture problems.
Resource Central Renew Our Schools
Join this energy conservation competition and get involved with tracking and saving energy at your school.
Manual High
Career Development
Spark Industry Introduction | Career and Technical Education
DPS’s career resources.
Frontline Farming
A collective for BIPOC farmers with an apprenticeship program.
Sprout City Farms
Also operates a farming apprenticeship program.
Polaris Elementary
Equity and Climate Action at DPS
DPS Students for Climate Action
DPS student advocacy group that led the movement to pass the District’s climate policy.
Denver Equity Index (2020)
Learn more about equity in Denver.
Denver Montessori Jr./Sr. High School
Get to School in a Climate-Friendly Way
RTD Zero Fare for Youth
Those ages 19 and under can ride Denver’s public transit for free.
RTD Trip Planner
Figure out your public transit route to school!
DPS Transportation Support
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