RESEARCH FOUNDATION

The Institute of Green Pofessionals is committed to allocating a portion of its operating budget to the Will Steger Foundation.

In the words of the Foundation:

The Will Steger Foundation provides authentic eyewitness accounts of climate change in our polar regions that dramatically affect us and the environment. We work with leaders through our programs to inspire, empower and educate the international community in solving the climate change challenge.

Through the Foundation's educational and public policy initiatives, they are making a tangible impact on public awareness concerning the threat of global climate change. To advance state and federal policy that address solutions to global warming, they are mobilizing the public and elected officials through the compelling narrative and credibility of their eyewitness accounts of expeditions to the Polar Regions.

The Foundation's Emerging Leaders Program  aims to educate, inspire, and engage a new generation of climate leadership on a local, regional, national, and international scale.

The Foundation's K-12 interdisciplinary global warming curriculum is experiential in nature, tied to national standards, and available free for download from their website: www.globalwarming101.com. WSF also provides exciting expedition footage from Will Steger's polar expeditions and a variety of other resources outlined below: 

These six interdisciplinary lesson plans were edited and approved by National Geographic Xpeditions and Union of Concerned Scientists, are standards-based, and help students master the requisite background information on global climate change processes, the importance of the Arctic to global climate, the potential effects of global warming in the Arctic, and consider what could/should be done in response. They link to exciting Global Warming 101 expeditions and are free for download.

These five lesson plans are interdisciplinary in nature, standards-based,  help students master the requisite background information on global climate change processes and how to communicate about the issue using communication strategies, and are free for download.

The Arctic Community curriculum emphasizes the role of community on Planet Earth. By looking in detail at a specific area, namely the Arctic, we can appreciate the meaning of community. The lessons of community learned by studying the Arctic can inspire and empower all of us in our roles as community members on Planet Earth. The focus is on solutions and positive messages of hope and action. 

The Catalogue of Classroom Activities offers over 50 short interdisciplinary hands-on activities related to global warming available online free of cost. 

View exciting  educational video footage, audio footage, and written journal entries from Will Steger's expeditions to the polar regions, documenting the impact of global warming on the Arctic environment.  Expeditions are linked to lesson plans for grades 6-12. 

Driven by a commitment to solutions, the Will Steger Foundation provides resources for action, giving educators, learners and community groups tools to work towards slowing global warming. Our Action Stories highlight solutions undertaken by people of all ages to build a more sustainable future and provide a concrete way to get active in global warming solutions.  

The Resource Library provides an opportunity for individuals to gain background knowledge on global warming and find resources for slowing its impact.