SUMMER 2023 PROGRAMS
About the Program
Alaska: July 17 - July 28, 2023
Chile and Argentina: July 22 - August 11, 2023
Iceland: July 20 - August 1, 2023
Students in grades 9-12
(and rising 9th grade students)
Alaska: $7,990 + travel fees
Chile and Argentina: $7,890 + travel fees
Iceland: $8,290 + travel fees
Columbia Climate Corps are small group climate and sustainability-focused traveling programs designed for motivated high school students. These summer programs combine intentional travel with in-depth educational opportunities, taking students across the United States and abroad to experience a destination through the lens of climate change and focus intently on one or two location-specific themes.
Faculty and staff from the Columbia Climate School will join students on these trips, engaging them in cutting-edge research, leading lectures and facilitating workshops. Led by a dynamic team of experienced group leaders, students gain critical skills and knowledge through excursions and field-based learning activities, discover and develop new and existing passions around climate change, and build lasting friendships with like-minded peers, group leaders, and Columbia Climate School experts.
SUMMER 2023 PRE-COLLEGE INFORMATION SESSIONS
Watch our information session recordings to learn more about the Columbia Climate School's Summer 2023 Pre-College Programs: The Columbia Climate School in the Green Mountains & the Columbia Climate Corps.
Each information session has invited guest speakers (listed below) to share about their involvement and experience in the programs.
Peter Shumlin, 81st Governor of Vermont; Co-Director of Putney Student Travel
Josh DeVincenzo, Senior Project Coordinator & Instructional Designer at the National Center for Disaster Preparedness (Green Mountains Program)
Lisa Dale, Co-Director & Professor at Columbia University's Undergraduate Program on Sustainable Development (Alaska Program)
Sandra Goldmark, Climate Action Senior Assistant Dean for Interdisciplinary Engagement at the Columbia Climate School & Director of Campus Sustainability & Climate Action at Barnard College (Green Mountains Program)
Martin Dietrich Brauch, Lead Research at the Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment (Green Mountains Program)
Antonia Samur, Staff Associate at the National Center for Disaster Preparedness (Chile Program)
Laurel DiSera, Doctoral Student at the International Research Institute for Climate and Society (Green Mountains Program)
Dr. Dave Goldberg, Lamont Research Professor and Deputy Director of Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (Iceland Program)
Dr. Claire Nelson, Postdoctoral Research Scientist at Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (Iceland Program)
Become a Putney Student Travel Instructor
Experienced educators interested in teaching at the Columbia Climate School in the Green Mountains are invited to apply through Putney Student Travel. Please click here to read about our instructors, leadership requirements, and to begin the instructor application!
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Questions?
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Have questions about the application process?
Call Putney Student Travel at 802-387-5000 or email us at [email protected]