In the Field — Kottie Christie-Blick

Celebrating our teamwork on the new climate video series, Teek and Tom.

Presenting at NSTA National Conference, Denver, CO.

Teacher-Participants using modeling techniques at my Teaching Climate workshop, NSTA.

At New York Times Climate Forward Event.

Listening to presentations by Al Gore, Bill Gates, Michael Bloomberg, Gina McCarthy and others about how to ramp up climate action.

Learning from the climatologists at Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory.

Piloting a Carbon Footprint Eco-Station with 5th graders.

With Dr. Richard Alley, glaciologist, climate communicator, and member of the IPCC.

At United Nations Headquarters for sustainability meeting.

Leading Colors in Nature workshop for Cottage Lane School's Earth Day.

Presenting UN SDG 13 Climate Change teaching strategies for The Department of State, Washington DC.

Learning about corals and climate impacts, Ningaloo Reef, Australia.

Surveying the damage caused by fires encouraged by extensive prolonged drought in California.

Interviewing Pasco, manager of desalination plant, Rottnest Island, Australia.

Touring desalination plant, Rottnest Island, Australia.

Listening to local concerns about decreased snow and fresh water, Himalayas, India.

Learning about novel ways to use solar energy, Scarborough, Australia.

At United Nations Headquarters for SDG meetings.

Participating in High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development event at United Nations.

Discussing climate change concerns with a class in Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Learning about the Sundarbans, largest mangrove forest in the world, Bangladesh.

Learning about the diversity of life within the mangrove forest of the Sundarbans, Bangladesh.

Talking with School Climate Strike organizer, Sampson, in Perth, Australia.

Visiting a hydroelectric power station, Tasmania, Australia.

Learning about climate concerns of Australian Aboriginal people, Australia.

Learning about beach stabilization to adapt to storm surge, Cottesloe, Australia.

Participating in a pilot program for an all-electric driverless vehicle in Perth, Australia.

Joining Global Climate Strike in Perth, Australia.

Visiting a solar farm in Badgingarra, Australia.

Visiting a wind farm in Badgingarra, Australia.

Checking out a camera trap in protected rainforest, Madagascar.

Discussing biodiversity issues with Dr. Matthias Markolf, researcher, Chances for Nature, Madagascar.

Learning about lemurs in Madagascar, one of the most endagered group of mammals in the world.

Visiting a school in Madagascar.

Visiting one of many villages in Madagascar, vulnerable to sea level rise and increased cyclone activity.

Attending a climate summit at the White House, Washington DC.

Interviewing manager at a wind farm, Darling, South Africa.

Inside a wind turbine, Darling, South Africa.

Interviewing lead scientist, Dr. Anthony Collins, and student, at Jane Goodall's home, Gombe, Tanzania.

Learning about chimpanzees and their declining population in Gombe, Tanzania.

With Dr. Wally Broecker, geochemist who fathered the concept of global warming.

Visiting a school in Zambia.

Water sampling in Long Island Sound, Connecticut.

Attending climate presentation by Prince Charles, Cape Town, South Africa.

With Dr. Mark Eakin, director of NOAA's Coral Reef Watch Program.

Environmental literacy in Zambia.

Visiting Masaii tribe in Tanzania - vulnerable to extended droughts.

Attending a presentation by Nancy Gibbs, editor of Time Magazine, New York.

Marching to raise awareness of climate change, New York.

With Dr. George Philander, climate scientist.

Attending a science communication lecture, New York.

With Dr. Eunhee Jung, CEO, IVECA Int'l Virtual Schooling, at United Nations meeting.

Attending STEAM Education for Global Citizenship meeting at United Nations, New York.

Attending and presenting at NAAEE conference, Washington.

Attending and presenting at NSTA, Georgia.

Assisting at Climate Game Jam, New York.

Creating new planet stewards!

Sitting in on climate change classes in Africa, University of Cape Town, South Africa.

Climate change concerns in Cape Town, South Africa.

Organized a lecture by Dr. Jason Smerdon, climate scientist.

Organized a class with Carol Knudson, Riverkeeper.

Creating and maintaining Kids Against Climate Change website.

Visiting a hydroelectric dam, Romania.

Visiting site of original windmill, Romania.

Inside original windmill, Romania.

Organized a class with Dr. Pierre Dutrieux, physical oceanographer.

Interviewing Denis O'Donnell at solar farm, New York.

Learning about plants and CO2, Cedar Creek Ecosystem Science Reserve, Minnesota.

Learning what sediment cores can tell us about past climates, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, New York.

Marching for climate science, New York.

Learning about the evolving ecology of the Spokane River, Washington.

Visiting a hydroelectric powerhouse, Washington.

Learning about CO2 in Antarctic ice, with Dr. T.J. Fudge, NSTA conference, Massachusetts.

On top of a glacier, Iceland.

Sitting in a glacial moraine, Iceland.

Viewing icebergs up close, Iceland.

Visiting a geothermal power station and surrounding area, Iceland.

Touring a geothermal power station, Iceland.

Organized a meeting between Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and my students, United Nations, New York.

Surveying the damage from Hurricane Sandy, New York.

With Bruce Moravchik, head of NOAA's Planet Stewards Program, and colleague Jacob Tanenbaum.

Organized a class with Dr. Dorothy Peteet, paleo-ecologist.

Studying butterfly populations, University of Minnesota.

Organized a lecture by Dr. Paul Olsen, paleoclimatologist.

Visiting offshore wind farms, Denmark.

Presenting at WCGTC conference, Denmark.

Visiting a wind farm in Denmark.

Touring a recycling facility with students, New York.

Organized a Zoomed class with Dr. Jonny Kingslake, glaciologist.

With Dr. Paul Hanson, limnologist, Wisconsin.

Organized a presenation by Dr. Natalie Boelman, ecologist.

Witnessing the aftereffects of Hurricane Ida in New York State.

Surveying the newly raised Piermont Pier, an effective adaptation strategy, New York State.

Moving environmental literacy to climate action.

Visiting climate art exhibit at Storm King Art Center, New York State.

Touring Niagara Hydroelectric Power Station, New York State.

Observing glacial retreat, Southern Alps, New Zealand.

Visiting a school in New Zealand.

Honored guest and keynote speaker at teacher's conference, Kingdom of Tonga.

Visiting a school in Tonga.

Visiting those most vulnerable to changing climate and severe weather, Tonga.

Learning at Long Beach Marine Animal Rescue Center, California.

Speaking at a congressional reception, Washington DC.

Learning about Raymond Lindeman's ecosystem research, Cedar Creek Pond, Minnesota.

Studying the changing ecology of the Hudson River, New York State.

Learning at Charles Darwin Scientific Station, Galapagos Islands.

Studying animal adaptations, Galapagos Islands.

Snorkeling with seals and turtles (and husband!), Galapagos Islands.

Visiting a school in Ecuador.

Visiting the Amazon jungle, Ecuador.

Learning about the ecosystem of the Amazon.

Implementing a Skyped lesson with American and South Korean classes.

Learning about local climate impacts, NY Hall of Science, New York.

Visiting Marian Koshland Science Museum of the National Academy of Sciences, Washington DC.

Visiting schools in Simon's Town, South Africa.

Interviewing Carole Olivier, SANCCOB Sea Bird Rescue Centre, Port Elizabeth, South Africa.

Visiting penguin habitat rehabilitation area, Boulders Beach, South Africa.

Interviewing Russell Stevens, Two Oceans Aquarium, Cape Town, South Africa.

Orchestrating lessons between a South African school and an American school via Skype.

Presenting at Best of Both Worlds conference, Limpopo, South Africa.

Gathering ideas for student action projects, Tasmania, Australia.

Learning about composting in Tasmania, Australia.

Witnessing the devastation of fire exaserbated by extended drought, Perth, Australia.

Interviewing Paul Millar, Save Our Seas Foundation, Fish Hoek, South Africa.

Cage diving with great white sharks, and learning about these top predators, off the coast of Africa.

Seeing adaptation strategies in Massachusetts - houses on stilts to protect home from sea level rise.

Surveying damage caused by Hurricane Sandy in New York State.

Working with a class in Sun Valley, South Africa.