Bring Climate Quilt Into Your Classroom
A flexible art challenge that teaches about ecology and turns climate anxiety into climate agency – for any subject, any grade, any school, anywhere in the world.
What Is Climate Quilt?
Climate Quilt is a global youth art climate challenge inviting young people ages 10–30 to respond to the climate crisis through creativity. Inspired by the AIDS Memorial Quilt, student submissions from schools and communities worldwide will be woven together into a traveling museum exhibition. A living quilt of youth climate voices from around the world.
Two themes. Two roads ahead:
HERE & NOW – Art depicting current climate realities, the status quo
THE FUTURE – Paint the beautiful tomorrow, when nature wins
Any medium works: drawing, painting, digital art, collage, photography, textile, or mixed media.
Why Bring Climate Quilt To Your Classroom?
- Turns climate anxiety into creative agency
- Flexible: fits art, science, social studies, ELA, or environmental education
- Any medium, any style, any interpretation
- Digital Gallery creation of all students art work
- Students work can be featured in a traveling global exhibition
- Connects your class to a growing global youth climate movement, resources and community
- Supports social-emotional learning and climate literacy
How It Works – 5 Simple Steps
- Step 1 ~ Sign Up as a Pilot Partner
Register your school or classroom as an official Climate Quilt pilot partner, a patch in our quilt. - Step 2 ~ Introduce the Challenge
Share the Climate Quilt challenge with your students using our customized instructional framework. Adaptable to any subject, grade level, or format, from class period to curriculum. - Step 3 ~ Students Create
Students create one original art piece responding to either theme. Any medium is welcome. - Step 4 ~ Submit Online
Students submit their work directly at climatequilt.com. Each piece is documented and added to the growing digital quilt gallery. - Step 5 ~ Join the Exhibition
Selected submissions are curated into the Climate Quilt traveling global exhibition. Your school is recognized as an official Climate Quilt Pilot Partner.
What We Provide
- Instructional framework (adaptable K–12)
- Lesson plan templates
- Student submission portal
- Digital gallery of student art work and partner badge for your school or classroom
- Exhibition participation for selected student work as part of a global traveling exhibition
- Climate action resources, educator guides, and customized curriculua
- Direct support from the Climate Quilt team
Who Can Participate
All youth ages 10–30 anywhere in the world and any student K – 12, college or technical school. Climate Quilt is open to public schools, charter schools, private schools, after-school programs, homeschool groups, and community organizations. If you work with young people and care about climate, you belong here and are welcome to weave your patch into our quilt.
Ready to get started?
Your students have something to say about climate.
Give them a canvas.