Youth Climate Club to present facts on climate change | News | Notre Dame News | University of Notre Dame Skip To Content Skip To Navigation Skip To Search University of Notre Dame Notre Dame News Experts ND in the News Subscribe About Us Home Contact Search Menu Home › News › Youth Climate Club to present facts on climate change Youth Climate Club to present facts on climate change Published: May 03, 2018 Author: Erin Blasko The Robinson Community Learning Center’s Climate Club, an environmental club for area youth, will present information on climate change Friday (May 4) as part of a special year-end presentation for family and special guests, including South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg. The event will take place at 6 p.m. at the University of Notre Dame Robinson Community Learning Center, 921 N. Eddy St., South Bend. Media are welcome to attend. Club members spent several months researching climate change and its negative effects on the environment, and the presentation will communicate that research in the form of poems, skits and straight facts. In addition to Buttigieg, expected guests include Jim Poyser, executive director of Earth Charter Indiana and adult leader and organizer of Youth Power Indiana; Therese Dorau, director of sustainability for the city of South Bend; and South Bend Common Council member Jo Broden, who represents the city’s 4th District. Jointly sponsored by the Robinson Community Learning Center and the University’s Minor in Sustainability program, Friday’s presentation is a manifestation of the Youth Power Indiana movement, an effort to teach youth groups throughout Indiana about climate change and to incite them to encourage their local governments to take measures to mitigate its negative effects. That’s already happening in South Bend, where Buttigieg recently committed to joining the Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy, a global coalition of city leaders dedicated to reducing greenhouse gas emissions, enhancing community resilience to the unavoidable impacts of climate change and increasing access to sustainable energy. In addition, under Broden’s leadership, the South Bend Common Council is considering a climate recovery ordinance that would formalize the city’s commitment to reducing greenhouse gas emissions. “Watching these children get excited to learn and write about climate change was a remarkable experience,” said Velshonna Luckey, youth development program director at the Robinson Community Learning Center. “Children have an amazing way of making the worst problems we face seems solvable.” Contact: Erin Blasko, assistant director of media relations, 574-631-4127, eblasko@nd.edu Posted In: Community News Home Experts ND in the News Subscribe About Us Related September 30, 2022 New prison education initiative joins Center for Social Concerns September 19, 2022 Notre Dame Stories: Helping the Last of the Instrument Makers September 15, 2022 South Bend offers free, pre-approved house plans with input from Notre Dame September 12, 2022 Notre Dame dedicates new hydro facility along St. Joseph River in South Bend August 30, 2022 School of Architecture’s community regeneration efforts lead to $2.4M development grant for South Bend For the Media Contact Office of Public Affairs and Communications Notre Dame News 500 Grace Hall Notre Dame, IN 46556 USA Facebook Twitter Instagram YouTube Pinterest © 2022 University of Notre Dame Search Mobile App News Events Visit Accessibility Facebook Twitter Instagram YouTube LinkedIn