Climate Action
Maps
WHO WE ARE
Founder Dr. Cat Russell (they/them) developed the Climate Action Maps tool in 2002. Teaching climatology to high schoolers inspired them to take quick, effective action to head off the climate crisis. Cat first used a climate action map to reduce their own family's climate impact. Cat has shared this simple but powerful tool with their high school climatology students, friends, activists, and organizations taking climate action through Action Map trainings. As part of implementing their own climate action steps, Cat has changed careers and now works as a licensed electrical engineer designing commercial and utility-scale PV systems.
Director Dr. Ota Lutz holds a PhD in Environmental Science and brings 20+ years of experience leading science education and outreach programs at NASA to Climate Action Maps. Under her leadership, Climate Action Maps is poised to expand our training and partnership efforts.
WHAT WE DO
We train people to create and use Climate Action Maps.
Climate Action Maps are very simple to describe and easy to create. They enable individuals, families, organizations, and governments to organize the steps they intend to implement into one inspiring visual. Climate Action Maps.org offers training in person via workshops and Climate Action Map Parties and online. Feel free to follow the instructions on our "Create Your Map" page to create your own Climate Action Map.