CLEAN Network

A professionally diverse community of over 800 members committed to improving climate and energy literacy locally, regionally, nationally, and globally, to enable responsible decisions and actions. The CLEAN Network has been a dynamic group since 2008 and is now led by the CLEAN Leadership Board established in 2016.

Join the Network to get access to a vibrant email list where members share ideas and resources related to climate and energy literacy and coordinate events. You'll also get the details on our weekly telecons right into your inbox.

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Group Discussion at Climate Conference, writing down and sharing thoughts on a poster.

Bimonthly Video Calls

During the first and third Tuesdays of each month at 1 pm Eastern time CLEAN Network members meet in a video conference to collaborate and share information about their literacy work, upcoming events, and opportunities for collaboration or funding. Frequently guest speakers present on the topic of climate and energy literacy.

Recent and upcoming video call topics and speakers »

Accelerating Climate Capacity, Engagement, and Leadership Summit (ACCELS) convened by CLEAN

The ACCEL Summit features working groups who meet regularly between a winter kick-off event and a spring culminating event. CLEAN releases a call for proposals to members of the CLEAN community to propose topics and ideas they would like to lead working groups on. ACCELS provides space to come together to develop a learning and action network that can advance future programming with a shared awareness of what others are doing, explore opportunities to collaborate, and orient our collective efforts towards systemic change.

Learn more about the ACCEL Summit »

Journal of Geoscience Education's Moving Toward Collective Impact in Climate Change Literacy: The Climate Literacy and Energy Awareness Network (CLEAN)

Read more about the CLEAN Network in this article: Moving Toward Collective Impact in Climate Change Literacy: The Climate Literacy and Energy Awareness Network (CLEAN) in the Journal of Geoscience Education (Ledley, Gold, Niepold & McCaffrey, 2014, Vol. 62, p. 307-318)

Environmental Education Research Journal

Read more about how the CLEAN Network supports climate education in this article: Using social network analysis to assess connections within climate and energy organizations: A case study conducted by the Climate Literacy and Energy Awareness Network (CLEAN) in the Environmental Education Research Journal (Boyd, Busch, Gold, Niepold, Ward, Poppleton, Haas, Fiorile-Desranleau, Morrison, 2024, 1-24)

CLEAN is funded by grants from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NA14OAR0110121, NA14OAR0110120, NA12OAR4310143, NA12OAR4310142), the National Science Foundation (DUE-0938051, DUE-0938020, DUE-0937941) and the Department of Energy. Disclaimer: Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this website are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, or the Department of Energy.