On October 20^th 15 youth leaders from across central Texas attended the first Texas Youth Climate Summit at Austin Community College in Austin. The meeting led to the birth of Re-Energize Texas, the first youth coalition working to address climate change in Texas! The gathering had 15 student leaders with representation from UT Austin, UT San Antonio, Austin Community College, Baylor University, South Western University, and St. Edwards University. With some delicious Ethiopian food to sustain the spirit of action, students had an opportunity to:

• Learn about each others work and establish new relationships
• Attend workshops on global warming science and policy, campus solutions to climate change, and campaign strategies for climate action, and finally
• Plan some wicked projects and actions for a youth coalition in Texas to stir up the state to climate action!

Follow and support the students on their mission on http://www.climatechallengetexas.org/

The youth gathering was organized by National Wildlife Federation’s Campus Ecology Program, Public Citizen with support from Sierra Student Coalition and Austin Community College.