On November 19th, our group went to The New School for a press conference on Youth participation in Climate Change. On the panel were five middle school to college age students, who have made a difference and are continuing to work on changing a topic within climate change. It was really interesting to get to learn about other young people who are focused on these topics.  We got to learn about other topics within climate change, and more specifically, how climate change is affecting us. I thought one of the most interesting things to hear about was a court case being worked on by 21 people, one of whom was at the press conference. They wanted to make it mandatory for schools to teach about climate change, because it’s an important issue that lots of people are not educated about.  They have been working on this by continuously suing the government, and they will hopefully be able to get their ideas heard and worked on further.  I thought it was so interesting because when I heard about it, I realized that so many people didn’t know about climate change and how it will and is affecting us. I also realized that this might be the reason there is still so much to change. I think their organization is great, because if people are educated, they can teach others, and make a difference.