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Preparing Colorado Students to Lead in a Changing Climate
A statewide high school diploma endorsement recognizing climate-ready graduates across Colorado’s schools and communities.
What is the Seal of Climate Literacy?
The Seal of Climate Literacy is a high school diploma and transcript endorsement that recognizes Colorado students who demonstrate strong climate knowledge and real-world leadership. Students earn the Seal through interdisciplinary coursework and hands-on projects that connect learning to their local communities.
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A Recognized Credential
A formal distinction awarded on a student’s diploma and transcript.
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Climate Knowledge
Students demonstrate understanding of climate science, impacts, and solutions.
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Future-Ready Skills
Prepares students for college, careers, and civic leadership in a changing world.
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Leadership & Action
Students apply their learning through projects and community engagement.
The state has officially enacted the Seal through state-level policy, and Local Education Agencies are able to confer it to students.
Why the Seal Matters in Colorado
Colorado students are growing up on the front lines of climate change – from wildfires and drought to water scarcity and extreme weather. At the same time, Colorado’s economy is rapidly evolving, with strong growth in clean energy, construction, outdoor recreation, agriculture, and climate-resilient infrastructure.
The Seal of Climate Literacy helps align education with these realities. It prepares students with the knowledge, skills, and confidence to participate in Colorado’s changing workforce while empowering them to contribute solutions rooted in their own communities.
A Win for Students, Schools, and Colorado’s Future
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Educators
Recognize climate learning already happening in your classrooms and give students a powerful, future-ready credential.
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Policymakers
Support a proven, voluntary, low-cost model that strengthens Colorado’s education and workforce pipeline.
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Students
Turn your learning and climate action into a credential that stands out on your diploma.
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Industry
Help build Colorado’s future workforce by supporting a credential that signals climate literacy and leadership.
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426+Students earned the Seal in 2025
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1200+Students projected to earn the Seal in 2026
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26+Local Education Providers are conferring the Seal in 2026
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54%Of 2026 Local Education Providers are rural or small rural
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Overall, the Seal of Climate Literacy equips students with the knowledge, the skills, and the confidence to address climate challenges. It also allows them to pursue careers in sustainability and become productive members of their local and global societies.
Dr. Alex MarreroSuperintendent of Denver Public Schools, 2025 -
Climate literacy isn’t a separate track—it already runs through everything we do. The Seal gave us a framework to name and organize what was already present in our teaching and student projects, and helped us build clear pathways for students to show their learning in visible, applied ways. The work wasn’t abstract—it was physical, collaborative, and deeply connected to students’ academic and ethical growth.
Rachel BalkcomDirector of Partnerships and Student Futures, The STEAD School, 2025 -
Earning the Seal of Climate Literacy showed me I could understand real-world problems—and be part of real solutions.
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DSST sees the Seal not as an add-on, but as a framework for deepening student engagement in climate, science, and civic leadership, core elements that align with DSST’s mission to prepare students for success in college and the 21st-century world.
Juliann LangEducator at DSST Public Schools, 2025
Local Education Providers Conferring the Seal
How to Implement or Pursue the Seal
The Seal of Climate Literacy is being implemented across Local Education Providers in Colorado. As of Spring 2026, an estimated 26+ LEPs (more than half rural or small rural) are conferring the Seal to an estimated 824+ students. Lyra offers tailored technical assistance and support to Local Education Providers implementing the Seal at every stage.
