Seattle Youth Climate Action Network (CAN) was launched in January 2015 with initial funding from The Ocean Project. In year one, Woodland Park Zoo is partnering with teen programs at Seattle Aquarium and Pacific Science Center and working with a variety of community partners including Forterra, Seattle City Light, Climate Solutions and King County Metro.
Led by WPZ, Seattle Youth CAN currently has 100+ teens participating in action events, trainings and monthly climate literacy events. In year one a teen leadership group planned events at each institution, developed and launched a teen transportation challenge and planned and led the first Seattle Youth Climate Action Summit at the Woodland Park Zoo on October 10th 2015.