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Author: Ian Gilchrist

Ian Gilchrist

Ian currently serves as associate director of education content at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), where works to develop accurate, engaging, and accessible learning resources covering a wide variety of global affairs topics, ranging from geography and history to climate and energy policy. Ian holds a Masters Degree in Eurasian, Russian, and East European Studies from Georgetown University’s Walsh School of Foreign Service and a Bachelor’s Degree in History from Oberlin College.

Ian currently serves as associate director of education content at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), where works to develop accurate, engaging, and accessible learning resources covering a wide variety of global affairs topics, ranging from geography and history to climate and energy policy. Ian holds a Masters Degree in Eurasian, Russian, and East European Studies from Georgetown University’s Walsh School of Foreign Service and a Bachelor’s Degree in History from Oberlin College.

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Two young girls and a boy are drawing a picture while lying down in the park.

Climate Education: A Sputnik Moment in Need of a Sputnik Response

Posted By  Ian Gilchrist , Lindsay Iversen
  • ON February 13, 2025

Preparing future generations is an essential step in the fight against climate change. It’s time to treat it like one. In 1957, the Soviet Union launched Sputnik into orbit. With this one small satellite, the Soviets announced the opening of...

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