Read the full article: https://www.9news.com/article/news/education/colorado-graduates-2025-seal-climate-literacy/73-2fbf5a2d-8b4f-4b67-86ae-81f9cde24a2c

Featured in: 9News (KUSA-TV) | 2025, Author: Jennifer Meckles

This is a milestone moment. The class of 2025 made history as the first full-year of Colorado high school graduates to earn the Seal of Climate Literacy on their diplomas. These students aren't just graduating with a degree. They're graduating with a credential that says: I understand the defining challenge of my generation, and I'm prepared to meet it.

Less than two years earlier, students from across Colorado were showing up at the state capitol to testify in favor of the legislation that would make this seal possible. That bill — Senate Bill 24-014 — passed with bipartisan support and was signed into law by Governor Polis in May 2024. By May 2025, those same students and their peers were crossing graduation stages with the Seal on their diplomas. The speed of that journey, from idea to law to lived experience, is extraordinary, and this 9News segment helped Colorado audiences understand what it means.

For Lyra, this coverage represented something important: the moment the Seal moved from policy conversation to public celebration. When a mainstream TV news outlet covers a graduation milestone, it reaches families, community members, and school leaders who may not follow education policy closely — and it signals that climate literacy is not a niche concern. It's a Colorado story.