by Keith Carlson | Jun 2, 2024 | Uncategorized
Climate Education and Community Action Framework Climate change is one of the most pressing problems facing our world. Children and families want to learn more in order to take action. When teachers, students, and families come together around climate action,...
by Keith Carlson | Jun 2, 2024 | Uncategorized
Create opportunities to learn outside with communities beyond the classroom Example: Kindergarteners learned about the superpowers of trees to fight climate change with their ability to take CO2 out of the air and turn it into oxygen through photosynthesis. ...
by Keith Carlson | Jun 2, 2024 | Uncategorized
Engage in inquiry and evidence-driven learning Students connect with local climate phenomena and data in order to determine needed actions in their community. Example: After a prolonged drought in Boulder County, Colorado, a wildfire destroyed 1,000 homes. ...
by Keith Carlson | Jun 2, 2024 | Uncategorized
Amplify youth voices about climate issues & actions youth can take As students build their background knowledge of climate mitigation, adaptation, and resilience, they lend their voices to local solutions. Example 1: Students learned about an...
by Keith Carlson | Jun 2, 2024 | Uncategorized
Community Building students’ background knowledge about climate change, climate justice, and climate solutions, creates opportunities for student agency. Their skills as civic actors impact people of all ages throughout their communities to get involved...
by Keith Carlson | Jun 2, 2024 | Uncategorized
Support sensemaking about climate science Human activities have unequivocally warmed our world at an unprecedented rate. We are already experiencing the effects of climate change (IPCC, 2021). Yet, only about one in five Americans (22%) understands that there...
