by Ali | 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 Ali | 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 Ali | 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 Ali | 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 Ali | 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...
by Ali | Jun 2, 2024 | Uncategorized
Seek systems-level explanations and pursue system-wide changes Understanding the causes and consequences of, and solutions to climate change means recognizing the interconnectedness of processes that shape ecosystems, including human societies, around the...
