by Keith Carlson | Jun 2, 2024 | Uncategorized
Engage young peoples’ ideas about why climate change is serious The consequences of climate change impact all aspects of our daily lives, impacting the places we live, work, and play, and the resources that determine our quality of life, including air, water, and...
by Keith Carlson | Jun 2, 2024 | Uncategorized
Work collaboratively with young people towards climate solutions Solutions that help humans and ecosystems both mitigate and adapt to climate change are critical to ensuring a resilient future. Climate change is also inextricably linked to the socioeconomic...
by Keith Carlson | Jun 2, 2024 | Uncategorized
Anchor learning to local climate action phenomena and climate actions Example: Climate Change and Drought Fifth grade students learned about the drought that is gripping the western United States and the many stakeholders that are affected by water scarcity. ...
by Keith Carlson | Jun 2, 2024 | Uncategorized
Connect to people and projects focused on climate justice Students’ understanding of climate change must be grounded in climate justice ideas, issues, and initiatives. By foregrounding human rights, climate justice connections highlight how changes in...
by Keith Carlson | Jun 2, 2024 | Uncategorized
Expand ways of knowing and relating to the world The Climate Education & Community Action Framework looks to indigenous knowledge systems and practices that have long emphasized reciprocal relationships between humans and ecosystems. This...
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. ...
