Author: Media
Climate anxiety: Taking the first step is the hardest
By Logan Reider July 26, 2019 As a young child in Minnesota, I enjoyed playing outside but didn’t always feel the deep connection to the outdoors that many people experience in their very earliest memories. For me, it was a process of gradually becoming more attuned to the world around me and my place in […]
How can I get a job that fights climate change?
By Zoe Sayler August 1, 2019 Dear Umbra, What types of programs, initiatives, etc. can help high school students prepare for employment within the green economy? — Leaping Onto the Sustainability Train Dear LOST, If this question came to me as recently as a year ago, I might assume it was sent in by an […]
How one school is getting kids fired up about climate solutions
We believe climate change is the most relevant and important issue for youth to learn and understand. When climate change is taught cross all subject areas, it provides a more holistic approach to the issue and makes it relevant for students’ lives. They are more motivated to learn, and are poised to engage in solutions. […]
How should climate change be taught in schools across America?
By Andrew Urevig June 20, 2019 Earth frowns. With a face of green and blue, the planet’s mood is blue, too — as unblinking eyes cast a somber stare. Colored with crayons, this drawing is the schoolwork of Maya, a fifth grader from the United States. At the top sits a title: “Greenhouse Gas Effect.” Piercing Earth’s […]
The one sure way to convince a climate denier
By Zoe Sayler May 23, 2019 Back in 2007, South Carolina Congressman Bob Inglis rebelled against the Republican party and his conservative state: He told the world that climate change was real, that it was caused by humans, and that his party would “get hammered” if they didn’t step up and do something about it. […]
Youth spark community conversations on climate change
By Elizabeth Callen May 9, 2019 Annica Stiles thinks a lot about climate change. The Forest Lake junior is an active member of her school’s environment club and plans to declare a major in environmental humanities when she gets to college next fall. Climate change, she said, is the defining issue of her generation, and […]
Zaria’s Climate Story; as heard on Climate Cast
By Paul Huttner April 25, 2019 Hear a climate story from Zaria Romera, a youth leader from our Youth Convening Minnesota program. https://media.climategen.org/20190425-mpr-climatecast-zaria-climate-story-20190425_cc_20190425_64.mp3 How local electric co-op elections can impact greenhouse gas emissions Many Minnesotans are running for seats on their local electric co-op boards with the aim of making a bigger impact on greenhouse […]
8 Ways To Teach Climate Change In Almost Any Classroom
By Anya Kamenetz April 25, 2019 NPR/Ipsos conducted a national poll recently and found that more than 8 in 10 teachers — and a similar majority of parents — support teaching kids about climate change. But in reality, it’s not always happening: Fewer than half of K-12 teachers told us that they talk about climate change with […]
Lowell School to co-host climate change institute that dovetails with humanities curriculum
By Sophie Austin April 24, 2019 Two years after introducing a new curriculum that uses the humanities to teach sixth-graders about climate change, DC’s Lowell School is looking to help others replicate the program. “I was looking for a topic in social studies that would really help middle schoolers be motivated to learn complex economics, […]