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Spooky season is well underway. Are your students fearful of talking about climate change? Support them with this classic lesson plan, Have the Talk, Climate Conversations, recently added to the CLEAN (Climate Literacy and Energy Awareness Network) digital collection of high-quality resources that address climate and energy-related topics.
EDUCATOR RESOURCES
Lesson Plan: Have the Talk, Climate Conversations – This lesson will prepare students to have an authentic and effective climate conversation by exploring the psychology behind climate conversations, role-playing, and using inquiry-based models of communication to have a conversation with an adult in their lives.
Youth Climate Story: The Gulf is Not a Sacrifice Zone – Hear from Kami, a young person using their voice to fight against fossil fuel and LNG development in Louisiana and along the Gulf Coast. In Sulphur, LA, liquified natural gas facilities continue their unfettered expansion, disproportionately and deliberately plaguing low-income and communities of color and outright ignoring the pleas of local residents.
ACE Shorts on YouTube – 60 second(s) or less videos using trending formats to share climate news and education.
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CLIMATE NEWS AND EVENTS
Extreme Absence Story Map – Extreme weather intensified by climate change is forcing schools to close. This impacts our kids' health and learning. Find out which states are affected and the climate events behind the closures!
NPR Climate Week – Reporting teams across the NPR Network have been reporting around the world on solutions to climate change. They shared what they found last week including stories on careers, technology, resiliency and student activists.
Sincerely,
REBECCA ANDERSON she/her/hers/herself
Head of Education and Storytelling Action for the Climate Emergency
Reb is a passionate climatologist who studied melting ice caps in Canada and drilled ice cores in the West Antarctic.
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