What's new in the climate and energy education community? Highlights from the CLEAN Community are below. | |  |
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"In the first ruling of its kind nationwide, a Montana state court decided Monday in favor of young people who alleged the state violated their right to a “clean and healthful environment” by promoting the use of fossil fuels.
The court determined that a provision in the Montana Environmental Policy Act has harmed the state’s environment and the young plaintiffs by preventing Montana from considering the climate impacts of energy projects. The provision is accordingly unconstitutional, the court said."
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"Climate change education has been caught in the crossfire of the culture wars. While some U.S. states are boosting climate literacy, others are effectively miseducating children by depriving them of the skills they’ll need to face the biggest challenge of their generation.
Studies show that climate education can help inspire kids to become more resilient, teach them about climate solutions, and prepare them to take jobs in the flourishing clean energy economy ― all while reducing climate anxiety and the carbon footprint of schools."
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The Climate Mental Health Network created a Climate Emotions Wheel + activity sheet for free download in English and Spanish. It's for youth and adults and the worksheet can be done in classrooms.
Emotions wheels have been a visual tool used by psychologists for decades to help people better understand and interpret their own feelings. This Climate Emotions Wheel is based on the research of Panu Pihkala at the University of Helsinki and particularly his 2022 paper Toward A Taxonomy of Climate Emotions. It is not intended to be comprehensive or definitive, and it is not to scale; positive emotions are not typically identified in most research as often as other emotions on this scale. Our hope is that looking at this wheel will help people identify their own emotions and work with them.
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"The richest 10 percent of U.S. households are responsible for 40 percent of the country’s greenhouse gas emissions, according to a study released Thursday in PLOS Climate. The study, which looked at how a household’s income generated emissions, underlines the stark divide between those who benefit most from fossil fuels and those who are most burdened by its effects.
People often think of their carbon footprint in terms of consumption, such as how they get to work or what they eat, but that provides an incomplete view of who is responsible for a lot of greenhouse gas activity, said Jared Starr, lead author of the study."
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The Boston University's Institute for Global Sustainability knit data analysis, visualizations, and the written word into stories that reveal how our energy system can be transformed to reduce inequity, steer humanity from climate disaster, improve health and other social outcomes, and lead to healthier natural systems.
The intention is to enhance education about sustainable energy. The visualizations are easily downloaded or embedded in your website, and all content is free via a Creative Commons license.
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Sign up for the training camp launching on October 19, 2023 using this application! | |
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The En-ROADS Climate Ambassador Camp is a free, virtual 8-week training program that will equip you to use En-ROADS—a powerful climate solutions simulator from our team at Climate Interactive and the MIT Sloan Sustainability Initiative—to engage others to take climate action. The program will offer weekly live webinars, short videos, quizzes, written materials, and an international community to connect with.
Hundreds worldwide have completed this training and become En-ROADS Climate Ambassadors, running their own En-ROADS events, delivering data-driven climate insights, and cultivating climate action globally. By training to become an En-ROADS Climate Ambassador, you join a vibrant, supportive, and growing community that is cultivating climate action around the world.
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Start your day with an explorative and gentle sharing of thoughts and feelings about the climate crisis and other social issues!
Processing emotions in community, rather than isolation, helps us all to navigate our inner emotional landscapes. You'll take turns conversing about how climate change, ecological breakdown, and other interconnected crises are making you feel.
Sunday, September 24, 2023, 1 - 2:30pm EDT
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The second, full draft of NAAEE's Educating for Just Climate Action: Guidelines for Excellence is available for review!
The process of developing this set of Guidelines is iterative. NAAEE's writing team developed this second, full draft based on previous reviewer comments. They invite you to review this draft and provide comments that will be used in the revision process.
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Mental Health Network is hosting an informal "Mental Health Meetup" during Climate Week NYC. This will take place on Wednesday, September 20, 2023 at 12pm at Bella Abzug Park.
No RSVP needed, all are welcome to join!
See the flier here!
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Event Timing: Sunday, October 8, 3:30 – 5:00 pm
Event Location: ASTC Exhibit Hall
Contact: Jen Kretser, Director of Climate Initiatives - The Wild Center,
email: jkretser@wildcenter.org
phone: (518) 524-5105
Join your colleagues working on climate change education, communications, initiatives, exhibits and projects to share information, learn from each other and network. Feel free to bring a poster-size summary, handouts, small interactives, works in progress or anything else others may find useful learning about your work and sharing with colleagues.
RSVP here!
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Participation is FREE! Elementary & high schools are welcome to participate.
In-person Workshop: Saturday, September 30th, 2023 (9:00 AM – 3:00 PM ET), Buttonwood Park Zoo, New Bedford, MA
Virtual Workshop: Thursday, September 21st AND Thursday, September 28th, 2023 (3:00 PM – 6:00 PM ET)
Register here!
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Join the Wade Institute for Science Education and our collaborating partners, the Lloyd Center for the Environment and Buttonwood Park Zoo, for our 2023 STEM Challenge! “Engineering Design Challenge: Animal Adaptations and Bioengineering,” will engage students in grades 5-8 in a unique experience that integrates science and engineering concepts in a series of inquiry-based investigations that lead up to a student-driven Challenge. Students will be divided into small teams and presented with a scenario that asks them as a team of engineers to design a prosthetic device for an injured animal to help it survive. Teachers will choose from two scenarios – one for terrestrial wildlife and one for marine animals.
Students will be given the following Challenge:
"Your team of engineers specializes in creating prosthetics for injured animals. You have been hired by a local organization that provides this service and need to create a prototype for the injured animal."
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CLEAN Calendar: Opportunities & Professional Development | | |
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Climate Fiction for Any Classroom
Wondering how to make classroom connections to climate change without using data, graphs, or the scientific method?
Join Climate Generation educator Seth Spencer in a presentation and discussion about how climate fiction (otherwise known as CliFi) can increase student engagement, support solutions focused discourse, and create more local and culturally sensitive conversations. In this workshop, participants will get a list of CliFi books and supporting material, template slides for discussions, and time to connect with other educators.
Register here!
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Engaging Youth Through Climate Storytelling
What are climate stories? How can they be useful tools for teaching about climate change? What else can we learn through personal climate storytelling?
Explore these questions and more in a two hour interactive workshop, "Engaging Youth Through Climate Storytelling." The workshop will begin with an introduction to climate storytelling: what it is and why it matters, before grounding it within the classroom experience. Participants will then transition into a reflective writing exercise meant to get them started thinking about their climate story. The workshop will end with an invitation for participants to share their own experiences talking about climate change, and walk away with some practical resources and next steps for bringing climate storytelling to their students.
Register here!
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ABCs of Teaching Climate
Wondering how to make classroom connections to climate change without using data, graphs, or the scientific method?
Join Climate Generation educator Seth Spencer in a presentation and discussion about how climate fiction (otherwise known as CliFi) can increase student engagement, support solutions focused discourse, and create more local and culturally sensitive conversations. In this workshop, participants will get a list of CliFi books and supporting material, template slides for discussions, and time to connect with other educators.
Register here!
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Attend CLEAN's Weekly Teleconference
For Network Members each Tuesday, 1:00pm ET/12:00pm CT/11:00am MT/10:00am PT
This Month's CLEAN Calls are featuring:
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September 19th: Visualizing Energy, with Cutler J. Cleveland
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September 26th: Informal Conversation (Landmark Climate Decision for Montana Youth)
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October 3rd: Informal Conversation (Exploring collaborations for short, virtual, professional development workshops and brainstorming new strategies for engaging teachers amidst burnout)
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October 10th: New York State Climate Resilience Education Taskforce
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