I am going to compile various resources here. I googled “Climate change curriculum” today and found quite a lot. Here is one site that looks pretty cool:
“NASA’s Climate Kids website brings climate science to life with fun games, interactive features and exciting articles.”
In June 2015 as I prepared to attend the Climate Reality Leaders Training in Toronto, I found some resources to help me prepare.
I love this first book to help me understand and refute climate deniers’ arguments. The title is misleading, because I don’t think you will really change some people’s minds by arguing with facts, but it is really helpful to clear up misconceptions.
Darling, Seth B., and Douglas L. Sisterson. How to Change Minds about Our Changing Climate: Let Science Do the Talking the next Time Someone Tries to Tell You … : The Climate Isn’t Changing : Global Warming Is Actually a Good Thing : Climate Change Is Natural, Not Man-made : … and Other Argumen. Print.
The second book is a really colorful resource summarizing the latest findings of the Intergovermental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). The IPCC represents the worldwide consensus of scientific findings related to climate change. On the cover it’s described as the Visual Guide to the Findings of the IPCC, and it really is that, with lots of colorful photos, graphs, maps, and charts .
Mann, Michael E. Dire Predictions: Understanding Climate Change. Upper Saddle River: Prentice Hall, 2015. Print.
The third book I haven’t started reading yet, but I got to philosophically process how I feel about our environmental challenges, and how to be hopeful and resourceful. It says on the cover “The Question: In a time of environmental crisis, how can we live right now?” The responses are from an amazing array of writers, including Alice Walker, Bill McKibben, Frances Moore Lappe, Howard Zinn, Michael Pollan, and many others.
Keogh, Martin J. Hope beneath Our Feet: Restoring Our Place in the Natural World : An Anthology. Berkeley, Calif.: North Atlantic, 2010. Print.
This PDF is an amazing resource on how to communicate about climate change, called “Connecting on Climate: A Guide to Effective Climate Change Communication”
Click to access ecoAmerica-CRED-2014-Connecting-on-Climate.pdf
http://www.sonyclassics.com/merchantsofdoubt/mobile/index.html
We bought the film on Comcast on demand; made it very clear where most of the climate change denier arguments come from. It shows that many of the denier spokespersons who go on cable news were also speakers about tobacco and other harmful industries.
The film is actually quite entertaining. I don’t watch a lot of documentaries but I’m glad I watched this one.
I started this blog in 2013, but didn’t know what to do with it. Now I have completed the Climate Reality Leaders Training, and I much better understand the problems of climate change as well as the solutions. I still feel unsure about what to say in this blog. I do believe the most important thing is to take some kind of action and keep the discussions going. Sub-national (local, state and provincial ) leaders and national leaders need to hear from their constituents that we care about this issue.
I want the blog to be a place for my friends and new people I meet as I work on this issue to learn and share information. I want to answer your questions. Please ask them and I will do my best to answer them, from what I already know and have resources for and from the network of people I can ask.
I will be posting about the upcoming Paris talks for the major world leaders to make agreements about reducing greenhouse gases. I will be sharing exciting events including the Live Earth Concerts which will happen in the Fall of 2015.
What do you want to talk about here? What actions are you taking? What questions do you have?
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