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Networking to collaborate with UC-CSU NXTerra: California's new Climate Emergency Teaching Tool
- University of California, Santa Barbara (CA)
Presenters Dr. John Foran and Richard Widick will introduce UC-CSU NXTerra and discuss our strategies for scaling up the urgency of climate change education. NXTerra is an interdisciplinary network collaboration ...
- Posted Nov. 15, 2021
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Invitation to NXTerra California's new Climate Emergency Teaching Tool
- University of California, Santa Barbara (CA)
Join us for an introduction to UC-CSU NXTerra - a Knowledge-Action Network (KAN) and Digital Platform for climate educators, developed by faculty from the University of California (UC) and California State ...
- Posted Nov. 15, 2021
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Teaching Climate Change: Understanding Faculty Work & Identity
- University of Hawaii System Office (HI)
The purpose of the Teaching Climate Change Study is to better understand faculty perspectives, pedagogical practices and overall confidence in teaching climate change and related issues. From this information, I ...
- Posted Nov. 15, 2021
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Climatepedia.org: A Nationwide Student Effort to Spread Climate Change Information
- University of California, Irvine (CA)
- Climatepedia (CA)
Over 97% of publishing climate scientists agree that climate change is a real, anthropogenic threat to all life on earth. However, various polls show that amongst the American public, there ...
- Posted Nov. 15, 2021
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Innovative Pedagogies for Climate Change Education across the University of Michigan
- University of Michigan (MI)
A growing body of research is examining climate change education, in part due to the urgent need for educational programs to prepare the next generation of students to help lead ...
- Posted Nov. 15, 2021
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Solve Climate Worldwide Teach-in / 3.30.22 / Engage 1 Million Students
- Bard College (NY)
- AASHE (PA)
Another summer of record-breaking heatwaves, droughts, fires and floods has shown us how fast climate change impacts are hitting. As educators, there is nothing more important than engaging students across ...
- Posted Nov. 3, 2021
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Climate Solutions 101
- Project Drawdown (CA)
Climate Solutions 101 is a series of six short (10- to 30-minute) videos that not only explain the challenge of climate change but also introduce Project Drawdown's signature set ...
- Posted Aug. 17, 2021
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What makes an effective campus climate action plan?
- Montana State University (MT)
Over the course of Spring Semester 2021, eight undergraduate students from a wide variety of majors and disciplines enrolled in a 3 credit directed independent study course in Human Geography ...
- Posted May 25, 2021
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"Worry and Hope: What College Students Know, Think, Feel, and Do About Climate Change"
- University of Hawaii System Office (HI)
There is an urgent need for a comprehensive assessment of climate literacy across higher education institutions in the United States. In addition, there is a need for both research and ...
- Posted May 21, 2021
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Towards climate justice education: views from activists and educators in Scotland
- University of Edinburgh
In the context of a resurgence of civic activism to address climate change, we present findings from an exploratory research project on climate justice education (CJE). We conducted deliberative focus ...
- Posted Feb. 10, 2021
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Is climate change in the curriculum? An analysis of Australian urban planning degrees
- University of Melbourne (Victoria)
The profession of urban planning contributes to the design and spatial arrangement of cities, and has been recognized as a key potential facilitator of action on climate change. Yet, there ...
- Posted Feb. 9, 2021
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Teaching Climate Leadership: Promoting Integrative Learning in Courses on Strong Sustainability
- Northeastern University (MA)
This article describes how the theory of integrative learning frames student learning in a course on climate leadership. The course is grounded in the theory of strong sustainability, which is ...
- Posted Feb. 9, 2021
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The role of climate change education on individual lifetime carbon emissions
- San Jose State University (CA)
Strategies to mitigate climate change often center on clean technologies, such as electric vehicles and solar panels, while the mitigation potential of a quality educational experience is rarely discussed. In ...
- Posted May 13, 2020
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From Weather Wizard to Cloud Man: Sustainability Education & Outreach with a Fun Approach
- Cornell University (NY)
- American Meteorological Society (DC)
The goal of this project is to educate young students about sustainability and create a passion for the environment. Frequently, schools wait until middle school to introduce environmental topics. My ...
- Posted May 5, 2020
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Climate change education for universities: A conceptual framework from an international study
- University of Malta (Northern Harbor District)
- Nottingham Trent University
- Brunel University London (Middlesex)
- Universidad de la República Uruguay (Montevideo)
- European School of Sustainability Science and Research
The role of universities in climate change education (CCE) is of great importance if the scientific, social, environmental and political challenges the world faces are to be met. Future leaders ...
- Posted March 5, 2020
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Climate change belief, sustainability education, and political values: Assessing the need for higher-education curriculum reform
- Vanderbilt University (TN)
Educational attainment is generally a strong predictor of belief in climate change, but prior research indicates that for political conservatives a college education is not always associated with increased belief ...
- Posted May 13, 2019
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All We Need is Political Will: Empowering Students on Civic Engagement on Climate Change
- Juniata College (PA)
- University of Pittsburgh (PA)
- U.S. Partnership for Education for Sustainable Development
- Citizens' Climate Lobby (CA)
At this critical time in our nation's history, the need to transition to a clean energy economy and a just and equitable society is more urgent than ever. Young ...
- Posted Nov. 5, 2018
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Climate Change, Agriculture, and Rural Communities: The Central Great Plains Climate Education Partnership
- Kansas State University (KS)
The Central Great Plains Climate Education Partnership is a National Science Foundation funded collaboration between Kansas State University and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln to develop climate change education programs for ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Building Trust with Agricultural and Rural Decision-Makers through Climate Change Education in the Rural U.S. Central Great Plains
- Kansas State University (KS)
The Central Great Plains Climate Education Partnership is developing climate education programming for agricultural producers, rural communities, and rural schools throughout Kansas and Nebraska. It is a National Science Foundation ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Lessons from COP15 and Moving Forward on Climate Education
- Dickinson College (PA)
- Ithaca College (NY)
Our institutions provide hope in a time of discouragement. The UNFCCC 15th Conference of the Parties in December 2009 resulted in the Copenhagen Accord, a document which failed to live ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Clarifying Climate Confusion: Lessons from Climate Literacy
- University of Colorado Boulder (CO)
Described by one observer as "as imperative for survival," climate literacy is a Presidential Priority. Yet tremendous work needs to be done particularly in higher education, to increase the number ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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