K-12 Climate Action: The Role of Schools for Climate Awareness with Laura Schifter
10/12/20 • 56 min
In episode 122 of America Adapts, Doug Parsons hosts Laura Schifter to discuss K12-Climate Action, an initiative to seeks to “unlock the power of the education sector to be a force for climate action.” Laura is a Senior Fellow in the Energy and Environment program at the Aspen Institute and she’s a lecturer of Education at Harvard University’s Graduate school of Education. Doug and Laura discuss the current state of climate education and how this initiative will engage with education stakeholders to ensure students have access to climate change curricula. Adaptation is also a focus of these climate education efforts!
Topics covered:
- What is the K-12 Climate Action Initiative?
- How educating our children in schools is a key strategy for climate action.
- Incorporating resilience and adaptation planning into school standards and curricula
- How you can get involved with the K-12 Climate Action during their virtual listening tours.
- Discussion of existing climate standards and education and the large disparity between states.
- Why climate education now is important for future jobs.
- How to avoid this initiative from becoming a politicized.
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In episode 122 of America Adapts, Doug Parsons hosts Laura Schifter to discuss K12-Climate Action, an initiative to seeks to “unlock the power of the education sector to be a force for climate action.” Laura is a Senior Fellow in the Energy and Environment program at the Aspen Institute and she’s a lecturer of Education at Harvard University’s Graduate school of Education. Doug and Laura discuss the current state of climate education and how this initiative will engage with education stakeholders to ensure students have access to climate change curricula. Adaptation is also a focus of these climate education efforts!
Topics covered:
- What is the K-12 Climate Action Initiative?
- How educating our children in schools is a key strategy for climate action.
- Incorporating resilience and adaptation planning into school standards and curricula
- How you can get involved with the K-12 Climate Action during their virtual listening tours.
- Discussion of existing climate standards and education and the large disparity between states.
- Why climate education now is important for future jobs.
- How to avoid this initiative from becoming a politicized.
Listen to America Adapts on your favorite app here!
America Adapts now has a newsletter! See first issue here.
Sign up to be a guest on Cimpatico Studios!
Check out what Cimpatico is all about!
https://www.cimpatico.com/about https://cimpatico.com/dougparsons Doug Parsons and Speaking Opportunities: If you are interested in having Doug speak at corporate and conference events, sharing his unique, expert perspective on adaptation in an entertaining and informative way, more information can be found here!
Now on Spotify! List of Previous Guests on America Adapts
Subscribe/listen to podcast on Apple Podcasts.
Donate to America Adapts, we are now a tax deductible charitable organization!
Facebook and Twitter: @usaadapts https://www.facebook.com/americaadapts/timeline www.americaadapts.org @laschifter12 @AspenInstitute @K12ClimateAct Links in this episode: https://k12climateaction.org/
Mihiro Shimano (the intern!) articleshttps://huntnewsnu.com/60888/city-pulse/local-officials-and-activists-put-forth-plans-to-combat-rising-sea-levels/ https://gobserver.net/2020/07/24/how-blm-shifted-conversations-in-asia/
https://open.spotify.com/show/1BrlOKQDABRBTnI6Bgi62m?si=QIVRVfMlSJe9hObo9zSQVg
America Adapts was published in the Federal Reserve!
Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
Strategies to Address Climate Change Risk in Low- and Moderate-income Communities - Volume 14, Issue 1 https://www.frbsf.org/community-development/publications/community-development-investment-review/2019/october/strategies-to-address-climate-change-low-moderate-income-communities/
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In episode 121 of America Adapts, Doug Parsons hosts Dr. Renee Lertzman. Dr. Lertzman is an environmental psychologist and founder of Project InsideOut, a forthcoming resource hub and emerging community of practice that unites activists with clinical psychologists. Doug and Renee discuss what is climate grief and anxiety; steps individuals and organizations can do to address these issues and turn to action; the value of emotional intelligence and how adaptation and mitigation have more in common that you think.
Topics covered:
- What is climate grief and anxiety.
- Step by step process of working with organizations and individuals on the psychological implications of climate change.
- Learning from Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome (PTSD) and how it’s relevant to climate impacts.
- Dealing with climate anxiety in the workplace.
- Does climate anxiety differ for those working in the adaptation and mitigation spaces?
- How to avoid feeling judgmental of others in the climate space.
- We need to prioritize emotional intelligence in the climate movement.
- Are people working in adaptation more optimistic than those working in carbon mitigation?
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Doug Parsons and Speaking Opportunities: If you are interested in having Doug speak at corporate and conference events, sharing his unique, expert perspective on adaptation in an entertaining and informative way, more information can be found here!
Now on Spotify! List of Previous Guests on America Adapts
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America Adapts was published in the Federal Reserve!
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Strategies to Address Climate Change Risk in Low- and Moderate-income Communities - Volume 14, Issue 1 https://www.frbsf.org/community-development/publications/community-development-investment-review/2019/october/strategies-to-address-climate-change-low-moderate-income-communities/
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The Evolving Nature of Climate Fiction with Dr. Amy Brady
In episode 123 of America Adapts, Doug Parsons hosts returning guest - climate fiction expert - Dr. Amy Brady! This is Amy’s third time on the podcast and we catch up on topics like: climate writers reaching out to scientists; can cli-fi influence people’s behavior to take action on climate change; is a climate pulp fiction emerging; how the tv and movie industry are taking note of climate fiction; the prevalence of climate justice in cli-fi; and the challenges of storytelling when climate change is a recurring story device. These and other topics are covered with this conversation with Dr. Amy Brady!
Topics covered:
- How climate fiction writers are reaching out to climate scientists.
- Is climate ‘pulp fiction’ emerging?
- Turning people into climate activists through climate fiction!
- The current state of climate fiction.
- How climate fiction is making the leap to movies and TV.
- Updated survey work of Matthew Schneider-Mayerson
- Is climate justice showing up in climate fiction work?
- How can you write fiction when climate change is the bad guy in every story.
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Doug Parsons and Speaking Opportunities: If you are interested in having Doug speak at corporate and conference events, sharing his unique, expert perspective on adaptation in an entertaining and informative way, more information can be found here!
Now on Spotify! List of Previous Guests on America Adapts
Subscribe/listen to podcast on Apple Podcasts.
Donate to America Adapts, we are now a tax deductible charitable organization!
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