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Curriculum for the Bioregion
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Mock United Nations Climate Negotiations Exercise part of Curriculum for the Bioregion:Activities
Shangrila Wynn, The Evergreen State College
This is a version of the UN climate mock negotiations exercise developed by Shangrila Joshi Wynn.
Online Readiness: Designed for In-Person
Resource Type: Activities: Activities
Subject: Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change, Environmental Science, Political Science, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change, Geography
Activity Review: Peer Reviewed as Exemplary
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Rethinking Sustainability Through the Humanities: Multi-Sensory Experience and Environmental Encounter Beyond the Classroom part of Curriculum for the Bioregion:Activities
Jennifer Atkinson, University of Washington-Bothell Campus
This assignment pairs studies in environmental humanities with outdoor activity. Students complete a "field excursion" (gardening, hiking, environmental restoration) and reflect on sensory experiences involved in that activity to critique rationalist traditions/Cartesian legacies in their education more broadly.
Resource Type: Activities: Activities
Subject: English, Geography:Human/Cultural, Environmental Science, Policy:Environmental Ethics/Values, Environmental Science:Sustainability
Activity Review: Peer Reviewed as Exemplary
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Justice, Power, and Activism: What the Goldman Environmental Prize Winners Teach Us About Resilience and Democracy part of Curriculum for the Bioregion:Activities
Jason Lambacher, University of Washington-Tacoma Campus
This activity is a set of student-centered exercises that enable students to learn about the individual stories of Goldman environmental prize winners, the activism and organizing that grounds their work, and the underlying political and social contexts from which their struggles emerge. The lesson inspires critical reflection about justice, power, and democracy in green politics, and encourages ways to make personal connections to activism and environmental work.
Resource Type: Activities: Activities
Subject: Geoscience:Soils, Environmental Science:Energy, Soils and Agriculture, Sustainability, Geoscience:Oceanography, Geography, Anthropology, Health Sciences, Geography:Human/Cultural, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change, Sociology, Business, Economics, Environmental Science:Policy:Environmental Ethics/Values, Political Science, Environmental Science, History
Activity Review: Peer Reviewed as Exemplary
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Climate Change Mind Map part of Curriculum for the Bioregion:Activities
Woody Moses, Highline Community College
Online Readiness: Online Adaptable
Resource Type: Activities: Activities
Subject: Biology, Geoscience, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change, Environmental Science, Chemistry, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change, Geoscience:Oceanography
Activity Review: Peer Reviewed as Exemplary
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How Racial Discrimination and Oppression are Harming the Climate Justice Movement part of Curriculum for the Bioregion:Activities
MATT EDWARDS, Bellevue Community College
The movement is too white, too privileged, and needs to be inclusive of the voices of black, brown, indigenous, and those who are disproportionately affected by climate impacts.
Resource Type: Activities: Activities
Subject: Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review
The Food We Eat Can Have a Positive Impact on Climate Justice part of Curriculum for the Bioregion:Activities
Deepti Karkhanis, Bellevue Community College
Does the food on my plate impact my happiness and/or climate change, and if yes, how and what can I do about it?
Resource Type: Activities: Activities
Subject: Psychology, Environmental Science:Ecosystems, Health Sciences, Geoscience:Soils, Atmospheric Science:Climate Change, Environmental Science:Soils and Agriculture, Global Change and Climate:Climate Change
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review
Exploring Climate Change Effects on Water Availability and Agriculture part of Curriculum for the Bioregion:Activities
Betsy Bancroft, Gonzaga University
This activity has students work together to summarize regional effects of climate change and other environmental issues, which a focus on how these issues may influence agriculture and water availability. Students present a region to the group and create a layperson summary of the effects of climate change and other environmental change on their region.
Online Readiness: Online Adaptable
Resource Type: Activities: Activities
Subject: Environmental Science, Global Change and Climate:Climate Change, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change, Biology, Geoscience:Soils, Geoscience, Environmental Science:Soils and Agriculture
Activity Review: Peer Reviewed as Exemplary
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Blogging about Nature and Politics: A Weekly Journal Activity for Building Resilient and Active Students part of Curriculum for the Bioregion:Activities
David Spataro, Bellevue Community College
Resource Type: Activities: Activities
Subject: Geography:Human/Cultural, Geography, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change, Sociology, Political Science, Health Sciences, Environmental Science, Anthropology, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change, Environmental Science:Sustainability, Policy:Environmental Ethics/Values
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review
Afghan Poppies, Climate Change and War: Thinking Systemically About Us and Them part of Curriculum for the Bioregion:Activities
Karen Litfin, University of Washington-Seattle Campus
This contemplative practice inquires into the complex web of interdependencies linking global climate change, the War on Terror, Afghan poppy production, opiate addiction, and food security through the lens of systems theory. The exercise challenges students to consider these linkages not only conceptually but also somatically and emotionally.
Resource Type: Activities: Activities
Subject: Environmental Science:Sustainability, Policy:Environmental Ethics/Values, Environmental Science, Soils and Agriculture, Geoscience:Soils, Geography:Human/Cultural, Geography, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change, Sociology, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change, Anthropology, Health Sciences, Political Science, Economics
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review
Growing Food and Justice in Catholic Universities: Urban Farming and Community-University Partnerships part of Curriculum for the Bioregion:Activities
Sonalini Sapra
Resource Type: Activities: Activities
Subject: Environmental Science:Soils and Agriculture, Geoscience:Soils, Political Science
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review