Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Justice Resources for Earth Educators

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Greenhouse Emissions Reduction Role-Play Exercise
Kevin Theissen, University of St. Thomas (MN)
When the science is so clear, why is it so difficult to make agreements that will reduce our impact on climate change? This exercise is designed to help students explore that important question in an active and ...

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Justice: Build Just and Equitable Curricula:Public Policy and STEM
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An Experiential Pedagogy for Sustainability Ethics: The Externalities Game
Susan Spierre, Arizona State University at the Tempe Campus
The Externalities Game is a non-cooperative game that teaches students about the concept of environmental externalities and allows them to directly experience the moral dimensions of collective action problems. It ...

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Justice: Build Just and Equitable Curricula:Environmental Justice, Ethics, Public Policy and STEM
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The Lifestyle Project
Karin Kirk, Montana State University/SERC and John J. Thomas, Skidmore College
This three-week project challenges students to learn about environmental alternatives by modifying their own lifestyles. Throughout the project, students reduce their impacts on the environment by changing the way in which they live from day to day.

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Justice: Build Just and Equitable Curricula:Public Policy and STEM, Environmental Justice, Focus on Diverse Students:Prepare Diverse Students for Careers:Local Issues, Build Just and Equitable Curricula:Ethics
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Comparing Carbon Calculators
Mark McCaffrey
Carbon calculators, no matter how well intended as tools to help measure energy footprints, tend to be black boxes and can produce wildly different results, depending on the calculations used to weigh various ...

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The Lifestyle Project at Vancouver Island University, British Columbia
Steven Earle, Geology Department, Vancouver Island University, Nanaimo, BC, Canada
The project is used in two courses, both with the theme of understanding the environmental implications of our use of energy, exploring personal energy use, and learning about the types of energy available to Canadians. One is a face-to-face course for Education majors, the other is an on-line course available to all upper-level (3rd and 4th year) students.

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Justice: Build Just and Equitable Curricula:Ethics, Environmental Justice, Public Policy and STEM
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Campus Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory
Suzanne Savanick, Macalester College. Email: shansen2@macalester.edu Suzanne Savanick and Chris Wells co-taught a class like this for the Macalester College environmental studies senior seminar during spring 2008.
Students conduct a greenhouse gas emission inventory for their college or university. Students analyze findings and present information to the college or university community. -

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Campus Nitrogen Budget
Suzanne Savanick, Science Education Resource Center, Carleton College, ssavanic@carleton.edu
Link the college or university operations with local ecology. In this study, students use a tool from urban ecology, the nitrogen budget, to research the inputs, outputs and subsytem transfers of nitrogen on the ...

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Mock Environmental Summit
Rebecca Teed, Wright State University-Main Campus
At the end of a six-week class or unit on global warming, students role-play representatives from various countries and organizations at an international summit on global warming. -

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What Should We Do About Global Warming?
Rebecca Teed, Wright State University-Main Campus; Robert Thomas, Carleton College
This module contains an 8-lesson curriculum to study greenhouse gases and global warming using data and visualizations. The students will summarize the issue in a mock debate or a presentation. -

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The Lifestyle Project at the University of Redlands
Chris Sinton, Ithaca College
This three-week project begins with a measurement of "baseline" consumptive behavior followed by two weeks of working to reduce the use of water, energy, high-impact foods, and other materials. The ...

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