Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Justice Resources for Earth Educators
These resources have been developed by many different projects and address various aspects of diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice in the geosciences.
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- Environmental Justice 1 match Environmental burdens and benefits should be shared equitably between all communities.
- Ethics 1 match All students deserve guidance on how to move through their environment, community, and discipline in an ethical manner.
- Public Policy and STEM 1 match STEM disciplines can strengthen data-based decision making in the public sphere.
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Environmental Footprint
Christina Gallup, University of Minnesota-Duluth
This activity has students do a web-based environmental footprint quiz and integrate their results into a class mean. The students compare their results by creating a bar graph and do some simple calculations to see how much of the Earth just the population of the US requires.
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Machines that change climate: Porsche 911 Turbo vs. Toyota Prius
Kevin Harrison, McDaniel College
This problem illustrates how consumer decisions can influence carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere, how to make back-of-the-envelope calculations, and demonstrates the power of exponential growth.
Information Type: Activity:Lab Activity, Classroom Activity, Activity