A Collaboration in Teaching Climate Change through Research
Fire Weather, Fire Seasons and Clean Air Shelters Image: Week 3 #cleanairshelterproject: exploration of charcoal as creative material, on and around the body, accumulation in the body. We began with two some questions – How do you get students curious about … Read More
A Climate+ Activity or Assignment for Your Course—in Any Discipline!
Context The pedagogical activity I describe here emerges from a collaborative project I initiated in Fall 2023. Through the Climate+ Challenge, I’ve been leading devising sessions focused on climate+. The “+” indicates that climate change entails social inequities; it expands … Read More
A Student Perspective on Climate Through Creation, Improvisation and Play
For the Fall semester of 2023, I had the opportunity to be a part of the ARTS 4800 practicum and join the Climate+ Challenge (C+ C) Student Advisory Committee. My role with the organization was to provide my perspective on … Read More
To Live in a Place as if it Matters
Close your eyes. Visualize a childhood memory. One that still beats fresh in your heart. Were you alone, or with others? What can you smell? What do you hear? And—most important—where are you? For many people, memorable—even transformative—childhood experiences occurred … Read More
Climate hope is alive and well, prominent authors say
Renewable energies are cheap and ubiquitous, and the clean energy transition is happening with astonishing speed. It may not always seem that way, but three authors with long resumes related to climate change all expressed that opinion in October at … Read More
Theatre, Climate Action, and Experiential Learning
Teaching in the English Department, I have found that integrating climate content into my course has been a great opportunity for experiential learning. On October 17 from 4:15-5:00pm, students in my Canadian Drama course (ENGL 3304) will perform a five-minute … Read More
Bring Climate into Any Course
The past year I have given a dozen presentations on the Climate+ Challenge. This includes many department visits. Often the connection was clear: biology can speak to changing species distributions, fine and expressive arts can have students analyze or create … Read More
Climate change. What’s HR got to do with it?
This week, a record-setting heat wave is baking the United Kingdom and Europe, already linked to hundreds of deaths. The heat wave is said to be virtually impossible without human-caused climate change. Every year, predictions of climate change impacts are … Read More
Solving Problems Together: Three students reflect on their experiences in Climate+ Challenge courses during the Spring 2022 semester
Students at KPU have been taking Climate+ Challenge courses since the Fall 2021 semester and report that their experiences in class have helped them develop more solutions-oriented attitudes about climate change and that they believe climate change learning should be … Read More
Supportive Community: A Viable Solution of Climate Anxiety
By Baljot Singh Although the problem of climate anxiety can be tackled in multiple ways, having or building supportive communities is the most important strategy for addressing it. Recently, many studies and news articles are demonstrating young people’s eco-anxiety: sixty … Read More