Environment
PODCASTS
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No Place Like Home examines the spiritual, personal, cultural, and emotional aspects of climate change, covering topics like how to remain sane in the face of climate change and whether or not our individual decisions actually count toward saving the environment.
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Safe Space Radio discusses topics such as climate courage. They also have expert guest speakers to share their opinions about how the global warming crisis can help build a better world.
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Climate Psychology Alliance is a podcast that hosts climate psychologists and friends to engage in intelligent and innovative conversations about the climate and biodiversity catastrophe, examining the spectrum of emotional reactions to these issues.
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The Good Grief Network hosts podcast episodes that create safe spaces where people can embrace their uncomfortable sentiments about the state of the world and refocus their lives on meaningful action. The network also has an innovative 10-Step Program that assists individuals and communities in developing resilience.
CLIMATE CHANGE & MINORITIES
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This article examines the effects of flooding on Black neighborhoods.
Link: Click here | Time: 8 minutes | Media: Article | Source: NBC News
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This article highlights the initiatives that Women of color are leading and the funding obstacles that they face.
Link: Click here | Time: 5 minutes | Media: Article | Source: The 19th News
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Racism is “inexorably” linked to climate change... because it dictates who benefits from activities that produce planet-warming gases and who suffers most from the consequences...Climate change is the most immediate threat to the marginalized people of this country and of the world. Sarah Kaplan discusses issues around race, climate change, environmental justice, and youth activism for the Washington Post.
Link: Click here | Time: 5 minutes | Media: Article | Source: The Washington Post
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“Cancer Alley” is an 85-mile stretch along the banks of the Mississippi River between Baton Rouge and New Orleans, where ExxonMobil, Koch, and Shell and others operate ~150 fossil fuel and petrochemical facilities. The area has the highest cancer risk in the nation and is home to the highest percentage of residents that are Black, poor, and/or of low literacy.
Link: Click here | Time: 15 minutes | Media: Videos | Source: StoryCenter on Youtube
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The Sámi people of Northern Sweden oppose geoengineering conducted by Harvard University scientists as a solution to climate change because they say it follows the same logic that produced the climate crisis in the first place.
Link: Click here | Time: 10 minutes | Media: Videos | Source: Yes! Magazine
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As a graduate student at the College of Menominee Nation, Neosh has been researching the Menominee Forest and is seeking to expand and share some of that wisdom by creating a podcast called "Of the Land."
Link: Click here | Time: 10 minutes | Media: Article | Source: Green Bay Press Gazette
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Marine biologist Ayana Elizabeth Johnson sees her work on ocean conservation as linked to issues of social justice and climate. In an e360 interview, she talks about the need to diversify climate science and activism and bring in the perspectives and energy of people of color and women.
Link: Click here | Time: 10 minutes | Media: Interview article | Source: e360
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Describes the Flint, Michigan water crises over the last seven years and how the community has rallied together and not given up to fight for clean water.
Link: Click here | Time: 10 minutes | Media: Article | Source: East Village Magazine
ONLINE COMMUNITIES
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They connect climate awareness through our small group conversation tool, Climate Emotions Conversations, where those who are in pain about the climate emergency can connect, share, and learn how to have better climate conversations. Activist and psychologist Margaret Klein Salamon created Climate Awakening as a series of ongoing sharing and listening sessions that anyone can drop into virtually.
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Sunrise is “a youth movement working to stop climate change and create millions of good jobs in the process.” They center their mission around three main priorities: (1) making climate change an urgent priority across America, (2) ending the corrupting influence of fossil fuel executives on U.S. politics, and (3) electing leaders who stand up for the health and wellbeing of all people.
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The toolkit provides a starting point for students wanting to engage with climate psychology, grapple with their emotions, understand more about effective communication, and increase their capacity to act. The toolkit is separated into three parts: Resources, Actions, and Pathways, and was developed by the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education.
Click here to view the toolkit I Source: AASHE
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Biocitizen offers summer camps, after-school enrichment, day hikes, and overnight trips for children and teens. The ethos of Biocitizen involves teaching students about the place where they live, with the idea that this will motivate them to take care of it. Through immersive experiences in nature, such as hiking, camping, and restoration projects, Biocitizen aims to foster a sense of wonder, to help young people develop connections with the natural world, and to learn environmental stewardship. Biocitizen has sister schools in Los Angeles, New York City, Westhampton, Massachusetts and Concon, Chile.
BIPOC INFLUENCERS
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Group of young climate justice activists working to lift the voices of youth, in particular youth of color and working-class youth.
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Founder of Intersectional Environmentalist media platform
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Creator of Circularity Community, tackling eco-anxiety through education, challenges, and tools for everyday people; Community and Digital Operations Coordinator for Intersectional Environmentalist
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Environmental justice advocate
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Sustainability and zero waste influencer
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Use this model to explore the connections between pollution sources, weather, geography, and air quality.
Link: Click here | Time: 10 minutes | Media: Simulation | Source: LabXChange
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Learn more about climate change, weather, and the influence of human activity. This text also provides key vocabulary for understanding climate change.
Link: Click here | Time: 10 minutes | Media: Text | Source: LabXChange
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Learn more about how human action can negatively impact marine life.
Link: Click here | Time: 6 minutes | Media: Video | Source: LabXChange
CLIMATE AND HEALTHCARE
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A group of scientists from across the U.S. took a deep dive into the foundations of environmental justice research and focused on uncovering the roots of environmental health disparities and highlighting real-world solutions. Note this is more about a program and speaks to the field, focusing more on justice issues.
Link: Click here | Time: 8 minutes | Media: Article | Source: Harvard Magazine
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This article highlights a recent research study of what 10,000 children and youth in 10 countries around the world had to say about rising climate-related mental health risks in young people.
Link: Click here | Time: 8 minutes | Media: Article | Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation News
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Environmental health disparities exist when communities exposed to a combination of poor environmental quality and social inequities have more sickness and disease than wealthier, less polluted communities. The health impact of the Flint water crisis and the existence of food deserts are examples.
Link: Click here | Time: 4 minutes | Media: Article | Source: Orlando Sentinel
ENERGY & ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
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After a rash of climate-induced disasters that have exposed electric power distribution industries systemic vulnerabilities and inequities, a grassroots movement is growing to radically transform it—one that sees a transition to renewable energy technology as part of a broader restructuring and transformation of the energy system.
Link: Click here | Time: 15 minutes | Media: Article | Source: Nonprofit Quarterly Magazine
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Climate Change Is Harming the Planet Faster Than We Can Adapt, U.N. Warns. Countries aren’t doing nearly enough to protect against the disasters to come as the planet keeps heating up, a major new scientific report concludes.
Link: Click here | Time: 8 minutes | Media: Article | Source: New York Times
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Environmental health disparities exist when communities exposed to a combination of poor environmental quality and social inequities have more sickness and disease than wealthier, less polluted communities. The health impact of the Flint water crisis and the existence of food deserts are examples.
Link: Click here | Time: 4 minutes | Media: Article | Source: Orlando Sentinel
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The need for global solutions to environmental, social, and economic challenges is greater than ever. The Center for Sustainable Systems, within the School for Environment and Sustainability at the University of Michigan, provides insights on how environmental injustice is experienced through heightened exposure to pollution and corresponding health risks, limited access to adequate environmental services, loss of land and resource rights, etc.
Link: Click here | Time: 5 minutes | Media: Article | Source: Michigan Center for Sustainable System