Resources

Beaver, B. C., et al. “An Analysis of K-12 Climate Change Science Standards in the United States.” Weather, Climate, and Society, vol. 16, no. 3, 2024, pp. 431–39, https://doi.org/10.1175/WCAS-D-23-0113.1.

California Department of Education. “Environmental Education and Environmental Literacy.” Environmental Education and Environmental Literacy - Professional Learning (CA Dept of Education), 2024. https://www.cde.ca.gov/ci/pl/oeeintrod.asp 

Hooke, W. H. “Climate Change Science in K-12 Education.” Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, vol. 104, no. 8, 2023, pp. 586.

Hooke, W. H. “K-12 Climate Science Education: The Worldwide Picture.” Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, vol. 104, no. 10, 2023, pp. 836-.

Irvine, R. D. G., et al. “Learning to See Climate Change: Children’s Perceptions of Environmental Transformation in Mongolia, Mexico, Arctic Alaska, and the United Kingdom.” Current Anthropology, vol. 60, no. 6, 2019, pp. 723–40. 

  Kanopy. Naomi Klein - Rise Of Disaster Capitalism. Kanopy Streaming, 2015.       https://searchlibrary.ucsd.edu/permalink/01UCS_SDI/ld412s/alma991023807637006535 

Klein, Naomi. The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism. Metropolitan Books, 2007. 

“FAQs: New Orleans Public Schools.” New Schools for New Orleans, 8 June 2021, newschoolsforneworleans.org/data-resources/nola-faqs/#:~:text=83%20of%20the%2086%20public,Public%20Schools%20and%20nonprofit%20organizations. 

Funes, Y. “Patterns of Discrimination’: How Redlining Fueled the Heat Wave.” Atmos, 2021. https://atmos.earth/heat-wave-redlining-segregation-pacific-northwest/

Lloyd, S. C., and Chen, X. “Nation Shows Mediocre Academic Performance as Pandemic Continues.” Education Week, vol. 40, no. 3, 2020, pp. 12–12.

Peña-Parr, V. “The complicated history of environmental racism.” UNM UCAM Newsroom, 2020. https://news.unm.edu/news/the-complicated-history-of-environmental-racism

California Department of Education. “Environmental Education and Environmental Literacy.” Environmental Education and Environmental Literacy - Professional Learning (CA Dept of Education), 2024. https://www.cde.ca.gov/ci/pl/oeeintrod.asp 

Stevenson, Robert B., Jennifer Nicholls, and Hilary Whitehouse. "What is climate change education?." Curriculum perspectives 37 (2017): 67-71.

St. John, M. "We must do more to prepare California students to confront climate change." EdSource, 2024. https://edsource.org/2024/we-must-do-more-to-prepare-california-students-to-confront-climate-change/711305

Suleiman, Y. “Falling Far Behind: Insufficient Climate Education in the U.S. - Berkeley Political Review.” Berkeley Political Review, 2022. https://bpr.studentorg.berkeley.edu/2022/10/31/falling-far-behind-insufficient-climate-education-in-the-u-s/

Williams, D. “New Jersey Is the First State to Add Climate Change to Its K-12 Education Standards.” CNN Wire Service, CNN Newsource Sales, Inc, 2020.

Windschitl, M. “Teaching Climate Change : Fostering Understanding, Resilience, and a Commitment to Justice.” Harvard Education Press, 2023.

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• Participate in community meetings, town halls, and school board meetings to advocate for climate change education

• Share articles, infographics, and videos on social media

• Vote for policies that increase funding for climate change education and for politicians that advocate for climate change

• Support student-led climate action initiatives

• Volunteer your time or finances to organizations committed to bringing climate change into K-12 schools

• Earthlab — Groundwork San Diego 

• This Is Planet Ed - K-12 Climate Action

• North American Association for Environmental Education

• Ten Strands - Connecting Education, Environment, & Community

• The National Environmental Education Foundation

• Environmental Protection Agency - Climate Change Resources