Climate Solutions 101: Setting the Stage
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Provided by: Project Drawdown|Published on: April 27, 2021
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Synopsis
- This video explains how population growth, urban sprawl, and an expanding global economy have created a growing need for water, food, land, and energy.
- Students will also learn that the dramatic increase in agriculture has caused tropical deforestation, natural water sources to diminish, and greenhouse gas emissions to grow.
- Downloadable graphics, links to more information, and two related video discussions on equitable climate solutions and climate justice are also included below the video.
Subjects: Science, Health
Authors: Project Drawdown
Region: Global
Languages: English
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Positives
- This expertly produced video offers bold imagery and easy-to-understand line graphs (which are available as downloadable graphics).
- The video ends with a thought-provoking comparison between life on Earth fifty years ago and life on Earth today.
- The two additional videos offer conversations on climate change in relation to topics of hope, equity, empathy, humility, and unity.
Additional Prerequisites
- The video offers a lot of information, so it may be best to pause the video at intervals to discuss each topic as a class before moving on to the next topic.
- Students should have a basic understanding of agriculture.
Differentiation
- Science classes could use the video to create a cause and effect chart showing how modern society has created the environmental problems highlighted in the video. The activity can be extended by creating a solutions column to show how the "effects" can be reversed or changed.
- Advanced students can read the two linked articles to delve more deeply into the topics discussed in the video.
- Other resources on this topic include Who Is Responsible For Climate Change? – Who Needs To Fix It?, How Does Climate Change Affect Us? | Our Climate Our Future, and Have the Talk, Climate Conversations.
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Project Drawdown
Project Drawdown is a nonprofit organization that seeks to help the world reach “drawdown”—the future point in time when levels of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere stop climbing and start to steadily decline. Cities, universities, corporations, philanthropies, policymakers, communities, educators, activists, and more turn to Project Drawdown as they look to advance effective climate action. Project Drawdown resources for educators include the database of Drawdown Solutions, educational video series Climate Solutions 101, the Drawdown Stories initiative, and more.
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