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Solutions for Climate Change - Empower Women & Girls!
Provided by: The Connecticut Forum |Published on: August 1, 2021
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Synopsis
- This video briefly discusses the positive impacts of educating girls and empowering women as solutions for climate change.
- The video also briefly touches on the importance of those who care about climate change being active members of the movement.
- The video features Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson, Anthony Leiserowitz, and Gina McCarthy.
Subjects: Social Studies, Biology, Earth and Space Sciences
Authors: The Connecticut Forum
Region: Global, Connecticut
Languages: English
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Positives
- This video addresses an impactful but less well-known solution to climate change.
- This also ties into an economic concept of investing in women to benefit society (known as positive externalities).
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- You may have to wait through a commercial to get to the video.
Differentiation & Implementation
- The first two minutes of the video directly focus on the importance of educating girls and providing equal opportunities to women in order to fight climate change.
- Cross-curricular connections can be made when discussing equal rights and cultural norms in other locations or communities.
- For additional context, students can watch this video, How Empowering Women and Girls Can Help Stop Global Warming.
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