3 Ways to Help the Environment

• This Ecosia video discusses three ways (that are free and that each of us can do) to build more sustainable societies and help solve the climate crisis.
  
• Students will learn that we can switch to green energy providers, invest our money in ethical banks or credit unions, and adopt more plant-based diets to help create structural and systemic change.
  

Positives

• This resource shows the importance of systemic and structural change while facing the climate crisis.
• In the description below the video, there are linked reports to know more about plant-based diets and some recommendations for ethical banks.

Additional Prerequisites

• Students should be familiar with the following concepts: renewable energy, fossil fuel industry, animal cruelty, greenhouse gases, carbon footprint.
  

Differentiation

• For a "support group", the teacher could pause the video at each solution and check students' understanding.
• The teacher could create a concept map for the new terms introduced in this video and explain the meaning of each term.
• The teacher could explain in detail the meaning of the terms "structural change" and " systemic change".
• Students could conduct research on ethical banking using a case study of an ethical bank or association.
• The teacher could ask students to work in groups and prepare a presentation about sustainable diets. 
• Other recommended resources: Climate Solutions 101: Making It All Happen, Lab 8: Slowing Down An Amplifying Greenhouse Effect.