A new 4 part radio documentary by local climate KBOO presenter (/climate hero) Barbara Bernstein dives into the fossil fuel fights of the Pacific Northwest and the communities fighting these projects. Check it out here. You can also tune in to her regular KBOO show ‘Locus Focus’ on...
From increasing public transit options and reducing the use of gas-powered vehicles, to transitioning their buildings to 100% clean electricity, climate-forward U.S. cities are showing how local leadership can drive progress against the climate crisis. Through the Bloomberg American Cities Climate...
From increasing public transit options and reducing the use of gas-powered vehicles, to transitioning their buildings to 100% clean electricity, climate-forward U.S. cities are showing how local leadership can drive progress against the climate crisis. Through the Bloomberg American Cities Climate...
I’m excited to share with you the Climate Strike Educator Resource Guide created by a group of partners to support educators in taking action, both within and outside the classroom, on the Global Climate Strike on Sept. 20. A global movement of youth is at the forefront of today’s climate...
CALLING ALL STEM TEACHERS OF GRADES 7 – 12! Love to teach environmental science? Want to support problem-based learning? Challenge your students to design and test innovations that address climate change by reducing greenhouse gases. Students submit a video and paper online, talk about their ideas...
The planet is barreling toward 1.5 degrees of global warming as soon as 2030 unless we enact “unprecedented changes in all aspects of society,” a dire United Nations report warned in October. To reduce our impact on the climate and avert disaster, it’s going to take more than switching to...
This report reviews existing data and research on predicted impacts of climate change in the Northwestern United States, and specifically focuses on the level of preparedness to accommodate new population growth due to climate migration in Oregon’s Willamette Valley. Climate change impacts in...
An IPCC special report on climate change, desertification, land degradation, sustainable land management, food security, and greenhouse gas fluxes in terrestrial ecosystems. Download Report. Background: At its 43rd Session (Nairobi, Kenya, 11 – 13 April 2016), the IPCC Panel decided to prepare a...
If you haven’t already seen the recent announcement from the American Meteorological Society, you may find the release of the 2018 State of the Climate report of interest. See more information below as well as links to download the report, or investigate individual chapters. AMS has just...
A global alliance of the world’s universities, colleges and sustainability networks have released the second annual SDG Accord report; ‘Progress towards the Global Goals in the University and College sector’. Presented at the UN High Level Political Forum in New York, the research shows increasing...
The new book, Understanding Climate Change, is now out. Published by NSTA Press, the target audience is 7-12 grade students and teachers. Volunteers at ClimateChangeEducation.Org have read “Understanding Climate Change” and highly recommend it. The book is an important and influential...
The Green New Deal: How to fix the economy without breaking the planet We’ve all heard the excuse that fighting climate change will cost jobs. But a handful of politicians are rebutting that argument with a new package of policies that pairs labor programs with climate action. It’s called the...