Earth Day at 50 Teach-Out
Lessons
The following lessons have been archived from the original teach-out event, which concluded on May 18, 2020. While you may browse and skip between units, we recommend completing lessons in the order they’re presented.
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Welcome to the Earth Day at 50 Teach-Out
1 minute | 2 lessons
Title Type Length Welcome to the Earth Day at 50 Teach-Out Reading -:-- What does Sustainability Mean to You? Reading and Video 1:00 -
Reflections: ENACT Activists and Current Students
38 minutes | 6 lessons
Title Type Length David Allen of ENACT: Earth Day 1970 Reading and Video 10:00 ENACT Activists Reading and Video 11:00 Washington DC Activist Barbara Alexander Reading and Video 5:00 How History Reshapes Student Perspectives Reading and Video 6:00 Perspectives from Current Students Reading and Video 6:00 Transitions to the Future Reading -:-- -
Data in the Context of a Changing Climate
23 minutes | 6 lessons
Title Type Length Looking Towards the Future of Sustainability Reading -:-- How Do We Think About the Future? Reading and Video 4:00 Predicting a Sustainable Future Reading and Video 6:00 The Role of Data in Defining a Sustainable Future Reading and Video 5:00 Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Sustainability Reading and Video 4:00 The Role of Citizen Science in Sustainability Reading and Video 4:00 -
Moving Forward with Environmental Justice
60 minutes | 6 lessons
Title Type Length Experiencing Sustainability Through Music Reading and Video 5:00 Llanto de Tepuyes (Tepuyes’ Tears) Reading and Video 5:00 Design & Justice in Food Systems Reading and Video 7:00 Connecting Conversations: Healing and Justice (Video) Reading and Video 30:00 Climate Change as a Public Health Issue Reading and Video 8:00 “Winter Snow Wind Song” - Swinomish Medicine Song performed by Xiaoying Pu Reading and Video 5:00 -
Energy of the Future
24 minutes | 7 lessons
Title Type Length The Future of Energy is Interdisciplinary Reading and Video 3:00 How Do We Get to Cleaner Energy? Reading and Video 3:00 Sustainability and the Power Grid Reading and Video 3:00 How Can we Communicate and Connect about Sustainability? Reading and Video 3:00 Performing Into the Wind Reading and Video 7:00 Batteries and Sustainability Reading and Video -:-- The Future of Energy is Rural Reading and Video 5:00 -
Infrastructure and Future Cities
37 minutes | 4 lessons
Title Type Length Future of Sustainable Cities Reading and Video 5:00 Connecting Conversations: Urban and Rural Futures Reading and Video 24:00 Sharing Economy in Transportation Reading and Video 4:00 Autonomous Vehicles in a Sustainable Future Reading and Video 4:00 -
Education for Sustainability
10 minutes | 2 lessons
Title Type Length Role of Higher Education in Sustainability Reading and Video 4:00 Environmental Education and Sustainability Reading and Video 6:00 -
The Evolution of Science
11 minutes | 3 lessons
Title Type Length A Climate Scientist's View Reading and Video 3:00 A Freshwater Ecologist's View Reading and Video 6:00 Craig Stephan: from Physics to Activism Reading and Video 2:00 -
Advice for Imagining a Sustainable and Just Future
8 minutes | 5 lessons
Title Type Length David Allen of ENACT: Advice to Younger Generations Reading and Video 2:00 Advice for Future Generations Reading and Video 2:00 Advice for Predicting a Sustainable Future Reading and Video 2:00 Advice for Getting Involved in Climate Activism Reading and Video 1:00 Barbara Alexander's Advice Reading and Video 1:00 -
Taking Action
2 minutes | 1 lesson
Title Type Length Taking Action Reading and Video 2:00 -
Attributions and Credits
0 minutes | 1 lesson
Title Type Length Attributions and Credits Reading -:--