1. General Resources
There is a tremendous amount of knowledge on the Internet about climate change, its impacts, causes and resolution. A few sites are listed so you can find more detailed information.
Real Climate
RealClimate.org has a great page of resources for both those who are unfamiliar with climate science as well as the ardent environmentalists.
Skeptical Science
SkepticalScience.com - “Getting skeptical about global warming skepticism”
Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center - The Department of Energy’s primary climate-change data and information analysis center
Citizen’s Climate Lobby
Citizensclimatelobby.org – “Political Will for a Livable World”
350.org
Earthjustice
Natural Resources Defense Council
2. Learn the Facts
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
We Can Solve It
Climate Central
Climate Nexus
Sierra Club
3. Save Energy
Energy Star: Compare your household’s energy use to others
Flex Your Power: Tips in a Timeframe: What I can do – Today – This week – This month – Beyond
Flex Your Power: Energy Saving Tips – Free / Low Cost / Good Investments
4. Resources for Schools
Alliance for Climate Education
EPA: A Student’s Guide to Climate Change
Especially for Students:
Six Degrees
Grades 3-5: Six Degrees of Change: Conservation in My Community
Students learn about global warming and their community’s conservation efforts. Students develop and complete a project documenting, via reporting or photography, a local conservation effort.
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/lessons/14/g35/SixDegrees.pdf
Grades 6-8: Six Degrees of Change: Conservation in My Community
Students learn about global warming and their community’s conservation efforts. Students develop and complete a project documenting, via reporting or photography, a local conservation effort.
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/lessons/14/g68/SixDegrees.pdf
Human Footprint
Grades 6-8: Mapping Our Human Footprint
Students learn about the Human Footprint Atlas, analyze a map showing where and to what extent humans have influenced Earth, and participate in a class discussion. They make connections between patterns of human influence and geographic factors.
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/lessons/14/g68/HumanFootprintMapping.pdf
Grades 6-8: Perils of Plastic
Students learn about the world’s largest “landfill”, a collection of trash covering an estimated five million square miles of the Pacific Ocean. To connect this crisis to their own world students collect their recyclable trash for one week and weigh it. They extrapolate this number to make additional calculations
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/lessons/14/g68/HumanFootprintPlastic.pdf
Grades 6-8: Protecting Earth’s Wildlife
Students learn how a growing demand for natural resources such as wood and coal threatens habitats and wildlife. They select one issue and develop a list of actions people could take to reduce or reverse the problem. They complete a project (e.g., poster, skit, graphic novel) communicating the issue and their action steps.
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/lessons/14/g68/HumanFootprintWildlife.pdf
