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The most dangerous thing you can do as a parent, or a teacher, is to pretend like
something is not happening when it clearly is, especially when that thing will have
consequences for the lives of your children or students. As the old saying goes, denial is
not just a river in Egypt; it is a force in all of our lives.
But, how do you talk about an issue like climate change, which is already occurring
and will accelerate in the lifetimes of today’s young people, without scaring or
depressing them?
Father and climate journalist Jeff Goodell, a man whom I’ve
known since he wrote “Big Coal” more than a decade ago, has
some ideas that he offered to the parenting resource, Fatherly.
I’d like to share some of them with you, along with stories from
local teachers and school leaders.
First, no age is too early to start talking about how the
natural world is changing around us. As Jeff says: “It’s an
ongoing conversation that one has throughout their lives; it
starts out with talking about science — in the way that a three
or four-year-old would understand it.” Animal stories about
polar bears on the declining ice or birds that have to migrate
are examples. In Jeff’s view, “Mother Nature is the greatest
storyteller of all.”
At Pace Academy in Atlanta, climate change is fully
integrated into the K-12 student curriculum, according to Trish
Anderson, director of the Isdell Center for Global Leadership.
This program cultivates leadership capabilities among students
by focusing on annual themes that range from climate, water
and food to conservation and energy.
Trish says that a core principle of the Global Leadership
program is “advocacy for change within communities.” It is not
just about service, but also developing “a mindset” of advocacy
in relation to others. The key, she says, is to keep the students
engaged in specific projects that underscore how they can make
a difference.
Like Jeff, Trish believes that the fundamentals of science
and faith in creativity are essential in order for young people to
grasp what is happening in a world where the climate is rapidly
changing. Stories about what inventors, entrepreneurs and
scientists have done in the past resonate more with kids than
the specifics of climate change.
At a small, private school in Athens — where one student is
a climate refugee from Puerto Rico — Jesslyn Shields, a middle
school teacher, says that she regularly incorporates present-day
events such as hurricanes, wildfires, coral bleaching and changes
in animal migration patterns into her lesson plans. A trained
scientist, Jesslyn helps the students understand how scientists
(with adequate resources) can quantitatively examine an issue like climate change,
design studies and develop strategies and solutions. “The students seem to understand
that it’s a now, not later, situation,” she says.
ABOVE
THE
WATER
LINE
By Sally Bethea
Sally Bethea is the
retired executive direc
tor of Chattahoochee
Riverkeeper and cur
rent board president of
Chattahoochee Parks
Conservancy whose
mission is to build a
community of support
for the Chattahoochee
River National Recre
ation Area.
32 March 2018 | HU
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