Here, there are a range of steps, from inspirational youth activists on Twitter and Instagram, an introduction the climate emergency, to six videos introducing the climate crisis. Choose whichever suits you. This is the first time in OxNotes' six year history to have a section dedicated to one cause, and it will grow with time.
Remember: There is much hope. There is a huge space to make a difference. This is not about worrying, because you are able to be filled with hope with this issue, and it isn't all bleak no matter how it is presented. Bear this in mind as young students when looking into this issue, that hope is the way forward.
This page:
1/3: Get inspired by inspirational youth activists
2/3: Read an introduction to this climate emergency
3/3: Six videos introducing the climate change crisis
Remember: There is much hope. There is a huge space to make a difference. This is not about worrying, because you are able to be filled with hope with this issue, and it isn't all bleak no matter how it is presented. Bear this in mind as young students when looking into this issue, that hope is the way forward.
This page:
1/3: Get inspired by inspirational youth activists
2/3: Read an introduction to this climate emergency
3/3: Six videos introducing the climate change crisis
1/3: Get inspired by inspirational youth activists
These are some of the inspirational people to learn from.
- Greta Thunberg. Instagram @GretaThunberg. Without Greta Thunberg, they might have been no youth climate strike movement.
- Isra Hirsi. Twitter @israhirsi and Instagram @israhirsi. 16-year old co-founder and co-executive of the US Youth Climate Strike, the organization that leads the student climate strikes. Inspired by the Flint water crisis, Isra fights for climate justice. As a black Muslim woman, she emphasizes the importance of intersectionality in the movement for climate justice.
2/3: Read an introduction to this climate emergency
Produced by the organised Campaign against Climate Change
3/3: Six videos introducing the climate change crisis
What is Climate Change?
To better understand climate change, imagine a game of Tetris. "Climate Change: Earth’s Giant Game of Tetris" is a video that does just that. Using this analogy, you’ll learn about the carbon cycle, the greenhouse effect, and the environmental impacts of burning fossil fuels. (Length: 2:48)
To better understand climate change, imagine a game of Tetris. "Climate Change: Earth’s Giant Game of Tetris" is a video that does just that. Using this analogy, you’ll learn about the carbon cycle, the greenhouse effect, and the environmental impacts of burning fossil fuels. (Length: 2:48)
What is the carbon cycle and why does it matter?
"What’s the Deal with Carbon" explains the carbon cycle. Developed by the University of Minnesota Bell Museum of Natural History and the Center for Sustainable Building Research, this animated video describes what carbon is, how it interacts in nature, and where it is stored. Viewers will also learn about the role of human activity in the carbon cycle and the links between the production of carbon emissions and climate change. (Length: 3:03)
"What’s the Deal with Carbon" explains the carbon cycle. Developed by the University of Minnesota Bell Museum of Natural History and the Center for Sustainable Building Research, this animated video describes what carbon is, how it interacts in nature, and where it is stored. Viewers will also learn about the role of human activity in the carbon cycle and the links between the production of carbon emissions and climate change. (Length: 3:03)
Does 2°C really make a difference?
Learn more about what the 2°C increase in global temperature really means with "What Happens if Earth Gets 2°C Warmer?" from Popular Science. The video describes the Paris Agreement within the United Nations, a strategy designed to keep the average global temperature from rising 2°C above pre-industrial levels. It explores the history and significance of this 2°C benchmark, as well as the data surrounding patterns of extreme weather due to increases in global temperatures. (Length: 4:59)
Learn more about what the 2°C increase in global temperature really means with "What Happens if Earth Gets 2°C Warmer?" from Popular Science. The video describes the Paris Agreement within the United Nations, a strategy designed to keep the average global temperature from rising 2°C above pre-industrial levels. It explores the history and significance of this 2°C benchmark, as well as the data surrounding patterns of extreme weather due to increases in global temperatures. (Length: 4:59)
What can teachers and students do to help?
Did you know that just one kid has the power to make a difference and help stop climate change? Get inspired with "I’m only a kid, I can’t do anything about climate change…. right?" from Global Weirding with Katharine Hayhoe. Dr. Hayhoe shares stories of kids across the country making an impact on climate change and encourages students with suggestions on how to use their strengths to make a difference. (Length: 6:58)
Did you know that just one kid has the power to make a difference and help stop climate change? Get inspired with "I’m only a kid, I can’t do anything about climate change…. right?" from Global Weirding with Katharine Hayhoe. Dr. Hayhoe shares stories of kids across the country making an impact on climate change and encourages students with suggestions on how to use their strengths to make a difference. (Length: 6:58)
What are some effects of a changing climate and how will we adapt?
Developed by the Consortium for Research on Renewable Industrial Materials, "Cut Trees to Save the Environment—Who Knew?" describes how trees capture and store carbon. It explains how forestry plays an important role in reducing carbon emissions for the long term. Viewers learn about why wood is a sustainable, renewable resource. (Length: 3:05)
Developed by the Consortium for Research on Renewable Industrial Materials, "Cut Trees to Save the Environment—Who Knew?" describes how trees capture and store carbon. It explains how forestry plays an important role in reducing carbon emissions for the long term. Viewers learn about why wood is a sustainable, renewable resource. (Length: 3:05)
What is climate science?
Developed by Planet Nutshell, "Climate Science in a Nutshell: #4 Too Much Carbon Dioxide" explains the relationship between carbon dioxide and the increase in global temperatures. This video describes the ways in which carbon dioxide and global temperatures are connected and explains how excess amounts of carbon prevent heat from escaping the atmosphere, causing a greenhouse effect. (Length: 2:44)
Developed by Planet Nutshell, "Climate Science in a Nutshell: #4 Too Much Carbon Dioxide" explains the relationship between carbon dioxide and the increase in global temperatures. This video describes the ways in which carbon dioxide and global temperatures are connected and explains how excess amounts of carbon prevent heat from escaping the atmosphere, causing a greenhouse effect. (Length: 2:44)
Remember that there is much hope.
Remember: There is much hope. There is a huge space to make a difference. This is not about worrying, because you are able to be filled with hope whilst learning about this issue, and it isn't all bleak no matter how it is presented. Bear this in mind as young students when looking into this issue, that hope is the way forward
What next?
- Watch the rest of the videos above (3/3)
- Read the introduction in full above (2/3)
- Follow the inspirational youth activists on Twitter and Instagram (1/3)
- Go back to the Viral Feed
- See which subjects we cover in GCSE/IGCSE Notes (GCSE English literature is particularly popular here)
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