LISTEN The Collective Heroic Quest for Climate Change Education

LIVE Reviewing Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer

In this podcast Ted Wheat joins me to discuss Braiding Sweetgrass by author Robin Wall Kimmerer. 

Please take some time after the podcast to review our notes on the book below: Click on this link to access our Google Doc.

Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific KNowledge, and the Teaching of Plants. 2013, Text by Robin Wall Kimmerer

Published 2013 by Milkweed Editions

Printed in Canada

Cover design by Gretchen Achilles / Wavetrap Design

Cover photo © Teresa Care

Dr. Kimmerer is a PhD plant ecologist, and SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professor at the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry in Syracuse, New York. She is the founding Director of the Center for Native Peoples and the Environment whose mission is to: create programs which combine the wisdom of both indigenous and scientific knowledge as applied to sustainability. 

LISTEN The Collective Heroic Quest for Climate Change Education

Welcome to Listen. Learn. Live. (in no particular order). I’m your host, Joel Stange. Today I’ve decided to talk about some of the key themes outlined in my essay on climate change. The title of my paper was: The Collective Heroic Quest for Climate Change Education. In it I discuss why we need good climate change education. I also consider how we should do this. Also, because I’m an administrator and I really want to make a difference in my school, I’ll outline some of the ways I feel principals can implement climate change education in their schools.   If you would like to read my essay, please contact me directly. Thank you for taking the time to listen to my podcast, Joel Stange Sources: Greta Thunberg full speech at UN Climate Change COP24 Conference, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFkQSGyeCWg  Canada is warming at twice the global rate, report says, https://www.cnn.com/2019/04/01/health/canada-global-warming/index.html  'Unprecedented' wildfires force out 13,000 Sask. Evacuees, https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/unprecedented-wildfires-force-out-13-000-sask-evacuees-1.3139554 What’s really warming the world?, https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2015-whats-warming-the-world/ Nations Are Not Reducing Emissions Quickly Enough to Meet 2C Target, https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/nations-are-not-reducing-emissions-quickly-enough-to-meet-2c-target/ Plutzer, E., McCaffrey, M., Hannah, A. L., Rosenau, J., Berbeco, M., & Reid, A. H. (2016). Climate confusion among US teachers. Science, 351(6274), 664-665.  ACE, https://engage4climate.org/ace-action-for-climate-empowerment/ Plutzer, E., McCaffrey, M., Hannah, A. L., Rosenau, J., Berbeco, M., & Reid, A. H. (2016). Climate confusion among US teachers. Science, 351(6274), 664-665.    Farrell, J. (2015). Network structure and the influence of the climate change counter-movement. Nature Climate Change, 6, 370-374.   Shellenberger, M., YouTube. (January 4, 2019), Why renewables can’t save the planet, Retrieved March 23, 2019, from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-yALPEpV4w&list=WL&index=4&t=0s  Callison, C. (2014). Introduction, In How climate change comes to matter: The communal facts of life (pp. 1-38). Durham, NC: Duke University Press.  Marshall, G. (2015). Don't even think about it: Why our brains are wired to ignore climate change. Bloomsbury Publishing USA. 

Welcome to Listen Learn Live

Welcome to Listen. Learn. Live. Welcome to my podcast! Please join me on my educational journey as I discover some of the new and innovative ways educators are making a difference in their schools. Listen. Learn. Live. will cover themes for educators. Whether you’re an administrator, teacher, intern, or someone with a vested interest in education, this podcast might just be for you.  My name is Joel Stange and I’m the host of Listen. Learn. Live (in no particular order). My goal is to make educational experiences meaningful for our youth. I’ve been an educator for 8 years and I’ve spent all of it teaching in elementary school. I’m a recent school administrator and currently a master’s student at the University of Saskatchewan. My focus these days is in Critical and Environmental Education principles. Although I’m still in the beginning stages, I’ve gained some wonderful incites that I’d love to share with you. I’d also like to share some of my personal educational interests and maybe even connect with people who share a similar passion for making schools more meaningful for our youth.  The format: The format of the show will go as follows: I will choose a topic of interest. It may be something I am studying, something that is applicable to me in my day to day life as an educator, or something that has grabbed my attention in the teaching field.  I’ll break the topic into three shows:Listen. Learn. Live.  Listen. Is a show about why an educational strategy should exist, and an examination of how this could look. Learn. Is a show which dives into examples of how we can implement the educational strategy in our schools. I’ll provide resources and examples from educators who are making school meaningful for their students. Live. Is a show that talks about the unintended outcomes that can arise from the topic. This could even extend outside of the school, to your own personal life. I may not always start in the same order, but you can always expect that I will cover a topic in three different ways.   I hope that wherever this finds you, my podcast will provide some level of worth for you. Thanks for listening.