* Available for academic credit * Too many schools proudly proclaim a commitment to critical thinking, but gloss over global warming and climate change, topics that could help students prepare for the future they will face all too soon. Considering the urgent IPCC report from 2022, and the positive (but less-than-optimal) results from COP27, this is just not … [Read more...] about Teaching Climate (2023–2024)
Suzie Rosse
Barriers to sustainability / Rethinking the System
This is not your typical internship — we are looking for an intern who is ready to help identify barriers to sustainability, and find ways to overcome them by ‘rethinking the system’. This internship involves research, meeting with a variety of people in the community, and helping to create change.). For examples of the type of output or ‘deliverables’ , see Reports … [Read more...] about Barriers to sustainability / Rethinking the System
Sustainability in Healthcare
As more and more cities and institutions develop climate action plans, the push is on formal institutions and businesses to do their part. This internship will have a focus on reducing GHG Emissions – Identifying ways to reduce energy use, thus reducing costs and GHG emissions at the same time, based largely on work by Health Care Without Harm and Practice Greenhealth. Interns … [Read more...] about Sustainability in Healthcare
Teaching Truth
We believe that schools have a responsibility to teach the truth, both in history and the present day — even if it challenges the status quo or is uncomfortable. This includes teaching students — of all ages and in all subject areas — about global warming and the climate emergency, about the food system that undermines our health, about the inequities of current systems, and … [Read more...] about Teaching Truth
Rethinking the Food System – Keys to a Strong School Wellness Policy
[The following is taken from the Introduction to the interns’ report.] — Scroll to bottom of page for PDF files — Rethinking the Food System The current food system is one of the largest contribu- tors to global climate change and environmental destruction. Agriculture emits one third of global greenhouse emissions and consumes 70% of our freshwater … [Read more...] about Rethinking the Food System – Keys to a Strong School Wellness Policy
Left Turn – Summer 2023
Contents Left Turn #13 PDF Return to main page for Left Turn … [Read more...] about Left Turn – Summer 2023
Sustainability Doings newsletter
Sustainability Doings is the semi-monthly e-newsletter published by the Alliance. The Alliance sends a very low volume of email, but this is an important way for you to keep up to date. Fill in the information below and click the button to sign up for our semi-monthly Sustainability Doings email newsletter. … [Read more...] about Sustainability Doings newsletter
“Youth Turn Up the Heat”
A story in Lever News reports on Climate Defiance, a new youth-led group/movement that calls out politicians' hypocrisy. (funded in part by the Climate Emergency Fund) In the three months since it was founded, Climate Defiance has organized high-profile actions including blockading the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, shutting down a speech by Sen. Joe Manchin … [Read more...] about “Youth Turn Up the Heat”
Finding Our Way
(cover drawing) The cover is based on an original painting by Mary J. Budkoski, shown below: … [Read more...] about Finding Our Way