Alliance for Climate Education, ACE. Nonprofit whose mission is to educate young people on the science of climate change and empower them to take action. Our Climate, Our Future (videos for teaching).
Arts & Ere. Explores the relationship of Arts Education and Environmental Education. (University of Quebec in Montreal)
Counterforce Lab. Research studio that harnesses the power of art and design to engage with the reality of global ecological crisis and its ties to environmental injustice, founded by UCLA professor Rebeca Méndez and part of UCLA's Design|Media Arts Department.
International Ecolinguistics Association, IEA. Network of 800 researchers worldwide who share ideas, opinions and articles about ecolinguistics: The role of language in the life-sustaining interactions of humans, other species and the physical environment. Official journal via open access, Language & Ecology.
National Geographic: Resource Library. Geographic resources for teachers, Pre-K-12, from the National Geographic. With lesson plans, research, maps, a storehouse of 800+ available videos, and resource library units. See example: Anthropocene Resource Library.
National Ocean and Atmospheric Administration: Just for Kids. Site promoting resources for teaching children about the environment (tides, currents, space); NOAA is part of the U.S. Department of Commerce.
Ecomedia Literacy: Integrating Ecology into Media Education, by 
Teaching Climate Change to Adolescents: Reading, Writing and Making a Difference, by 
Zabel, I. H. H., D. Duggan-Haas, & R.M. Ross, eds. (2017). The Teacher-Friendly Guide to Climate Change. Paleontological Research Institute.
This free PDF book offers the basics of climate change science and perspectives on teaching a subject that has become socially and politically polarized. Audience focus is teachers of high school Earth science and environmental science. Open access title.
The Honorable Harvest (Robin Wall Kimmerer, Bioneers,
YouTube, June 11, 2019, 3:30 mins)
Wiki resource site for the book, Teaching Climate Change to Adolescents: Reading, Writing, and Making a Difference, by Richard Beach, Jeff Share, and Allen Webb.
Wild Ones by Gavin Lamb. Weekly digest of research, ideas, and tools from ecolinguistics and environmental communication.
Free Online Courses:
Bending the Curve: Climate Change Solutions. Multifaceted education project initiated by the University of California with participation by all ten campuses of the UC system. Includes an online version of the course, an open-source digital textbook downloadable through the California Digital Library, and a massive open online course (MOOC).
Climate Change in Practice (UNESCO - APCEIU). Free, 4-week self-paced course featuring background knowledge on climate change, global efforts, and international agendas that are taking place to address the issue.
Making Sense of Climate Change Denial. Recognize the social and psychological drivers of climate science denial, and better understand climate change. From The University of Queensland, Australia, via edX.
The Stories We Live By: A Free Online Course in Ecolinguistics. Course examines a wide range of texts, from ads, lifestyle magazines and economics textbooks, to surfing guides, Native American sayings and Japanese animation. In each case, the question is whether the stories that underlie texts encourage us to care about people and the ecosystems that life depends on. By the University of Gloucestershire and the IEA.
Climate Champions (UCSD). Free lesson plans for k-12 educators.
Climate Change Lesson Plans (Share my lesson). Free preK-12 lessons.
Climate Change Resources for Students & Teachers (Common Sense)
Media Construction of Global Warming (Project Look Sharp, Ithaca College). Free lesson plans.
Media Constructions of Sustainability: Food, Water, and Agriculture (Project Look Sharp, Ithaca College). Free lesson plans.
Stories from the Climate Crisis: A Mixer (Bigelow, B., Rethinking Schools). A role play with 22 people from around the world who are all affected differently by climate change.
Bioneers, non-profit organization that creates media, podcasts, and holds an annual conference.
Change Everything (The LEAP). Efforts to address climate change, racism, & other forms of inequality.
Climate Change (Reveal News). Series on the impact of climate change, U.S. and globally, emphasizing mass migration, food security, global conflicts.
Climate Front Lines (Truthout.org))
Climate One podcasts (from the Commonwealth Club)
Silencing Science (Reveal News, Jan 5, 2019, 52:28 mins).
A Sustainable Mind (Marjorie Alexander). Series investigating environmental campaigns and movements.
EcoJustice Radio (SoCal350 Climate Action)
Angelicque White: What ocean microbes reveal about the changing climate (Nov 2019, 12:58 mins)
Colette Pichon Battle: Climate change will displace millions. Here's how we prepare (Dec 2019, 12:36 mins)
Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim: Indigenous knowledge meets science to take on climate change (TEDWomen 2019, 12:52 mins)
Kat Houghton: The Rights of Nature (Nov 2019, 17:48 mins)
Monica Araya: A small country with big ideas to get rid of fossil fuels (Sept 6, 2016, 15:52 mins)
Xiye Bastida: If Adults Won't Save the World, We Will (Oct. 20, 2020, TED, 8:16 mins)
Climate 101 with Bill Nye (Climate Reality, Sept 21, 2011, 4:33 mins)
Climate Change Debate (John Oliver, Last Week Tonight, May 11, 2014, 4:26 mins)
The Conservative Lorax (College Humor, Aug 30, 2012, 3:18 mins)
Doubt: The Climate Reality Project (Alex Axby, Sept 15, 2011, 5:12 mins)
"Earthrise" by Amanda Gorman (Climate Reality, Dec. 4, 2018, 4:30 mins.)
Grocery Store Wars (Free Range, Nov 14, 2006, 5:50 mins)
Guardians of Life (Amazon Watch, 3:34 mins). Short film featuring Joaquin Phoenix centering the climate crisis.
Indigenous Worldview Can Preserve Our Existence (Four Arrows, Morobe Development Foundation, April 29, 2021, 3 mins)
The Last Generation (PBS: Frontline & The GroundTruth Project, April 3, 2018, ~10 mins). Kids on the Marshall Islands affected by climate change; interactive documentary.
Let them Drown - The Violence of Othering in a Warming World (Naomi Klein, The Mosaic Room, 2016, 48:04 mins). Edward W. Said Lecture.
The Majestic Plastic Bag - A Mockumentary (HealtheBay, Aug 14, 2010, 3:59 mins)
A Message from the Future with Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (The Intercept, April 17, 2019, 7:35 mins)
A Message from the Future II: The Years of Repair (Naomi Klein, The Intercept, Oct 1, 2020, 8:57 mins)
Merchants of Doubt (Naomi Oreskes, Kansas State University, Oct 18, 2010, 8:22 mins)
The Official Meatrix I (The Meatrix, Nov 8, 2006, 3:46 mins)
Our Changing Climate. Bi-weekly video essay series investigating humanity's relationship to the natural world.
Our Climate, Our Future (Alliance for Climate Education, ACE).
Story of Solutions (The Story of Stuff Project, Oct 2013)
Take Action: Nestlé's Troubled Waters (The Story of Stuff Project)
To Do List (Greenwashing from ExxonMobil, Aug 5, 2016, 0:30 mins)
To Do List response (ClimateTruth.org Action, Aug 16, 2016, 0:55 mins)
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