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Keep learning about climate change

What is climate change? How does it impact our community? What actions can we take to limit climate change? There are many layers to this complex predicament and the more we know, the faster we can move forward with building a brighter future together.

You’ve come to the right place to expand your knowledge about climate change! We’ve created a content library that will help you gain a greater understanding of the science and issues, so you feel empowered to set your own climate action goals.

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Podcasts

  • How to Save a Planet - Does climate change freak you out? Want to know what we, collectively, can do about it? How to Save a Planet is a podcast that asks the big questions: what do we need to do to solve the climate crisis, and how do we get it done?
  • 2050: Degrees of Change - CBC Meteorologist Johanna Wagstaffe guides a journey to our future in a CBC Vancouver original podcast that explores how our world and lives will adapt to climate change within a few decades. Our Manager of Climate Change and Sustainability - Ian Picketts - is featured in this! 
  • A Matter of Degrees - The podcast focuses on helping listeners understand the climate story in a deeper way. The hosts, Katharine Wilkinson and Leah Stokes, explore the reality of climate denial and delay, the solutions that are available today, and why justice and equity are so central to the fight. 
  • America Adapts - Join climate change adaptation expert Doug Parsons as he talks with scientists, activists, policymakers and journalists about the choices we face and the people who make them. 
  • Mothers of Invention - Mothers Of Invention is a podcast on feminist climate change solutions from (mostly) women around the world. With less than 10 years to go before we see irreversible changes to our planet, former Irish president Mary Robinson, comedian and writer Maeve Higgins, and series producer Thimali Kodikara dig into the biggest climate issues of our time with love, laughter and memorable storytelling.

 

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Climate Action Resources for Educators

 

Career Paths

 

Zero Waste

  • The Zero Waste Educator Workshop, presented by SLRD and AWARE Whistler is designed to be delivered to all schools in the region. The program is geared to Grades 4, 7 and 10 as per 2020 Expression of Interest.
  • The Zero Waste Education Toolkit is a resource for BC’s Indigenous elementary school educators. The guide explores how waste fits into the curriculum of different grades in BC.

 

Additional Programs

  • Planet Protector Academy’s Zero Heroes Program, provided by Dreamrider, includes six, one hour weekly modules in the classroom combined with at-home superhero missions that cover a range of waste reduction topics. The Curriculum links are available for Grades 3 to 6. Dreamrider directly markets programs to teachers, and provides reports on its programs, specific to each community, at the end of the year.
  • The Hearts In the Ice Program, featuring Squamish’s own Sunniva Sorby, is a platform for social engagement connecting students, scientists, manufacturers, environmental organizations, and all who care about the health of our planet, in the conversation around climate change. Teachers can also tune into monthly educational calls.