Climate Change Curriculum
- Climate change curriculum
- PCC Pathways Curriculum
- Affective resources
- Climate justice
- Humanities
- K-12 resources
- Pedagogy
- Science
- Solutions
- Video resources
About this guide
These resources were compiled by librarian Roberta Richards as part of a professional development project, Spring 2021. Contact Roberta with questions, updates or corrections to this guide.
See also the guide Teaching Climate Change at the Community College for additional pedagogical resources.
Roberta Richards
rrichard@pcc.edu
Southeast Library 206
971-722-4962
Videos
Extensive video resources are available online for teaching the many aspects of climate change. For example:
This tab provides links to recommended videos available through the PCC library website and online.
PCC 2021 Climate Action Plan (6:42 minute video)
Learn about the 2021 PCC Climate Action plan in this short video created for students, produced by Briar Schoon, PCC Sustainability Manager, and Stephania Fregosi, PCC Sustainability Analyst. PCC Climate Action Plan.
A longer version of this video with additional information for faculty is also available: PCC 2021 Climate Action Plan (7:33 minutes)
PCC Library videos
Hundreds of streaming videos about the various aspects of climate change are available through the PCC library. You can search the catalog by keywords, narrowing your search to evideos, or ask a librarian for assistance.
Here are a few examples of available streaming videos.
- 2040: Join the RegenerationDamon Gameau's documentary is an accessible, informative and optimistic look at solutions to the climate crisis.
- Hot Mess seriesA series of 27 videos, each about five minutes, looking at different aspects of the climate crisis. Examples of titles: "What if Carbon Emissions Stopped Tomorrow?"; "What's actually the worst greenhouse gas?"; "What Indigenous Communities Teach Us About Climate Change "; "How To Make Clothes Less Terrible for the Planet"
- Before the FloodNational Geographic production from 2016, narrated by Leonardo DiCaprio
- Kiss the GroundA revolutionary group of activists, scientists, farmers, and politicians band together in a global movement of "Regenerative Agriculture" that could balance our climate, replenish our vast water supplies, and feed the world. Narrated by Woody Harrelson. 2021.
Selected online video resources
- "12 climate change documentaries and series ..."Compiled by Michael Svoboda for TED, 2021
- "20 climate change documentaries..."List compiled by Shannon Connellan for Mashable, 2020
- Arctic System Collapse? Devastating new researchFrom "Just Have a Think - the climate and sustainable energy channel"
- ClimateAdamShort, somewhat humorous videos about climate change from a young Oxford educated climate scientist.
- Climate Emergency: Feedback LoopsA series of five short films ranging in length from 8-14 minutes that identify the effects of various human derived climate feedback loops, including forests, permafrost, the atmosphere, and the albedo effect. From Moving Still Productions.
- Climate Solutions 101, from Project Drawdown"Climate Solutions 101 is the world’s first major educational effort focused solely on solutions. Rather than rehashing well-known climate challenges, Project Drawdown centers game-changing climate action based on its own rigorous scientific research and analysis. This course, presented in video units and in-depth conversations, combines Project Drawdown’s trusted resources with the expertise of several inspiring voices from around the world."
- Comedy for Climate ChangeCompetition-winning student-created videos from a "Creative Climate Communication" class at the University of Colorado
- Global Weirding, from Dr. Katherine HayhoeShort videos hosted on PBS Digital Studies, including "What's the big deal about a few degrees anyway?"and "The Bible doesn’t talk about climate change, right?"
- How to Transform Climate Anxiety into Climate ActionDescribes a practical framework for climate action at individual, community, city, state, and federal levels, and provides actionable resources to apply climate solutions.
- Media & PodcastsRecommended resources from the Existential Toolkit for Climate Justice Educators
- Think ResilienceThink Resilience is an online course about responding to our sustainability crises by building community resilience. It consists of four hours of video lectures exploring the interrelated crises of the 21st century—from climate change to economics to social injustice—and how we as citizens, students, and community leaders can respond to them with local resilience-building actions. From the Post Carbon Institute
- UnF*cking the PlanetA Comedy Show About Solving Climate Change (yes, really)
- What Will Earth Look Like When These 6 Tipping Points Hit?From PBS Terra, 2022, 13:53 minutes
Podcasts
- How to Save a Planet Earthlings, we've got work to do.Engaging Spotify podcasts on a range of topics.
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