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<p>If literacy can be defined as competence or knowledge in a specific area... more <p>If literacy can be defined as competence or knowledge in a specific area, then climate change literacy is competence or knowledge in the area of climate change, its impacts, and its solutions. Climate change literacy is a vital element in strategies for meeting the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 13: "Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts" — and, frankly, safeguarding the survival of the human species and most life on Earth. Developing climate change literacy in individuals, institutions, and societies entails understanding why it is important, who must be involved, what it includes, where and when it takes place, how to deal with challenges that arise, and what the end result, a climate-change-literate citizen, will look like.</p>
Pathways the Ontario Journal of Outdoor Education, 2007
Pathways the Ontario Journal of Outdoor Education, 2011
Canadian Journal of Environmental Education, 2009
Environmental education has become trapped in the curriculum box. At a time when our students... more Environmental education has become trapped in the curriculum box. At a time when our students' generation is becoming trapped in a global warming box, their education needs to be rapidly adaptable to the changing state of their planet. Venturing outside the curriculum ...
<p>If literacy can be defined as competence or knowledge in a specific area... more <p>If literacy can be defined as competence or knowledge in a specific area, then climate change literacy is competence or knowledge in the area of climate change, its impacts, and its solutions. Climate change literacy is a vital element in strategies for meeting the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 13: "Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts" — and, frankly, safeguarding the survival of the human species and most life on Earth. Developing climate change literacy in individuals, institutions, and societies entails understanding why it is important, who must be involved, what it includes, where and when it takes place, how to deal with challenges that arise, and what the end result, a climate-change-literate citizen, will look like.</p>
Pathways the Ontario Journal of Outdoor Education, 2007
Pathways the Ontario Journal of Outdoor Education, 2011
Canadian Journal of Environmental Education, 2009
Environmental education has become trapped in the curriculum box. At a time when our students... more Environmental education has become trapped in the curriculum box. At a time when our students' generation is becoming trapped in a global warming box, their education needs to be rapidly adaptable to the changing state of their planet. Venturing outside the curriculum ...