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Examples of Youth Engagement in Addressing Climate Change

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Youth Think Website: Alliance for Climate Education

 

Youth Environmental Networks: Climate Generation

 

Youth Vs Apocalypse

 

The Climate Stories Project

 

Catanzaro, M. & Collin, P. (2023). Kids communicating climate change: Learning from the visual language of the SchoolStrike4Climate protests.  Educational Review, 75(1), 9-32.

 

With TikTok and Lawsuits, Gen Z Takes on Climate Change. The New York Times

 

How Children’s Media Can Help End Intergenerational Climate Silence. Planet Ed

 

Movement Generation Media


Most Teens Learn About Climate Change From Social Media. Why Schools Should Care. 
Education Week

 

From Tomato Soup to Fossil Fuel Divestment—Why the Youth Climate Movement is Evolving. Climate News

 

Inconvenient Youth. Instagra

 

Two Climate Activists, 40 Years Apart in Age, on the Movement’s Future. The New York Times

 

Can a Middle School Class Help Scientists Create a Cooler Place to Play? National Public Radio

 

Kirby, L. (2021). Old enough to save the planet. Abrams Books

 

How Students can Use Storytelling to Bring the Dangers of Climate Change to Life. The Conversation: video about sea rise in the UK

 

Video: Defining Us: Children At the Crossroad of Change

 

Thrifting is One Way to Empower Young People About the Climate. Sustainability Times

 

Share, J., & Beach, R. (2022). Critical media literacy analysis and production for systems thinking about climate changeJournal of Media Literacy

 

Climate Change and Youth Mental HealthSee Change

 

Climate Lit: Resources on teaching cli-fi literature

 

The Legal Strategy Young People are Leveraging to Address the Climate Crisis. National Public Radio  

 

The Youth Advisory Group on Climate Change. The United Nations

 

Youth in Action. The United Nations

 

Who is Willing to Participate in Non-violent Civil Disobedience for the Climate? Yale Program on Climate Change

 

Australian Youth Climate Change Coalition

 

Teach the Future

 

Pickering, G. J., Schoen, K., Botts, M., Fazio, X. (2020). Exploration of youth knowledge and perceptions of individual-level climate mitigation action. Environmental Research Letters, 15, 104080

 

Zummo, Z., Gargroetzi, R., & Garcia, A. (2020) Youth voice on climate change: Using factor analysis to understand the intersection of science,

politics, and emotion. Environmental Education Research, 26(8), 1207-1226.

 

Pereira, T. & Freire, T. (2021) Positive youth development in the context of climate change: a systematic review. Frontiers in Psychology, 12:786119.

 

"We Don't Have Forever": Teen Activists Push Cook County to Declare Climate Emergency. Minneapolis StarTribune

 

Student Climate Activists from Yale, Stanford, Princeton, MIT and Vanderbilt File Legal Complaints to Compel Divestments

 

Climate Action Leadership Program Helps Teens Channel Concern into Action

 

Global Warming Age Gap: Younger Americans Most Worried. Gallup Poll

 

Virtual Seminar: Our Climate, Our Future. Alliance for Climate Education

 

Climate Speaks: Youth create video presentations

 

Climate Lit: University of MInnesota

 

Childen's Climate Risk Index, UNISEF

 

Earth Corps, Jefferson High School, Bloomington, MN

 

Jenkins, H., Shresthova, S., Gamber-Thompson, L., Kligler-Vilenchik, N., & Zimmerman, A. (2016). By any media necessary: The new youth activism. New York: New York University Press.


Kwauk, C., & Winthrop, R. (2021, March 26). Unleashing the creativity of teachers and students to combat climate change: An opportunity for global leadership. Brookings
.

 

Le, K. T. (20210. Teaching climate change for grades 6–12: Empowering science teachers to take on the climate crisis through NGSS. Routledge

 

Lin, J., & Oxford, R. L. (Eds.) (2011). Transformative eco-education for human and planetary survival. Information Age.

 

Liverman, D. (2014). How to teach about climate without making your students feel hopeless. The Washington Post

 

Panos, A., & Damico, J. (2016). Coming to know about sacrifice zones and eco-activism: Teaching and learning about climate change. Ubiquity: The Journal of Literature, Literacy, and the Arts, 3(1).

 

Hurrelmann, K., & Albrecht, E. (2021). Gen Z: Between climate crisis and coronavirus pandemic. Routledge 

 

Young Activists Aren’t Waiting For Anyone. Yes! Magazine

 

Young Voices for the Planet

 

Why Youth Wrote a Minnesota Law for Climate Justice Education

 

Teenage Activists Post Signs to Warn of Toxic Air in London Neighborhoods. EcoWatch

 

Youth Climate Leaders: Organization supporting youth working on climate change

 

How a Young Activist Is Helping Pope Francis Battle Climate Change. The NewYorker

 

The Teenagers at the End of the World. The New York Times Magazine

 

Zero Hour

 

Youth Activists Demand Damages for Climate Victims at Virtual "Mock Cop26." Climate News Central

 

"What Can I do To Help the Climate?" and Other Questions Kids Are Asking about Climate Change. Yale Climate Connections

 

Where Did the Climate Come From?' and Other Kids' Questions about Climate Change. Yale Climate Connections

 

Stories from the Youth Climate Movement in the Global South. Yes! Magazine


Writers on Earth
: Young people writing essays and poems about climate change

 

Minnesota Teens Make their Pitch for Action on Climate Change. Climate Generation

 

In Montana, Children File Suit to Protect "The Last Best Place." Inside Climate News

 

A Federal Court Threw Out A High Profile Climate Lawsuit. Here's What It Might Mean For The Future of Climate Litigation. Time Magazine

 

How Youth Have Changed the Climate Movement. Yes! Magazine

 

Youth Perceptions of Climate Change: A Narrative Synthesis. WIRE Climate Change

 

The Environmental Burden of Generation Z. The Washington Post Magazine

 

EarthDNA: Project to support students speaking out about climate change

 

Climate Change Top Concern for British Teenagers

 

The Best Resources on Teens Demanding an Effective Response to Climate Change. Larry Ferlazzo Blog

 

For Student Strikers in the UK, This Is a Climate Election. Vice

 

Global Climate Strike: September 20-27, 2019

 

Videos of young people engage in the Global Climate Strike, October, 2019

 

Global Student Climate Strikes Fridays September 20 and 27. Daily Kos

 

Global Climate Strike 2019 Graphics. JustSeeds

 

Statements by Student Supporters of the Schools for Climate Action, Sonoma, California

 

Youth Climate Intervenors

 

High School Students do Research in Greenland. Yale Climate Connections

 

Youth Climate Strike: Youth protest marches

 

Kids Against Climate Change

 

Social Business, Youth and Technology to Accelerate Climate Action to 1.5°C. Medium


Teaching Climate Science & Action : The 4–7 Year-old Version. 
Medium

 

What’s Next for the Youth Climate Lawsuit. Yes! Magazine

 

Kids Around the World Are Suing Governments and It's Working. Quartz

 

Varshini Prakash of the Sunrise Movement on Climate Justice, the Green New Deal, and Revolution. The Nation

 

Young People Won't Accept Inaction on Climate Change, and They'll be Voting in Droves. The Conversation

 

Students Want to Act on Climate Change, But Some School Boards Say It’s "Too Political." ThinkProgress

 

As Students Clamor for More on Climate Change, Portland Heeds the CallThe New York Times

 

Minnesota Introduces Bold New Climate Change Bill Crafted by Teens. Earther

 

How Climate Change is Shaking up Plans for This Year's High School Graduates. Yale Climate Connections

 

Fresh wave of youth climate action protests expected across Britain. The Guardian

 

What 16 Young People Think About the Green New Deal. The Nation

 

5 Youth-Led Climate Justice Groups Helping to Save the Environment. Teen Vogue

 

"We Do Want a Future": Students Worldwide Demand Climate Action. Minneapolis StarTribune 

 

The Best Resources on Teens Demanding an Effective Response to Climate Change. Larry Ferlazzo

 

Sunrise: Youth movement backing the Green New Deal

 

A Huge Climate Change Movement Led By Teenage Girls Is Sweeping Europe. And It’s Coming To The US Next. BuzzFeed

 

Teenagers Emerge as a Force in Climate Protests Across Europe. The New York Times

 

Young People are About to Utterly Transform Climate Politics. Medium

 

The Optimistic Activists for a Green New Deal: Inside the Youth-Led Singing Sunrise Movement. The NewYorker

 

iMatter: Minnesota organization of youth address climate change

 

Boosted by a Walz, Teens Press New Governor of Minnesota on Climate Change. Minnesota Public Radio

 

Young Activists Offer Their Climate Demands at Cop24: “We're Fighting. Where Are You?” Pacific Standard

 

Minnesota Youths Lead the Charge Against Climate Change. Minneapolis Star Tribune

 

The 1.5 Generation: My Generation Is Radically Remaking Climate Activism. Will It Be Enough? Grist

 

The Teenagers Fighting for Climate Justice. The NewYorker

 

Young People Are Suing the Trump Administration Over Climate Change. She’s Their Lawyer. The New York Times

 

Supreme Court Lets Youths' Case Demanding Climate Action Proceed. The New York Times

 

The Fifteen-Year-Old Climate Activist Who Is Demanding a New Kind of Politics. The NewYorker

 

Climate Change Puts the Future at Risk, So I'm Taking Action: March on Washington, DC, July, 2018. TeenVogue

 

Our Children's Trust's lawsuit against the federal government for failing to address climate change

 

Kids Against Climate Change

 

Youth Voices Live: Students writing about climate change

 

Youth in the Streets and in the Courts. Podcast: Commonwealth Club Climate One

 

Young Voices for the Planet

 

This California Teen Studies Climate Data after School. Yale Climate Connections

 

"It's Going To Be Bad:" Maine Young People Petition For Action On Climate Change. Maine Public Radio

 

North Carolinians Unite for Climate Justice. Alliance for Climate Education

 

Frontiers for Young Minds: Science Edited For Kids By Kids

 

Teenagers Are Cleaning Up the Air in Seattle. Yale Climate Connections

 

Video Series Inspires Kids To Act On Climate. Citizens Climate Lobby

 

Landmark U.S. Federal Climate Lawsuit: Out Children's Trust

 

Students, Cities and States Take the Climate Fight to Court. The New York Times

 

Kids Are Suing Alaska's Government for Not Addressing Climate Change. Earther

 

These Middle-school Students are Taking Action on Climate Change. Yale Climate Connections

 

Former NASA Scientist, James Hansen, Releases New Paper Supporting Youth Climate Case Against Trump. Think Progress

 

Kids Against Climate Change: Resources for elementary students

 

We Power Forward: Alliance for Climate Education

 

South Miami Approves Solar Roof Rules, Inspired by a Teenager. Inside Climate News

 

Syndey Sauer, high school junior: Why Aren’t Politicians Doing More on Climate Change? Maybe Because They’re So Old. Vox

 

Student Involvement in Affiliate Organizations. North American Association for Environmental Education

 

Kids Against Climate Change: Student-created website

 

Teen Activist Blocks Incinerator in Polluted Neighborhood. Yale Climate Connections

 

The Wild Center: Youth Climate Program (Thrive)

 

Young People’s Climate-change Lawsuit Takes on Trump. San Francisco Chronicle

 

Trump Administration Takes a "Drastic" Step to Stop Youth Climate Lawsuit. Yahoo News

 

Fossil Fuel Groups Want Out of Children’s Climate Change Lawsuit. Inside Climate News

 

This Climate Lawsuit could Change Everything: No Wonder the Trump Administration Doesn’t Want It Going to Trial. The Washington Post

 

The Teen-Agers Suing Over Climate Change. The New Yorker

 

Children's Climate Lawsuit Aims to Unearth Documents From Oil Group API. Inside Climate News

 

American Youth Make Fossil Fuel Industry Confront Climate Science in Federal Court. EcoWatch

 

Saving the Planet for Future Generations: Young people suing the government. CNN News

 

Judge Rules School Children can Pursue Climate Change Lawsuit against Washington State. The Independent

 

Kids Get Day in Court, Accuse State for Failing to Take Climate Action. EcoWatch

 

Positive Youth Development: Projects involving youth addressing climate change

 

Youth Visioning for Island Living

 

KQED: Do Know Quest: Climate

 

Teenage Scientist Captures Arctic Ice Melt on Film

 

Involving Youth in Your Agency’s Sustainability Activities. Institute for Local Government

 

Here's What Canadian Kids Are Learning about Climate Change. National Observer 

 

Fossil Fuel Divestment Network: Students fostering change in college fossil fuel investments

 

The Power of Global Action Projects: One Student's Journey: Student from Kenya creates a water purifier device

 

Abandoning Doubt & Denial, School District Officially Embraces Climate Literacy: Portland school board endorsement. Common Dreams

  

Resolution for Portland Schools to implement climate change instruction.docx

 

Judge Denies Motions by Fossil Fuel Industry and Federal Government in Landmark Climate Change Case. Our Children's Trust

  

Fostering Youth Leadership in Urban Places. Green Teacher

 

16-Year-Old Activist Demands US Government End Fossil Fuel Use by 2026. Inhabitat

 

iMatterNow: Project for young people to organize to push for action on climate change

 

St. Louis Park Students Push City Council to Take Action for Greener City. Minneapolis StarTribune

 

Young People Address Climate Change in Creative Ways. Friends of the Earth

 

Our Children's Trust: Organization taking legal action on behalf of children

 

Sparking Student Civic Engagement in Online Spaces. KQED Education

 

The Millennium Alliance for Humanity and the Biosphere

 

Youth Climate Change Conference Advocates for Economic Diversity. CBC News

 

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