Silvestri, Andrew
13 Feb 2023
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The 2030 goals I plan to address are goals Quality Education and Climate Action—specifically targeting the topic 13.3 (Improve education, awareness-raising and human and institutional capacity on climate change mitigation, adaptation, impact reduction and early warning).
The populations affected by this include: everyone. High income/quality education areas are given the knowledge of the issues at hand, but not given the push to take action. Lower income/education quality areas haven’t received the same knowledge on the subject, but are more likely to experience the effects of climate change firsthand.
Almost 90% of Americans experience education through the public school system. Given the volume of materials a middle school is required to get through, not enough time is allotted to education on topics such as the goals above. Ron Dahl, director of Institute for Human Development at Berkeley, has said, “the window to make a difference is from 9 to 11 years old.” But with all the classes, sports, and extracurricular activities, how do we fit education on climate change into a middle school’s schedule?
Currently, there are a couple solutions to the idea of climate education.
Environmental Education (EE) grants are given out to “eligible applicants to support environmental education projects that promote environmental awareness and stewardship and help provide people with the skills to take responsible actions to protect the environment.” Thousands of million dollar grants have been given out over the last 30 years to organizations involved in local, state, college, non-profit, noncommercial, or tribal education programs.
Earth day, a holiday recognized every April 22nd, with educational activities on the topic of climate change, recycling, and making a difference. Lil Dicky dropped a charity single 3 days before Earth Day on April 19, 2019—going Platinum while spreading awareness in a modern, consumable manner.
There are viral stunts to achieve media coverage, such as the “Just Stop Oil” activists throwing soup at Van Gogh’s “Sunflowers.” Protests over Germany increasing coal production climaxed with Greta Thunberg being detained.
Although some work better than others, all of these solutions can be modified to better spread education and awareness on climate change.
I propose a 5-15 minute video on climate change. I plan to include information on the climate, how we influence climate change, the outcomes of our actions, how to build climate positive habits, and provide contacts for organizations I deem solid for bettering the climate change fight.
By contacting varied institutions, such as public/private school, boy/girl scouts (all institutions with members in the previously mentioned age range), and creating virality while spreading awareness and education about climate change , I will contribute to completing target 13.3 on the 17 Goals.
My immediate goal is to answer the following questions first (taken from peer review and modified):
13 Feb 2023
No revisions on doc were made, but additional notes beyond the 1 page limit were added for the next steps in the process.
The 2030 goals I plan to address are goals Quality Education and Climate Action—specifically targeting the topic 13.3 (Improve education, awareness-raising and human and institutional capacity on climate change mitigation, adaptation, impact reduction and early warning).
The populations affected by this include: everyone. High income/quality education areas are given the knowledge of the issues at hand, but not given the push to take action. Lower income/education quality areas haven’t received the same knowledge on the subject, but are more likely to experience the effects of climate change firsthand.
Almost 90% of Americans experience education through the public school system. Given the volume of materials a middle school is required to get through, not enough time is allotted to education on topics such as the goals above. Ron Dahl, director of Institute for Human Development at Berkeley, has said, “the window to make a difference is from 9 to 11 years old.” But with all the classes, sports, and extracurricular activities, how do we fit education on climate change into a middle school’s schedule?
Currently, there are a couple solutions to the idea of climate education.
Environmental Education (EE) grants are given out to “eligible applicants to support environmental education projects that promote environmental awareness and stewardship and help provide people with the skills to take responsible actions to protect the environment.” Thousands of million dollar grants have been given out over the last 30 years to organizations involved in local, state, college, non-profit, noncommercial, or tribal education programs.
Earth day, a holiday recognized every April 22nd, with educational activities on the topic of climate change, recycling, and making a difference. Lil Dicky dropped a charity single 3 days before Earth Day on April 19, 2019—going Platinum while spreading awareness in a modern, consumable manner.
There are viral stunts to achieve media coverage, such as the “Just Stop Oil” activists throwing soup at Van Gogh’s “Sunflowers.” Protests over Germany increasing coal production climaxed with Greta Thunberg being detained.
Although some work better than others, all of these solutions can be modified to better spread education and awareness on climate change.
I propose a 5-15 minute video on climate change. I plan to include information on the climate, how we influence climate change, the outcomes of our actions, how to build climate positive habits, and provide contacts for organizations I deem solid for bettering the climate change fight.
By contacting varied institutions, such as public/private school, boy/girl scouts (all institutions with members in the previously mentioned age range), and creating virality while spreading awareness and education about climate change , I will contribute to completing target 13.3 on the 17 Goals.
My immediate goal is to answer the following questions first (taken from peer review and modified):
- Why is the prime age for environmental awareness education 9 to 11? What are counter-arguments for other ages?
- How can high income area populus get motivated to take action for climate?
- In the Great detained case, why did this happen? What does it mean? How does it look from an outside perspective?
- How do trends (or virality) affect lawmakers' opinions and policies implemented? Any previous examples of trends that had meaningful impact?
- Why do people think climate change is a hoax? Is any amount of energy worth expending to change their minds? What message can be provided to them to get to the same conclusion as combating climate change?
- Do I focus on US or Worldwide change? How would my message differ on the receiving group?