Introduction: Tackling the Environmental Challenges of the 21st Century
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Lesson 1: Understanding the Challenges We Face
This introductory content sets the stage for why the problems we face are so urgent, and why it’s not an option to use only the tools and approaches that have been traditionally used in environmental conservation. An overview of the drivers of environmental problems will give you a sense of the different problems and opportunities you might engage in, and set you up to select a topic to work on.
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Lesson 2: Analyzing Complex Environmental Problems
In the face of pressing environmental problems, it is natural to want to jump straight into action and focus on an immediate solution. But in order to design successful, equitable, and lasting interventions, we need to take a step back and get a deep and contextualized understanding of the problem.
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General Resources
In this module, we started to explore Environmental Justice, and it’s a theme that we’ll continue to explore throughout the modules of this toolkit.
- Environmental Justice / Environmental racism is a compilation of resources, managed by the energy justice network, on the topics of environmental justice and racism.
- Environmental Justice: The EPA
Conservation Innovation in Practice: resources, organizations, and inspiration:
- Hult Prize: Bold Business for A Better Planet offers several tangible examples of innovation to drive environmental change.
- Explore Conservation X Labs’ Current Challenges
- Here are just a few of the many conservation organizations that have an explicit focus on Systems practice: