Introduction: Tackling the Environmental Challenges of the 21st Century
Lesson 1: Additional Resources
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For those not coming from an Environmental Science background, here are a few readings that will build a deeper understanding of environmental problems and thought leadership in the environmental space:
- IPCC: Summary for Policymakers: Global Warming of 1.5ºC
- The causes of land-use and land-cover change: moving beyond the myths
- Convention on Biological Diversity Website
- The State of Diversity in Environmental Organizations
- IPBES: Summary for policymakers of the global assessment report on biodiversity and ecosystem services
- The biodiversity of species and their rates of extinction, distribution, and protection
- UN Environment’s Global Environment Outlook 6
- WWF: Environmental Threats Website
Some resources discussing what we know about potential solutions, failures, and the future of conservation:
- Project Drawdown
- Mongabay: 5 Reasons Why Many Conservation Efforts Fail
- Top 10 Conservation successes and failures
- Podcast: Learning from environmental conservation’s successes and failures
- The global conservation movement is diverse but not divided
Finally, How to be a Conservationist shares tips on finding your place within the conservation field and defining the impact you want to have through the lens of the question, “How can I make the biggest difference for conservation?”
Extra Resources for Educators
- The Biggest Environmental Problems Of 2020 is a shorter article that could be used in lieu of the WWF report.
- The Clifton Strengths assessment is not free, but offers the ability to see the whole class’ strengths mapped out, and automatically place students into teams that complement or balance each other.
- CATME Team-Maker allows educators to create student teams based on a set of selectable criteria
- All files (editable and PDF) for this lesson can be downloaded here.