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Provided by: Our Changing Climate |Published on: April 27, 2021

Videos Grades 9-12

Synopsis

This video from Our Changing Climate highlights the differences between individual consumer actions to solve climate change and the necessary collective actions that we must take as a society.
It shows how individual consumer actions are often emphasized over systemic, political, regulatory, and corporate actions.
Positive solutions are offered that individuals can take that will promote and work towards those collective goals.

Subjects: Civics

Authors: Our Changing Climate

Region: Global

Languages: English

Positives

This video is great at shifting students' focus onto bigger solutions that are necessary to fight climate change while recognizing that individual actions still matter.
The video encourages participation from all and discourages attaching morality to the often necessary use of fossil fuels, which can alienate others from the movement.

Prerequisites

The content ends at 9:40 and is followed by sponsorship information.
There are ads before the video.
Students should understand climate change and that it is caused by fossil fuel use.

Differentiation & Implementation

Civics and social studies classes can use this to teach the difference between individual action and collective action.
The concept of regulatory action is stressed as a necessary step beyond consumer choices, which can also be addressed in civics and social studies classes.
Other resources about the solutions to climate change include this video by Project Drawdown, this article about food waste, and this video by the Climate Reality Project.

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