The resources in this section focus on teaching and learning environmental and climate justice. Climate justice recognizes that the impacts of environmental degradation and climate change are unjustly distributed, harming those who are already disadvantaged more than others. It also seeks to reimagine societal structures to make life better for all beings.
Climate Justice in B.C.: Lessons for Transformation
This project, which is a collaboration between the Canadian Center for Policy Alternatives and the B.C. Teachers’ Federation, provides 8 classroom modules for students in Grade 8-12 to explore climate justice within the context of B.C.’s communities, history, economy and ecology.
Teaching About Environmental Justice – Educators 4 Social Change
This webpage compiles lesson plans, articles, and informational sites to support educators in the teaching of climate justice.
Environmental/Climate Justice Books – Social Justice Books
A list of recommended books related to environmental and climate justice books for elementary, middle, and high school students, adult learners, and educators
EcoJustice Education: Toward Diverse, Democratic, and Sustainable Communities – by Rebecca A. Martusewicz, Jeff Edmundson, and John Lupinacci
This book provides teachers, teacher educators, and educational scholars with the theory and classroom practices they need to help develop citizens who are prepared to support and achieve diverse, democratic, and sustainable societies in an increasingly globalized world.
Teaching for EcoJustice: Curriculum and Lessons for Secondary and College Classrooms – by Rita J. Turner
This book is a resource for exploring the social roots of environmental problems in humanities-based educational settings and a curriculum guidebook for putting EcoJustice Education into practice in secondary and post-secondary classrooms through assignments, lessons, discussion prompts, and strategies.
The Existential Toolkit for Climate Justice Educators: How to Teach in a Burning World – edited by Jennifer Atkinson and Sarah Jaquette Ray
This user-friendly guide offers a robust menu of interdisciplinary, plug-and-play teaching strategies, lesson plans, and activities to support student transformation and build resilience. Through the above link you can buy the book and access resources from select chapters.