Big Idea: Environmental Justice

Apr 21, 2021

Earth Day provides an opportunity to focus on a vast array of environmental crises and identify ways to make a difference. The impact of environmental issues is often experienced disproportionately by communities of color and low-income communities.

Join educators worldwide to identify environmental justice challenges and develop sustainable and meaningful solutions. Share your Challenges and Solutions #challengeforchange #challengebasedlearning

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TERLIBAT

Sample Big Idea, Essential Question, and Challenge

Ide Besar: Environmental Justice
Essential Question: How can we ensure that everyone has
 access to a healthy environment to live, learn, and work in?
Challenge: Create a better world through environmental justice, and share it with the world.

MENYELIDIKI

Contoh pedoman pertanyaan

These are only example questions. We encourage you to ask as many personal and contextual questions as possible. For help with developing quality questions check out this resource.

  1. What is environmental justice?
  2. How do environmental issues disproportionately 
impact communities 
 with high poverty?
  3. What environmental injustices exist in my community?
  4. Are there organizations I can work with in my community?
  5. How do we ensure everyone has a voice in the conversation?
  6. How does environmental justice improve the world?
  7. Dll.

*Once you brainstorm all of the questions take time to organize and prioritize them.

Membimbing kegiatan dan sumber daya
These are only a set of example activities and resources. The learners will need to evaluate the quality and applicability of the content. They are just meant to serve as examples. The ones that you choose should be in direct relationship to your specific guiding questions and context. Activities and resources for adults, adolescents, and younger children will be different. The goal is to develop solutions that mean something in your community and are sustainable.

Contoh kegiatan

  1. Conduct desk research to find out more about Environmental Justice and organizations currently involved in the movement.
  2. Meet with local conservationists and activists to learn more about specific issues in your community.
  3. Take a walk around your community and take pictures of Environmental Issues and then connect your images to community maps and statistics.
  4. Participate in Earth Day Activites and newtowrk with students around the world.
  5. Dll.

Contoh sumber daya

    1. Apple Challenge Series Discussion Guide
    2. Tools for Environmental Justice 
    3. Earth Day Site
    4. Learn About Environmental Justice

Sintesis

Menggunakan hasil penelitian dari penyelidikan Anda mengembangkan sebuah sintesis yang menunjukkan pemahaman yang jelas tentang tantangan. Untuk bantuan dengan menciptakan sebuah sintesis Jelajahi sumber daya ini.

UNDANG-UNDANG

Prototipe solusi -menggunakan sintesis penelitian Anda membuat beberapa ide untuk solusi dan meninjau masing-masing untuk memastikan bahwa riset Anda mendukungnya. Berbagi prototipe dengan berbagai pemangku kepentingan dan mendapatkan umpan balik.

Solusi -dengan umpan balik dari para pemangku kepentingan mengembangkan salah satu solusi yang telah yang paling potensial untuk sukses.

Menerapkan -mengembangkan rencana untuk menerapkan solusi dengan stakeholder dan mengumpulkan data tentang dampak.

Evaluasi -menggunakan tindakan kuantitatif dan kualitatif menentukan jika solusi yang valid dan apa yang bisa diperbaiki.

MENCERMINKAN, DOKUMEN, DAN BERBAGI

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Share what you learned with your local community and the world. Use #challengebasedlearning #challengeforchange on social media.