Carpooling
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Provided by: Project Drawdown|Published on: December 16, 2022
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Synopsis
- This article from Project Drawdown details how modestly increasing carpooling can significantly reduce the amount of carbon released into the atmosphere by 2050, supporting other important climate solutions.
- Students will learn about the cost-saving and environmental benefits of increasing carpooling and get practice reading a brief scientific report.
Subjects: Earth and Space Sciences
Authors: Project Drawdown, Daniel Kane, Ruth Metzel; Senior Fellows: Mamta Mehra, Eric Toensmeier, Ariani Wartenberg; Senior Director: Chad Frischmann
Region: Global
Languages: English
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Positives
- It provides an example of a simple, no-cost solution that many people can participate in.
- The sidebars, headings, subheadings, and clickable links will help students comprehend the concepts presented.
Prerequisites
- Students should understand the concepts of carpooling and carbon emissions.
Differentiation & Implementation
- Cross-curricular connections can be made in social studies classes when learning about human behaviors that can make a difference for the climate or in math classes that are working with real-world examples of equations.
- Try using this resource in conjunction with another solution from Project Drawdown and have students compare and contrast the feasibility and impacts of each of the proposed actions.
- After reading and discussing the details presented in the article, have students create a flier urging people to carpool more often.
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Project Drawdown
Project Drawdown is a nonprofit organization that seeks to help the world reach “drawdown”—the future point in time when levels of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere stop climbing and start to steadily decline. Cities, universities, corporations, philanthropies, policymakers, communities, educators, activists, and more turn to Project Drawdown as they look to advance effective climate action. Project Drawdown resources for educators include the database of Drawdown Solutions, educational video series Climate Solutions 101, the Drawdown Stories initiative, and more.
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