This Is Code Red for the Planet
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Provided by: Our Changing Climate|Published on: April 27, 2021
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Synopsis
- This video from Our Changing Climate defines environmental tipping points and then discusses the potentially catastrophic dangers of deforestation in the Amazon rainforest and permafrost melting in the Arctic.
Subjects: Biology, Earth and Space Sciences
Authors: Our Changing Climate
Region: Polar Regions, South and Central America, Global
Languages: English
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Positives
- The video speaks to the catastrophic urgency of the climate crisis without sounding hyperbolic.
- The metaphors used are easy for students to visualize. For example, the video uses the tabletop game Jenga as a metaphor for one of the Earth's tipping points.
Prerequisites
- This video cites capitalism as one of the causes of the climate crisis.
- It has an ad at the beginning of the video.
- The content of the video ends at 9:56, and the remaining time is a sponsored ad and outro.
Differentiation & Implementation
- Teachers can skip around to relevant material because the video is sectioned into chapters about tipping points, Amazon deforestation, Arctic permafrost melt, and prevention.
- Students can do independent research on the other tipping points mentioned in the video that are not discussed in detail.
- Students can do independent research on the prevention ideas and movements mentioned in the last chapter, including ecosocialism, Indigenous sovereignty, solar punk, and the Red New Deal.
- Students may also benefit from the related resource, Dear Future Generations: Sorry.
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