This Ecosia video discusses three ways (that are free and that each of us can do) to build more sustainable societies and help solve the climate crisis.
Students will learn that we can switch to green energy providers, invest our money in ethical banks or credit unions, and adopt more plant-based diets to help create structural and systemic change.
Teaching Tips
Positives
This resource shows the importance of systemic and structural change while facing the climate crisis.
In the description below the video, there are linked reports to know more about plant-based diets and some recommendations for ethical banks.
Additional Prerequisites
Students should be familiar with the following concepts: renewable energy, fossil fuel industry, animal cruelty, greenhouse gases, carbon footprint.
Differentiation
For a "support group", the teacher could pause the video at each solution and check students' understanding.
The teacher could create a concept map for the new terms introduced in this video and explain the meaning of each term.
The teacher could explain in detail the meaning of the terms "structural change" and " systemic change".
Students could conduct research on ethical banking using a case study of an ethical bank or association.
The teacher could ask students to work in groups and prepare a presentation about sustainable diets.
The resource describes the importance of structural change to avert the climate crisis. It discusses three tips: transitioning to green energy, ethical banking or investing, and switching to plant-based diets. These are solutions that are validated by scientists and this resource is recommended for teaching.
Standards
Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS)
ESS3: Earth and Human Activity
MS-ESS3-3 Apply scientific principles to design a method for monitoring and minimizing a human impact on the environment.
College, Career, and Civic Life (C3) Standards
Dimension 2: Economics
D2.Eco.1.6-8 Explain how economic decisions affect the well-being of individuals, businesses, and society.
