Oregon Youth Demand Action on Climate Change

• This podcast episode is about youth activists working towards climate change initiatives in Oregon, the short-term history of climate change legislation in Oregon, and climate change cases in the courts.
  
• Students will learn about Oregon's goals for emissions reductions, Oregon policies around climate change, what young people can do about climate change, and current climate change movements in and around Oregon.

Positives

• This interview is interesting to listen to or read and covers many topics related to climate change in Oregon.
• Students will enjoy hearing from other young people and gaining new perspectives. 
  

Additional Prerequisites

• Students should have a good understanding of how climate change impacts people and how governments can step in to make changes around our changing climate. 
  

Differentiation

• Cross-curricular connections can be made in health classes that are discussing the mental health implications of climate change on young people.
• A fun take on this resource would be to reenact the podcast like a play. Assign roles to students and have them read aloud to the class. 
• After reading or listening, use this resource as a discussion starter. How do students feel about the actions being taken by the activists featured? Which actions seem the most impactful or important? What do students think next steps should be? 
• As an extension activity, have students create their own podcast about a facet of climate change that they care about.