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Provided by: The Climate Reality Project |Published on: September 19, 2022
Articles/Websites Grades 6-8, 9-12
Synopsis
This article describes how LGBTQIA+ people are disproportionately affected by climate disasters and may be excluded from the response efforts, using examples from Hurricane Katrina and the Indian Ocean Tsunami.
The author emphasizes the importance of LGBTQIA+ voices in climate and environmental justice.
The author encourages readers to take action by supporting LGBTQIA+ climate activists, educating themselves on these issues, having discussions with friends and family, and including climate issues at Pride events.
Additional Prerequisites
Students should understand the relationship between natural disasters and rising global temperatures.
Consider using this video or this article to introduce students to environmental justice prior to reading this article.
Differentiation
The resource includes many links that students can use to further explore the topic.
Students can identify LGBTQIA+ climate activists and organizations to support using the link at the end of the article or this list of activists by Citizen Climate Lobby.
Social studies classes could further explore the 17 Principles of Environmental Justice and how these principles are used to guide activism today.
Cross-curricular connections can be made with civics classes by further discussing the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), which is referenced in the article, or by using this lesson to explore the topic further.
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The Climate Reality Project
Climate Reality Project seeks to catalyze a global solution to the climate crisis by making urgent action a necessity across every sector of society. They recruit, train, and mobilize people to become powerful activists, providing the skills, campaigns, and resources to push for aggressive climate action and high-level policies that accelerate a just transition to clean energy.
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