Positives

• This video provides a hopeful perspective on taking action to improve communities and combat climate change.
  
• The discussion questions listed under the video are an excellent way to start a rich classroom dialogue or could serve as writing prompts.

Additional Prerequisites

• Students should be familiar with the concept of a carbon sink.
• Autotranslated subtitles for the video are available in a number of languages.
  

Differentiation

• Consider having students research organizations in their area focused on environmental justice or conservation stewardship after the video to extend the lesson.
• Discuss with students why having communities lead the way in determining how to restore vacant lots can be an effective way to approach land restoration.
• Science classes can connect this resource to lessons about materials, heat, urban heat-island effects, and the health effects of no green spaces in urban areas.
  
• Other resources highlighting the ways communities can work towards environmental justice are A Black-Owned Farm Fights Food Deserts in the Bronx and Indigenous Communities Are on the Front Lines of Climate Change.