Teaching with Braiding Sweetgrass in Higher Education
In the chapter “A Mother’s Work” Robin Wall Kimmerer walks waist-deep into a pond. As she writes, “Transformation is not accomplished by tentative wading at the edge.” Rake in hand, and with the protozoans as her partners, she felt at … Read More
Translating Climate Change & Sustainable Development: Part One
by Mark Vardy This is the first in a two-part series about nature and language. Part two will feature podcast interviews conducted with KPU students who speak English as an additional language about how they name climate change and sustainable … Read More
Course explores environmental crimes
by Japnoor Thind Green Criminology (CRIM 3911) is the study of environmental crimes and harms impacting human and non-human life, ecosystems, and the biosphere. This field seeks to understand the systemic and structural causes of environmental degradation, emphasizing the need … Read More
A Collaboration in Teaching Climate Change through Research
by Sue Fairburn Fire Weather, Fire Seasons and Clean Air Shelters Image: Week 3 #cleanairshelterproject: exploration of charcoal as creative material, on and around the body, accumulation in the body. We began with two some questions – How do you get … Read More
A Climate+ Activity or Assignment for Your Course—in Any Discipline!
Context The pedagogical activity I describe here emerges from a collaborative project I initiated in Fall 2023. Through the Climate+ Challenge, I’ve been leading devising sessions focused on climate+. The “+” indicates that climate change entails social inequities; it expands … Read More
A Student Perspective on Climate Through Creation, Improvisation and Play
For the Fall semester of 2023, I had the opportunity to be a part of the ARTS 4800 practicum and join the Climate+ Challenge (C+ C) Student Advisory Committee. My role with the organization was to provide my perspective on … Read More
To Live in a Place as if it Matters
Close your eyes. Visualize a childhood memory. One that still beats fresh in your heart. Were you alone, or with others? What can you smell? What do you hear? And—most important—where are you? For many people, memorable—even transformative—childhood experiences occurred … Read More
Climate hope is alive and well, prominent authors say
by Tracy Sherlock Renewable energies are cheap and ubiquitous, and the clean energy transition is happening with astonishing speed. It may not always seem that way, but three authors with long resumes related to climate change all expressed that opinion … Read More
Theatre, Climate Action, and Experiential Learning
Teaching in the English Department, I have found that integrating climate content into my course has been a great opportunity for experiential learning. On October 17 from 4:15-5:00pm, students in my Canadian Drama course (ENGL 3304) will perform a five-minute … Read More
Bring Climate into Any Course
The past year I have given a dozen presentations on the Climate+ Challenge. This includes many department visits. Often the connection was clear: biology can speak to changing species distributions, fine and expressive arts can have students analyze or create … Read More