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
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
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
by Julia Townsend When Lola Rabinovitch organized their first school strike at 16, they never imagined it growing into Metro Vancouver’s largest youth climate action group. The now 19-year-old sees a shift in climate activism, with the spotlight turning to … Read More
by Tracy Sherlock If we stop emitting carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, temperatures will start coming down within three to five years, experts told a global press briefing preparing journalists to report on the next Intergovernmental Panel on Climate … Read More
by Lucy Liu and Zafreen Jaffer This proposal was developed in POST 3110, a Sustainability Seminar where students engage in real world sustainability challenges. In Fall 2021, the students focused on the Climate+ Challenge, advancing recommendations to further climate action … Read More