Volume 2, Issue 9 | November 2025
We’re entering the holiday season. We hope November and December bring you some rest, some refreshment, and some joy!
The deadline for the next newsletter is Dec. 12th. Send all news, queries, resources, or announcements. Are you or your students making a presentation somewhere? Have you written new curriculum, or articles for local, regional, or national publications? Come across an intriguing new simulation? Read a book that challenges or excites? Let your colleagues know!
Next Call-back: December 9th, 7:00 PM, EST.
Josh Lawrence ’24 writes: “I’m curious about what folks know about ways/programs in which students can engage in meaningful climate action…. I’m always looking for meaningful outlets for students to go beyond what’s available to them at school and get involved in age-appropriate action. Perhaps initiatives that expand beyond the local opportunities they might have in the location they are at?” Josh will kick off the discussion.
What kind of action are your students engaged in? How did it get started? What barriers or discoveries have you encountered? Please come and share what you’ve tried, what’s succeeded, what you’ve learned! A Zoom link will go out a week before through the Google Group.
Updates from Climate and Equity Fellows
Victoria Bampoh (’24):
I am currently teaching an Energy Efficiency and Conservation class that ties in with Climate Change. Two of my students took an energy survey at the American History Museum. We have one student who has registered for the 2025 AGU conference and we are currently working on his presentation.” The poster will be viewable here — the photos are place-holders, to be replaced with the poster content as it’s developed over the next few weeks. Stay tuned!
Emily Higgins (’23):
This is the year I teach AP Bio on top of all my other classes, and that plus my three children make me right out straight…The two curricular changes I’ve made are 1) I use Storylines in all my classes, even AP Bio (Check out Noel Pauller’s Lab Hamster curriculum) and 2) I’ve worked with two other colleagues to implement Solutionaries projects in our school, leading to two students presenting their project/process at the GLOW conference.
(For more about the Solutionaries idea, see this description by a teacher, and this one from the Institute for Humane Education. For GLOW, Global Learning for an Open World, see here.)
Resources
Sean Tracy (’24) Recommends Two Books:
Warming Up: How Climate Change is Changing Sport – Madeleine Orr
A world-leading sport ecologist, Madeleine interviews athletes, coaches, politicians and thought-leaders to learn more about the inevitable consequences for this trillion-dollar industry. From the frontlines of climate change, Warming Up takes readers through a play-by-play of how global warming is already impacting sport, and how the sports world can fight back.
From stadium acts to indie singer-songwriters, musicians have pioneered ways of sparking passion, building awareness, and catalyzing engagement. Now imagine if social movements—from the fight to protect the planet to campaigns promoting global health or LGBTQIA+ rights—had the same fervent support as your favorite artists. Adam Met, climate advocate, educator, and member of the multiplatinum band AJR, gained firsthand experience growing an audience from the ground up as the band progressed from playing in living rooms to selling out arenas. With award-winning journalist Heather Landy, Met shows how to apply fan-building strategies to social movements in exciting, inventive ways. Amplify is a playbook for developing passionate supporters (i.e., fans) utilizing the art and science of engagement, collaboration, and authentic connection, with tactics that will inspire people to carry your message to the world and spur others to act. Amplify’s innovative tool kit will help you find your voice and maximize your impact in the world of social progress to create the change you want to see.world-leading sport ecologist, Madeleine interviews athletes, coaches, politicians and thought-leaders to learn more about the inevitable consequences for this trillion-dollar industry. From the frontlines of climate change, Warming Up takes readers through a play-by-play of how global warming is already impacting sport, and how the sports world can fight back.
TERC Recommends: A New EN-ROADS Map
Climate Interactive writes “We’re thrilled to share a new map in the En-ROADS Simulator, “Temperature Change by Location,” developed with MIT’s Bringing Computation to the Climate Challenge (BC3). – find out more and sign up for a presentation about the tool here
Now’s your chance!
Send us your ideas, your news items, or resource reviews by December 12th for next month’s newsletter.
Call-backs: Feel free to suggest topics for future call back sessions
Contact Brian at climateandequity@terc.edu with ideas and proposals!
The Climate and Equity project is funded by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.