Head Resources

1) Participate in an interactive, hands-on learning experience or take a class:

  • Climate Fresk Workshop was developed in France in 2015 by Cedric Ringenbach. This workshop is a powerful and accessible tool for providing a deep look into the systemic dynamics of climate change. This workshop is offered by Just Earth – Cincinnati. See the “Our Work” tab for more information.
  • En-Roads Climate Workshop or Climate Action Simulation are interactive workshops and roleplaying exercises that help participants better understand the variety of strategies being explored and implemented to mitigate climate change. These workshops are offered by Just Earth – Cincinnati. See the “Our Work” tab for more information.
  • Pachamama Alliance, https://landing.pachamama.org/climate-action-now, offers a free online course entitled Climate Action Now.
  • Project Drawdown, offers a series of videos on their webpage, https://drawdown.org/discover, focused on climate solutions.

2) If you like learning via video:

  • The 11th Hour, 2007: The 11th Hour is a documentary from Leonardo DiCaprio about the state of humanity and the world.
  • Gasland, 2010: When Josh Fox was offered $100,000 from a gas company to drill on his land, he decided to investigate the impact drilling and fracking has on the environment. His research leads viewers through intriguing and horrifying scenes when it comes to contaminated water.
  • Cowspiracy, 2014: This documentary explores the effects large-scale farming has on the planet. Viewers follow filmmaker Kip Andersen as he finds out why environmental organizations are afraid to talk about it.
  • A Life on Our Planet, 2020: A broadcaster (Sir David Attenborough) recounts his life, and the evolutionary history of life on Earth, to grieve the loss of wild places and offer a vision for the future.
  • Earth Emergency: Listen to the scientists. That’s the refrain of climate activist Greta Thunberg. Climate scientists explain how warming caused by human activity is setting in motion Earth’s own natural warming mechanisms, releasing greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, and further warming the planet.
  • Before the Flood, 2016: Leonardo DiCaprio released this feature-length documentary in 2016. DiCaprio acts as a guide for the audience as he meets with various world leaders to ask questions about global warming.
  • The Power of Big Oil, 2022: FRONTLINE (PBS) produced an epic three-part documentary series investigating the decades-long failure to confront the threat and increasing impacts of climate change, and the role of the fossil fuel industry and one of its biggest players, ExxonMobil.

There are many other good ones. Search the internet for more resources.



3) If you like learning through reading:

Non-Fiction

  • The Future We Choose, by Christiana Figueres and Tom Rivett-Carnac
  • A Life on Our Planet, by David Attenborough
  • On Fire: The (Burning) Case for a Green New Deal, by Naomi Klein
  • The Story of More, by Hope Jahren
  • The Heat Will Kill You First: Life and Death on a Scorched Planet, by Jeff Goodell
  • The End of Nature, by Bill McKibben

 

Fiction

  • The  Ministry for the Future, by Kim Stanley Robinson
  • Cloud Cuckoo Land, by Anthony Doerr

Again, there are too many worthy books to mention.