“You cannot afford to be passive. … The survival of not only the oceans but of our world is at stake”
“We see that a world in crisis offers us an opportunity to build a more just one in its place. . . . The time has come for us to put aside everything that divides us and rise together like the oceans to turn the tides.”
by Kate Messner
“Down in the dirt is a whole busy world of earthworms and insects, digging and building and stirring up soil. They’re already working down in the dirt.”
by Lamar Giles
A compelling vision of climate injustice, of how climate injustice is entangled with racial injustice, and how the neoliberal market economy is driving climate change and biodiversity loss.
by Penelope Arlon, Susan Hayes
“This is a book that turns itself into dozens of eco-projects to inspire you to think more about the planet we all call home.”
“He hands me a fistful of vegetable seeds and says, ‘This is our gold’.”
by Kate Messner
“Over the pond, the wind gives us a push and stirs the light-dappled leaves on shore. There on a branch, a new goldfinch teeters, finally ready to fly. Under the pond, tadpoles are changing, learning to hop. They’re losing tails, growing legs, growing up.”
“On our beautiful planet, some places need healing. Would you like to go on a healing adventure?”
by Ben Okri
“You humans seem to think that we trees are just decoration. But we are beings like you. We feel. We respond to love and attention. You should see how we glow when we are loved.”
Earth is in a state of climate emergency. Our mission is to promote climate literacy as a means to transition to an ecological civilization. We offer you the resources to teach about climate change with literature, film, and other media for young people.
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Climate Lit is an initiative of the Center for Climate Literacy at the University of Minnesota’s College of Education and Human Development.
