{"id":17755,"date":"2020-05-01T20:16:39","date_gmt":"2020-05-01T20:16:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/teachmag.com\/2020\/08\/carbon-neutral-messages-of-hope\/"},"modified":"2025-11-21T10:45:20","modified_gmt":"2025-11-21T15:45:20","slug":"carbon-neutral-messages-of-hope","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/teachmag.com\/carbon-neutral-messages-of-hope\/","title":{"rendered":"Carbon Neutral: Messages of Hope"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em>Originally published in TEACH Magazine, <a href=https://teachmag.com/"//issues//may-jun-2020///" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">May\/June 2020 Issue<\/span><\/a><\/em><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>By Adam Stone<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At Berkwood Hedge School in Berkeley, CA, Grade 1 teacher Natalie Crowley recently led her kids through a three-day \u201cteach in\u201d on the topic of climate change. There was an all-school assembly. Speakers talked about recycling. Then the kids did projects: Calculate your carbon footprint. Learn how to make a solar lantern.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"p3\">\u201cThey learn best through activity and experience,\u201d Crowley says. \u201cThere is so much fear and anxiety around climate change; [a] sense of disaster. It\u2019s really important to empower kids with tools, to remind them that all is not lost and that they can do things that make a difference.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-woocommerce-memberships-member-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"woocommerce\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"woocommerce-info wc-memberships-restriction-message wc-memberships-message wc-memberships-content-restricted-message\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3>Subscribe to Keep Reading<\/h3>\r\n<p>\ud83d\udd11 You\u2019re one step away from unlocking premium content.<br>\r\nSubscribe now for as low as $5.99 and get full access!<\/p>\r\n<p><a class=\"btn\" href=https://teachmag.com/"//product-category//subscription///">Subscribe<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p><small>If you\u2019re already subscribed, please <a href=https://teachmag.com/"https:////teachmag.com//my-account///">Log In<\/a>.<\/small><\/p>\t\t    <\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At a time when it would be easy to scare them silly, educators need to empower kids instead. They need to know that change is possible.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":45,"featured_media":24540,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3274,3272],"tags":[3008],"class_list":{"0":"post-17755","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-environmental-education","8":"category-science","9":"tag-teaching-resource"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Carbon Neutral: Messages of Hope - TEACH Magazine<\/title>\n
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