{"id":17928,"date":"2023-07-01T20:25:01","date_gmt":"2023-07-01T20:25:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/teachmag.com\/2023\/07\/climate-resilience-in-schools\/"},"modified":"2025-11-20T15:13:45","modified_gmt":"2025-11-20T20:13:45","slug":"climate-resilience-in-schools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/teachmag.com\/climate-resilience-in-schools\/","title":{"rendered":"Preparing for a Changing World: Climate Resilience in Schools"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em><em><em><em>Originally published in TEACH Magazine, <a href=\"\/issues\/jul-aug-2023\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">July\/August 2023 Issue<\/span><\/a><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>By Krystal Kavita Jagoo<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The next generation is often thought of as the trailblazers of the future, but what does that mean when the future of our planet looks uncertain in terms of the vast impacts of climate change?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"p3\">In April 2023, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released a report called \u201c<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.epa.gov\/system\/files\/documents\/2023-04\/CLiME_Final%20Report.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Climate Change and Children\u2019s Health and Well-Being in the United States<\/span><\/a><\/strong>,\u201d which looks at the expected effects of the climate crisis on the education and physical development of children. It notes how extreme heat, poor air quality, flooding risks, and an increased prevalence of infectious diseases will reduce learning outcomes and contribute to learning loss for K\u201312 students.<\/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=\"\/product-category\/subscription\/\">Subscribe<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p><small>If you\u2019re already subscribed, please <a href=\"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>It is important to consider how schools are responding to climate change not just in the classroom, but on a practical level as well.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":19826,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3274,3108,3154,2997],"tags":[3351,4021],"class_list":{"0":"post-17928","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-environmental-education","8":"category-indigenous-education","9":"category-social-justice","10":"category-stem","11":"tag-experiential-learning","12":"tag-outdoor-education"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - 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