ACC Environmental Change Climate Justice and Climate Action Discussion

The purpose of the Module 7 Lab is to explore climate-related environmental change, climate justice and climate action.

You will have the opportunity to develop skills/knowledge in:

• recognizing the impact of an enhanced greenhouse effect on global climate
• examining climate-related data sets, such as carbon dioxide concentrations, sea levels, wildfire season length, ocean pH, etc.
• interpreting and communicating climate projections
• calculating household carbon footprints
• discussing climate change as a social justice issue
• identifying a wide variety of actions to stabilize the changing climate

In order to complete this module, you will complete the following tasks:

• Answer the questions in this word document assignmentActions
• Use the UC Berkeley carbon calculator (Links to an external site.)
• Complete the following readings about climate justice/the climate gap:
  • Morello-Frosch, R., Pastor, M., Sadd, J. and Shonkoff, S. (2009). The Climate Gap. PERE Publications.Actions
  • Jones, Imara (2012). What Hurricane Sandy Should Teach Us About Climate Justice. Color Lines.Actions