CLEAN Teleconference Call April 13, 2021
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Worldwide Teach-in Climate / Justice 3.30.22: Next Step for Coordinated Climate Education
Abstract: The Solve Climate Project at the Bard Center for Environmental Policy is the lead organizer for a globaldialog on climate solutions which will take place in April, 2021. The avenue is more than 100 university-hosted webinars in 45 countries, includingalmost all 50 US states. Building on the lessons learned from this initiative, and the evident interest among climate-concerned facultyand staff across the world, we are now beginning to organize a worldwide teach-in on climate and justice set for March 30, 2022. The goal is involvement by at least 1000 colleges, universities, high schools, and faith and civic organizations and 500,000 participants. As universities return to in-person education, the key question becomes how to engage beyond the usual climate-concerned students to involve a broad spectrum of students. The Worldwide Teach-In does so by involving at least twenty-four faculty members at each institution in an evening of concurrent panels. Climate change by its nature invites dialog from faculty across the disciplines: artists and philosophers, economists and chemists, psychologists and business professors. Each of the four faculty on the various panels is asked to talk for only five minutes on their topic, so they don't need deep expertise-- faculty introduces the ideas and leaves lots of time for discussion. And again, on every campus in the world there are easily two dozen climate-concerned, often non-expert faculty who will be glad to participate in such an event. A typical event with 24 faculty members, all requiring or encouraging their students to attend, will bring in 500 people. The underlying hypothesis is that "coordinated climate education" across and within institutions is the most effective way to engage the broadest audience in substantive discussions of climate solutions.
Bio: Eban Goodstein directs Graduate Programs in Sustainability at Bard College in Annandale-on-Hudson, NY. Degree options include (1) the low-residency MBA in Sustainability based in NYC; (2) M.S. Degrees in Environmental Policy and in Climate Science and Policy; and (3) an M.Ed. in Environmental Education. Professor Goodstein holds a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Michigan, and a B.A. in Geology from Williams College. Goodstein is the author of three books: Economics and the Environment, (John Wiley and Sons: 2020) now in its ninth edition; Fighting for Love in the Century of Extinction: How Passion and Politics Can Stop Global Warming (University Press of New England: 2007); and The Trade-off Myth: Fact and Fiction about Jobs and the Environment (Island Press: 1999). Articles by Goodstein have appeared in among other outlets, The Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, Land Economics, Ecological Economics, and Environmental Management. His research has been featured in The New York Times, The Washington Post, Scientific American, Time, The Economist, USA Today, and The Chronicle of Higher Education, and he has testified in Congress on the employment impacts of environmental regulation. He serves on the editorial board of Sustainability: The Journal of Record. In recent years, Goodstein coordinated a series of national educational events around climate change, engaging over 2,500 colleges, universities, and K-12 schools in a solutions-based dialog.
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