CLEAN Teleconference Call November 10, 2020
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Launch of the Co-produced Creative Climate Change Curriculum and Drawdown solutions for elementary students
Presented by: Patrick Chandler and Beth Osnes
Abstract: The Co-produced Creative Climate Change Curriculum project (5C) represents a partnership between three University of Colorado Boulder departments (Theater and Dance, Environmental Studies, and the CU Museum of Natural History) and the Jefferson County School District (Jeffco) which has enabled us to co-produce an embodied exploration of fossils, energy, and climate for 4th/5th grade students. This project addresses the current lack of embodied participatory learning which could enhance retention and understanding of climate change. During the pilot process, we recognized that elementary students need more access to climate solutions, so in addition to the lessons we have also adapted Project Drawdown's solutions to an elementary literacy level. Now that are nearly ready to publish the lessons and the solutions, we are seeking advice from the CLEAN community on effective rollout strategies.
Bios:
Patrick Chandler is a PhD student at the University of Colorado, Boulder who has fifteen years experience working in and developing environmental education, stewardship, and science programs. His current focus is the co-creation of guidelines to help bring together partners from multiple epistemologies to work together on projects for a sustainable future, including working with artists and arts organizations to catalyze collective action on social and environmental issues. Patrick is the Coordinator of the CLEAN network.
Beth Osnes PhD, is an Associate Professor of Theatre at the University of Colorado Boulder, and is an associate of the Environmental Studies faculty. She is a theatre and performance studies artist/scholar who is active in applied performance and creative climate communication. She engages in performance to co-author and actualizes an equitable, survivable, and thrive-able future for all life and the ecosystems upon which all life relies. This applied approach to performance is explicitly for positive social change and is characterized by process-oriented work on any issues identified by the community.
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