Learners will be exposed to different terminology associated with climate and social justice interconnectedness. They can be exposed to these either by first explaining it to them or giving them an opportunity to find out on their own through research.
Case Studies
Learners are provided with different case studies (videos, news articles, journal articles, government reports et) that they explore in their groups.
Each of these case studies are related to different topics/communities/geographical locations/contexts (global).
They will follow the following steps for this activity:
Step 1: In groups, discuss the case studies and explore the different term that shows up in their case studies. Guided questions:
- What is the case study about? Who are the people impacted by this?
- What kinds of social or ecological justice issues show up in the case study?
- Could we use a term that describes the phenomenon we are seeing in the case study? What would that be?
Step 2: Each group member will make short notes from their discussion.
Step 3: The groups will then be split in such a way that the new groups have one member from each of the older groups.
Step 4: Each group member will then share their case studies and the new terms that they have explored/learned as part of their discussion. Groups will then have a discussion about the following:
- What are the similarities/differences with the terms that they learned?
- Why is language important when discussing social and climate justice issues?
- What are the connections between climate and social justice issues of the world?
Case studies:
- Climate-Induced Displacement
- Environmental Racism and Climate Change
- Gender and climate change –