Facilitated by Wendy Pickering (English Language Institute) and Jim Ellinger (Biology), this book club is designed to allow faculty to read about, reflect on, and discuss how we should teach climate justice and climate change in our classrooms: Is fear of a dystopian future the right emotion to play on to get people to sit up, listen, and take action, or should we focus on inspiring action by telling stories of societal transformation toward a better and more hopeful future? Faculty from all disciplines are welcome to join us as we read and discuss sections of The Uninhabitable Earth: A Story of the Future by David Wallace-Wells and Drawdown: The Most Comprehensive Plan Ever Proposed to Reverse Global Warming by Paul Hawken. Participants will come away from this book club with a sense of how to confront climate justice and climate change in their own lives, in the classroom, and with students in general.
This book club will fill up quickly, register early!
Selected Fridays from 11:30 – 12:30 pm, 4/12, 4/26, 5/10, 5/24, 6/7
Location: D104H | 5 PD Hours – 15 seats | $50 stipend and 2 books.
Last Updated May 23, 2019