Local Climate Action: Data-Driven Solutions for Teen Environmentalists

Equip and empower the next generation of climate leaders to act through data, tools, and projects that can be immediately applied in their own backyard.

"Local Climate Action: Data-Driven Solutions for Teen Environmentalists" is a game-changing book that will empower high school students from climate observers to data-informed climate activists. This textbook written by Syed Hammad Rizvi connects climate knowledge around the world to practical solutions on a local level.

By means of 45 chapters, teens are taught how to:

Obtain and interpret local environment data with the help of easily accessible tools and sensors

Integrate climate change impacts like urban heat islands, flood zones, or pollution hotspots

Learn how to effectively disseminate your findings through the use of graphics, such as charts and

Create and deliver youth-led projects on climate change that have tangible implications in the real world.

Packed with practical examples, protocols, and ethics for a responsible climate response, this book turns classrooms and communities into living laboratories for climate resilience. It is a textbook and a toolkit that reaches beyond education by providing a means for empowerment and increasing awareness and knowledge for a climate-conscious population.

Why Parents & Schools Love It:

Practical and application-based: Goes beyond theory and projects that students can implement and have the potential for making a difference in the neighborhood community.

This inculcates critical skills in data literacy, scientific inquiry, mapping, presentation, and project management skills which will benefit them in both school as well as in their future lives.

Aligns with Curriculum: This can be easily incorporated into the curriculum of environmental science, geography, STEM education, and social studies.

Youth Agency Enthusiast: This helps youth exercise leadership, representation, and partnership with the community for their benefit, enhancing their self-confidence.

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Ethical & Inclusive: Emphasizes responsible data use, community science, & justice for our planet & our communities.

Target Audience & Grade Level:

Primary Audience:

Grades: 9-12

Subjects: Environmental Science, Geography, STEM Education, Civics Education, Data Liter

Target group: High school students, Eco-clubs, Project based learning initiatives, Homeschoolers, Climate advocacy groups for youths.

Secondary Audience:

Educators, Science Teachers, People involved in developing Curriculums. Those interested in Activity-based, ‘

Youth groups, libraries, and community centers running climate action projects.

Copyright/Terms of Use

This Book is copyrighted by Syed Hammad Rizvi.

This material is intended only for personal and single-classroom use. This means you do not have the right to copy, distribute, and sell any part of this material. That is, you cannot place the material on the Internet where it could be downloaded by the public. If you want to share this resource among colleagues in your institution, you would need to purchase additional copies of this product through Teachsimple. Thank you for respecting this usage policy. This product has been shared among you happily by Syed Hammad Rizvi