Climate education suffers from partisan culture wars
But teachers in many states are stepping up to the challenge and providing students with knowledge and tools for resilience.
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New report details Hurricane Ian’s destruction; Miami course prepares women of color to lead climate fight
Hurricane Ian caused $112.9 billion in damage and at least 156 deaths.
New mosquito spreading in Florida, food waste collected to combat climate change
A roundup of news items related to climate change and other environmental issues in Florida: Beware Florida: New mosquito found ...
Young Floridians say, ‘Look Up’ and embrace the power of the sun
By Cheryl Holder and Yoca Arditi-Rocha There’s a lot of attention these days to one of Netflix’s most watched films, Don’t ...
The climate summit in Scotland was disappointing, but climate activists have the momentum needed to protect our future
By Katrina Erwin, The CLEO Institute With all of the doom and gloom in the news about the climate emergency, ...
Florida women learned sobering lessons at the climate conference in Glasgow
By John Burr, Resilience Jax We checked back with two Florida women who attended the recent United Nations’ COP26 conference ...
It’s always darkest before the dawn
By John Morales, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists This is a new Silent Spring moment. Rachel Carson’s 1962 seminal book Silent Spring—about the ...
Miami’s Heat: When art, science, and climate action intersect
By Aria McKenna & Yoca Arditi-Rocha, The CLEO Institute If you happen to be strolling through Miami, Tampa or Orlando ...
The Trump administration’s decision to halt enforcement of clean air and water rules endangers many Floridians
By Yoca Arditi-Rocha, the CLEO Institute While leaders across the country are taking bold steps to reduce the devastating effects ...
South Florida will bear the brunt of climate crisis if the state and federal governments keep ignoring us
Environmental injustice comes in many forms. We see it when lead contaminates a community’s water supply. We see it in ...
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