Hi Kate, For precisely the reasons you describe below, I had my students do group projects as a class assignment where the assignment was to recognise that they are in a more privileged position than most people in the world right now and to contribute to problem solving themselves with an online project. The projects they developed were great!
One group did a project 100 Voices One Planet. https://www.hfp.tum.de/en/environmentalpolicy/news/news-single-view-environmentalpolicy-en/article/100-voices-one-planet-new-project-from-mirandas-students/ This project is winning awards. Another group interviewed the different German political parties in Munich about the idea of a carless inner-city. They then made a podcast. It was great listening to the different political views. The goal of the students is to help listeners better understand the political views of parties on key issues. A third group looked at the impact of COVID on education, interviewing teachers and then doing a webinar (in Turkish) bringing in key experts. The webinar ran for 1.5 hours. A fourth group developed information brochures on how to enhance recycling in Mexico. I found that empowering the students to recognise that they can themselves contribute even during Corona times had a huge positive psychological pull for all of them. And students from the Munich universities have created a new NGO called Think Tech, to develop artificial intelligence and Digital solutions to pressing global challenges. www.thinktech.ngo<http://www.thinktech.ngo> https://www.consciouscoders.io/#team-4 Best wishes Miranda Miranda Schreurs Professor of Environment and Climate Policy Dean of Studies, TUM School of Governance Bavarian School of Public Policy/Hochschule für Politik München Technical University of Munich [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Am 15.11.2020 um 18:40 schrieb Kate O'NEILL <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>>: Dear all - this is a rougher semester than usual in terms of finishing a Global Environmental Politics course on a strong note. I was wondering if anyone had any thoughts on an article, chapter or other resource that might help round it out. I have a Biden and Climate/Paris piece<https://www.carbonbrief.org/media-reaction-what-joe-bidens-us-election-victory-means-for-climate-change?fbclid=IwAR01IxkEEKXyPa_M7Y9bizU2nXB67hmB4ffdOIJVRz6_u-1n01md4Yr02wI> and connecting COVID to climate disasters/colonialism article<https://theconversation.com/from-covid-19-to-the-climate-emergency-lessons-from-this-global-crisis-for-the-next-one-146673>, but I’m looking for a “next ten years of global environmental politics” piece, and, more importantly, something contemporary that might engage their imaginations in terms of thinking into the future or more widely about the world (I know that’s vague but I want to shift them out of their immediate stressful present if just for a moment. Doesn't have to be rosy but something that isn’t doom and end of the world). As always, send suggestions to me and I’ll compile for the list! All best to you all, Kate *************************************** Kate O'Neill Professor Chair of the Society and Environment Division, Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management, University of California at Berkeley [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> @kmoneill2530 Website<https://ourenvironment.berkeley.edu/people/kate-o039neill> WASTE<http://politybooks.com/bookdetail/?isbn=9780745687391&subject_id=2> (Polity Press, 2019) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "gep-ed" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/gep-ed/596983B9-0F7C-4BC5-8461-25B6811FFF9A%40berkeley.edu<https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/gep-ed/596983B9-0F7C-4BC5-8461-25B6811FFF9A%40berkeley.edu?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "gep-ed" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/gep-ed/7CFA6C2D-C30D-4779-9BA7-B61E567CD522%40hfp.tum.de.
