This activity guides students through three mapping exercises where they will learn how to use ArcGIS tools to visualize public health and environmental (in)justice issues and patterns. Duration: 3 hours
This simulation introduces students to the fact that an economic system based on infinite growth is irreconcilable with maintaining a healthy planet and a stable climate. Duration: One Class Period
This role play activity engages students to consider the different factors at play when assigning climate change responsibility and to make propositions on what climate justice would look like based on their assessments. Duration: 1 class period
Colorado is the traditional territory and traditional homelands of at least 48 nations including the Arapaho,Cheyenne, and Ute.They are the original stewards of this land. Their way of life was forever changed when they discovered Europeans had come to their land. After that point, they were subjected to a series of targeted campaigns aimed at exterminating Indigenous People, including a US Military effort to kill buffalo, a deadly proclamation issued by the governor which led to a devastating massacre, broken treaties between the U.S. Government and Indigenous Peoples, and federally operated schools which forced assimilation. Despite these efforts, Indigenous People survived and their voices and stories are important. The U.S. Government, and by extension, the school system, has a responsibility to amplify Indigenous Voices to get the story... and what lies ahead... right.
