<div dir="ltr"><span id="m_-1233703341402046981gmail-docs-internal-guid-0e5c2b23-7fff-a926-6b95-90331cb9d8e1"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:17pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;color:rgb(191,144,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Beginning April 6, across the world and in every US State, </span><a href="https://www.bard.edu/cep/solardominance/find-your-dialog/#2021" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">over 125 universities</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> are hosting webinars on a </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><a href="https://www.bard.edu/cep/solardominance/" target="_blank">Green Recovery, Climate Solutions, and a Just Transition.</a></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> From Austria to Alabama, Kyrgyzstan to Kentucky, Colombia to Colorado, and Malaysia to Minnesota, we will hear from local climate experts about concrete steps that can really move the needle on climate change. Kick off Earth Month by assigning your regional webinar as Homework-- either live or recorded-- and engage your students in this critical dialog. </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Please forward this message to all climate-concerned students and teachers at the college and high school level.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Every discipline contributes to understanding climate solutions and climate justice: whether you teach ART, LITERATURE, HISTORY, MATH, SOCIOLOGY, BUSINESS. PHILOSOPHY, POLITICAL SCIENCE, MUSIC, BIOLOGY, DANCE etc…. </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">You don’t have to be an expert on this topic, as you can access </span><a href="https://www.bard.edu/cep/solardominance/resources/" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">easy-to-use  teaching guides </span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">complementing the webinars provided by a global education project based at Bard College in New York. S</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">cientists have told us we have ten years to act to hold global warming to the low end, and your students deserve a one-hour class with you to talk about climate solutions  and climate justice—from your disciplinary perspective. </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Here is a </span><a href="https://leadthechange.bard.edu/blog/a-powerful-simple-way-to-fight-climate-change-makeclimateaclass" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;color:rgb(5,99,193);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">blog post from Dr. Eban Goodstein</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">, economist and Director of Graduate Programs in Sustainability at Bard, explaining the idea of making climate a one-hour class in any discipline, and the teacher’s guides that Bard has made available. And here is </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;color:rgb(5,99,193);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zq-XLtHG7k">a powerful 2-minute video</a></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> about the project. </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Here  </span><a href="https://www.bard.edu/cep/solardominance/resources/" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">are easy-to-use teachers guides to #MakeClimateAClass</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> with discussion questions for a one period climate-focused class through the lens of your subject area. The templates include a homework assignment directing your students to watch </span><a href="https://www.bard.edu/cep/solardominance/find-your-dialog/#2021" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;color:rgb(5,99,193);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">university-hosted webinars</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> on climate solutions and justice specific to your region or state.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Teachers/Professors:</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> no excuse. Just because your lesson plan is done for this semester, doesn’t mean you can’t change it.  </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Students: </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Asking your teachers to #MakeClimateAClass takes courage, but it doesn’t take time. So </span><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1TTtNLKO55Xu9uhqinpWe5FVGjMXTexPy/view?usp=sharing" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">copy and paste this e-mail</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">, and just do it. You will be surprised how many teachers will say yes, and thank you for doing it.</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span></p><br><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">We have ten years to solve climate—we can get a lot done in this decade. But only if we focus the world on climate solutions and a just transition. As an educator, please help your students learn how your area-- </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">PSYCHOLOGY, THEATER, ENGINEERING, PHYSICS, RELIGION, COMPUTER SCIENCE, CHEMISTRY, DANCE, LANGUAGE and more--</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> is part of the solutions to this existential challenge to our future. </span><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSccm9NU4sdmyn2etZcA6WwIf1GmvboqoJuDIukn7yGsfkiJrQ/viewform" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;color:rgb(5,99,193);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Take the Pledge to stay informed</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> and #MakeClimateAClass this semester. </span></span><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px">Dr. Eban Goodstein /  Director, Graduate Programs in Sustainability / Bard College</div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px"><br><a href="http://www.bard.edu/mba" target="_blank">MBA in Sustainability</a><br><a href="http://www.bard.edu/cep" target="_blank">MS in Environmental Policy and MS in Climate Science and Policy</a><br><a href="http://www.bard.edu/cep/program/ms-education/" target="_blank">M. Ed in Environmental Education</a><br><br><a href="mailto:ebangood@bard.edu" target="_blank">ebangood@bard.edu</a></div></div></div></div></div></div>