Walking against climate change

Suitable for 14-to-19-year olds (secondary and high schools, and college), this article and accompanying activity sheet can be used in the classroom, STEM clubs, environmental clubs and at home.

This resource links to KS4 and KS5 geography.

It can also be used as a careers resource and links to Gatsby Benchmarks:
Gatsby Benchmark 2: Learning from career and labour market information
Gatsby Benchmark 4: Linking curriculum learning to careers

• This teaching resource explains the work of Dr Sheena Wilson (an energy humanities researcher at the University of Alberta, Canada) and Dr Rachel Epp Buller (an artist at Bethel College, USA). They are empowering people to take climate action by connecting with their environment through walking and listening.

• This resource also contains an interview with Sheena and Rachel and offers an insight into careers in climate justice.

• The activity sheet provides ‘talking points’ (based on Bloom’s Taxonomy) to prompt students to reflect on Sheena and Rachel’s research and challenges them to go on regular walks to attune to their local environment.

This resource was first published by Futurum Careers, a free online resource and magazine aimed at encouraging 14-to-19-year-olds worldwide to pursue careers in science, tech, engineering, maths, medicine (STEM) and social sciences, humanities and the arts for people and the economy (SHAPE).

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