{"id":20214,"date":"2021-12-01T11:07:48","date_gmt":"2021-12-01T16:07:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/africa\/?page_id=20214"},"modified":"2024-02-05T08:09:59","modified_gmt":"2024-02-05T13:09:59","slug":"climate-change","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/africa\/outreach\/teachingresources\/climate-change\/","title":{"rendered":"Meeting the Climate Crisis with Activism"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-20214 gallery-columns-5 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/africa\/files\/2024\/01\/wangari-150x185-1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/africa\/files\/2024\/01\/wangari-150x185-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/africa\/files\/2024\/01\/wangari-150x185-1-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/africa\/files\/2024\/01\/vanessanakate-150x185-1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/africa\/files\/2024\/01\/vanessanakate-150x185-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/africa\/files\/2024\/01\/vanessanakate-150x185-1-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/africa\/files\/2024\/01\/seeds-150x185-1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/africa\/files\/2024\/01\/seeds-150x185-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/africa\/files\/2024\/01\/seeds-150x185-1-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/africa\/files\/2024\/01\/Flipflop-150x185-1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/africa\/files\/2024\/01\/Flipflop-150x185-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/africa\/files\/2024\/01\/Flipflop-150x185-1-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/africa\/files\/2024\/01\/71oNIi872cL._AC_UF10001000_QL80_-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/africa\/files\/2024\/01\/71oNIi872cL._AC_UF10001000_QL80_-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/africa\/files\/2024\/01\/71oNIi872cL._AC_UF10001000_QL80_-189x189.jpg 189w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/africa\/files\/2024\/01\/71oNIi872cL._AC_UF10001000_QL80_-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><em><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/africa\/files\/2023\/06\/TIM211108_Nakate.CoverFINAL-477x636.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"267\" class=\"wp-image-23362 alignleft\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/africa\/files\/2023\/06\/TIM211108_Nakate.CoverFINAL-477x636.jpg 477w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/africa\/files\/2023\/06\/TIM211108_Nakate.CoverFINAL-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/africa\/files\/2023\/06\/TIM211108_Nakate.CoverFINAL-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/africa\/files\/2023\/06\/TIM211108_Nakate.CoverFINAL-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/africa\/files\/2023\/06\/TIM211108_Nakate.CoverFINAL-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/>\u201cHistorically, Africa is responsible for only 3% of global emissions. And yet Africans are suffering some of the most brutal impacts fueled by the climate crisis. While the African continent, while the global South is on the front of climate crisis, they are not on the front pages of the world\u2019s newspapers. We have seen activists from the areas most affected being erased from pictures, from conversation, and removed from rooms. But how will we have climate justice if people from the most affected areas are not being listened to?\u201d<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>-Vanessa Nakate, speech at COP 26, November 5th, 2021.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Watch Vanessa Nakate in an inspirational 6 min video: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?time_continue=51&amp;v=nawMoUExYKU&amp;embeds_referring_euri=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.un.org%2F&amp;embeds_referring_origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.un.org&amp;source_ve_path=MzY4NDIsMzY4NDIsMjg2NjY&amp;feature=emb_logo\">Climate Change is about the People<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Vanessa Nakate speaking to former Ireland President Mary Robinson on Ted Women (25 min):<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/vanessa_nakate_and_mary_robinson_the_global_opportunity_to_accelerate_africa_s_sustainable_future\">The Global Opportunity to Accelerate Africa&#8217;s Sustainable<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/vanessa_nakate_and_mary_robinson_the_global_opportunity_to_accelerate_africa_s_sustainable_future\"> Future<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Watch Vanessa Nakate&#8217;s Bradford Morse Distinguished keynote lecture at the Boston University African Studies Center, Sep 29, 2023:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/z5KqjMWieW8\">Different Storms, Same Boats: African Perspectives on Facing the Climate Crisis<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<h3>Temperature Rising<\/h3>\n<p>A powerful new documentary (2023) about <span>three Southern African activists who grapple with what thinking globally and acting locally means in practice. Taking place between two major climate conferences \u2013 COP26 Glasgow and COP27 Sharm el Sheik, Temperature Rising uncovers the barriers to climate action and calls loudly for movement building from below, at a time where the very survival of large numbers of people depends on what activists can get political leaders to do. <\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"responsiveVideo responsive-youtube\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Temperature Rising - Climate Change Documentary Trailer\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tB7HA0mu34I?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<h3>Spotlight: Ken Saro-Wiwa<img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/africa\/files\/2024\/02\/Ken_Saro-Wiwa-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-23768 alignright\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/africa\/files\/2024\/02\/Ken_Saro-Wiwa-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/africa\/files\/2024\/02\/Ken_Saro-Wiwa-189x189.jpg 189w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/africa\/files\/2024\/02\/Ken_Saro-Wiwa-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/h3>\n<p>Learn about the life and work of Ken Saro-Wiwa (1941-1995) against the Nigerian oil industry in this 7 min video<\/p>\n<p class=\"style-scope ytd-watch-metadata\"><yt-formatted-string force-default-style=\"\" class=\"style-scope ytd-watch-metadata\">Ken Saro Wiwa: 1995 Goldman Prize winner, Nigeria<\/yt-formatted-string><\/p>\n<div class=\"responsiveVideo responsive-youtube\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Ken Saro Wiwa: 1995 Goldman Prize winner, Nigeria\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6a-hnukqhGw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h3>Youth Rise Up Against Climate Change: The Conversations<\/h3>\n<p><span>In 2020 and 2021, the African Studies Association Teachers\u2019 Workshop led key conversations with youth about their work against climate change, \u201cYouth Rise Up Against Climate Change.\u201d Below are the resources compiled by Elsa Wiehe Ed.D.\u00a0<\/span><span>for the 2021 event. To see the 2020 resource list, click <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1KXCvb-7pmchd9FxcmI7SPZoINWhwYXRrw7jbKELzjEI\/edit?usp=sharing\">here<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Watch the <em>Youth Rise Up Against Climate Change<\/em> conversation at the 2020 African Studies Association Teachers\u2019 Workshop:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" title=\"Youth Rise Up Against Climate Change | An interactive conversation across two continents\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vO77OniHLjs?list=PLKmKMjwA8c-rKHSvMHwOK1QFBezA-GtTc\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The conversation continued at the 2021 African Studies Association Teachers\u2019 Workshop:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" title=\"Youth Rise Up Part II: The Struggle Continues\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cc7iMMfiQO0?list=PLKmKMjwA8c-ppdC3l5h0tJqeu_6EKvg3_\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong><b><\/b><\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Music<\/h3>\n<p>Music galvanizes our students\u2019 intellectual, social and political activity. To accompany the work of bringing awareness of African people\u2019s activism in tandem with a real global struggle against climate change in our students\u2019 localities, we recommend Angelique Kidjo&#8217;s <em>Mother Nature, <\/em>2021. Listen to the whole album <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/album\/3phDjtPilkdOx6nr66aXC5?si=qefSH1h6Rti_EG79S2j7Qg\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" title=\"Angelique Kidjo - Mother Nature (Clip Officiel) ft. Sting\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/a14aOMHKQaU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Actions<\/h3>\n<p><em><b>Activity with students: <\/b>Distribute this list of intentionally broad actions with students and in groups, ask them to specify what each action means to them, in their understanding, and in their contexts. This activity makes for a rich discussion of the diversity of possible strategies, and helps build knowledge on how to act.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><b>Speak <\/b><span>out.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Engage with\u00a0<\/b><span>gender, race, and class in your struggle.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Participate<\/b><span> in a movement.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Advocate <\/b><span>for issues.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Dare\u00a0<\/b>actions that make the struggle visible.<\/p>\n<p><b>Center<\/b> <span>environmental stewardship in your communities.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Partner <\/b><span>with individuals and organizations across the globe.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Co-produce<\/b><span> knowledge: what knowledges do others bring about the issue?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Represent<\/b><span> stories of environmental justice in ways that amplify the stories of the most vulnerable.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Name<\/strong> the responsible parties clearly<\/p>\n<p><b>Use <\/b><span>music, dance, art, poetry, to tell your stories.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Envision new worlds.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Affirm<\/b><span> nature-human connections, <\/span><b>always<\/b><span>.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><b>Podcast<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/primarysource.org\/podcasts\/environmental-africa-climate-change-conservation-and-communal-cooperation\/\">What do Teachers Need to Know? Environmental Africa: Climate Change, Conservation, and Communal Cooperation<\/a>. <span>Climate change, habitat loss, and the endangerment of wildlife has brought about international interventions and conservation efforts throughout Africa. However, policies and programs are not without their problems. Throughout Africa, questions of environmental and climate justice are raised when communal lifestyles are threatened by initiatives that are not designed with a mindfulness of the needs of people throughout Africa. In this episode which was developed by Primary Source with the support of Boston University African Studies Center, we explore the human toll taken by climate change and sometimes even by efforts to protect the environment.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><b>Learning about Climate Change in Africa<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/grist.org\/culture\/olufemi-taiwo-climate-change-reparations-justice\/\">Climate change causes us to rethink world history<\/a>, Dr. Ol\u00faf\u00e9mi T\u00e1\u00edw\u00f2 on climate change and reparations.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.opendemocracy.net\/en\/oureconomy\/earth-day-olufemi-taiwo-reparations-global-racial-climate-justice\/\">To achieve racial justice, we must rebuild the world, and save the planet<\/a>, another insightful piece from Dr. Ol\u00faf\u00e9mi T\u00e1\u00edw\u00f2 on why the climate crisis is connected to racial injustice.<\/p>\n<p>Watch a video of Dr. Ol\u00faf\u00e9mi T\u00e1\u00edw\u00f2, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=JJO9Sx9sOe4\">\u00a0Justice in an era of Climate Change<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jameskboyce.com\/political-economy-of-the-environment\">A bank of videos by Dr. James Boyce <\/a>to understand the political economy of the climate crisis. An excellent resource for teacher professional development and appropriate for high schoolers as well.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedaily.com\/releases\/2018\/03\/180329141035.htm\"><span>Sahara desert is expanding<\/span><\/a><span> (Science Daily)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.democracynow.org\/2020\/9\/9\/headlines\/senegals_capital_partially_submerged_following_record_shattering_rainfall\"><span>Senegal\u2019s Capital Partially Submerged Following Rainfall (Democracy Now, September 9, 2020)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-africa-50726701\"><span>How Africa will be affected by Climate Change (BBC, December 15, 2019)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2019\/12\/14\/africa\/climate-change-southern-africa-intl\/index.html\"><span>If the Climate Stays like this, We Won\u2019t Make it<\/span><\/a><span> (CNN, featuring Nkosi Nyathi)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.voanews.com\/africa\/rains-bring-relief-water-again-flows-through-zimbabwes-victoria-falls\"><span>Rain brings Relief as water again flows through Zimbabwe\u2019s Victoria Falls <\/span><\/a><span>(featuring Nkosi Nyathi)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/yaraduafoundation.org\/ppi\/climate-advocacy.html\">Food Security in Nigeria\u2019s changing climate<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><b>~~~~~~~~~~~<\/b><\/strong><\/p>\n<h4>Activists\u2019 links and speeches<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=QYjWYJb7q-o\">Oladosu Adenike interviewed on Channels TV<\/a> about COP 26 and a gender sensitive eco-politics<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.voanews.com\/a\/cop26-african-youth-demand-rich-nations-fulfil-promises\/6311666.html\">VOA interview with Oladosu Adenike at COP 26<\/a>: African Youth Demand Climate Justice<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=rwEzfuMpZbM\">DW interview with Oladosu Adenike at COP 26:<\/a> African activists demand action on climate change.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Ecological-Justice-108872867568429\"><span>Ecological Justice<\/span><\/a><span>\u00a0Kenya Facebook page, an organization led by Irene Asuwa<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/youthvsapocalypse.org\/\"><span>Youth vs. Apocalypse<\/span><\/a><span> \u00a0<\/span><span>the organization Aniya Butler is active in.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/the_ecofeminist\/status\/1211170303172370432?lang=en\"><span>Oladosu Adenike<\/span><\/a><span>: \u201cAfrica is the only continent that climate change is leading to armed conflict most especially countries within Lake Chad region. This is how critical the shrinking of<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/LakeChad?src=hashtag_click\"><span>#LakeChad<\/span><\/a><span> is affecting Africa\u2019s peace and security.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.democracynow.org\/2021\/10\/4\/youth_climate_summit_milan_italy\">Vanessa Nakate speaking at the Youth U.N Summit<\/a> ahead of COP 26 (2021)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?time_continue=77&amp;v=5jdOCI6GJX4&amp;feature=emb_logo\">Vanessa Nakate speaking at COP 26<\/a> (2021) &#8220;Another world is possible and this is just a glimpse of it&#8221; &#8211; an inspirational short speech setting a vision for imagining a just and green future, now.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.democracynow.org\/2021\/11\/8\/youth_speak_out_at_cop26\">Evelyn Acham speaking at COP 26<\/a> (2021)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=0zuRMxaCrvQ\">Nowhere to run: The climate crisis in Nigeria <\/a>(full length documentary, 2017, Core Productions).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.artforum.com\/video\/excerpts-from-an-interview-with-zina-saro-wiwa-76907\">Zina Saro Wiwa\u2019s on her art and engagement with environmentalism<\/a>\u00a0and her father\u2019s legacy (interview excerpts, 2018)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=sLfi7frKZ34\"><span>Yola Mogwana &amp; <\/span><span>Xoli Fuyani<\/span><\/a><span> discussing climate change<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>SABC 2 \u2013<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/6ounlB0u-Ws?t=1605\"><span>https:\/\/youtu.be\/6ounlB0u-Ws?t=1605<\/span><\/a><span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=JAPpH4L59Hs\"><span>Africa Regional Forum on Sustainable Development <\/span><\/a><span>(Nkosi Nyathi)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.voanews.com\/africa\/rains-bring-relief-water-again-flows-through-zimbabwes-victoria-falls\"><span>Rain brings Relief as water again flows through Zimbabwe\u2019s Victoria Falls <\/span><\/a><span>(featuring Nkosi Nyathi)<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><strong><b>~~~~~~~~~~~<\/b><\/strong><\/h4>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><b>Select Bibliography<\/b><\/h3>\n<h4><strong>Children\u2019s Books\u00a0<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/c\/SankofaReadAloud\/featured\"><span>Sankofa Reads Youtube Channel <\/span><\/a><span>\u2013 a great repository of online read-alouds<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/africaaccessreview.org\/\"><span>Africa Access<\/span><\/a><span> \u2013 a comprehensive resource to turn to for book awards, reviews, and lesson plans<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=hD6_1UAWNOA\"><span>The best beekeeper of Lalibela<\/span><\/a><span> \u2013 Christina Kessler<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=UiV0rnMc2MU&amp;t=25s\"><span>Wangari Maathai: The woman who planted a million trees<\/span><\/a> <span>\u2013 Frank Prevot<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=rKFgEKjPsPE\"><span>Gizo Gizo<\/span><\/a> <span>\u2013 Emily Williamson. A Library of Congress interview with Emily Williamson which includes her reading the book out loud.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=g9OkdBi3h3o\"><span>I am a farmer<\/span><\/a> <span>\u2013 Baptiste and Miranda Paul<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/videos\/138171-i-am-farmer-meet-the-real-farmer-tantoh-from-cameroon-africa\"><span>I am a farmer<\/span><\/a><span> \u2013 a short video about the real farmer Tantoh in Cameroon<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NWFdmOaDTxE\"><span>Seeds of change: planting a path to peace<\/span><\/a><span> \u2013 Jen Cullerton Johnson<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=VYIiOUtmM7U\"><span>I will be a hummingbird<\/span><\/a> <span>\u2013 an exquisite animated short film narrated by Wangari Mathai<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/oneplasticbag.com\/explore-the-book\/\"><span>One Plastic Bag: Isatou Ceesay and the Recycling Women of the Gambia<\/span><\/a><span> \u2013 Miranda Paul<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/2380834.Planting_the_Trees_of_Kenya\"><span>Planting the Trees of Kenya: The Story of Wangari Maathai<\/span><\/a><span> \u2013 Claire A. Nivola<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/socialjusticebooks.org\/the-boy-who-harnessed-the-wind\/\"><span>The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind<\/span><\/a><span> \u2013 William Kamkwamba, Bryan Mealer<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bobstaake.com\/library\/weplantedatree.shtml\"><span>We Planted a Tree<\/span><\/a><span> \u2013 Diane Muldrow<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.charlesbridge.com\/products\/kenyas-art\"><span>Kenya\u2019s Art<\/span><\/a><span> \u2013 Linda Trice, Illustrated by: Hazel Mitchell<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Middle &amp; High School Books<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/22504703-the-boy-who-harnessed-the-wind\"><span>The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Young Readers Edition <\/span><\/a><span>\u2013 William Kamkwamba, Bryan Mealer<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.powells.com\/book\/unbowed-a-memoir-9780307275202?partnerID=33733\"><span>Unbowed A Memoir<\/span><\/a><span> \u2013 Wangari Maathai<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><b>~~~~~~~~~~~<\/b><\/strong><\/p>\n<h4><b>THIS IS THE TIME <\/b><span>\u00a9 Aniya Butler<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><i><span>Aniya Butler read her poem at the ASA Annual Teachers\u2019 Workshop on November 14th, 2020.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p>This<br \/>\nIs<br \/>\nThe<br \/>\nTime<br \/>\nTo take the broken pieces<br \/>\nFrom the crumbling foundations<br \/>\nmold them<br \/>\nI am impatient<br \/>\nThe time<br \/>\nTo recognize<br \/>\nThese failing systems<br \/>\nSo deeply despised<br \/>\nMold them<br \/>\nInto what we need them to be<br \/>\nTo a world that is just and free<br \/>\nOur leaders do not see<br \/>\nThat we are on our knees<br \/>\nBegging for air<br \/>\nSo we can just breathe<\/p>\n<p>Sit<br \/>\nThink<br \/>\nOur world<br \/>\nbeing destroyed<br \/>\nHands of people destroying<br \/>\nWe are the destroyers<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m impatient<br \/>\nMolding<br \/>\nBuilding<br \/>\nA world people deserve to see<br \/>\nTime disappearing<br \/>\nlike people\u2019s hope<br \/>\nAcross the globe<br \/>\nPeople dying<br \/>\nBecause of our leader\u2019s choices<br \/>\nIs this what we are proud to be<\/p>\n<p>This<br \/>\nIs<br \/>\nThe<br \/>\nTime<br \/>\nTo change things<br \/>\nDamaging<br \/>\nEnough damage has been done<br \/>\nIt is our turn<br \/>\nTo show you<br \/>\nHow we like things run<\/p>\n<p>I am impatient<br \/>\nI know this is the time<br \/>\nTo say goodbye<br \/>\nTo the oppressive systems<br \/>\nKeeping us silent<br \/>\nNow saying hi<br \/>\nTo the movement of survivement<\/p>\n<p>Oceans rising<br \/>\nLike my anxiety<br \/>\nIncrease in heat<br \/>\nIncreasing my thoughts<br \/>\nI can not think<br \/>\nIs this really a world you want us to live in<\/p>\n<p>You say I am so inspirational<br \/>\nsit in a seat of power<br \/>\nAnd still create no change<br \/>\nI don\u2019t want to be inspirational<br \/>\nI want you to do what we demand<\/p>\n<p>Crumbling<br \/>\nMolding<br \/>\nThe truth<br \/>\nThat we need to know<br \/>\nSystems that will help us grow<\/p>\n<p>I am impatient<br \/>\nI want to live in a nation<br \/>\nWhere my leaders actually lead<br \/>\nThey see our lungs are being filled with the last breath from burning trees<br \/>\nDrowning in ashes<br \/>\nMore flames than people<br \/>\nIf we don\u2019t do something now<br \/>\nSoon<\/p>\n<p>The ratio between living things and air will be unequal<\/p>\n<p>The people\u2019s blood flooding through the streets<br \/>\nGunshots and screams on repeat<br \/>\nThe system\u2019s our country lie on aren\u2019t concrete<br \/>\nWar between governments<br \/>\nThat the people are hidden from<br \/>\nWhat are we trying to become<\/p>\n<p>We mistake weapons as our protection<br \/>\nWe are still unshielded<br \/>\nThe reason concealed<br \/>\nBut today it will be revealed<br \/>\nThe climate crisis<br \/>\nMaking the Earth\u2019s clock tick faster<br \/>\nPeople with power fulfilled with laughter<br \/>\nBut I\u2019m not laughing<br \/>\nWe\u2019re not laughing<br \/>\nWe\u2019re not protected<br \/>\nFossil fuels<br \/>\nCutting down trees<br \/>\nThese are the weapons<\/p>\n<p>The probability of our future<br \/>\nIs less to happen<br \/>\nEveryday we sit back and do nothing to solve this climate crisis<\/p>\n<p>We are tired<br \/>\nOf watching you sit back<br \/>\nYou have the power to literally save our lives<br \/>\nBut you sit there and say our facts are lies<\/p>\n<p>I am impatient<br \/>\nThis is the time<br \/>\nTo make these ugly systems ancient<br \/>\nThis is the time<br \/>\nTaking the broken pieces<br \/>\nputting them back together with the tape of passion<br \/>\nThis<br \/>\nIs the time<br \/>\nTime<br \/>\nTo take action<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cHistorically, Africa is responsible for only 3% of global emissions. And yet Africans are suffering some of the most brutal impacts fueled by the climate crisis. While the African continent, while the global South is on the front of climate crisis, they are not on the front pages of the world\u2019s newspapers. 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