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You Are Here 
 
Kate Werthwine, Pasco County Schools, Florida, USA  
 
 

Artist Statement 
“You are Here” is an excerpt from a zine exploring how literacy, embodiment, and climate 
literacy intersect in the classroom. The zine reflects on the role that place-based learning 
has in my teaching practices and on some of the challenges I face trying to incorporate 
place-based pedagogy into my teaching. I initially created the zine during a writing retreat 
with other Florida-based educators. Over the course of the retreat, a major theme that kept 
coming up was shared vulnerability—that is, being willing to share our stories and hear the 
stories of others. Perceptive and proficient readers need more than “skill and drill.” Students 
need to engage with the stories of the people and places around them to develop their 
literacy skills and their understanding of the environments they live in. 
 
Some invitations for reflection: 
 

● Think about the environment where you live and teach. Where is your 
“Here”? 

● What stories can you tell about this place? Whose stories are they?  

● Whose story is missing?  
 
Keywords 
vulnerability, embodiment, zine, place-based learning, place-based pedagogy 

  

https://www.climatelit.org/topic/place-based-education/
https://www.climatelit.org/topic/place-based-pedagogy/
https://www.climatelit.org/topic/vulnerability/
https://www.climatelit.org/topic/embodiment/
https://www.climatelit.org/topic/zine/
https://www.climatelit.org/topic/place-based-education/
https://www.climatelit.org/topic/place-based-pedagogy/


Climate Literacy in Education, Volume 1, Issue 1 (Spring 2023) 
 
 

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	Editorial Collective
	About CLE
	Acknowledgements
	Volume 1, Issue 1, Spring 2023
	Table of Contents
	Introduction:
	Climate Literacy as Resistance, Hope, and Activism
	Climate Change
	and Critical Literacy
	11th Grade Language and Literature Climate Mini-Unit
	Abstract
	Keywords
	Overview
	Narrative Framing
	At a Glance
	Going Forward

	The Science Behind the Stories:
	A Research-Based Transdisciplinary Approach
	to Climate Literacy
	Abstract
	Keywords
	A Pedagogical Model for Exploring the Science Behind the Stories
	Real-World Performance Task Design
	Read the Narrative
	Explore the Science
	Reflect on Perspectives
	Analyze Contexts
	Examine Data
	Evaluate Solutions
	Collaborate to Problem-Solve
	Create and Communicate
	Demonstrate Learning
	Interested in Piloting a Climate Literacy Task?

	Seeing Through Water:
	The Impact of Our Decisions
	Abstract
	Keywords
	Overview
	Narrative Framing
	At a Glance
	Going Forward
	References

	Playing in a Patch of Dirt:
	Eleven Picturebooks and a Plug for Nearby Nature
	Abstract
	Keywords
	Acknowledgements
	References

	Reconnecting with Nature
	through Haiku
	Abstract
	Keywords

	Finding a Way Through:
	Teaching with Naomi Klein’s
	How to Change Everything: The Young Human’s Guide
	to Protecting the Planet and Each Other
	Abstract
	Keywords
	References

	Andri Magnason’s  The Story of the Blue Planet:
	Toward Ecotopia
	Abstract
	Keywords
	References

	Critical Dialogue:
	Climate Literacy in Context
	Abstract
	Keywords
	References

	What is Climate Literacy?
	Abstract
	Keywords
	References

	Beyond the Barnyard: Boardbooks and Other Big Lies  We Tell about Industrial Farming
	Abstract
	Keywords
	References

	“The Next Right Thing”:
	Frozen 2 and Youth-Led Activism
	Abstract
	Keywords
	References

	You Are Here
	Artist Statement