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

Editorial Collective 
 
Marek Oziewicz, University of Minnesota, 

(mco@umn.edu), Senior Editor. 
Nick Kleese, University of Minnesota, 

(klees023@umn.edu), Managing Editor. 
 
Curriculum/Pedagogy Team 
Stephanie Rollag Yoon, University of Minnesota, 

(sry@umn.edu), Curriculum Section Lead 
Editor. 

Jana Lo Bello Miller, University of Minnesota, 
(lobello@umn.edu), Editor. 

Jeff Henning-Smith, University of Minnesota, 
(henni143@umn.edu), Editor. 

Rebecca Young, (Ryoung1@binhamton.edu), Editor. 
Catherine Cavanaugh, University of Minnesota, 

(ccavanau@umn.edu), Editor. 
 
Literature/Media Team 
Lorraine Kerslake, Universidad de Alicante, Spain, 

(kerslake@ua.es), Literature Section Lead 
Editor. 

Tanja Nathanael, San Jose State University, 
(Tanja.Nathanael@sjsu.edu), Editor. 

Justyna Deszcz-Tryhubczak, University of Wroclaw, 
Poland, (justyna.deszcz-
tryhubczak@uwr.edu.pl), Editor. 

Alexandra Panos, University of South Florida, 
(ampanos@usf.edu), Editor. 

Lara Saguisag, New York University, 
(lara.saguisag@nyu.edu), Editor. 

 
 
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About CLE 
 
Climate Literacy in Education (CLE) is an open-
access, double-blind, peer reviewed journal 
sponsored by the Center for Climate Literacy at 
the University of Minnesota and published 
through University of Minnesota Libraries. CLE 
publishes practical, teacher-oriented content on 
all aspects of climate literacy education at all 
grade levels and across all subject areas 
(primarily K-16, but including teacher education 
and professional development). We are a 
pocket journal focused on classroom practice 
which is why the articles we publish are short: 
2000 words or less. Our content is written in 
jargon-free prose accessible to the general 
audience. All submissions are peer-reviewed by 
two anonymous readers. Authors can expect to 
hear results within two weeks after submission. 
We publish on a rolling basis.  
 
We welcome submissions in the following 
categories: Curriculum, Reflections, Critical 
Essays, and Creative & Multimedia. For detailed 
submission criteria pertaining to each category, 
please visit our journal website. 
 
We look forward to working with you! 

https://climateliteracy.umn.edu/
https://climateliteracy.umn.edu/
https://pubs.lib.umn.edu/index.php/clj/about/submissions

	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