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Acknowledgements 
 
We are grateful for the generous support of the late Dr. Pete Palmer, whose contribution allowed 
us to ferry this first issue from concept to publication. 
 
We are also grateful for the support of the University of Minnesota Libraries in helping us to bring 
this open-access, digital journal to fruition. A special note of thanks goes to Emma Molls and Laureen 
Boutang. They were—and continue to be—central in guiding us through this process. 
 
Taylor Goetsch, winner of the Center for Climate Literacy’s inaugural Arts for the Planet Visual 
Media Award, provided the cover illustration.  
 
Izzy Sheen created and generously donated rights to the logo to Climate Literacy in Education. This 
logo will soon be digitized.
 
  


	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

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	Artist Statement