by Ivy Lam and Andie Korenge | 6 Jun 2023 | Climate champion profile, Climate change, Contests, Technology, Writing's on the Wall, Youth Voices
Andrea Kritcher has done something that seemed impossible: Conducted a successful laboratory test that showed that fusion energy could work. Andrea Kritcher. Photo courtesy of Lawrence Livermore Laboratory. This article, by authors Ivy Lam and Andie Korenge, was a...
by Karolina Krakowiak | 1 Jun 2023 | Climate change, Ecologues, Economy, Environment, News Decoder Updates, Writing's on the Wall
In the fifth of six monthly conversations, three experts ask: can the way nations spend money help bring about the change needed to cool the Earth? The fifth Ecologues discussion featured (right to left) Juan Pablo Arellano, Marlowe Hood and Bianca Getzel with...
by Luis Eberl | 31 May 2023 | Climate change, Environment, Realgymnasium Rämibühl Zürich, Student Posts, Youth Voices
We’re seeing decreasing snow in mountain regions around the world. But there is more at stake than a photographic background or the perfect ski run. People work on a tarpaulin which cover the ice of the Corvatsch glacier, near Samedan, Switzerland, 5 September...
by Sarah Edmonds | 22 May 2023 | Climate change, Climate decoders, Decoders, Educators' Catalog, Environment
In the movies, the solution for global disasters comes at the nail-biting end. Not so in real life. It won’t be The Rock that saves this rock we live on. Dr. Ally Hextall, played by Jennifer Ehle, tries to save the world from a virus in the movie Contagion. ...
In the fight against climate change, technology is often seen as a panacea that absolves corporations and individuals of the responsibility to act. The narrative reads as follows: with new technology, we can continue to live as we always have, without reducing consumption and waste. In this latest Decoder, correspondent Sarah Edmonds explains why this is not at all the case.
Exercise: The article decodes several types of climate technologies making headlines now, notably: nuclear energy, solar power, carbon capture, hydrogen and wind energy. Divide your class into five groups, each taking on one of these technologies to investigate. They should start with the information presented in the article, then conduct outside research online using reputable sources. Each group should then discuss the benefits and drawbacks of their assigned climate technology, and elect a spokesperson to share their findings with the class.
by Clover Choi | 10 Feb 2023 | Economy, Europe, School Year Abroad, Student Posts, Uncategorized, Youth Voices
The Ukraine war has caused energy prices to skyrocket across Europe. In France, if costs don’t decrease soon, some bakers might have to say adieu! Baguettes in a boulangerie in Rennes, France. Credit: Clover Choi This article, by high school student Clover...