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5th graders at PS 32 are learning about climate change, activism and

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WHO - PSA Health and Climate Change  - Breathe

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The heavens bleed the earth cries

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Are You Ready to Vote Like a Madre to Fight Climate Change?

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Poets: Use a a fact on the beauty of the Earth or the Struggle to protect it, and make it into a line of poetry.

Animators and Storyboard Artists: Create or find images that express something about the beauty of Earth and the struggle to protect it. OR Draw a storyboard that we can film or create.

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Greta Thunberg Has Given Up on Politicians

"All political and economic systems have failed, but humanity has not yet failed."

So why are you striking? I'm striking for us to take the climate crisis seriously and treat it like a crisis. Yes, but what do you want the politicians to do? I want them to listen to and act on the science. How are we going to solve this climate issue? Just the fact that this question is asked to me, a teenager, over and over is absurd but not as absurd as the fact that the climate and ecological emergency is being reduced to a problem that needs to be fixed. This is the biggest crisis humanity has ever faced. We demand a safe future. Is that really too much to ask? I don't want you to be hopeful. I want you to panic. I want you to act as if our house is on fire. All political and economic systems have failed, but humanity has not yet failed. A year before my U.N. speech, the thought of seeing pictures of myself everywhere would have been unthinkable. If you would care about this kind of attention, then you'd probably develop a self-image that is far from sane. Presidents, prime ministers, kings and princesses suddenly see their opportunity to get a selfie, which later they can post on their Instagram with the caption hashtag #savetheplanet. Perhaps it makes them forget the shame of their generation letting all future generations down. "You all come to us young people for hope. How dare you! You have stolen my dreams and my childhood with your empty words. Yet I'm one of the lucky ones. People are suffering. People are dying. Entire ecosystems are collapsing. And all you can talk about is money and fairy tales of eternal economic growth. How dare you!" "And if you choose to fail us, I say we will never forgive you. The world is waking up. And change is coming whether you like it or not." On the subway home, some come forward to congratulate me. Someone suggests that we should celebrate. But I don't understand what their congratulations are for. And I understand even less what we're supposed to be celebrating. Yet another meeting is over. And all that is left are empty words. It gets a bit repetitive after a while. Politicians are pretty much the same no matter where you are in the world. I urged them to listen to the science and act now before it's too late. They say that they think it's so amazing that I'm so active and committed and that, when I grow up, I too can become a politician and make a real difference. I then explain that when I've grown up, it will be too late to act if we are to stay below the 1.5 or even 2 degree Celsius target. Then they laugh nervously and start talking about something else. Washington, D.C. I'm called to testify in the U.S. Congress. "I am submitting this report as my testimony because I don't want you to listen to me. I want you to listen to the scientists. Thank you." In the latest update from the I.P.C.C., scientists underline keeping the global temperature rise to below 1.5 degrees Celsius. We have today already passed about 1.2 degrees of global heating. On January 1, 2018, we had 420 gigatons of CO₂ left to emit globally. This is the carbon budget which gives us the best odds of staying below the 1.5 degree target. We emit about 42 gigatons of CO₂ every year. So today, the world is down to lower than 280 gigatons of CO₂ left. That is the equivalent of less than six and a half years of today's business-as-usual emissions until that budget completely runs out. Do you remember "Gangnam Style"? That happened about eight years ago. That's longer than the amount of time we are talking about. And that is to give us the best possible chance to avoid passing tipping points or feedback loops, irreversible chain reactions beyond human control. The climate crisis is not a fair crisis. The ones who'll be hit hardest from its consequences are often the ones who have done the least to cause the problem in the first place. The climate crisis cannot be solved within today's political and economic systems. That's not an opinion. That's a fact. And since the truth is uncomfortable, unpopular and unprofitable, the truth doesn't stand much of a chance. The emperors are naked, every single one. It turns out our whole society is just one big nudist party. "And if you belong to that small group of people who feel threatened by us, then we have some very bad news for you. This is only the beginning." Every Friday, I continue to strike wherever I find myself to be at that moment. Everywhere, lots of people show up, people of all ages. We are facing the need to make changes which are unprecedented in human history. Things may look dark, but I'm telling you there is hope. And that hope comes from the people, from democracy, from you. "What do we want?" "Government action." "When do we want it?" "Now!" We have passed a social tipping point. We can no longer look away from what our society has been ignoring for so long. It is an existential crisis. We must now do the seemingly impossible. And that is up to you and me because no one else will do it for us. But who really is Greta? I think people want to get to know Greta. I'm not important. This has got nothing to do with me. I'm simply doing this because no one else is doing it.

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Video: Opinion | Greta Thunberg Has Given Up on Politicians

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new video loaded: Greta Thunberg Has Given Up on Politicians transcript "All political and economic systems have failed, but humanity has not yet failed." So why are you striking? I'm striking for us to take the climate crisis seriously and treat it like a crisis. Yes, but what do you want the politicians to do?

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“False Alarm” - Alixa Garcia & Ryan Amador

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“False Alarm” - Alixa Garcia & Ryan Amador

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https://youtu.be/E-k_ib4cOx8

A song on how the world treats climate change likes a False Alarm, as if it’s not really happening…

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Climate Change is Real (2020) - Nor Tijan Firdaus

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Climate Change is Real (2020) - Nor Tijan Firdaus

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“the Malaysian artist collects e-waste such as electronic components from resistors to transistors and inductors that would otherwise be discarded as the main material components of her work.

The piece depicts a society deeply dependent on technological gadgets, and how unaware we are of the high levels of waste they produce as a result.”

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Even though this just feels like a chill song, if you take a deeper look at the lyrics he’s speaking on climate change

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Childish Gambino - Feels Like Summer (Official Video)

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Song about how we say we love the Earth but our actions don’t show that we love it.

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“Climate Change” - a visual poem by Milli Dubin 

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“Climate Change” - a visual poem by Milli Dubin 

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https://youtu.be/zNFq_bWsTDs

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“Earthrise” - Amanda Gorman - Cinematic poem

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“Earthrise” - Amanda Gorman - Cinematic poem

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https://youtu.be/xwOvBv8RLmo

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24 Hours of Reality: "Earthrise" by Amanda Gorman

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https://vm.tiktok.com/TTPdMoS3du/

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Check out these quick tips to conserve energy and fight climate change 😎✨🌱 #climatechange

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https://youtu.be/uqHUIEeYd0w

Using lyrics and graphics on the screen along with dance to convey a message

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https://youtu.be/dVlye_mgy9A

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I think we should make origami hearts and then we put polar bears in them and write is it hot in here

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Polar Bears And Other Arctic Animals Are Suffering     By Ephraim

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Polar Bears And Other Arctic Animals Are Suffering     By Ephraim

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Polar bears and other arctic animals are suffering.They are suffering because of human activity.Every year people burn millions of fossil fuels and that causes the ice in the arctic to melt.

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i want to create a big chart with full of drawings representing climate change and how us activists are fighting to change it

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how i can share the mesage is i can draw a protests-rachel

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My idea is that me Jayden Arjen to do a animation together and say cool facts and tell them to join in the animacion

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im intrested in of createing art

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Doing animation

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i what to send a message in poetry to show what climate change has did in the world.

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I want to make art online and in reality to inspire others about how climate change is making our earth hotter than it should be and that we should reduce reuse and recycle so we can save the earth

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we can draw about climate change

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Jedidiah

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we can sway origami flowers in the air and then also have weilding flowers and then we switch them and show how Mother is dying

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a poem -kailee

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ice is melting in antarctica which cause water levels to rasie to high levels

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ice is melting in antarctica which cause water levels to rasie to high levels

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Group work: Artwork & Animation (Rhys in Canva.com), Dance & Poetry (Flipgrid with Juliet) 

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Group work: Artwork & Animation (Rhys in Canva.com), Dance & Poetry (Flipgrid with Juliet) 

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did you know...people produce 2 tons of green house gas every day only from our brethe. so imagine the cars and factorys. all those engines reving all that smoke fading into the sky hotter than the sun. climate is our whether source. mother nature a force.. to be recon with. people pollute our air and face it you littered once to. all the animals we love will die.polar bears dead,foxs dead, fish dead,walruses dead. all while we lay in bed. the worlds blanket is to cozy we have to wake it up. everyone can even your pup. so on very day I ask you help me. save mothers destiny to live free. happy. turn off your lights when you leave a room use less cars and buses. and take 3 minute showers recycle the world we have because we. don't have a planet b. so help me change the world image help her wake up to help everyone. after all...climate changes...you should too

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they are showing her on the side of the screen to allow the white space around her create a background that allows you to focus on just her

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Help out earth

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im not a big artist but i tried

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i made a drawing of amanda of talking about

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Arjen Castro

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this represents the earth with no climate change

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Its not that good but I tried:) -Jaslyne

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if we dont help the earth it will keep looking like this

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its too light but its moon earth sun made by khloe btw

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its too light but its moon earth sun made by khloe btw

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Arjen Castro

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Earth is peaceful it has everything we need but if we keep polluting the Earth where will we go???

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Earth is peaceful it has everything we need but if we keep polluting it where will we go???

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when you think about globel warming you think about hot and cold.

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in this mess the more people don't know about climate change and the mess the earth is in.

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in this mess the more people don't know about climate change and the mess the earth is in.

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randy

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new and newspaper now i wonder days later is there anything we can do? Yes

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tremaine

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When i first heard about climate change i thought about it but it started getting badder bit by bit . On the news and newspaper now i wonder days later is there anything we can do? yes there is. You can stop littering and start picking up trash before it gets bad and turn off lights when not needed. We will all not be defeated by this warm climate we will fight it so it can stop getting hotter.

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Some people want to be saved but they do not think of saving the Earth, for without the Earth where would we live

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The earth has struggled and so did we, but we can make the earth shine if we try.

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Earth is a beautiful glob so many tress so many plants we are like plants we all need food and water to survie we are soft like a flower we are srong like a stem

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factory's destroying the earth

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the world is blank. we have the colors. no we are the colors. the world... our mother burns as she must turn for we don´t care we bare the fact the world is our pearl but we are wrong we think to live long we must eat healthy get a goods rest be the best. but...wrong!!! we must protect mother earth and only then will we ¨live longer¨ but thats not why we save mother earth she gave birth so we give birth we save the world put down your devices pick up your brush no need to rush you will not rust for you must have trust in mother. litter every where the world hurt but we sit down and go ON OUR phone every day and we pay the price the earth..us...her melting like ice and that's not nice. so artist make mom better help her because mother provides us a canvus and we fill it with us...them... better...her.

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this is what I have so far for the animation not done

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I just need to add the color then I will get to the animation
model number 1 almost done

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climate change is not funny all people think about is money not the place they live forever.

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bad news I can't make it 3d because the model I did not get to save before it crashed so after the software crashed I lost everything so  I am making the animation in 2d with stick figures 

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bad news I can't make it 3d because the model I did not get to save before it crashed so after the software crashed I lost everything so  I am making the animation in 2d with stick figures 

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I got the model but I have to re make them once more for the 3d so 3d is back

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I got the model but I have to re make them once more for the 3d so 3d is back

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the earth will crumble as soon as we do, as soon as we keep burning fuels and stop recycling, The beauty of the earth is what we protect but we struggle while we Burn fuels. The earth is crumbling, and so are we.

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the earth is sick the earth it's said that 8 million tons of plastic are in our waters and only 2% of that water is drinkable. we are 75% water. so in a way when you throw junk in your ocean... you throw it into yourself. so stop littering in your body why are you polluting yourself. I think the polluted water in your self is the reason for our sickness this is where it all coming from us not air,us it all us so save yourself by saving the ocean.

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H*ll is close and is here well thats what it feels like more drought and hurricanes, pain, and heatwaves. did you know australlia had its hottest day in the middle of winter. winter not spring not fall winter. is this not a wake up call so WAKE UP! now for you may not have another chance, or dance,song,...............................................................................................................................................................................................................LIFE>

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[EXAMPLE] Plan of Action: Student Protest

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[EXAMPLE] Plan of Action: Student Protest

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The short video I want to make is to show a plan for how students can come together to protest.

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[Example] I want to show a picture of the melting planet with the fact: "the average global temperature on Earth has increased by at least 1.1° Celsius (1.9° Fahrenheit) since 1880... human activities—particularly emissions of heat-trapping greenhouse gases—are mostly responsible for making our planet warmer." - NASA

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there are to many factorys burning our earth this earth is our home take care of it help it when u need help nyour have people to help NOW help the earth its ur job to clean after your dogs etc do whatever you can to save the earth

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what we found is big and bold and stop burning fossle fules stop using olis cause soon our world is gonna crumble just like soil.

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news and newspaper now i wonder days later is there anything we can do? Yes

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What we found is big and bold

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rachel

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there are to many factorys burning our earth this earth is our home take care of it help it when u need help nyour have people to help NOW help the earth its ur job to clean after your dogs etc do whatever you can to save the earth

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Jaslyne

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our sky's are sad because of us!

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theres no planet b

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Stop burning fossle fules stop using oil cause soon our world is gonna crumble just like soil.

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climate is our whether source mother nature is a force to recon with

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We need to to stop cutting down trees and leaves and leave the trees and bees to be or we wont be able to breathe

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The earth has struggled and so did we but we can make the earth shine if we try!

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i the water to go down and to be back to had it was and the heat to go down and the cold. back has the cold and hot to be the best buddy`s the world has seen

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Is there anything we can do anymore

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the earth is dieing and thats not fun we need to befor it turns into dust