She looked straight into my eyes and said, “Mr. Cooley, imagine if you heard people talking about climate change all the time – from adults, TV, etc. – but didn’t know what it was. How would you feel?”
Annelise, a learner in Emerald Band, spoke these words to her science teacher in March as they discussed her favorite moment of the year in a reflective interview. She continued, “I remember the moment when I “got” climate change. Before that I had realized that something was wrong, and heard about it on TV and radio, but didn’t understand it. I kind of felt left out of the conversation but now I actually figured out what it really means.” Annelise’s reflection speaks to the intense experience of growing up in a time when climate anxiety is omnipresent and talk of this complex situation is constant….
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