ENGLISH 23
(A.K.A. CLIMATE CRISIS 101)
Week #8
Communicating climate change, through words and actions
Weekly Assignments
Reading
This week’s reading is the chapter on “Communicating Climate Change Science” (Chapter 8) from the book Bending the Curve: Climate Change Solutions, which is a University of California publication. Note that while the link is to a PDF of the entire book, you are only required to read Chapter 8.
Films
Please watch either the documentary Being the Change: Live Well and Spark a Climate Revolution or Tomorrow (Demain) according to these guidelines:
1) If you have NOT taken Eng 22 (Intro to L & E) in 2019 or 2020, please watch Being the Change. It is available for viewing on GauchoSpace (GauchoCast). If you are not enrolled in the class, it currently can be rented for a relatively modest fee from Amazon.
2) If you have taken taken Eng 22 in 2019 or 2020, please instead watch Tomorrow. It is up on GauchoCast. If you are not enrolled in the class, it currently can be rented for a relatively modest fee from YouTube, Amazon, Google, etc.
Lecture videos
There are three required lectures this week:
First, please watch this lecture by Ken: “Housing and Cities.”
Note that you are not required to post comments to this video, even though there are hundreds of responses to it. These posts are from 2019-20, when responding was a requirement of the course, which it is not in 2020-21.
Second, please watch both of these “Deep Dive” lectures by Ken:
1) The Green New Deal (The written comments to which Ken is replying can be found here.)
2) Social justice, environmental justice, climate justice, and the injustice of it all. (The written comments to which Ken is replying can be found here.)
Weekly Assessments
Please note that assessments need to be completed by 6 AM on Monday, March 1. GauchoSpace will close the lecture quizzes at that time and any film comment made on YouTube past that point will be considered late.
Weekly Quiz
After completing the week’s reading and watching all four of the above lecture videos (the two short lectures and the two deep dives), please go to GauchoSpace and take the short quiz for this week, which is located in the weekly section.
Reading Response
After reading the material from Bending the Curve, please watch Ken’s video on YouTube introducing this material and comment on his introduction.
If you cannot view the above video on YouTube (for example, if YouTube is blocked in your country):
1) The lecture has also been uploaded to GauchoSpace (GauchoCast).
2) A forum has been opened under this week on GauchoSpace for you to make your comment there (rather than on YouTube).
Please note that six of your reading responses this term (i.e. 3 of the first 5 and 3 of the second 5) should be made to a comment made by another student in the class, regardless whether you are making your comments on YouTube or GauchoSpace.
Film Response
After watching one of the above films, please watch Ken’s video on YouTube introducing them and comment on his video. Note that while Ken’s introduction covers both of the above films, you only need to comment on the film that you watched, though you are free to comment on both.
If you cannot view the above video on YouTube (for example, if YouTube is blocked in your country):
1) The two lectures have also been uploaded to GauchoSpace (GauchoCast).
2) A forum has been opened under this week on GauchoSpace for you to make your comment there (rather than on YouTube).
Please note that six of your film responses this term (i.e. 3 of the first 5 and 3 of the second 5) should be made to a comment made by another student in the class, regardless whether you are making your comments on YouTube or GauchoSpace.