A People's Curriculum for the Earth Teaching about the Environmental Crisis

Open this jam-packed curriculum and step straight into frontline classrooms where rising seas lap at history lessons and coal dust clouds civics debates; Rethinking Schools’ editors drive you through neighborhoods battered by toxic trespass, then hand you role-plays that let students out-strategize Big Oil on fracking’s fiery chessboard. From Detroit school gardens fighting Food, Farming, and the Earth sabotage to Gulf Coast teens mapping Climate Chaos like storm-hunters, every page thunders with Environmental Justice while lacing in Economic Justice and Health Equity—proof that the greenhouse effect slams poorest communities first. You’ll dive into the centuries-old enclosure of the commons, confront the Burning the Future reality of fossil fuels, and surface with collective-action blueprints bright as sunrise posters from the People’s Climate March era. Poems, simulations, and sharp graphics turn abstract carbon math into heartbeat-close stories, urging faith groups to swap despair for stewardship and educators to ground lessons in local soil before charting global solutions. One urgent question hums louder than a pipeline pump: which young voice in your circle will write the next chapter of repair? Tap the blue ➕ to Save to List for future lesson sparks, or hit the bold arrow to Learn More and unlock links for buying online or borrowing from your local library.