How do we respond to changes in our climate?
Changes in the climates we live in are part of our lives today, and will continue to be part of them in the years to come. Discover what the concepts of adaptation and mitigation have to do with climate change and what the strategies they include may mean for us and our communities.
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Questions to consider
What are some of the examples of changes in climate shared in the video? Which of these changes are ones you’ve noticed where you live? How do you feel about those changes and why?
How have you or your community made adaptations to respond to changes in climate? Why?
What strategies for mitigating climate change are you familiar with? Which (if any) are you doing? Which are the ones you see people in your community doing? What about your local or state government?
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Wisconsin
Communities all across the state of Wisconsin are impacted by changes in climate.
In their words
“We have to reduce harmful emissions as individuals, as communities, as businesses, as states, as countries, and collectively, as a world.”
For educators
Access the educator guide for this story for extension activity ideas, discussion questions, a background information essay, and standards supported.
Production credits
Producer
Finn Ryan
Script
Finn Ryan
Illustration and Animation
The Brave Union
Voice Talent
Ted Leonard
Captioning
Catie Pfeifer
Essay
Alison Coulson
Web Design
Charles Barrows
Web Development
John Vieth
Special Thanks
Wisconsin Initiative on Climate Change Impacts
Educator advisory cohort for 2024 updates
Illeana Alexander
Great Lakes Indian Fish & Wildlife Commission
Odanah, WI
Darien Becker
Welty Environmental Center
Beloit, WI
Dolly Ledin
Education Chair, Wisconsin’s Green Fire
Madison, WI
Lisa Johnson
UW Climate Leadership Team and Dane County Extension Horticulture Educator
Madison, WI
Leigh Kohlmann
Retired Middle School Educator and Independent Science Education Consultant
Oakfield, WI
Lynn Kurth
John Muir Middle School
Wausau, WI
Victoria Rydberg-Nania
Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction
Portage, WI
Cathy Techtmann
University of Wisconsin–Madison Division of Extension Environmental Outreach and Community Development Institute
Pence, WI
Julie Uram
Nature At The Confluence
South Beloit, IL
Sarah Wright
Eagle School
Fitchburg, WI