On May 9, UD will join over 1,000 universities, colleges, K-12 schools, and faith communities for a Worldwide Teach-in on climate, justice, and sustainability. Bard College is leading this worldwide effort through the Open Society University Network. UD’s teach-in will be hosted by the Gerard J. Mangone Climate Change Science and Policy Hub and the UD Sustainability Council.
A teach-in is a series of lectures held at a school that’s focused on serious topics of public interest. They are aimed at including students and faculty in dialogues for action. According to History.com, the first teach-in was held at the University of Michigan to protest the Vietnam War. This kind of protest spread to many other colleges and universities over the years to address public concerns. To explain the reasoning for a climate/justice teach-in, the Director of Bard Graduate Programs in Sustainability, Eban Goodstein, argued that “there is nothing more important now than engaging our communities in this dialogue” about climate, after seeing the discussions at the COP26 conference.
In 103 Gore Hall from 3:30 to 5:30 PM, expert faculty and staff panels will lead UD’s teach-in. The topics covered include:
- Climate and Extreme Weather
- Sustainable Communities
- Climate/Environmental Justice
- Climate Solutions and
- Climate Communication
I look forward to learning new things at the teach-in. With all the expertise we have here at UD, I bet it’ll be a fun and interesting discussion. You can view this event on UD’s event calendar here.
