Abstract: The Green Guerrillas Youth Media Tech Collective, a community organization based in Ithaca, New York, set out to define sustainability in their own terms by giving a diverse group of local adolescents the opportunity to engage subjects of environmental and social justice through digital media production within the auspices of a unique afterschool job-training … [Read more...] about Green Guerrillas Youth Media Tech Collective: Sustainable Storytellers Challenging the Status Quo
Case Studies
Briefing: Project Look Sharp’s Decoding Media Constructions and Substantiality
Abstract: This article explores how teachers can integrate the theory and practice of media literacy education into the teaching of sustainability content. It highlights two lessons, one for elementary students on bottled water choices and one for high school students on climate change and agriculture, detailing lesson construction and execution. The article explains how … [Read more...] about Briefing: Project Look Sharp’s Decoding Media Constructions and Substantiality
Snacking on Media Literacy: Young Children, Sustainability, and Design in Media Literacy Education
Abstract: This case study illustrates a cross-curricular learning experience, anchored in standards, where teachers and students actively engaged in co-constructed, inquiry-based learning and design thinking. The particular question this case study addressed was “How might students connect with environmental citizenship in authentic ways through media literacy … [Read more...] about Snacking on Media Literacy: Young Children, Sustainability, and Design in Media Literacy Education
Training Community-based Journalists for Climate Change Reporting: Lessons from South Africa
Abstract: Reporting to the public on climate change impacts, adaptation, and mitigation requires journalists to be equipped to engage with a wide range of technical content in order to communicate it in an accessible and engaging way. Recognizing the need for journalists from a wide range of backgrounds, including those from community newspapers and radio stations in South … [Read more...] about Training Community-based Journalists for Climate Change Reporting: Lessons from South Africa