Margaret Atwood: Hope is the Legacy We Build Together for a Better World (The Jane Goodall Hopecast)

• This podcast features an inspiring conversation about hope, the need to protect biodiversity, and the challenges faced by women worldwide.
• Listen as Dr. Jane Goodall talks with author, environmentalist, and activist, Margaret Atwood.
  

Positives

• This podcast is engaging and easy to follow.
• It highlights the importance of balancing environmental and social actions.

Additional Prerequisites

• The actual podcast ends at 19:50 and then includes credits.
• The link to read the full transcript is not active but there are links to access the podcast from other sites.

Differentiation

• Science classes could use this resource to dive further into the idea of the sixth extinction, as discussed in the podcast, and research current and historic rates of species extinctions. 
• Give students an opportunity to explore other topics of hope and to appreciate the beauty and diversity of the natural world that still remains.
  
• Consider listening to this TED talk and then engaging in a class discussion about the connection between climate change and gender equity.
• This podcast could be paired with this lesson or this article to extend the lesson apply the connections to climate change.
  
• Provide students with the opportunity to listen to this conversation between Jane and Indigenous botanist, Robin Wall Kimmerer, as they they discuss botany and the relationship between humans and nature.

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