Talking Climate Handbook - How to Have a Climate Change Conversation

• This guidebook provides eight guidelines for having productive climate change conversations.
• Students will learn techniques for starting a climate change conversation, phrases and questions to keep the conversation going, advice for being a good listener, and solutions for overcoming conversation challenges.

Positives

• The guide is well organized and easy to use.
• The executive summary on page four offers a useful summary for both students and teachers.

Additional Prerequisites

• Teachers can watch video recordings of webinars for guidance on how to use the discussion guide. Links are provided in the list of references.

Differentiation

• Teachers could provide students with a list of phrases and questions from the guide and have them conduct mock climate conversations.
• Students could make a list of barriers to productive climate conversations and then use the guide to find solutions for each of the barriers.
• Other resources on this topic include this TED video on strategies for climate change conversations, this video on how different generations talk about climate change, and this article that provides five easy-to-understand facts to use in climate conversations. 

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