Youth Climate Story: Regenerative Agriculture in Illinois

• This inspirational video highlights young adults implementing restorative agriculture techniques on a farm in the Midwest to help fight climate change.
• The video describes an innovative approach to carbon capture in which farmers apply mining waste products as fertilizer to help their crops and trees grow.

Positives

• This video acknowledges the grief young adults feel related to climate change, while highlighting ways some youth are taking action.
• The video is short but describes farming techniques that are sustainable and innovative.

Additional Prerequisites

• Students should be familiar with basic farming operations such as planting, tilling, and fertilizing crops.

Differentiation

• Consider having students research a variety of sustainable farming techniques and report on their pros and cons.
• Social studies classes may consider using this video to discuss the topic of resilience in relation to food production and human resilience in the face of challenges.
• Chemistry and biology students could watch this video after learning about nitrogen, phosphorus, and carbon. Have students research the mining material that the video mentions to see what elements may be present and how they help plants grow.
  
• Other resources related to this topic include this video on regenerative agriculture and this lesson plan on soil health.

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