Name______________________________________________ Date______________
Creating Our Future (Adapted from Facing the Future: People and the Planet)
• How do we envision and create a world we want for ourselves and future generations?
Objectives:
• Visualize the future you desire. (day 1)
• Collaborate with your peers. (day 1)
• Research, identify and plan one aspect you feel is the most important to your desired
future. (day 1 and 2)
• Create a Presentation and Present you findings. (day 2 and 3)
• Take action. (day 2, 3 and beyond)
Part 1: Free write and brainstorm
What the future may look like, in 20
years, if left unchecked.
My vision of what I want the world to
look like in 20 years.
My group members are:
__________________________________________________________
Our collective vision is:
Name______________________________________________ Date______________
Part 2: Resources to utilize to help you find answers related to your issue:
PBS NOW Programs:
Business Warming Up to Environment http://www.pbs.org/now/news/324.html
Robert Redford interview discussing the advantages of businesses going “green”
Emission Impossible? http://www.pbs.org/now/shows/328/
Looks at how California is legislating auto emissions and taking steps to save the
environment on the state level
Growing Local, Eating Local and National Day of Climate Action
http://www.pbs.org/now/shows/344/
Interview with Bill McKibben about what he believes we must do to combat global
warming and discussion on eating local
Home Grown Biodiesel http://www.pbs.org/now/shows/302/
Profiles the use of biodiesel and Willie Nelson’s role in its development
Five Questions with Environmental Writer Tom Philpott
http://www.pbs.org/now/shows/302/philpott-energy.html
Philpott answers five questions about alternative energy sources
Other Global Warming Resources:
E2: Energy http://www.pbs.org/e2/energy.html
This 6-part series examines the development of alternative energy sources
Journey to Planet Earth: The State of the Planet: Global Warming
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/hotpolitics/reports/skeptics.html
The article discusses the effects of global warming and provides several points of view
about what could be done about these environmental changes
Facing the Future: People and the Planet
http://www.facingthefuture.org/GlobalIssuesIntroduction/GlobalIssues/tabid/133/Default.
aspx
Global issues views, information and solutions
Yes Magazine http://www.yesmagazine.org
Solutions for a sustainable world covering topics about local eating and climate change
Frontline Show on “Heat” http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/heat/
This episode is on global climate change: issues, challenges and solutions
Empower Women and the Worlds Poorest People
http://www.grameenfoundation.org Innovating for the world’s poor
http://www.threecupsoftea.com Peace through education
http://www.trickleup.org Help the lowest income people worldwide get out of poverty
Name______________________________________________ Date______________
Part 3: Prepare and Present Your Info to the Group
In this part of your project, you’ll be presenting your groups findings to the rest of the
class. You can choose the method by which you would prefer to do this. Some options
include:
• PowerPoint Presentation
• Podcast
• Poster
• Webpage
• Skit, song or activity
My group has discussed the options and decided on ____________________________
Our plan is:
Each member has been given a job to do the following:
Who:
What:
Who:
What:
Who:
What:
Name______________________________________________ Date______________
Part 4: Take Action
There are numerous ways to take action related to improving our world. Below is a list
of possibilities but there are many other options available. You may do this part on your
own or with a group (2-4) of your choosing. The options are presented in terms of their
appropriateness for the grade and level of involvement that you are seeking.
A Level Options
• Promote and present a showing of an environmental film. Follow-up by leading a
discussion related to the film.
• Plan a lesson and present it to students at Kennedy or another school.
• Organize a drive for the Churchill community to reduce CO2 emissions by biking to
school, carpooling, using public transportation, or walking.
• Plan and paint a mural for our school that promotes a better future.
• Host a panel of experts to present to the Churchill community (perhaps around Earth
Day in mid-late April)
• Create and host a fundraiser.
• Create and host a brief documentary.
• Do an energy audit of our school.
B Level Options
• Create and deliver a presentation to an audience other than our class.
• Create a survey and presentation around a topic and share it with 10-15 people.
• Develop and publish a pamphlet. Distribute it to the public.
• Write and perform a song, play, poem...
• Create informational posters to display around school.
C Level Options
• Write a letter to the editor.
• Give a lecture to our class.
• Create and publish a public service announcement.
OR... make up your own project.
My plan is (get this okayed by Tad or Jenny):
I’ll be working with_______________________________________________________
On the topic of _________________________________________________________
We’ll do this by completing the following the steps :