The District 12 Action for Environment and Gender Equality committee educational resources page is a comprehensive list of active links to reliable resources to learn more about climate action and gender equality. The categories and links provide an opportunity to increase knowledge about climate change, climate action and gender equality in a nonpartisan, scientific and informative manner. Our mission is to improve the lives of women and girls by encouraging Zontians to make a difference in their home environment, community, region and clubs.
Air Pollution:
Moms Clean Air Force (Colorado)
Child Care:
Child care deserts – unavailable and unaffordable in western states
Disaster Management:
- Colorado Public Radio article on disaster management: Scroll down to article
- World Bank Climate and Disaster Risk Screening Tools
- U.S. Government Climate Resilience Toolkit – Neighborhoods at Risk
- U.N. Climate Action Warning Plan through warning systems
Empowering girls and women:
- Girls Empowerment Network – 8 Ways to Educate & Engage Boys in the movement for Girls Empowerment
- Plan International – Effects of Climate Change on Girls Rights
- Ungei – Transform Education – Gender Equality
- Climate Girl Effect
- EcoWomen – empowering leadership in women/climate
- “Why We Desperately Need More Female Leaders Making the Decisions on Climate Change” – Vogue Article
- United Nations website: Women and girls must lead the battle against ‘widespread and interlinked crises’
- NPR – Meet 5 women documenting Climate Change around the World
Energy:
- Alternative Fuel Vehicle Tax Credits – Colorado
- State Chart – Electric Vehicle Incentives
- Energy Legislation Tracking Database
- Energy Building Efficiency
- NAACP – Health Impacts from Air Pollution/oil and gas facilities
- NY Times: How to reduce your carbon footprint article
- NY Times: We’re in a Fossil Fuel War
- Inside Climate News: Russia’s war in Ukraine poses risk for EV’s future
- Future Crunch blog: 2020 was the worst year for fossil fuels
- Momentum: 10 Reasons to Commute with an Electric Bike in the city
- Washington Post: article ‘The World is Running out of options…’
- Inside Climate News ‘Exxon: The Road Not Taken’ a history of Exxon’s knowledge of the impact of fossil fuels
Fashion
Finance: From COP26 November3 –How insurance companies can avoid taking the brunt of climate change disruption podcast
Food Security:
- NIH abstract regarding special considerations for women
- Food and climate change video
- Inside Climate News: Impact of Climate Change on Global Food Production
Gender Equality:
- World Bank report on Gender Equality and Disaster Risk and Resilience
- Gender Equality Article in online magazine, Carbonbrief
- CEDAW – Convention on the elimination of all forms of discrimination against women
- History – Adoption by the UN General Assembly 1979
- 2022 news on CEDAW by the U.N.
Global Leadership & Climate Change:
- COP26 Website
- For nearly three decades the UN has been bringing together world bodies for global climate summits – called COPs – which stands for ‘Conference of the Parties’. The summit is generally attended by representatives of the countries that signed the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) – a treaty that came into force in 1994. Members of Civil Society attend and observe on a limited basis.
- This year, the 26th annual summit (COP26) runs from Sun, Oct 31, 2021 – Fri, Nov 12, 2021 in Glasgow, Scotland. Those of us who are unable to attend in person can join the “Green Zone” (a COP26 program of events set up for civil society) virtually by subscribing to the COP26 YouTube channel.
- Human Rights to co-host global climate summit article
- Right Here Right Now Global Climate Alliance
- Free training to learn how to spark conversations about climate in a positive and comprehensive manner
- Women’s UN Report
- Gender & Climate Justice presentation (WUNRN)
- Climate Justice Alliance
- Gender, Climate Change, and Security
- Climate Solutions Minnesota
- Gender and Environment Organization
- Women’s Earth and Climate Action Network, International
- WEDO (Women’s Environment & Development Organization) (advocates)
- Article ‘Gender and Climate Change in the United States’
- Women4Climate
- United Nations ‘Women and Girls Must Lead the Battle’ by Secretary General Antonio Guterres
Indigenous Women:
- Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women – Alaska
- Native Americans Right to Vote history (Washington Post article)
- US Women’s Caucus – Native American Perspective on Climate Justice CSW66
- U.S. Government Resilience Toolkit: Tribal Nations
- Natural Hazards Center Climate Conversations – Managing Traditional Knowledge with Western Science
- N. Arizona University: Tribes and Climate Change – Oglala Lakota plan
- Climate Action: Tribal Approaches by state (USA)
- How Montana tribes rely on tradition to fight climate change video
Plastic Pollution :
- Learn about plastics in our packaging and elsewhere
- Ideas to reduce plastic usage – plastic free guide
- Colorado – Eco-Cycle poly bag recycling program in Boulder
- Trex Plastic Recycling
- Trex U.S. Recycling Centers (plastic)
- School Challenge Activity Infographic
- Learn about plastic recycling – Educational Information and videos
Trash/Waste/Recycling:
- A friendly little video: ‘The Zero Waste Climate Solution’
- Learn Zero Waste – For businesses and home – information on lowering waste which lowers carbon emissions
- (The R – U’s) Reduce, reuse, repair, recycle, regift, repurpose, refuse, restore, and upcycle
- Colorado – Ecocycle Organization 2020 state of recycling and composting
- Ecocycle March 2022 Newsletter
- U.S. National Recycling Goal
- Colorado Plastic Bag / Plastic Foam Container Ban 2021
- Recycle Now – Reduce, repair, reuse
- Western States reclamation work and careers
- Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) – Reduce & Reuse Basics
Science of Climate Change
- Article in NY Times: ‘The Science of Climage Change Explained’
US Women’s Caucus at the UN:
- The Impact of Climate Change on Women and Girls Seven specific recommendations for climate action and gender equality to improve the lives of women.
Zonta International:Zonta International Statement on Climate Change and Gender Equality
Zonta USA District Climate Action:
District 8 – Facebook page and Climate change presentation
District 12 – Facebook page
Additional Educational Resources:
Books: Click to read reviews- All We can Save by Katherine Wilkinson, Ayana Elizabeth Johnson
- Blood & Earth by Kevin Bales
- Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer
- Clean by James Hamblin
- Climate Justice by Mary Robinson
- Doing Good Better by William MacAskill
- Invisible Women: Data Analysis in a World Designed for Men by Caroline Criado-Perez
- No One is Too Small to Make A Differene by Greta Thunberg
- The Book of Hope by Jane Goodall and Doug Abrams
- Who Cares Wins by Lily Cole
Children’s Books:- Conscious Kids Collection by Adriane Marie (Ages 3-8)
- I Do My Share Because I Care
- Too Much Stuff
- The Roots of our Food
Economy for climate action:
Movies:- Kiss the Ground (Netflix)
- Seaspiracy (Netflix)
- Don’t Look Up (Netflix)
Videos:
Films and documentaries on women and climate change