Personal
Accountable
Normative
Identity-specific
Communicative

Is it time to P.A.N.I.C.? Rhode Island is the fastest warming state in the nation, and we need to talk about it. Our coasts are affected by warming waters and bigger storms. Species migrate away or die out. We lose coastland. Flooding happens at the coast and inland. Asthma increases. Businesses are affected. Rhode Islanders are affected. While Mattiello seems to have his head in the clouds, Raimondo seems to be more open to green infrastructure. Talk to your representatives, your coworkers, your friends and family. This is personal and we can all be more accountable. It will take changes in habits, in infrastructure, to create new norms. But it will also preserve our way of life, with lobster rolls, calamari, beaches, maple syrup, and more in our tiny state that can take big action NOW.

Here are some helpful links:

Climate Communication

• Slides from Melissa Guillet’s presentation at CARI, 1/8/2020: Is It Time to P.A.N.I.C.?
• Yale Program on Climate Change Communication
• Tools of Engagement (North American Association for Environmental Education)

Climate Solutions

• Project Drawdown
• The Solutions Project – state-by-state, country-by-country analysis of how to reach 100% renewable energy
• Livable RI – a guide for Rhode Islanders on how to reduce your carbon footprint and fight climate change

Sea Level Rise

• StormTools map – click on ‘Content’ tab to add flood layers
• Video: Rhode Island Archipelago (Sen. Whitehouse)
• Surging Seas interactive map

Movements

• 350.org / Climate Action RI (350 RI)
• Sunrise Movement / Sunrise RI
• This Is Zero Hour
• Youth Climate Summit toolkit

Videos

• Climate Change in a Native American Context (3-5 minute videos)

Readings

• Teacher-Friendly Guide to Climate Change
• Project Learning Tree Carbon & Climate Unit for Grades 6–8
• US Forest Service Climate Change Resource Center