Environmental Superheroes of the ELA Classroom

Empowering Student Action with Speculative Environmental Fiction


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This place-based, interdisciplinary high school climate justice speculative fiction writing unit asks students to bring in an imaginative lens to address environmental racism and the climate crisis. For this unit, August collaborates with a World History teacher to integrate various writing genres to help students civically and creatively engage with climate solutions.


“How can I contribute to an overall environmentally just world?” – August Freas


Featured ELA Superheroes:

  • August Freas (they/them)


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Environmental Superheroes of the ELA ClassroomBy The California Environmental Literacy Initiative (CAELI)