IndyKids Voices

IndyKids reporter Luca interviews author and journalist Katie Worth about her book, Miseducation: How Climate Change is Taught in America. They discuss the connection between climate change and critical race theory, and how Katie views humans’ ability to shift their perspectives and make change.

Key terms to listen for:

Climate denialism

Discussion Questions:

1. What inspired Katie Worth to look into climate change education in American schools?
2. How do Luca and Katie describe the connection between climate change and critical race theory?
3. What does Katie Worth say about humans’ capacity to make change?

Credits:

IndyKids Reporter – Luca Cantagallo

Produced by Emily Löwinger, Isis Phillips, and Julia Thomas

Edited by Emily Löwinger

Show Intro Music by Luca Cantagallo

Original Artwork by Cayzlen Rodriguez

Special thanks to Emma Gaffney

We’d like to thank The New York Community Trust and Wolf Family for their support.

Visit IndyKids.org and find out how you can get involved!

IndyKids reporters Zahra, Lily, and Gibran interview Pati Rodriguez, a community organizer with Mi Casa Resiste and Frack Outta Brooklyn, and her daughter Gia Luna about their fight against National Grid’s fracked gas pipeline in Brooklyn.

Key terms to listen for:
Pipeline
Fracked gas
Toxic

Discussion Questions:

1. What does Pati say about the National Grid-owned North Brooklyn Pipeline?
2. Why did Pati chain herself to the pipeline?
3. Describe what Pati says about how her mother influenced her life.
4. How does Pati explain the connection between the climate crisis and immigration?
5. What is Gia’s favorite thing about her activism with her mother?
6. Why is fracking gas illegal in New York State?
7. What does Pati mean when she says she wants to plant seeds?
8. What gives Pati and Gia hope?

Credits:
IndyKids Reporters – Lily Dribin, Gibran Freilla Williams, and  Zahra Latheef
Produced by Emily Löwinger, Isis Phillips and Julia Thomas
Edited by Emily Löwinger
Audio Mentor – Abē Levine
Additional Script Editing – Zahra Latheef
Show Intro Music by Luca Cantagallo
Additional Music by Emily Löwinger
Original Artwork by Cayzlen Rodriguez
Special thanks to Emma Gaffney

We’d like to thank The New York Community Trust and Wolf Family for their support.

Visit IndyKids.org and find out how you can get involved!

In episode 1 of the IndyKids Climate Crisis series, IndyKids reporters Mila and Melina interview Lucy Andrews, a scientist and PhD student in the Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management at the University of California Berkeley.

Lucy talks about why she loves being a scientist, her favorite part of the job, what ecosystems and fossil fuels are, and what they have to do with the climate crisis!   

This episode is perfect for students who are being introduced to climate change and climate crisis concepts, including how wars impact the environment.

Listen at home as a family or use the episodes and discussion guides (in the episode descriptions) as an educational resource.

Key terms to listen for:
Ecosystem
Climate
Climate conditions
Fossil fuels
Greenhouse gasses
Solar power
Wind power
Hydro power
Nuclear power
Resilient

Discussion Questions:

1. Why do Mila and Melina want to learn more about the climate crisis?
2. What is an ecosystem?
3. What do ecosystems have to do with climate change?
4. What are fossil fuels? Why do we rely on them so much? How does burning fossil fuels contribute to the climate crisis?
5. How does war affect the environment?
6. What does Lucy want people to know about her work?

Credits:
IndyKids Reporters – Melina Ferreyra and Mila Lemoine
Produced by Emily Löwinger, Isis Phillips and Julia Thomas
Edited by Emily Löwinger
Audio Mentor – Zoe Grueskin
Show Intro Music by Luca Cantagallo
Original Artwork by Cayzlen Rodriguez
Special thanks to Emma Gaffney


We’d like to thank The New York Community Trust and Wolf Family for their support.

Visit IndyKids.org and find out how you can get involved!