Environmental Problem Solving in an Age of Climate Change Volume One Basic Tools and Techniques

An important feature of the book is its problem-based approach, using climate change as a common lens through which to view an array of current environmental challenges. Showing students how they might apply their core knowledge and disciplinary skills to identify possible solutions demonstrates the utility of science to inform decision making and builds student competency in learning outcomes common across environmental academic programs.
Designed to provide problem-area options to match student interests (from sea turtle conservation to climate migrants to urban heat islands), instructors can choose among units to best engage students, or work through units sequentially to scaffold instruction while building student capacity. Each unit contains activities that focus on:
(1) Discovery, where students are guided through exploration to build their knowledge of the issue and prepare a formal Problem Statement;
(2) Analysis, where students dig into relevant data and begin to evaluate potential solutions; and
(3) Solutions, where students practice their problem solving, decision making and environmental communication skills.
Environmental Problem Solving in an Age of Climate Change underscores the pervasive nature of climate change as a commonfactor in all environmental issues. The book demonstrates how sustainable solutions require the efforts of many people working on smaller, more tangible issues to tackle the grand challenge that climate change presents.
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