Ah What's up excuse me say hey all right yeah What's going on sir mama waiting I know you're busy my way to class kind of late man for times class Oh, okay, yes, you're about right? We wanted me to talk here for a second about something, but here's the thing man. I ain't got time for this is Going green something that's a way man. I know what's depressing You're acting real annoying I'm too busy to worry about about students and their futures. Oh, wait. No, that's my job and it's easy to fill powerless I know a little bit not a lie. I mean I can't give you a whole spew on it Even the mere mention of the term climate change is enough to send some people running a tons pass early Just call me in the wind But get your ass over here and listen to this and that cynicism Students haven't earned that right to be cynical in fact no one has it rain between is the future of the planet It's real. It's a real issue that we have going on in the world right now Irreversible changes to the biosphere are already well underway, but I know with plastic It is a big issue especially with the environment wildlife I'm especially like the animals in the water So yeah, so what we're trying to do here when I say we is that all the teachers here and staff and even a lot of the students is to Have fun while talking about the most depressing stuff you could imagine Which is basically the future of the planet between mid-December and April's a time when the grain whales Can be seen on their annual migration But every fraction of a degree of additional heating matters and that means every few of greenhouse gas We choose to put into the atmosphere adds to the legacy of burdens that we will impose on future generations In general Us as human beings as a culture society. We just aren't educated on it enough Is it daunting? Yes, but it can also be exciting and inspiring I Teachers like Tom the Witt and Sean McFarlane of Shibou College are trying to inspire young men and women to start the task of climate change rehabilitation now Look at this one of the students made this just he just finished it. He's super Super proud of himself Now the next step is how do we get it in more into their consciousness and also how do we get students to go from Learning about it We what we don't want them to do is to go from learning about it to giving up so We're we're trying to bring consciousness up into the classroom and along with the consciousness An effort to do something about it. That's what project-based learning is and that's what we try to do here and whenever we do it most of the time the students are They say two things they go I didn't know about that and now that I know what can I do about that? So our job is to not only to depress students, but to give them opportunities to try to make a difference Humans living today have the opportunity and responsibility to play a role in saving civilization This is the largest clear and present danger we have ever been called to face We are in need of not only great minds helping us summon moral clarity to address the tricky problem of Framing the climate crisis, but hearts that will hear the message and invoke the spirit necessary to close the gap between our daily routines And it's greater effect on our planet in the words of the writer James Baldwin Not everything that is face can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it's faced They also say the whale is malnourished and it does have a lover that a healthy whale would have Yeah, she is malnourished and we were able to see that straight away and now we do that by measuring the lover depth in specific areas So relative to what she Condition she should be in for an adult female at this time of year. She's in full body condition I started teaching about climate change at least 10 years ago and when I started I actually made a vow to myself that this is the only thing I would ever teach until I dropped it I was so freaked out by it. Is the environment important to you? Yeah, definitely this is earth the name or all here on earth I think the best we should be doing is protecting it at all causes and Now cherishing it. I mean it's only one planet earth and a lot of people really don't see it that way and don't care that we're Trashing it and polluting it and whatnot, so Do you think our species is being good stewards of the planet? It's being responsible. No, not as responsible as we should be Climate change is a real issue and I don't think people are understanding how big of an issue it actually is and how small things can really make an impact for starters They're charging you for bags for a reason is trying to encourage you to use reusable bags when you go grocery shopping and also you'll notice that One more places are not giving up straws because they're encouraging you to either opt for not using a straw or Using reusable straws and even cutting back on meat can help the climate change as well Because I don't know if people realized that the meat industry and the dairy industry plays a big part in the production of Climate change climate change, you know, there's been a lot of whales Gray whales washing up on our shores coming in dead. I was wondering. Yeah, sir. Gray whales Well, that's what they messing with now was the black man asked the gray whales, huh? What else they doing to the goddamn economy in the climate? We live in a disposable culture people think that they can throw anything away. They don't care. I've seen trash Circling a trash can the can is there the trash Receptical is there, but people still elect to throw their trash on the ground Yes, we was wondering is Green at green products up and that's important to you, you know the Climate change most definitely greens my Smoke greens are e-greens Climbing change bro. What what are we talking about photosynthesis? What's going on? No? No? No? No? Plastic is just has to be a no Because we are killing the earth and we need to stop The pollution what the car is well plastic is a contributing factor in the burning of fossil fuels Classical and away and I think it has to be a cultural mindset It's like one of those hidden out in the open secrets We know it's bad, but you know, I don't care. I'm just gonna throw my water bottle away. I don't care where it goes All of these whales have been severely malnourished Gray whales primarily feed on small invertebrates that live in the ocean But the Arctic and Antarctic are melting away at alarming rates due to climate change that along with the acidification of our oceans our Water's are now becoming unsuitable for supporting life So look y'all here y'all heard the first reccease of both new Everybody's got the answer on your plastic on the ground, man Yes, sir stop buying plastic. You ain't never heard nobody said. Oh, that's some high quality plastic You get down that's a good plastic. I never heard that good Plastic man put the plastic in a trash can But I can plastic put you to plastic. I'm being see through on everything Here's some good news is that Almost every student you've ever bring it up to now is aware of it So that means it's in the culture. There's a guy running for president right now who he's Me if you don't stop bugging me