{"id":3939,"date":"2019-10-28T17:48:09","date_gmt":"2019-10-28T17:48:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ciresblogs.colorado.edu\/prometheus\/?p=3939"},"modified":"2019-10-28T17:52:12","modified_gmt":"2019-10-28T17:52:12","slug":"drawdown-act-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ciresblogs.colorado.edu\/prometheus\/2019\/10\/28\/drawdown-act-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Drawdown, Act Up!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Youth Performance for Communicating Drawdown Solutions to Climate Change at the Drawdown Learn Conference<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

by Beth Osnes
CSTPR Faculty Affiliate and Associate Professor of Theatre and Environmental Studies at the University of Colorado<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhat did the scientist say to the 1950s refrigerator?\u201d \u201cAre you Freon Friday night?\u201d That joke wouldn\u2019t land with a lot of crowds, but at the Drawdown Learn Conference, that groaner got a hearty laugh. This play on words was prompted by research conducted by Project Drawdown<\/a> stating that refrigerant management is the top solution for reversing global warming. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Facilitated for youth performers, this joke was part of a ten-minute musical comedy performance, Drawdown, Act Up,<\/em> featured during the plenary Saturday night Expo\/party on October 20, 2019. Inside the Greenhouse<\/a> was invited to present a workshop at the Drawdown Learn Conference for performance-based spectacle as a method for youth engagement. Our session shared field-tested methods for embodied youth engagement. The process is time-efficient and encourages creative participation. The joy experienced through the creative process carries over to the audience and can sustain commitment to climate action. Framing the performance was a giant Moving Mural, the pieces of which provided the transitions between songs and skits and, when brought together, revealed a final culminating message. This design gained inspiration from Stephen Duncombe\u2019s open-source book Dream<\/a>,<\/em> \u201cEthical spectacle demands a different sort of participation. The people who participate in the performance of the spectacle must also contribute to its construction\u2026popular participation not only can<\/em> happen but must<\/em> happen for the spectacle to come to fruition.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the conference, we also launched our new Inside the Greenhouse open educational resource, Drawdown, Act Up!<\/a> for creatively engaging students in communicating Drawdown solutions. Our research on this project shows that the use of \u2018good-natured\u2019 comedy and fun helps young people process negative emotions regarding global warming, feeds hope, and sustains commitment to climate action. Additionally, embodying concepts is beneficial to learners. Each of the activities included is linked to a PDF of a \u2018grab and go<\/strong>\u2019 lesson plan that is\u00a0classroom-tested<\/strong>, ready for\u00a0easy implementation<\/strong>\u00a0in the classroom or informal learning environment.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Co-director of Inside the Greenhouse Beth Osnes, Associate Professor for Theatre and Environmental Studies at CU was joined at the conference by CU students Sarah Fahmy (Theatre PhD), Lianna Nixon (Education MA), Patrick Chandler (Environmental Studies PhD), and Emmet Norris (Geology BA).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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