Foreword by Eugenie C. Scott and Jay B. Labov About the Author Introduction Chapter 1. Climate and Energy 101 Chapter 2. Teaching (and Learning) About Climate Challenges and Energy Solutions Chapter 3. Syncing With the Standards Chapter 4. Teaching Climate Literacy Chapter 5. Teaching Energy Literacy Chapter 6. Programs That Work Chapter 7. Countering Skepticism, Denial, and Despair Chapter 8. Knowledge, Know-How, and Informed Action Appendix I. Voices for Climate Education Appendix II. Excerpts From Climate Literacy: The Essential Principles of Climate Science Appendix III. Excerpts From Energy Literacy: Essential Principles and Fundamental Concepts for Energy Education References Index
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Currently serving as Senior Fellow at the Centre for Sustainable Development Studies at the National University for Public Service in Budapest, Hungary, Mark S. McCaffrey served as Programs and Policy Director at the National Center for Science Education (NCSE) and was co-author of "Climate Confusion Among U.S. Science Teachers" in the journal Science in February of 2016. He was an Associate Scientist with the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES) at the University of Colorado at Boulder from 2001 to 2011 and played a catalytic role in initiating and deploying the Climate Literacy and Energy Literacy frameworks. He was a co-founder of the Climate Literacy & Energy Literacy Network (CLEAN), and member of the International Polar Year Education, Outreach and Communications Committee. He holds a graduate degree in education from the University of Northern Colorado where he focused on water as an interdisciplinary and integrating theme for teaching. McCaffrey helped establish an education affinity group with the National Climate Assessment Network, which is a public private partnership organized under the auspices of the U.S. Global Change Research Program.