writing about climate changes

Each essay should be about 1500 to 2000 words, which does not include the bibliographic references. Use any bibliographic style that you choose for citations (such as APA), as long as you follow its rules precisely. The professor does not need to approve what style you choose. Each essay should seek to answer the questions posed as best as possible (answer all the questions). Using the comments function, please ask questions directly to the instructor about material you do not understand. Consider the following example below in the unbolded text:

The reading by Johnson says that Indigenous peoples have traditional ecological knowledge of the environment. Traditional ecological knowledge is sometimes seen as seasonal knowledge.

The instructor will follow up via emails or videos to the class with responses to the questions (though your identity will be concealed). After Whyte has sent a weekly email with general comments for all the students, go back into this file, and highlight how you revised the essay to address the question or show how you already did so in your draft. Use the comments function and highlights to do so. Consider the following example in the unbolded text below: 

The reading by Johnson says that Indigenous peoples have traditional ecological knowledge of the environment. Traditional ecological knowledge is sometimes seen as seasonal knowledge. Seasonal refers to the idea that an economy is based on being able to anticipate how seasons will affect farming.

Each question is meant to be challenging. Reflect on the material that was provided for that week. It is acceptable to use also material from any prior week. Make sure, in your writing, to summarize examples directly from the texts. You should also research outside the reading to find additional examples or information, where that can be clarifying and of use.

• What types of issues does the Indigenous climate justice movement seek to make people aware of? 
• Why do some people argue that the ways in which Indigenous peoples are harmed by climate change is unjust? 
• How have some Indigenous peoples been harmed in the past by the fossil fuel industries? 
• What is geoengineering? What is REDD?
• What are Indigenous views on and concerns about REDD and geoengineering? 
• How are other current solutions to climate change harming Indigenous peoples, such as solar, wind or hydropower?
• What is the best way to characterize the solutions that Indigenous peoples have suggested for dealing with climate change? 
• What lessons do Indigenous science fiction, in the films Wakening and The 6th World, convey to us about what our future should be like?
• How does Indigenous art demonstrate possible solutions to climate change? 
• How are Indigenous peoples using political instruments, like treaty rights, as part of their solutions to climate change?