Practice Brief: Local Ecological Knowledge and Climate Change Teaching

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Indigenous peoples have deep knowledge about their environments and have developed ways of living that reflect these understandings. This practice brief explores this knowledge, referred to as local ecological knowledge (LEK), and its connection to deepening learning and teaching about climate science.

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  • Published

    2015

  • Audiences

    College, Community, Teachers

  • Authors

    Megan Bang, Pacific islands Climate Education Partnership, Sharon Nelson-Barber

  • Topics

    Local Ecological Knowledge

  • Types

    PDF

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This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under Grants #1068123 and #1239733 to Pacific Resources for Education and Learning (PREL).
Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.