Learn to Fight Climate Change
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Learn to Fight Climate Change
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- 1Climate change affects all of us. You may have already seen news stories about some of its scarier impacts, like larger wildfires, stronger storms, and melting ice caps. But those brushes with clim…
- 2Wherever you live, the weather is changing, and it’s changing faster than ever before in human history. Here are a few examples of extreme weather from just 2020 and 2021: * In the summer of 2020…
- 3Scientists first started thinking about climate change when they noticed an unexpected trend: It’s getting hotter outside. In fact, the 10 hottest years ever recorded have all been since 2005 ([sou…
- 4Imagine you’re inside a greenhouse, surrounded by plants. Sunlight streams in through clear glass walls. The glass traps the energy of the sun in the form of heat, warming up the air, water, and su…
- 5So we know it’s getting hotter outside, and we know that the reason it’s getting hotter outside is that there’s way more carbon dioxide in the air now than there has ever been in human history. Tha…
- 6Today, Apple has a reputation for taking climate change seriously. But this hasn’t always been the case. In 2005, Apple was facing mounting public pressure from environmental nonprofits over its …
- 7Many climate change resources will tell you that there are changes you can make to reduce your personal carbon footprint. Think of actions like: * driving less * eating less meat * reusing, repairi…
- 8###### Companies and Organizations You may be wondering “What companies and organizations should I try to change first?”. The answer is simple: The ones you’re already a part of! That could mean yo…
- 9But wait! As a Codecademy learner, you have (or are soon to have!) a powerful set of technical skills that you can apply to pretty much any problem, including climate change. Web development, data …
- 10Interested in more than just volunteering? We’ve got you covered! ##### Careers Many of the full-time jobs that are critical to understanding and fighting climate change revolve around technical s…
- 11Thank you for reading! Climate change can be scary to think about, but the good news is that we have the tools to fight it — and now you do too! If you’re interested in learning more, check out som…