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Climate Change & Daycare/Schools/Homes: Reducing the Heat
A hands-on course with 20 actionable tips on how to cool down hot yards in daycare/schools/homes, and make them natural.
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- All Levels
- 1h 48m video
- 24 lectures
- English
- Captions
- Last updated 2024
Taught by Jan Rajnoch
- 1h 48m of on-demand video
- 24 lectures across 4 sections
- One-off payment — no subscription
- Lifetime access on web and mobile
- Closed captions (English)
Curriculum
4 sections24 lectures1h 48m total
- Bird's eye view. Download your blueprint!4:26
- Before we start: Are you like this "open-air oven"?6:05
- Five key pillars of successful heatwave adaptation3:16
- Your outdoor space and the Urban Heat Island Effect (UHI)6:12
- Cool down vertically – option A (green walls)10:07
- Cool down vertically – option B (climbers, spillovers)5:07
- Cool down vertically – option C (trees)9:30
- Cool down vertically – option D (trellisses, lattices, shades)2:49
- Cool down horizontally – option E (ground covers, edging plants, gap fillers..)5:06
- Cool down horizontally – option G (surfaces and colours)5:23
- Cool down horizontally – option F (dry creek beds)4:18
- Cool down horizontally – option H (pergolas, shade sails, green roofs)2:29
- Cool down horizontally - option I (frog pond)4:17
- Section B Intro & Adding bird baths (EASY)2:31
- Make/buy insect hotels (EASY)1:09
- Naturize your existing fence (EASY)1:31
- Start a lizard lounge (EASY)1:21
- Get / Start using existing rainwater tank/s (MEDIUM)2:19
- Install a raingarden (MEDIUM)2:49
- Get a native beehive (stingless) (MEDIUM)2:03
- Plant bamboo (MEDIUM)2:20
- Break your space into non-linear, vertical, and horizontal sections (COMPLEX)5:43
- Install a turtle mound (COMPLEX)3:09
- Final points & Extras14:52
About this course
Is your yard getting too hot? Is it too artificial? You're not alone… 19 hottest years on record have occurred since 2000 Heatwaves cause more deaths than all other natural disasters (e.g. bushfires, storms, cyclones and floods) Heatwaves are predicted to get hotter, more frequent, and longer as our planet continues to warm Yards in daycare/childcare, schools, and homes are getting hotter Children’s visits to the ED (in the U.S.) rose 12% during the warmest months (EHP 2022) Astroturf gets up to 100C on ho…
Before you start
- No prior experience required
- Interest in sustainability, climate change adaptation, environmental management, nature-based solutions and driving change is a plus.
- Desire to adapt outdoor areas (e.g. yards) to increasing heatwaves, and make them more natural
Who it’s for
- People working in the education/care sector: educators/teachers, early childhood/school directors, sustainability enthusiasts, education pros, homeowners, and parents
- People with a keen interest in sustainability, especially heatwave adaptation, and making outdoor spaces (e.g. school/home yards) more naturalreducing GHG emissions and landfill waste
- People who struggle with getting others on board with sustainability
- Parents with young children
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