Climate Change PSA
You can find this storyboard in the following articles and resources:
PSA - Public Service Announcements
By Anna Warfield
A public service announcement, commonly known as PSA, is a message spread in the interest of the public. The objectives of PSAs are to raise awareness and change public opinions, or even behavior towards an issue. These messages can be instructional, inspirational, or even shocking to elicit emotion and action.
Greenhouse Effect and Global Warming
By Oliver Smith
One of the biggest challenges our students' generation will face is climate change. The following activities will help students understand how Global Warming works, and the actions they can take to help.
Storyboard Description
Students can create a PSA for climate change to help bring awareness to their classmates and their school
Storyboard Text
- Save the Earth!
- Save the Earth!
- . . .
- Humans burning oil, coal, gas, and causing deforestation are main cause of increased CO2 in the atmosphere.
- 2021 was one of Earth's hottest years, and the seven warmest years in the past 170 are the last seven years.
- Facts About Climate Change
- The high concentration of carbon dioxide (CO2) in our atmosphere (a cause of climate change) is the highest it has ever been in human history.
- Low lying areas vulnerable to rising seas mean that up to 1 billion people could be displaced due to climate change by 2050
- 800 million people (11% of the world's population) are currently vulnerable to drought, flood, heat waves, etc. as sea-levels rise, a product of climate change.
- The World Bank estimates that by 2030, climate change could send more than 120 million people into poverty.
- Image Attributions: (https://pixabay.com/en/co2-global-warming-global-warming-1076817/) - TheDigitalArtist - License: Free for Commercial Use / No Attribution Required (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0)
- How You Can Help:
- RECYCLE!Paper, Glass, Plastic, Metal, Clothing and Electronics!
- REDUCE!Buy less stuff!
- CONSERVE!Use less water electricity!
- REUSE!Repurpose what you have!
- RESTORE!Plant a tree!
Image Attributions
- https://pixabay.com/en/co2-global-warming-global-warming-1076817/ - TheDigitalArtist - (License Free for Commercial Use / No Attribution Required (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0) )
Over 30 Million Storyboards Created