Climate change has a variety of negative repercussions for communities across the globe, impacting the physical and social environment in which individuals live, breathe, work, study, and play. This change presents a variety of negative impacts or repercussions for communities globally. Climate change is detrimental to all, yet, there is a disproportionately negative impact amongst the underserved, under-resourced, and underrepresented communities across the United States of America. This qualitative study examines the understanding of how parental and community engagement influence conversations centered around environmentally harmful impacts within the black community. All while exploring how these impacts are introduced to children. The researcher spends time highlighting how the sociocultural theory of development factors into how children create an understanding of the conversations that are taking place within their homes. Through qualitative interviewing, the study’s focus is to understand better how parental childhood experiences and community involvement impact how children are exposed to environmentalism's teachings.

Authors:
Courtney Wright, University of California Santa Barbara, United States

About the Presenter(s)
Ms Courtney Wright is a University Doctoral Student at University of California Santa Barbara , United States

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