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A 10-step plan for a cleaner, safer, and healthier future
Earth School is a 10-step action plan designed to help us reach net zero emissions by 2050. Through curated content and supporting lesson materials, Earth School lays out the problems we need to tackle, the solutions we should explore and the exciting initiatives already making a difference. And if you're wondering "what next?", check out our Action Guide. No matter your level of influence, you have a part to play.
Get started by watching the videos below, or take one of our quizzes to start building your personalized learning library.
Electrify Transportation
Goal: Reduce 8 gigatons of transportation emissions to 2 gigatons by 2050.
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Decarbonize the Grid
Goal: Reduce 24 gigatons of global electricity and heating emissions to 3 gigatons by 2050.
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How do wind turbines work? - Rebecca J. Barthelmie and Sara C. Pryor
Lesson duration 05:03
Iceland's superpowered underground volcanoes - Jean-Baptiste P. Koehl
Lesson duration 05:21
Meet the retired oil exec plugging forgotten wells to reduce emissions
Lesson duration 13:50
Fix Food
Goal: Reduce 9 gigatons of agricultural emissions to 2 gigatons by 2050.
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Protect Nature
Goal: Go from 6 gigatons of emissions to -1 gigatons by 2050.
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What if there were 1 trillion more trees? - Jean-François Bastin
Lesson duration 05:44
The living forest: the Amazonian tribespeople who sailed down the Seine
Lesson duration 09:30
Clean Up Industry
Goal: Reduce 12 gigatons of industrial emissions to 4 gigatons by 2050.
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Remove Carbon
Goal: Remove 10 gigatons of carbon dioxide per year from the atmosphere.
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Win Politics and Policy
Goal: Nothing will advance the plan faster than smart policy.
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A new way to invest in clean energy innovation: Breakthrough energy catalyst
Lesson duration 03:01
More money is flowing into green energy than ever before. Here’s why
Lesson duration 05:28
Turn Movements into Action
Goal: Gain traction with three vital constituencies: voters, government representatives, and corporations.
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Why the "wrong side of the tracks" is usually the east side of cities
Lesson duration 06:51
Why tracking carbon emissions is suddenly a billion dollar opportunity
Lesson duration 12:07
Climate justice can't happen without racial justice - David Lammy
Lesson duration 09:33
Innovate
Goal: Focus our efforts on breakthroughs.
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Invest
Goal: Reaching net zero globally will require significant and creative investment.
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This Speed & Scale action guide lists the most impactful steps you and your community can take to help preserve our planet. Discover your power to make a difference.
Get a certificate for completing Earth School
Get a certificate for completing any 30 lessons in Earth School. Here's how:
- Make sure you are signed into your TED-Ed account. Register if you don't already have an account.
- To complete a lesson, WATCH the video and finish all the questions in the THINK section.
- Complete any 30 lessons - you'll get a on each lesson you complete in Earth School.
That's it! You will get your certificate in an email.