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IST 605: Sustainability for Young Adults & Adolescents

A guide for High School and College Students, and those who teach them, to find information about improving our environment through individual actions.

References

Websites

Global Co Lab Network. (n.d.) Eco Teen Action Network. Retrieved May 3, 2025. https://www.globalcolab.net/eco-teen-action-network/

United States Environmental Protection Agency. (2025, February 6). Reduce, Reuse, Recycle. https://www.epa.gov/recycle

Books

Montez, M., Bodger, L., & Earth Works Group. (2009). The new 50 simple things kids can do to save the earth (M. Montez & L. Bodger, Ills.). Andrews McMeel Pub.

Pevec, I. (2016). Growing a life : teen gardeners harvest food, health, and joy (First edition.). New Village Press. https://web-p-ebscohost-com.libproxy.albany.edu/ehost/ebookviewer/ebook/ZTAwMHhuYV9fMTcxMzM0NV9fQU41?sid=32c94f6c-7017-45b2-b482-06ffd01f96f1@redis&vid=3&format=EB&lpid=lp_12&rid=0

Journal Articles

Batzon, N., & Zion, M. (2024). From external to internal locus of control – identifying attitudes among adults and teens to foster environmental responsibility towards the trash in the public domain. Environmental Education Research30(5), 720–736. https://doi.org/10.1080/13504622.2023.2202364

Brain McCann, R. G. H., Stafford, E. R., & Morgan, P. (2018). The Inconvenient Youth Revisited: Teens, Parents, and Clean Air Conversations and Action. Sustainability.11(6), 284–297. https://doi.org/10.1089/sus.2018.0019

Dong, X., Geng, L., & Rodríguez Casallas, J. D. (2023). How is cognitive reappraisal related to adolescents’ willingness to act on mitigating climate change? The mediating role of climate change risk perception and believed usefulness of actions. Environmental Education Research29(12), 1758–1779. https://doi.org/10.1080/13504622.2022.2120188

Mezzacapo, U.,  Voltolina, D., Gencarelli, C.,  Esposito, G.,  Mondini, A., Salvati, P., Tondini, S.,  Carlone, T.,  Sarretta, A.,  Galizia, A., Sterlacchini, S.,  Marchesini, I.. (2025, April 15). Drivers and barriers of sustainable behaviours among young generations in a climate-vulnerable Italian city. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, (121). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2025.105420

Wu, W.-N., Liu, L.-Y., & Brough, C. (2019). No time for composting: Subjective time pressure as a barrier to citizen engagement in curbside composting. Waste Management (Elmsford)91, 99–107. https://www-sciencedirect-com.libproxy.albany.edu/science/article/pii/S0956053X19302880

Newspaper, Magazine, and Website Articles

Angima, S., Noack, M., and Noack, S. (2011, October) Composting with Worms. Oregon State University Extension Catalog. https://extension.oregonstate.edu/catalog/pub/em-9034-composting-worms

British Board of Film Classification. (2021, June 3). 11 documentaries for budding environmentalists. https://www.bbfc.co.uk/about-us/articles/11-documentaries-for-budding-environmentalists

Garcia, O. (2020, December 3). Life on a Sustainable Planet: Meet The Eco Teens Who Are Learning How To Save The Planet. Smithsonian Magazine. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/blogs/earth-optimism/2020/12/03/meet-eco-teens-who-are-learning-how-save-planet/

Jenkins, A. (2025, February 26). Compost Regenerates NYC’s Economy, Growing Green Jobs for Young People. The New School Center for New York City Affairs. https://www.centernyc.org/urban-matters-2/compost-regenerates-nycs-economy-growing-green-jobs-for-young-people

Sloan, W. (2024). WasteNot Compost’s Liam Donnelly Dreams Big. Waste360. https://libproxy.albany.edu/login?url=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&AuthType=ip,sso&db=8gh&AN=176911639&site=ehost-live

Sophie. (2024, June 12). A Teen’s Perspective on Recycling. Toward Zero Waste. https://towardzerowaste.org/2024/06/12/a-teenagers-perspective-on-recycling/

Videos

Mountain Lake PBS. (2022, September 6). Two teens start business to combat climate change with compost [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2Q638MCwq8

TEDx Talks. (2021, December 13).. [Video]. YouTube.  https://youtu.be/kufhML6cy4U?si=r6tOIBiZSU7kTidn

Unicef. Young climate activists demand action and inspire hope. https://www.unicef.org/stories/young-climate-activists-demand-action-inspire-hope