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What's a middle school teacher supposed to do about it? There's little to nothing we can do at the personal level beyond reducing our personal tiny footprint.
Teach kids about it, like the artist's did
Isn't the concept of the comic that it isn't enough?
I think the point of the comic is that it is really depressing to hear this as a kid, in ways the teacher doesn't understand.
I was an environmental educator for a while and part time activist in college but I gave up.
It really seems like an intractable problem. But I recommend Kim Stanley Robinson's Ministry for the Future novel for a speculative fiction / near future grappling with how society might respond to a warming world.
Spoiler: it starts with a heat-wave natural disaster which radicalizes India into a rogue state, which then does geoengineering on its own, but this isn't enough by itself.
Just based on that summary, I immediately thought of the book Termination Shock, which has a similar premise of an actor beginning to geoengineer with global reprecussions - though it's heavier on the politics of the situation than any actionable info. If you haven't read it, I'd recommend. I'm definitely going to pick up Ministry For The Future.