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In this week\u2019s episode, host Margaret Walls talks with Carol O\u2019Donnell, executive director of the Smithsonian Science Education Center in Washington, DC, about educating students in kindergarten through grade 12 about sustainability and environmental issues. O\u2019Donnell discusses how the Sustainable Development Goals, formulated by the United Nations, provide a global framework for youth education; how working with educational material in a local context can help students gain data literacy skills; and how the Smithsonian Science Education Center tailors curricula on environmental issues and climate change to different age groups.\n\nReferences and recommendations:\n\n\u201cData, discourse, and development: Building a sustainable world through education and science communication\u201d by Heidi Gibson, Mary E. Short, and Carol O\u2019Donnell; https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fcomm.2023.981988/full\n\nSmithsonian Science Education Center; https://ssec.si.edu/\n\nSmithsonian Science for Global Goals Project; https://ssec.si.edu/global-goals\n\nEJScreen: Environmental Justice Screening and Mapping Tool, from the US Environmental Protection Agency; https://www.epa.gov/ejscreen\n\n\u201cScience Denial: Why It Happens and What to Do About It\u201d by Gale Sinatra and Barbara Hofer; https://academic.oup.com/book/39889