Showing posts with label Environment. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Environment. Show all posts

Tuesday, August 29, 2023

Toolkit for Youth Eco-Activism

 Source: https://learn.ecounesco.ie/courses/toolkit-for-youth-eco-activism/

Nourishing Well-Being and Catalysing Collective Action for Earth

About this Course

Go on a journey of eco-activism using our online Toolkit for Eco-Activism!

This course follows River on her journey of self-discovery and action, building a community of like-minded people on the way, and gaining the skills and confidence to get involved in eco-activism. Whether you are an eco-activist, an educator, or a young person interested in the environment, this toolkit can have implications for your life and help you respond to social-ecological challenges.

This Toolkit is the result of the collaborative project, Youth Action for Nature and Wellbeing, which you can read more about below. In addition to this online course, the toolkit is available as a printed book and in PDF format at yafnaw.eu. 

How to Use the Toolkit

This course has been designed by young people for young people, aged 16 to 25. The toolkit can be used independently by the youth. It is primarily intended for individuals who wish to establish a collective group of local youth eco-activists. However, if you already have a group to collaborate with, that is fantastic.

There are two ways to use the toolkit, depending on your needs and interests as an eco-activist. One way is is to follow the toolkit linearly through the 6 Phases of Activism, or alternatively you can follow the Learning Icons, as illustrated below.

The 6 Phases of the Toolkit

The toolkit can be read linearly, from start to finish through 6 Phases of Activism. Along the way, you and River, the main character of the toolkit, will encounter a variety of animals that will present tools and activities for eco-activists to try, getting creative and using nature as a canvas. If you are new to eco-activism, we recommend you work through the 6 phases one after the other. 

The 7 Learning Ions

Another possibility is to navigate your way through the toolkit using the 7 learning icons, following your interests or needs at the time. If you are already engaged with eco-activism, you may find it more helpful to focus on what is needed at the moment or skip certain phases of your journey.

Transformative Learning
Transformative Learning
Peer Education
Peer Education
Well-being
Well-being

Youth Action for Nature and Wellbeing

The Youth Action for Nature and Well-Being project was funded by Erasmus+ and involved a strategic partnership between six non-governmental organisations: ECO-UNESCO, Resilience.Earth, Gaia Education, The Rural Parliament of Slovakia, Youth for Smile (Jaunatne smaidam), and Ecowellness Consulting.

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Monday, January 14, 2019

Global Platform

UNLEASHING POTENTIAL

We support youth networks, movements, organisations and individuals who promote the agenda of progressive youth-led change.

Global Platforms is a worldwide network of training hubs for youth empowerment and activism. We train and inspire young people to be the creators of social and political change.

NETWORK FOR
YOUTH-LED ACTIVISM
WE BUILD CAPACITIES, CONNECT PEOPLE AND CAUSES AND INSPIRE ACTION
Global Platforms is ActionAid’s network for youth-led activism. We support movements, youth networks, organisations and individuals who promote progressive social, political and economic change around the world.

Through capacity building and support to various youth-led initiatives, we seek to promote young people as drivers of change towards a more just, sustainable and democratic world.

Link: https://www.globalplatforms.org/


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Tuesday, November 14, 2017

Recipes for Healthy Kids and a Healthy Environment


This nine-lesson program was designed to excite kids about environmental health and empower them to take steps in their everyday lives to improve the environment for their community and reduce their environmental risk.

Audience

  • Geared toward children ages 9 - 13.
  • Can be used inside or outside the classroom. The program encourages kids to actively explore the environments in which they live and play. It is geared toward use in:
    • Out-of-school programs.
    • Extracurricular groups.
    • After-school clubs.

What Kids Will Learn

  • What environmental health is.
  • How to protect themselves and positively impact their communities around this issue.
  • How to become champions for children’s environmental health in their homes, schools, and communities.

What the Lessons Include

  • Easy-to-use lesson plan cards organized around key actions for teaching: ASK, DO, and EXPLAIN.
  • One or more hands-on activities in each 45- minute lesson.
  • Materials for kids to take home to share with their families.
  • Posters and visual cards.

How to Teach Each Lesson

  • Read and print the lesson plan.
  • Decide on timing for the lesson and which activities to include.
  • Print handout(s) for the kids to take home.
Link: https://www.epa.gov/children/student-curriculum
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Activity Book: Discover Your Changing World With NOAA

Ten Activities to Introduce You to the Essential Principles of Climate Science

Activity Book cover
  • How does the sun drive Earth's climate system?
  • How have plants, animals, and humans affected Earth's climate?
  • How do the ocean, ice, clouds and atmospheric gases affect the impact of the Sun's energy on the Earth?
  • How may Earth's changing climate affect plants, animals, and humans?
Are you ready to discover your changing world? This free activity book will introduce you to The Essential Principles of Climate Science, help you learn about Earth's climate system, the factors that drive and change it, the impacts of those changes, and what you can do to explore, understand, and protect our Earth. Download the full activity book or individual activities below. Have Fun!
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