Welcome to the Global Learning and Exchange Week - one week dedicated to learning, sharing, and taking action to tackle climate change through ecosystem restoration. Children (aged 8-12) and their educators will benefit from inspirational talks from youth and industry leaders and learning and exchange opportunities to further develop their ideating, sketching, prototyping and pitching skills - positioning them as changemakers in the battle against climate change.
LEARN & INSPIRE
Children learn more from the theme experts and connect with youth changemakers. This in order to deepen their learnings and increase their agency.
EXCHANGE
Children connect with other classrooms across the world to exchange their learnings, ideas and concepts with each other. This in order to truly develop their global citizenship skills, peer to peer learning and to learn about other contexts.
DO
Children receive an opportunity to develop their ideating, sketching, prototyping and pitching skills. This in order to further develop their creative (thinking) and communication skills.
GATHER
All participating classrooms/groups will gather in one big online session for an inspiring keynote. This culminating event will be the first of its kind, representing the voices of children from across the globe, coming together for the planet.
LEARN & INSPIRE
Here you can find more resource on the links between ecosystems restoration and climate change. Meet environmental activist, Natasha Mwanza, and others as they tackle the designathon challenge with children around the world, download teaching materials on the ecosystems restoration and encourage children to play the Kahoot of the day.
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Participate
Eco-warrior session 1
Monday, 14 March 2022 @ 10h00 CET
Join us for a mini online designathon hosted by Nancy Sumari. Think through ways of restoring our ecosystems to tackle climate change with youth leader Natasha Mwanza, and young people from Tanzania, Nepal, and Ireland.
To register for the event - click here
Learn
Poster: What is an ecosystem
Video: How does restoring ecosystems help tackle climate change?
Play
This Kahoot challenges children to think deeper into the roles and responsibilities associated with restoring ecosystems and tackling climate change
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Divide learners into teams of two
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Click this link and let children answer the three questions in the Kahoot! (Enter this pin 01744753)
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Create the space for children to compare their questions, discuss any differences in their answers and share their thoughts
EXCHANGE
Here you can engage with classrooms around the world. Join the open mic sessions to hear about innovations in insights from educators and their learners from around the world, download learning materials on digital storytelling and other impactful communication tools and don’t forget to encourage children to play the Kahoot of the day.
Learn
Video: A step by step guide to digital storytelling
Poster: Communicating climate change
Participate
Eco-warrior sessions 2
Tuesday, 15 March @ 09h00 (CET), and/or 11H00 (CET), and/or 15h00 (CET) and/or 20H00 (CET)
Register for one of our open mic to share your stories, experiences or challenges or join a session to learn more from fellow participants
To register for the event - click here
Play
This kahoot challenges children to think deeper about the impact climate change will have on their cities, neighbourhoods, and households
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Divide learners into teams of two
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Click this link and let children answer the three questions in the Kahoot! (Enter this pin 01744753)
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Create the space for children to compare their questions, discuss any differences in their answers and share their thoughts
DO
Here you will find resources on how to design and prototype impactful innovations, and don’t forget to encourage children to play the Kahoot of the day.
Play
This kahoot stimulates children's creative thinking around ecosystems restoration
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Divide learners into teams of two
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Click this link and let children answer the three questions in the Kahoot! (Enter this pin 01744753)
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Create the space for children to compare their questions, discuss any differences in their answers and share their thoughts
Learn
Video: A step by step guide to prototyping
Poster: Using nature to solve climate change
Participate
Eco-warrior session
Wednesday, 16 March 2022 @ 15h00 CET
Join Designathon Works founder Emer Beamer as she takes a deep dive into the doing of design.
To register for the event - click here
GATHER
Here you will find more resources on how to translate your learning into action! Join Karan Jerath, a UN climate change ambassador and ecosystems restorer, in a final event focused on taking climate action now!
Play
This kahoot challenges children to translate the weeks learning into action!
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Divide learners into teams of two
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Click this link and let children answer the three questions in the Kahoot! (Enter this pin 01744753)
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Create the space for children to compare their questions, discuss any differences in their answers and share their thoughts
Learn
Poster: Five practical ways of taking climate action today
Participate
Eco-warrior session
Friday, 18 March at 10h00 CET
Join this online meet-up, in which climate change leaders, children and their educators, come together to share their experience in the Learning and Exchange Week's final event.
To register for the event - click here