It covers many areas of our lives including effects of climate change, biodiversity and sustainability but also our values and sense of hope.
The Environmental Education Program
It has to develop a deeper understanding of environmental impact across a school community, because the status quo is no longer an option, if we value children’s present options and long-term futures.
It highlights the importance for schools to invest time and resources to help find intervention points to engage young people. The older the child gets, without support on these topics, the more they need to rewire mentalities before they actively engage.
By connecting young people to small lifestyle changes, framed as gateway activities, it provides tools to build confidence and resilience both for the individual and the planet.
It can bring school communities together when it is hardwired across the school curriculum and extracurricular activities. And it requires teamwork from a wide variety of roles: sportswomen and conceptual artists, caterers and groundsmen, scientists who can explain complex systems simply…
