Erasmus+ funded Empowering Young Children to Act on Climate Change

Erasmus + “Empowering Young Children to Act on Climate Change” project (2021-2-F101-KA210-SCH-000051088) was coordinated by Learning In Nature Ltd 2022-2023. Partners of the project represented are New Loops organisation from Portugal, Uncalı Kindergarten and Oba Association from Turkey and Dječji Vrtić Ivanić Grad kindergarten from Croatia. With this project we aimed to raise awareness of teachers in pre-schools about climate change and to establish a policy and toolkit through effective tools for young children.

Empowering Children to Act on Climate Change  is a project that established an international dialogue, enabled the emergence of a climate action network and tackled the lack of materials and training to empower Pre-K to Grades 1 and 2 teachers and young children through experiential learning in a positive way.

Policy Recommendations for Climate Education and Climate Education Toolkit for Kindergarten Teachers was created as outcomes of the project which can be downloaded in 5 languages (English,Finnish, Portuguese, Turkish and Croatian)

Results of the project:

POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS on climate education

CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD POLICY IN ENGLISH 

CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD POLICY IN TURKISH

 

FIRST MEETING IN HELSINKI, FINLAND Climate Change Education Training Course

The 3 day Climate Change Training for early childhood educators was on what climate change is and the participants found out how they can be role models for children. The aim was to inspire and show concrete examples so they will have motivation to take steps in their own countries. Dates: 18-20 May 2022 Meeting included planting trees, cycling to a nature centre in Espoo, a visit to a nature based kindergarten in Helsinki and a visit to a permaculture based farm to learn about companion planting for trees.

CLIMATE EDUCATION MANUAL FOR EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATORS

This toolkit introduces the concept of Climate Education, presents best practices in Europe, and offers a selection of 15 games and activities to engage children indoors and outdoors, as well as conclusions and references. It is addressed to teachers and parents who could use it as a guide to connect children to nature, which is essential for adaptation to a changing climate.

This toolkit is within the framework of the Erasmus Plus Programme Empowering Young Children To Act on Climate Change of the European Commission (2021-2-F101-KA210-SCH-000051088).

Content includes What is Climate Change, What is climate Education, Good Practices from Europe, Games and Creative Drama Activities as well as information about the partner organisations. The toolkit is dowloadable in 5 different languages,see below.

CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD MANUEL IN ENGLISH

CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD MANUEL IN TURKISH