ABOUT THIS TRAINING
This 7-day training equips teachers with knowledge, skills, and methods to foster climate literacy, sustainability awareness, and environmentally responsible behaviour in students.
Participants will design engaging, cross-curricular activities, integrate hands-on projects, and employ niche creative methodologies for teaching climate change, circular economy, biodiversity, and sustainability at school.
This course is aligned with: European Green Deal, EU Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) Framework, UNESCO ESD Guidelines, European Climate Pact, EU Youth Strategy.
Target group:
Pre-primary, primary, and secondary teachers; youth educators
Format:
7 full days (35–40 hours), experiential and project-based
Discipline relevance:
Humanities, social sciences, culture, environmental education
NICHE METHODOLOGIES & TOOLS
Place-based learning & local ecosystem investigations
Citizen science projects (biodiversity monitoring, water quality testing)
Climate scenario role-play & simulations
Eco-storytelling & creative narrative methods
Circular economy and DIY sustainability workshops
Digital tools for environmental data collection & visualization
Systems thinking mapping for climate education
DELIVERABLES FOR PARTICIPANT
1 fully designed climate literacy or sustainability PBL project
Digital citizen science activity plan
Storytelling/arts-based climate activity
School sustainability action plan
Teacher reflective journal and toolkit for continued implementation
METHODS USED
Project-Based Learning
Place-Based & Experiential Learning
Systems Thinking & Scenario Planning
Citizen Science Integration
Eco-Storytelling & Arts-Based Methods
Digital Data Collection & Visualization
Peer Review & Collaborative Planning
LEARNING OUTCOMES
Knowledge
Understand climate change science, EU climate policies, and global sustainability goals (SDGs 4, 12, 13, 14, 15).
Identify the environmental, social, and economic dimensions of sustainability.
Recognize barriers to student engagement with climate issues.
Skills
Design project-based learning (PBL) and inquiry-based activities for climate education.
Integrate local community and citizen science initiatives into lessons.
Facilitate experiential, outdoor, and hands-on sustainability projects.
Use digital tools to monitor and present environmental data.
Attitudes
Foster environmental stewardship, critical thinking, and collective action.
Encourage systems thinking and intergenerational responsibility.
Develop teacher resilience and reflective practice for sustainability education.