What is the call about?
The Education for Climate Day 2024 will happen on the 28th of November this year under the theme of "Climate Resilience: Preparing for the Future".
We urgently need well-curated practices in climate education. To transform climate education, we must learn from each other's work.
Call for Inspiring Good Practices
Which innovative green education projects have you implemented in your learning environments?
What are we looking for?
Following the inspiring lab debates during the Policy & Practice Forum 2024 , we are looking for contributions in 3 thematic areas.
For each theme, we are curious: Do you run or host an innovative green education project? Then tell us and share your actions with the community!
Capacity-Building for Learning Communities within the Twin Transition
Enhancing the knowledge, skills, and attitudes in (g)local communities and stakehholders to navigate and work together for the dual challenge of digital and green transitions, across disciplines and (b)orders.
Do you work with (learning) communities / in civic education? Then this is for you.
Specifically, how can long-term learning communities be established and supported, and what role do policy interventions and local, face-to-face collaborations play in this process?
Additionally, how can education policies be transitioned into actions and educational initiatives be kept personal yet replicable?
Learning Scenarios for Green Competences
Implementing learning scenarios that embrace the development of green competences in manifold ways.
Do you work with educators/ learners to build up their green competences? Then this is for you.
Specifically, what are effective learning scenarios that can foster the development of green competences in both formal and non-formal education settings?
Additionally, how can interdisciplinary approaches be integrated to address green challenges and promote green skills across various sectors?
Learners' Access to and Educators' Use of Science-Driven Climate Education
Leveraging scientific knowledge to create equitable and effective climate education practices in teaching methods and learning applications.
Do you work with scientists / evidence-based approaches / citizen science? Then this is for you.
Specifically, how can science and data be made meaningful for climate education, and what are good practices for supporting a systems thinking approach in both education and scientific learning practices together?
Additionally, what strategies can be employed to create scientific educational materials that are accessible and engaging for students and easy to use for educators?
How to submit your action?
To introduce your project and share your green education action with us and the community, please do two things.
Only complete applications, including survey and blog, will be considered.
Who is eligible?
The green education action must be:
- based in and across any European Education Area Country.
- started, ongoing or recently completed within the 5 last years with concrete implementation actions having happened.
We welcome submissions across all formal and informal education levels from students, educators, and stakeholders alike - whether small, big, local, or international, public or private.
What is in it for you and the community?
From all submissions, we will select three projects per theme that will be part of 3 European community showcase sessions to leverage their work during the Education for Climate Day 2024.
Get inspired by the 2023 project collection
The selected projects will come for a travel-funded visit to Brussels for the Education for Climate Day 2024 at the end of November 2024 to participate in hybrid sessions and meet and greet other participants across the European Education Area active in climate education.
What is the timeline?
- The call is open from the 12th June to the 8th of September 2024.
- From all the replies received, we will select 3 community examples per theme. You will receive a notification about our selection outcome at the beginning of October.
- The selected projects will join us live on the hybrid stage on the 28th of November 2024.
What are we evaluating?
We want to illustrate education innovation in the field and engage with your implementation projects to inspire and get inspired in a truly participatory approach facilitated by the Education for Climate Coalition.
The call for green education actions asks for:
- MAIN PROJECT BASE: in and across any European Education Area Country
- PROJECT/ ACTION STATUS & IMPACT DESCRIPTION: started, ongoing or recently completed within the 5 last years with concrete implementation actions having happened plus a description how they made a difference for the better – whether small, big, local, international (all welcome from all education levels)
- PARTICIPATORY PROJECT DESIGN & MANAGEMENT: shaped and run by at least two education actor categories as listed in the survey
- EDUCATION FOR CLIMATE INNOVATION AREA COVERAGE: covers at least 1/5
- GREENCOMP ENGAGEMENT: addresses at least 1/12 competences
- INNOVATIVE LEARNING ENGAGEMENT: includes one of the learning & teaching methods listed in the June 2022 Council Recommendation on learning for the green transition and sustainable development in order to embrace learning goal(s) and illustrates its didactics/ pedagogy
- TANGIBILITY: provides telling evidence in form of concrete & codified content, like material/ activity / process / learning action (in any EU language), or in form of any illustrating photos, pdfs, videos, documents/ pdfs, URLs etc.
- COMMUNITY RECEPTION: is pitched and showcased as blog in any style format on the platform & is then liked by the community
The EducationForClimate Secretariat will evaluate against this baseline information in the context of all complete evidence submitted.