The Climate Action Project, finding the right balance between head, heart and hands ft. Koen Timmers

Koen Timmers is a teacher, an author and the founder of various global education initiatives. He is the executive director of the non-profit Take Action Global (TAG), a very ambitious initiative focusing on climate action education. The Climate Action Project founded in 2017 is one of the projects of TAG and involves 4,600,000 students across 160 countries… 

In that TALK, Koen shares with us the objectives he wants to reach with his project, the role played by communities of practice uniting teachers and students beyond national boundaries as the Education for Climate Coalition, and also the project ‘Coding for the Climate” that combines digital with sustainability. Koen believes education systems should find the right balance between the 3 H’s: head, heart and hands. Don’t you agree with him? 

Questions 

01:30 Can you share with us your journey into sustainable education and present Take Action Global? 

05:00 What is the value of communities in your view? How can they generate action? Can you tell us more about your modus operandi in this respect? 

10:00 Once a project is implemented, how do you measure impact? 

12:20 One of the initiatives you promote is called Coding for Climate. Can you tell us more about it and tell us how you envision the articulation between green and digital education? 

Learn more: The official website of Take Action Global: https://www.takeactionglobal.org/#top The official website of the Climate Action Project: Projet d'action climatique (climateactionproject.org) The official website of Coding for Climate: Coding for Climate (coding4climate.org)

Are you interested to watch previous episodes? Check the Education for Climate Talk