Regenerating Education in Times of Climate Crisis

Laureline Simon (One Resilient Earth founder) and David Blunck (The Vision Works founder) will present the key findings and pedagogical resources generated through the CLARITY project.  Together with the Institute for Sustainability (INa) at the Berlin School of Economics and Law (HWR) -whose mission is to integrate sustainability as a cross-cutting theme across research, teaching, and knowledge transfer- this project will be presented.

CLARITY is a collaboration between Lund University (Sweden), Legacy 17 (Sweden), the Real School Budapest (Hungary), Climate Creativity (Norway), The Vision Works (Germany), and One Resilient Earth (Germany). This European research and education project supports teachers and non-formal educators to help their students shift from climate anxiety to climate resilience, connection, creativity and regeneration. Through the project, multiple resources for teachers and non-formal educators working with children and youth from 6 to 20+ years old have been generated, including: 

• A pedagogical toolbox which guides teachers and educators to nurture emotional resilience, imagination, connection and collective action towards climate resilience and regeneration, one practical activity at a time. It offers ready‑to‑use activities that integrate different disciplines like psychology, arts, and science, helping educators nurture emotional resilience alongside transformative knowledge and skills.
• A teacher's guide which introduces the core ideas behind transformative climate resilience education and explains how to work with the CLARITY toolbox in a thoughtful, and trauma-informed way. It offers background knowledge, pedagogical guidance and practical suggestions to help teachers and educators integrate the five CLARITY competence areas into their teaching.
• A self-paced course open to all teachers and educators, which gives access to introduction videos, the CLARITY teacher's guide, CLARITY toolbox, an online community and a certificate of completion.

Following a presentation of the approach, impact, and multiple pedagogical resources generated in collaboration with teachers and educators through CLARITY, we will welcome questions from the audience, before opening up spaces to test and discuss some of the CLARITY tools and activities led by the CLARITY partners’ teams. 

The event will close with an informal conversation & networking opportunity, with light refreshments, so as to deepen dialogues between participants, and with members of the CLARITY project teams. 

All professionals interested in education to address climate change and its impacts, as well as students curious about tools to enhance emotional wellbeing while fostering collective climate action, are welcome to join! 

The event will take place in person at the Berlin School of Economics and Law (HWR). For those who cannot attend in person, the presentation and panel discussion will also be broadcasted live online here. 

The main presentation will be in English with German translation. For the rest of the event, we will adjust to the needs of the participants with breakout exercises and questions & answers sessions being held both in English and in German. 

Agenda 

16.00: Welcome and Introduction 

16.15: Presentation of the CLARITY project: key findings and available resources 

16.45: Panel discussion with the audience 

17.15: Parallel workshops to test and discuss the CLARITY project resources 

17.45: Closing discussion with the audience 

18.00: Refreshments and open dialogue