Course: Climate Crisis Project

Topic outline

Climate Crisis Project
"Another world is not only possible, she is on her way. On a quiet day, I can hear her breathing."
Arundhati Roy (Indian Author and Man Booker Prize winner)

In this area you can find resources to support your teaching about the Climate Crisis. Materials will be added to over time here and are especially suitable for KS2 and KS3, but many will also be adaptable for younger children as well as for older young people.

A small group of HIAS colleagues have been working together on these materials; they include:
- Justine Ball, County Inspector/Adviser for RE and history
  justine.ball@hants.gov.uk
- Jayne Stillman, County Inspector/Adviser Visual Arts
  jayne.stillman@hants.gov.uk
- Minnie Moore, Rights and Diversity Education Adviser
  minnie.moore@hants.gov.uk
- Announcements Forum
Contents
Please find below links and documents which will assist in resourcing your teaching about the Climate Crisis.
Climate Unity Conversations: One world for us all 2022-23

Following on from the successes of ‘Our Climate Change Forest’ project 2020-21 and the ‘Climate Unity’ project 2020-21, we invite you to participate in the continuation project Climate Unity Conversations’ project to address a range of perspectives on the climate issue facing us all and to provide an opportunity for these perspectives.
Opportunities will also be available by other subject areas this year including Science, Design and Technology and RE. The opportunity to express thoughts on climate issues through the medium of art will also feature.
Art:
This year you are invited to create two-dimensional artwork responding to your Climate Crisis conversations that will provide artwork towards a digital exhibition. Some actual artworks will also be needed for exhibition. The artwork can be any size up to A1 and can be drawing, painting, collage, textiles, mixed media, photography etc.
Workshops: Two workshops are available on 11 January (11:00-12:30) and 21 February (09:00-10:30) to discuss ideas and thinking about the project and Climate crisis. You do not need to do these to join in the project, but it might help you to organise your ideas.
Children’s conference:
We are planning to have a Pupil Conference on Friday 14 July 2023 in Elizabeth II Court, Ashburton Hall, Winchester. Pupils will have the opportunity to share what they are doing and thinking about their climate concerns and to attend workshops and talks.
How to participate:
If you are interested in taking part in the project, please contact Elena Taraban Elena.Taraban@hants.gov.uk. We will let you know more details as we plan this, but you can be thinking about a small group of children to come to the conference and doing some two-dimensional high-quality artwork with children at your school to respond to the theme of Climate change.
- Climate Unity Conversations One world for us all 2022-23 File
Useful Links
- Climate Crisis Project School Communication URL
- The ‘Changing Climates’ Curriculum URL
  This links to a Global Dimension curriculum resource which schools can use to begin planning.
- WATCH: Greta Thunberg's speech to world leaders at UN Climate Action Summit URL
  Teachers may also wish to talk about children and young people’s ideas on the climate crisis and the impact of them. Here is a link to Greta Thunberg’s speech at the United Nations, which might be very useful for work with older children, particularly in secondary schools.
- Protect Our Planet - Raspberry Pi URL
- The Dalai Lama with Greta Thunberg and Leading Scientists - Mind & Life Institute (mindandlife.org) URL
  Click on the following link for a recording of Greta, the Dalai Lama and other leading scientists as they discuss the current climate crisis; there are also links on the website to five short films on climate feedback loops which are suitable to use with secondary age students.
- How to reduce your carbon footprint – 20 top tips - FutureLearn URL
- Transform Our World: #EcoLockdown (transform-our-world.org) URL
- How Will You Reboot the Future? › Global Dimension URL
- www.globaldimension.org.uk/articles/fairtrade-event URL
  45 minute conversation with environmental activist Jonathon Porritt, Fairtrade Foundation’s CEO Mike Gidney, and the creative team behind our new campaign films to look at how our choices around food can help to reboot the future exploring questions including:
  
  · why is food so important in creating a more sustainable future?
  
  · why is it important to know where our food is from?
  
  · what hope can we offer to today's young people?
- Is eating meat bad for the environment? | 6 global impacts - FutureLearn URL
- Eve: the off-grid life of a nine-year-old climate activist - YouTube URL
- UK Schools Sustainability Network INSET video on Climate and Sustainability - YouTube URL
- COP26 School Resources | Climate Change & The Environment URL
- PSHE and Science PowerPoint lesson URL
  With the chance to win an eco-school trip for your class and lots of other eco goodies, Recycle Week is the perfect opportunity to showcase your creativity and show pupils how their actions can make a difference. You can start with our PSHE and Science PowerPoint lesson to guide pupils through what recycling means, then take on one (or two) of our creative missions to enter into our competition prize draw!
- Transform Our World: bringing environmental action into the classroom with quality-rated resources URL
- www.theecoheroes.com URL
  The interactive resources are Key Stage 2 and include Maths, English, Science, Geography and PHSE yet they also encourage children, teachers and parents to be Eco Heroes.
- PlanetSuperLeague.com URL
  Inspire people to take action against Climate Change through competition inspired by football:
  
  Our platform makes sustainability accessible and fun for everyone, educating them on their journey towards a more carbon-efficient lifestyle. There are many activities to choose from that either directly reduce your carbon footprint or educate people about the world we are working to save.
- Climate Change, diversity and equality URL
  The climate outreach website is packed with resources, videos and blogs which explore the lack of diversity in images of people and nature, the impact this has both on people and on climate engagement, and how we can and must make imagery more inclusive and impactful.
- The Regenerators - BBC Bitesize URL
  BBC Bitesize recently launched The Regenerators, an ambitious new initiative that will educate and inspire children, young people and families to take simple steps to build a greener future. There are online lessons for primary, interactive quizzes as well as tips on how we can all have a more positive impact on the environment.
- COP26: How can schools reach net-zero emissions? | Teach First URL
- Transform Our World - The Green Gazette URL
  The United Kingdom Schools Sustainability Network (UKSSN) brings together networks of students to connect and collaborate on issues they care about, fully supported by school staff.
  
  They have recently launched their first newsletter, put together by students - The Green Gazette - which can be viewed via the button below.
- KS3 Climate Resources URL
  Launched by Friends of the Earth late last year these key resources offer a free of charge, cross-curricula set of lesson plans that look at climate change through the lens of climate justice and active hope.
  
  Each lesson is matched with objectives in the English and Northern Irish National Curriculum and they’re designed to be downloaded and used off the shelf, either as a set or as individual lessons, according to teacher need. The resources are based on Friends of the Earth’s decades of expertise and campaigning insight, from spearheading the world’s first climate change legislation to supporting impactful grassroots action. They also respond to the issue of eco-anxiety, providing activities and exercises to support pupils and teachers to navigate these difficult, emotional issues.
- Schools resources | SustainableLifestyle (sustainablelifestyleideas.com) URL
- Schools Climate Action Planner (transform-our-world.org) URL
  Transform Our World and partners have launched a free, online, easy-to-use action planning tool to help teachers and students prioritise the actions their school can take to reduce its environmental impact.
- Urban Farm at the Hurst School URL
  This technology has huge potential. The benefits of this type of agriculture and how we source food could be a real factor in contributing to climate change reduction as well as alleviating food poverty. It is a great example of sustainability for us and something that could be scaled so a fabulous case study.
Resources
- Climate Questionnaire File
- Climate Crisis Information PPT File
- Y5/6 MTP: Creation (stewardship/khalifah) File
  The RE Centre offers on loan Creation topic boxes and a Creation for KS2 teaching pack to purchase - visit the artefact box catalogue and primary publications catalogue for further information.
- Climate Crisis Project work in progress File
- The Climate Change installation Summer 2021 File
- Websites for RE and climate change File
- ks2-MTP love (environment) Sikh File
Research
- Apps and website links to Climate Change File
School actions
- HIAS Flyer Climate Change Art Workshop 2020-2021 File
Climate Crisis Installations
Our Climate Change Forest
Hampshire schools have communicated their messages about Climate Crisis in an art installation during summer 2021. It has featured in the grounds of Winchester Cathedral and some have moved on to The Sir Harold Hillier Gardens in Romsey.

The art installation shares the responses to the issue of Climate Change and it communicates schools’ messages and children’s voices about what they are thinking about the many issues that concern them.
- The Climate Change Installation Summer 2021 2 File
Climate unity project 2022

Topic outline

Climate Crisis Project

Contents

Climate Unity Conversations: One world for us all 2022-23

Art:

Children’s conference:

Useful Links

Resources

Research

School actions

Climate Crisis Installations

Our Climate Change Forest

Climate unity project 2022