Ploiesti Romania, 2 November 2021. This month Ion Luca Caragiale in Ploiesti, Romania, joined the Climate Action Project involving 2.7 million students and teachers across 146 countries. The project was concluded during Climate Action Day, an online event where Prince Williams praised the students for their creativity and efforts.
With recent studies suggesting that three quarters of young people surveyed said the future of the world was frightening and more than half believed humanity was doomed, climate anxiety amongst children is on the rise. This further strengthens the need for climate change to be embedded within the school curriculum worldwide, something being called for by Take Action Global, alongside numerous unions and international bodies. These efforts will ensure children can be educated on the necessary changes that need to be made in energy consumption, transport, and food and the part they can play in addressing this. By adopting this within the school curriculum, teachers can better support climate anxiety amongst students, and in turn, shift mindsets to becoming more optimistic about the future.
The Climate Action Project, which was launched in 2017, is a global student-centered project that was launched by Take Action Global, a non-profit based in the USA. The project aims to help students to learn about the climate crisis in authentic ways and disseminate solutions through an online platform. In recent years the project has driven real impact including: students in Malawi planted 60 million trees, Irish students caused national change by initiating a new recycling label, Argentinian students developed their own bioplastics, Indonesian students created eco bricks and American students invented a solar suitcase which they sent to an African refugee camp. During the project teachers are being guided to become “Climate Action Certified Educator.”
Ion Luca Caragiale school organized lessons and projects regarding preventing climate change. We talked about reducing pollution and planting more. Our students found solutions for preventing the climate change. We just hope we are not too late, we can still save our planet.
The project wrapped up during Climate Action Day, an online live event on November 4 attended by 250,000 people. The event included speakers like HRH Prince William, President James Alix Michel from Seychelles, Richard David from NASA, Matt Larsen-Daw from WWF, HRH Princess Esmeralda from Belgium, Juan Garcia from the UN Environment Programme, scientists, experts, climate activists and many others. The event aims to engage young people to take meaningful action. To give them a special day the creators of the event invited a few special guests performed live entertainment: Dan Russell, a voice actor from Cartoon Network shared a special message, Spanish teacher Xuxo did some magician tricks, and Nandi Bushell, an 11 years old musician who recently played live with the Foo Fighters played the drums.
During the past six weeks teachers, students and parents have been keeping track of their own actions through the new app EarthProject, which shows the meaningful impact of small actions such as going to school by bike, eating less red meat, using a phone less, planting trees, and other small actions. Although some people claim that it is too late for climate education, research by social scientist Christina Kwauk has been proven that education has more impact that installing wind turbines (47 gigatons) and solar panels (19 gigatons). On the other hand, Anya Kamenetz shared earlier that 80% of teachers and 70% of parents are open to climate education. Danielle Frank Lawson from Pennsylvania State University claimed in 2019 that children can foster climate change concern among their parents. This way they can bring change in society.
Lord Jim Knight, Labour member of House of Lords and on the advisory board for Take Action Global, said:
“We are at a pivotal moment of climate action, and we have a responsibility as teachers, parents, and employers to ensure we educate and support our young people in understanding and building a sustainable future. Initiatives such as Climate Action Project and the work being done by Take Action Global more broadly, are important in helping to support a global movement for students, teachers and schools to make positive and lasting change.”
During the event Prince William shared: “We need youth’s creativity to repair our planet. We need students to invent and to innovate - to think beyond where we are now and to be optimist about our future”.
Dr. Jennifer Williams, Co-Founder, Co-Executive Director Take Action Global said: “It’s incredibly important to get children involved in climate conversations from a young age so that they understand the important role they play in protecting and restoring our natural world – not just now but in the future, too. This starts in the classroom by encouraging them to think creatively and take part in real-world projects, helping to forge connections with the purpose of their learning and its application to the world we live in. This, in turn, will equip them with the skills needed to address sector demands and help organisations reach their goals in positively impacting society.”
Koen Timmers, Co-Founder, Co-Executive Director Take Action Global said:
“Young people have the capacity to do more than learning about climate change. They all can come up with solutions, take small actions and inspire others to change their lifestyles. In the end, a change of students’ behavior and society’s mindset will be crucial to solve the crisis.”
Notes to editors:
Take Action Global is on a mission to empower one billion students to take action for a cleaner environment by the year 2030 through programs including the Climate Action Project. With a vision of climate education for all, Take Action Global combines environmental curricula with student-led projects, sharing ideas and experiences with local and global communities, education leaders, and partner organizations. Partners include the UN Foundation, NASA, WWF, Cartoon
Network, LEGO Education, and the Earthshot Prize presented by the Royal Foundation.
Press contacts:
Climate Action Project: Koen Timmers, [email protected]
Ion Luca Caragiale school: teacher Angela Ghinea, [email protected]
Project’s website: www.climate-action.info
EarthProject app: www.earthproject.org/app
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