Educational Materials
Children for Children Campaign
Schools are invited to participate in the global campaign that will educate students on climate change, disaster risk reduction and resilience. Through the Children for Children campaign students will develop:
Empathy.
Disaster risk reduction strategies adapted to local contexts.
An understanding of the relationship between negative environmental actions and consequences.
An understanding of actions that protect the environment.
Confidence and knowledge to plan and initiate positive actions within their schools and communities to mitigate the impacts of climate change.
Resources
Lesson Plans
A three-part lesson plan on climate change, disaster risk reduction and organizing a fundraising and awareness campaign, developed by Eco-Schools and the Young Reporters for the Environment programme.
View it here.
UNESCO Compendium: Stay Safe and Be Prepared
Stay Safe and Be Prepared: A Teacher’s Guide to Disaster Risk Reduction
This Teacher’s Guide is one part of a three-book compendium aimed at introducing concepts, exercises and good practices on disaster preparedness and response to teachers, students and parents. The basic idea is that comprehensive disaster preparedness and resilience-building can only take place when the whole (school) community, starting with students, parents and teachers, is involved and that it can be very successful if students are encouraged to actively take the lead on some of the activities.
Stay Safe and Be Prepared: A Students’ Guide to Disaster Risk Reduction
The Students’ Guide (for students aged 11–18) is partly designed as a comic and tells the story of ‘Resilience Girl’ (RG). RG was affected by a tsunami, which caused her to lose one of her legs. Her experiences encouraged her to learn as much as possible about disaster risk, preparedness and resilience. Eager to share what she has learned with peers in her new school, RG delivers a presentation — ‘Be risk-smart, be prepared, be resilient.’
Stay Safe and Be Prepared: A Parents’ Guide to Disaster Risk Reduction
The Parents’ Guide offers ideas on family preparedness measures and on how parents can get engaged with their child’s school and their community to improve disaster preparedness and response. It also addresses the psychosocial well-being of children and outlines several exercises that parents can do to assist their child’s psychosocial recovery after a disaster. Both this Teachers’ Guide and the Parents’ Guide are designed to support the activities introduced in the Students’ Guide.
Eco-Schools Material on Disaster Risk Reduction
Eco-Schools Indian Ocean Disaster Risk Reduction Toolkit
This toolkit provides a practical guide on how to conduct a Vulnerability and Capacity Assessment (VCA) with and for children alongside broader Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) initiatives in schools. Combined with the Eco-Schools VCA training module, this toolkit will help teachers, school officials and community members who are active in the school through the Eco-Schools programme and who wish to further support children’s participation in school disaster preparedness and management.
UNEP – Online educational tool on sustainable Consumption
Anatomy of Action is a handy educational tool which can be used by anyone, anywhere, whether in schools, communities, or at home. It can concretely help people to live more sustainably, thereby having a positive impact on our planet.
Consumption in a world where an ever-increasing population is using ever scarcer resources means that people’s choices have serious negative impacts on the planet. The Anatomy of Action can help mitigate these. It's a UNEP and UnSchool developed social media toolkit to activate people to live more sustainably. The Anatomy of Action separates people’s lives into food, stuff, move, money, and fun. It’s a simple and science-based way to encourage people to reduce their carbon footprint and live more sustainably.
By using clean energy when heating a home or commuting to work, or reducing meat consumption, individuals can cumulatively have a direct impact on the collective good, and help reduce the chance of natural disasters, too. And people can push businesses and governments do their part as well.
Other UNESCO material on Climate Change, Education for Sustainable development, and the SDGs
Getting Climate-Ready: A guide for schools on climate action
This book is a guide for schools on climate action. The guidelines and examples are based on a survey looking at climate action projects at 55 schools in 12 countries. All schools in the survey are part of UNESCO’s Associated Schools Project Network (ASPnet). In addition, this guide draws on examples and research published in peer-reviewed journals, books, national and international guidelines and frameworks and programme websites.
Education for Sustainable Development: Learning Objectives
This publication is designed as a guide for education professionals on the use of ESD in learning for the SDGs, and consequently to contribute to achieving the SDGs. The guide identifies indicative learning objectives and suggests topics and learning activities for each SDG. It also presents implementation methods at different levels, from course design to national strategies.
YouthXchange Climate Change and Lifestyles Guidebook
This publication focuses on the challenges, opportunities and good practices of climate change. It explores the interrelationship between climate change and lifestyles through a scientific, political, economic, social, ethical and cultural angle and identifies actions young people might take towards more sustainable lifestyles. It provides information, case studies and useful tips around topics relevant to young people and their everyday lives, such as food and drink, travel and transport, leisure and entertainment. The guide was produced for young people and people working with them such as educators, teachers, trainers and youth leaders around the world.