Building Climate Resilience and Sustainability Education

Climate change is already affecting schools and communities across Europe, from heatwaves and floods to wildfires and coastal erosion. This course gives teachers the knowledge and practical tools to bring climate resilience and sustainability into their teaching and their school community. Participants first explore the climate crisis, its causes and impacts, the SDGs and international climate agreements, and map the natural hazards and risks of their own region. They then cover:

  • pollution, the circular economy, renewable energy and energy communities, with classroom activities for a low-waste, green school
  • how satellites, GIS mapping and AI support climate data, disaster management and climate education
  • civil protection, preparedness, crisis communication and psychological support after a disaster, using Crete as a living case study
  • hands-on, low-cost climate experiments, including science on the beach and a sustainability escape room

Participants leave with a ready-to-use climate action project for their school and community.

The course aims to help teachers turn climate education from theory into action. It strengthens their understanding of climate science and sustainability and gives them simple, engaging methods and digital tools for the classroom. It also prepares them to support learners and school communities before, during and after climate-related emergencies. In this way it contributes to the Erasmus+ priorities on the green transition, digital transformation and active citizenship.

By the end of the course, participants will be able to:

  • Understand the climate crisis, its causes and its impacts on people and ecosystems
  • Link sustainability, the SDGs and international climate agreements to everyday teaching
  • Understand natural hazards, vulnerability and climate resilience, and map the risks of their own region
  • Explain environmental pollution, the circular economy, waste management and renewable energy
  • Design classroom activities for a low-waste, green school
  • Use satellite data, GIS mapping tools and AI in climate education
  • Prepare learners and school communities for natural hazards and emergencies through civil protection and preparedness
  • Apply crisis communication and support learners’ psychological wellbeing after a disaster
  • Run simple, low-cost indoor and outdoor climate experiments, including science on the beach
  • Gamify sustainability with activities such as a science escape room
  • Design a climate action project for their school and community
  • Plan follow-up and dissemination activities and integrate the course into future Erasmus+ projects

Course Language

  • English Note: Participants must have at least a CEFR level B1 knowledge of English in order to be able to participate actively.

Target Groups

  • Teachers working in kindergartens, primary schools, lower secondary schools, and adult education training centers

Methods & Tools

  • Lectures, group work, hands-on workshops, case studies and excursions.
  • Tools: Canva, MindMeister, SDG resources, vulnerability mapping tools, geospatial data, project design templates, and collaborative platforms.

In course fee includes

    • Coffee Breaks that include traditional products.
    • Guided tour of the Historical Center of the town.
    • Dinner in a traditional restaurant in the town.
    • Europass Mobility.
    • A small gift with traditional Cretan products.
    • Certificate of Attendance, for participants who attend at least 80% of the course.

Heraklion

1 week

Course details & day-by-day programme (PDF)

Testimonial

I had a great time in Heraklion during my Erasmus course. I learned a lot and I am happy I could participate.
Theodoros TheodorouCyprus

A/A LOCATION DATE DURATION COST CONFIRMED ENROLMENT
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