The current climate and ecological crises we face require urgent action. Education can contribute to this, but how?
To find answers, Teacher for Climate Wieneke Maris is travelling through Europe this school year, looking for great examples of sustainability and climate education. Because the world needs ecological literate citizens. Follow her journey here.
Join the European Network of Teachers for Climate
On her journey Wieneke will set up an international network of Teachers for Climate. The purpose of the network; to share expertise, knowledge and practices. Would you like to join the network? Or do you know a great example that Wieneke should visit? Send her an email: wienekemaris [at] hotmail.com
How can Sustainability be systematically integrated in Education?
The teacher in me has a practical mindset; hands- on, I think about how things would work best for my students. But along my journey through Europe I started to think more and more about policy and the role it could play in promoting education…
Blog 6 An International Network of Teachers for Future
I’m on the Ferry from Sardinia to Toulon in France. As the ship rolls gently on the waves, I watch a rainbow in the distance as the outline of Sardinia slowly disappears. Arrivederci Italia, it was wonderful to spend time with your people, enjoying your…
Blog 5: Outdoor Education; can it be the answer to restoring our connection with nature?
A blog about Outdoor Education in Slovenia With more than 60% of its land area covered in forest, Slovenia feels rich, and wild. In the Slovenian forests live wild brown bears, lynx and wolves. Such a change from the Netherlands. We are nature I love…
Blog 4 The REAL school is making it real
At the top of my list of places to visit on my journey in search for sustainability education, was the REAL school in Budapest. A school founded in 2019 by Barna Barath and his wife Viktória after they returned to Hungary from the Green School…
Blog 3 Can we imagine a Sustainable Future?
Can you imagine a sustainable future? What would it look like? And how do we get there? To get to a sustainable world, we first need to be able to imagine it. However, many (young) people find it difficult to imagine anything but dystopian images…
Blog 2: Learning in nature and with the community
Learning about sustainability education on a biodynamic farm Six-thirty AM, I am harvesting broccoli, and loving it. We are staying at Alm Ostre, the oldest (since 1974) running biodynamic farm in Norway. Not only is it a beautiful and peaceful place, and a warm…
Blog 1: Education that Connects: Learning about Education for Sustainable Development in Norway
I find myself in Hamar, Norway. Me being here is part of the sabbatical plan my partner Niels and I have for the coming school year; travelling through Europe to discover examples of innovative sustainability education. The world is in an ecological and climate crisis…
