CLIMATE CHANGE AND LIFESTYLES

Learning for change

youthXchange- Guidebook series- Published by UNESCO

www.youthxchange.net

UNESCO’s FIVE PILLARS OF LEARNING

Learning to know Learning to do

Learning to live together Learning to be

Learning to transform oneself and society.

ESD, climate change and

lifestyles

O Education is vital in helping young people to the challenges of climate change, but what should this education look like? How will young people learn?

Education for Sustainable Development helps people understand the impacts of

climate change and to increase climate literacy

among young people.

Quality ESD is about:

learning to ask critical questions

learning to clarify one’s own values

learning to envision more positive sustainable futures.

learning to think systemically

learning to respond through applied learning

learning to explore the evidence both tradition and innovation.

CHANGING CLIMATESWhat is the difference between weather and climate? Why is the climate changing? What human activities affect climate change? What does our future look like?

GUIDELINE: Climate and weather Global temperature Human causes Maintaining ecosystems Different scenarios An invisible threat

Changing effects and impacts

O GUIDELINE:O Climate change

effects.O Effects on the planet.O Ecosystems.O Impacts on people.O Developed countriesO Emerging countries.O Developing countries.O Young peopleO Indigenous youth.O Girls and young

women.O Islanders.

What are the effects of climate change on the

planet and ecosystems? How does climate change impact different people

around the world? Is everyone affected the same

way?

LIFESTYLE CHOICES

GUIDELINE Lifestyles.

A world of choice?. Ecological footprints.

List single worlds to describe the way you live.

What can you change to make lifestyle more

sustainable?

LIFESTYLE CHOICES

GUIDELINE Carbon footprints.

Advertising. If you were to promote a more

sustainable and climate friendly lifestyle to

your family or friends, how would you do this?

GOOD LIFEO GUIDELINE:O Consumer culture.O Wellbeing and

happiness.O Consuming the Earth.O Low carbon lifestyle.O Pessimism.

FOOD

GUIDELINE A world of opposites.

Food miles. Farm animals. Virtual water.

Local food. Meat-free meals.

Organic food.

ENERGY CONTROL

GUIDELINE Energy rules.

Fossil Fuels. Energy choices.

Renewable energy. Controlling temperature.

Controlling lights and appliances.

TRAVEL AND TRANSPORT

GUIDELINE A world on the move. Transport emissions.

Making better choices. Urban public transport.

To fly or not?. Touring the planet.

LEISURE AND ENTERTAINME

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GUIDELINEo Having fun

o Organizing low carbon events.

o Low carbon sports.

o Climate – friendly arts.

SHOPPING FOR STUFF

GUIDELINE Ethical shopping.

Zero waste. Embedded water.

Alternatives to buying new.

Clothes and textiles. Packaging

MONEY AND JOBS

GUIDELINE Money and banks

Banking alternatives. Cost of climate change.

Green jobs.Buy now-pay later culture.

CONNECTING WITH OTHERS

GUIDELINE Communicating climate

change. Digital communication.

Electronic waste. Electronic emissions.

Social networks. Communication with decision-

makers.

TAKING ACTION

GUIDELINE Choice of actions. Different impsacts.

Group action. Campaigning.

Young people are not powerless. Their generation is the first generation with the knowledge, skills and technology

needed to prevent the catastrophic impacts of climate change, but perhaps the last that can actually do so.