Schools Addressing Climate Change with the Country
by Climalab
- Colombia
Promoting climate action from Colombia’s educational institutions for a resilient and sustainable future.
Climalab
The project “Colegios Al Clima con el País” was born in 2018 as a bet to strengthen and potentiate climate action from educational institutions in Colombia, through the construction of a more active and resilient society, which is prepared to face climate change and implement innovative actions that contribute to overcome the inequalities caused by the climate crisis. For this purpose, we involve the entire educational community (directors, operational and administrative staff, teachers and students) and accompany them in a process that allows them to stand out as a leading institution in climate action, integrating a focus on youth leadership, gender equity and climate justice. This process integrates activities such as strengthening the PRAE (School Environmental Project), talks, workshops, training, creation of research groups, incorporation of climate change in the school curriculum, measurement of the carbon footprint and generation of actions to offset it, among others.
Key objective
To date, we have impacted more than 2,000 people, including students, teachers, administrators and external people through school climate action. In three years we expect to impact more than 10 public and private schools in the country.
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