Workshop on biodiversity loss

As part of the workshop on biodiversity loss carried out in the Citizens For Climate (C4C) project with Valeria Barbi several young people reflected on and delved into different species threatened by climate change and in general by human impact on their habitats.
In addition to delving into aspects related to this issue we also wondered how to communicate what we delved into, hence this small handbook (in Italian) in which the materials directly made by young people are enclosed, enjoy reading!

Biodiversity Handbook

Public debate in Moncalieri

On 5 June 2024 at the ITIS Pininfarina in Moncalieri, a public debate was held on environmental issues in Italy.
It was an event full of participation, stimulating speeches and constructive debates, with the participation of students, teachers, citizens’ committees, local associations and the councillor for environmental policies of the municipality of Moncalieri.
We have made a video summary of the day.

 

23 July 2024 – Online Meeting

On 23 July, we held our last coordination meeting of the summer season. An internal moment in the #partnership to take stock of what has been done and plan the next steps of the project.
In the coming months we expect an online event with links from #France, #Poland, #Italy and #Hungary, an international meeting in #Brussels, the continuation of our communication campaign, several national give-back events and much more!

16 May 2024 – Online meeting

The project partners met online on 16 May to debrief the international student mobility that took place in Budapest from 8 to 12 April and to plan the next steps.

C4C with the WANE project to preserve biodiversity

March 2022 saw the start of the partnership between the WANE – We Are Nature Expedition project and C4C. The aim of the partnership is to promote biodiversity education in schools by spreading among students not only knowledge of the ecological principles behind conservation but a critical awareness and emotional and empathetic intelligence towards nature.

The pilot project, currently in its first phase, involved a third grade class at the Avogadro Institute in Turin. The pupils initially participated in an interactive workshop aimed at:

-explain what biodiversity is and what it has to do with our daily lives;

-what are the impacts of human activities on species and ecosystems;

-how to use social media to communicate science;

-how to communicate biodiversity effectively;

-how to build a report from the shared experience on how the WANE project was born and developed.

The students, divided into four groups, were able to choose from some of the species and stories that are part of the WANE project (grizzly bear, monarch butterfly, Tlalocohyla celeste, and common hammerhead shark) and, after having independently explored their characteristics, presented social content whose aim is to spread their importance globally and promote their conservation.

Starting in January 2024, the second phase will see the class engaged in transferring the knowledge they have learnt to the local context, creating a virtual ecological corridor between species, communities, cultures and ecosystems of the North and South American continents, and the reality they see every day. In doing so, they will have to transform themselves into active citizens, into reporters and communicators capable of finding a captivating story and triggering empathy, as well as making them understand how each element of the Planet is inextricably connected to another.

The project, as a whole, aims to put biodiversity back at the centre of the discussion, explaining how Homo sapiens, who represents only 0.01% of the species we know, actually started what is now called the Sixth Mass Extinction but can also be a driver of change. In doing so, we can and must also start with the stories of those fighting for the planet, how we communicate them, and a new way of being human.

In this, education plays a key role in ensuring the emergence and development of the next generation of decision-makers and citizens who are informed, critical, competent and consequently able to act in favour of biodiversity.

photo by Davide Agati for WANE – We Are Nature Expedition project

2 February 2024 – Online meeting

A total of 40 students from Poland, France and Italy will join their colleagues in Budapest for an international meeting on climate change from 8 to 12 April 2024. The project partners met online on 2 February to organise the event by setting the agenda and logistics. We look forward to telling you what will happen.

1 December 2023 – Online meeting

On 1 December, the project partners met online to discuss progress and plan future steps. The meeting focused on organising the training in Budapest that will involve students from the four project countries.

The participating students will have the opportunity to exchange ideas and build a European network while increasing their awareness of climate change and developing their critical thinking.

12 October 2023 – Online meeting

Coordination meetings between the C4C project partners continue.
On 12 October, we met to share how the project is going in our respective countries.
Gradually, with the restart of the schools, activities are starting up again in all countries.
These coordination meetings are an excellent opportunity for us to keep the focus and collaboration on the project activities.

Stay updated.

Follow the project activities

The geolocalised map of project activities is online. Explore it to find out how the project moves across Europe.

 

8 September 2023 – Online meeting

Friday 8 September after a short summer break we resumed the coordination meetings with the partners of the Citizens 4 Climate-C4C project
After the first preparatory phase of the project over the past few months, the initiatives and activities will start to come into full swing.