ECOLitAct
Eco-Literacy and Green Education for Climate Action (ECOLitAct) is an Erasmus Plus Partnerships for Cooperation project co-funded by the European Union. It seeks to empower VET practitioners/educators and learners to counter misinformation related to environment and climate change, and to inspire them to adopt eco-friendly behaviours/attitudes. It seeks to develop digital Green education/training opportunities and material embracing “eco-literacy” (MIL applied to ecology and climate change) and that focus on behavioural/attitude shifts while being available to all, especially to individuals with fewer opportunities and in a digital format.
The project will support climate action by inspiring critical thinking, developing digital and MIL skills, and encouraging attitude/behavioural shifts. It will do so by creating learning material compiled in a Toolkit and Handbook. ECOLitAct will make this learning opportunity available to all in a self-paced and individualized manner through an educational structure based on a self-assessment tool which will guide each person’s learning pathway.
Eco-Literacy is the term coined by this project to refer to media and information literacy (MIL) applied to topics related to ecology and climate change. An example of successful eco-literacy competences could be the identification of fake news expressing that climate change does not exist.
Project Results
ECOLit-Kit - A Toolkit for Educators
Assembled by the ECOLitAct partnership, this toolkit equips educators with essential eco-literacy materials, focusing on open educational resources and learning scenarios covering crucial thematic areas.
This toolkit offers a flexible collection of eco-literacy modules that can be seamlessly integrated into existing vocational education and training (VET) programs. It addresses a wide spectrum of eco-literacy themes, ensuring that educators can prepare their students to understand, combat, and adapt to the pressing issues of our time.
The toolkit enables educators to customize the materials for their unique classroom requirements, ensuring a comprehensive and relevant approach to environmental education. By harnessing the power of open educational resources and learning scenarios, VET educators can empower the next generation to become informed, responsible, and environmentally conscious professionals. This toolkit represents a significant step toward a sustainable and promising future.
The thematic areas covered in the Open Educational Resources and Learning Scenarios include:
Tackling misinformation
Climate change
Climate denialism
Climate and environment
Climate Behaviour
Waste & Recycling
Mitigation and Consumption
The toolkit provides an overview of all twenty open educational resources and five learning scenarios that were developed by the ECOLitAct partnership. Each of them contains a direct link to access the resource in Word, PowerPoint, PDF, or Video formats, making it easy for educators to download, adapt, and use the information in the most suitable way in their learning activities.
Access the material
ECOLit-Kit: The Comprehensive file
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The resources
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ECOLit-Hands-on: A Handbook for educators
Welcome to the ECOLit VET Hands-On Handbook, a comprehensive guide designed to empower VET practitioners/educators in fostering eco-literacy among learners. This digital resource presents a collection of six lessons, each crafted in the format of a recipe, aimed at enhancing knowledge and prompting reflection on environmental and climate change-related topics. The goal of this handbook is to bridge the knowledge gap and promote sustainable actions by providing accessible and easily digestible learning opportunities. By adopting a simple "cookbook" structure, the EcoLit VET Hands-On Handbook makes eco-education available to all, particularly to those with fewer opportunities.
Webinar on Climate Change and Media and Information Literacy
Press-Releases
Newsletters
Articles
Project timeframe: 31/12/2022 - 30/06/2025
The project is co-funded by the Erasmus+ programme of the European Union, and led by SwIdeas in Sweden. The project consortium includes partner organisations from Germany (Iberika Education Group gGmbH), Andragoski zavod Ljudska univerza Velenje (Slovenia), Greece (Active Citizens Partnership), and European Grants International Academy srl (Italy).
Project number: 2022-1-SE01-KA220-VET-000086868
Contact the project coordinators
Julia Moreira - julia.moreira@swideas.se
Merle Emrich - merle.emrich@swideas.se
