From the C-Change site;
‘Funded by the government’s Climate Challenge Fund, C-Change is a project which aims to engage young people who have some knowledge and concern about climate change in raising the awareness of their peers. The Woodcraft Folk’s steering committee of twenty young people are planning to run a wide range of events and activities during the coming year.
The Woodcraft Folk has extensive experience in education for sustainable development within the youth work field. We have run many programmes which have raised young people’s awareness of the vital issues facing the future of our planet and empowered them to take action on these.
Recent research has highlighted that young people are relatively unaware of the need to take action about climate change. They are reasonably aware of the existence of climate change but have a poor understanding of its causes and the action that we need to take to reduce the effects of this impact. A long-term attitude change amongst youth will reap the greatest benefits in mitigating climate change.
Research has also highlighted the fact that young people are more likely to change their attitudes from discussions with fellow young people rather than teachers and we believe that peer education offers an excellent way of getting the climate change message across.’
Links;
1. about Woodcraft Folk.
2. C-Change Home page.
3. Defra is funding this via their ‘Tomorrow’s Climate Today’s Challenge’ education initiative aimed at raising awareness about climate change and what individuals can do to try and mitigate against it.
There’s even a Party for the Planet, Saturday 7 July, 2007 at Clapham Common, London.
These kids are going to end up being super clued up on climate change, sorry, C-Change! 🙂
I love this! It’s just what we need. I’ve always said we should get the message to the young ones as soon as possible – teach them about such stuff while they’re young so that they grow knowing no different.
I wish I could get to the Party for the Planet. Maybe I should be thinking of moving to London after all. It all happens there.
It all very inspired isn’t it. 🙂
I think the two centres of connectiveness on environmental thinking in the UK at the moment are London and Bristol. Leicester was there but I haven’t heard anything of them over the last few years. The networking is there for London & Bristol to make things happen.
I’m organising a party on the evening of the 7th July (so not sure I can make it to Clapham) which will be held at a woodmans cottage in a local ancient wood! It’s now a lovely cafe run by a group with an eco mandate. They teach kids about organic gardening and have solar panels etc as part of the set-up. So another inspired group running something for the future adult generation.
July 7th? Bit of a clash with Big Al Gore’s ‘Live Earth’ mega-fest.
I know which one I’d rather be at (Sorry Al)
Pete
Oh yes! I’d forgotten about that. How funny.
Very different ways of ‘educating’ the youth.
Me thinks the Clapham initiative is just a tad more grounded.
A Woodman’s cottage cafe hidden in ancient woodland. That sounds perfectly sweet. My kind of place.
Wish I could come. The best of luck with it. Have fun and please write a post all about the event and how it went.
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