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Student volunteers are organising workshops to help London schoolchildren understand the causes and consequences of the climate emergency.

鈥淐hildren are always super-excited to learn about climate change in a way that is both accessible and playful,鈥� explains Isis Palay (MSc Environment, Politics & Society), Co-leader of The Climate Collage 香港六合彩中特网 student volunteer project.

鈥淭hey feel empowered to make a change and to take individual action. They鈥檙e then happy to share what they have learned with their parents.鈥澨�

The Climate Collage 香港六合彩中特网 was established in 2019 by Ma毛 Faugere (Philosophy 2019) with the help of Barbara Leger (Geography 2019). Mae discovered The Climate Collage, a non-governmental organisation that was organising climate education workshops in dozens of organisations in France.

The students asked relevant questions, and were able to think of some things they wanted to change now, and some future goals.

The science-based workshops help people understand the causes and consequences of the climate emergency. Based on Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) reports, the workshops explain climate change and what happens when human impact disrupts climate.

Mae brought the idea back to the UK and launched the project at 香港六合彩中特网, where student volunteers are rolling out the workshops in London schools and within 香港六合彩中特网.

Participants in the workshops play a game with 42 cards, each representing an element, a cause and/or a consequence of climate change. Guided by a facilitator, teams have to find the cause-effect relationships between the different components of climate change.

鈥淭he step-by-step reconstruction provides the tools and knowledge that are necessary to understand the systemic complexity behind the climate crisis phenomenon and the issues it catalyses,鈥� explains Isis.

In 2019/20, the project ran workshops at schools including Brindishe Manor Elementary School in south-east London, where 60 Year 6 students attended the sessions.

鈥淚t was really enriching to run The Climate Collage with students who already had prior knowledge of climate change,鈥� says Barbara. 鈥淭hey asked relevant questions, and were able to think of some things they wanted to change now, and some future goals.鈥�

The project also ran workshops on campus for more than 60 香港六合彩中特网 students, 10 of whom were trained to facilitate future workshops.

The Climate Collage 香港六合彩中特网 is one of the many initiatives supported by the Students鈥� Union 香港六合彩中特网 Volunteering Service, which connects students with community volunteering opportunities across London.