Education for Climate Justice: Moving from Despair to Hope (Event 3 of 3)
Date and time
Location
Online event
Moving from despair to hope: the importance of addressing climate anxiety
About this event
Education for Climate Justice - Event 2 (Saturday 17th April 2021)
Moving from despair to hope: The importance of addressing climate anxiety
What do recent initiatives to ‘decolonise’ education really mean? What will this mean for climate education and how can we confront and address structural injustices? Learning about injustices - in schools, in communities and through activism - means that we make space to explore the range of emotional responses that might help or hinder our learning. People may get angry, they might grasp for positive emotions, or they might simply close down if they feel as though they can’t to do anything. This event will provide space to participants to critically reflect on and discuss the need for critical emotional literacy in education for climate justice.
PROGRAMME
10:00 – 10:20 – Introduction and Overview
10:20 – 11:10 – Keynote: Jayden Foytlin (Youth Activist)
11:10 – 11:20 – Break
11:20 – 11:30 – Recap and Welcome to Newcomers
11:30 – 12:15 – Panel 1: A youth-led conversation on emotional responses to intergenerational injustice
12:15 – 12:45 – Yoga Session with Annelise Piers / Lunch
12:45 – 13:15 – Yoga Session with Annelise Piers / Lunch
13:15 – 13:30 – Recap and Welcome to Newcomers
13:30 – 14:00 – Storytelling with Mara Menzies
14:00 – 14:10 – Break
14:10 – 14:40 – Panel 2: “Moving from despair to hope: the importance of critical emotional literacy”, featuring a talk by Dr. Karen Nairn (University of Otago, New Zealand).
14:40 – 14:45 – Break
14:45 – 15:25 – Long table discussion
15:25 – 15:35 – Closing
Participants are requested to watch Associate Professor Karen Nairn's (University of Otago, New Zealand) talk, 'Moving from Hope to Despair: The Importance of Addressing Climate Anxiety', in advance of the third Education for Climate Justice knowledge exchange event. The 19 minute talk was pre-recorded for the event and will serve as the basis of the afternoon discussion.
Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KgUC6337_Zo&t=5s&ab_channel=EducationforClimateJustice
Part 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLcFS2tpYDs&t=2s&ab_channel=EducationforClimateJustice
Further details:
Education for Climate Justice - SUII
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