Creating a sustainable world means giving everyone the means to take action against global warming. Adapting to and combating climate change is a complex challenge, requiring us to think of new ways of informing, teaching, creating projects, cities and societies. This change of perspective engages us on several levels: from individual everyday gestures to collective national and international action. Aware of this challenge, the Learning Planet Institute has built up a network of contacts·rices who work all year round to take care of themselves, others and the planet.
Beyond the essential adaptation to the consequences of global warming, it remains crucial to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in order to mitigate climate change over the long term. Encouraging sustainable lifestyles and adopting environmental policies are essential aspects of this global fight.
The fight against global warming is also about mental health. Climate change can lead to « eco-anxiety »or « ecological anxiety »or « all the emotions linked to a feeling of fatality towards the various environmental crises. These emotions are mainly fear, sadness and anger, induced by the feeling of inaction or inadequacy of actions taken in favor of the planet, by governments and populations.»Out, it is proven that the more we inform and the more we empower individuals to act, the more we reduce eco-anxiety.
The Festival of Learning is the perfect opportunity to highlight the players committed to transforming education to meet the challenges of climate, social and technological change. Created in 2019 by the Learning Planet Institute and the’UNESCO, the LearningPlanet Festival (the French version of which is the Festival de l'Apprendre) takes place every year around the International Education Day (January 24).
For the next few months, every two weeks, we'll be bringing you a series of portraits and initiatives by young people, teachers, education managers, public players and project leaders, mobilized around different themes:
- « Giving young people the means to influence the world »October 17
- « Inclusion, an essential pillar of a sustainable world »October 31
- « Supporting the commitment of young people »November 14
- « The climate, the power to act »November 28
- « Tomorrow's skills »December 12
- « Helping the school transform itself »January 4
DECONSTRUCTING, ADAPTING AND COMBATING GLOBAL WARMING
FÉRIS BARKAT, CO-FOUNDER OF BANLIEUE CLIMAT
The real challenge is to find out how we can create more resilient societies and succeed in deconstructing some of the ideals and ideas we may have about how life works, in order to adapt to the consequences of what's about to happen.
MARIE-DOHA BESANCENOT, HEAD OF CSR, BRAND AND COMMUNICATIONS, ALLIANZ FRANCE
In the corporate world, we need the militant approach of young people. We also need creative profiles who can help us to drive forward transformation agendas.
FRANÇOIS CROQUETTE, DIRECTOR OF ECOLOGICAL TRANSITION AND CLIMATE, CITY OF PARIS
The biggest challenge in education is education about the environment and climate change. Knowing at every age what everyday gestures mean, how we can change them and find new ways of living.
EMILIE FRENKIEL, DEPUTY DIRECTOR, IEP DE FONTAINEBLEAU
Young people need to be trained and prepared for the future, for the growing environmental crisis, and to find ways to act and not just to suffer.
PERRINE DE COËTLOGON, IN CHARGE OF BLOCKCHAIN AND OPEN EDUCATION AT THE UNIVERSITY OF LILLE, FRANCE
Sharing, consuming less, is the key to the future. We have to succeed in doing this while remaining modern, using digital technology and making a success of both the digital and ecological transitions, one at the service of the other.
MAGALI PAYEN, FOUNDER OF “ON EST PRÊTS! AND ”IMAGINE 2050“
We need to become aware of the major issues we're facing at the moment, the major issues of the planetary limits we're in the process of surpassing, and to become aware of the emotions this generates in us so that they can be put to use in action.
LOUISE TOURRET, JOURNALIST AND PRODUCER, FRANCE CULTURE
It's important to be able to be yourself, to be recognized as an individual both in your studies and, later on, in society.
ABOUT THE FESTIVAL DE L'APPRENDRE 2024
Built around the International Day of Education, the theme of the 2024 edition is « Learn to take care of yourself, others and the planet ». The Festival kicks off on Monday January 22 and runs until Saturday January 27.
Would you like to become a Festival partner and offer your event in your area? The call for entries is now open! Find out about events and register yours !
FIND OUT MORE ABOUT ECO-ANXIETY
Discover our interview with Laelia Benoit, child psychiatrist and researcher: how group projects can help children cope with eco-anxiety ?
