TURN IT
AROUND!
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TURN IT AROUND! is a toolkit to help us radically reimagine education in response to the climate and ecological emergency. There is no one right way to use them, but here are some ideas that may get you started in turning this emergency around.
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DO WHAT YOU CAN
One day a wildfire engulfed a forest, the animals ran and stood by the river watching in fear and helplessness. A small hummingbird flew to the river and scooped up a beak full of water and poured it onto the fire. The animals discouraged him, an...
Click to ContinueGlobal Youth Biodiversity Network
We are living in a social-ecological crisis. Societal values and principles, colored by systemic inequalities, are shaping our economies, policies, and institutions in unsustainable and inequitable ways. The result is an global social-ecological cris...
Click to ContinueTHE THOUGHT OF THE SUN RISING
Just the thought of the sun rising afresh the next day gives me hope and excitement about what the future holds....
Click to ContinueCHANGE OUR LIFESTYLES
Our lifestyles must change if we want to leave a livable planet for future generations. ...
Click to ContinueKEEP OCEANS CLEAN
We shall not throw garbage in the ocean or else the sea creatures will die...
Click to ContinueCHANGE CULTURAL CUSTOMS
The environment can only be protected if we generate a change in our cultural customs, and at the same time, this change can be achieved if we begin to educate from the youngest generations. Because ultimately we educate the little ones and they...
Click to ContinueRESPECT THE RIGHTS OF ALL LIVING AND NON-LIVING BEINGS
My ancestors have taught me that we are supposed to be custodians of all life on Earth. This means that we should not just plant trees and keep the environment clean where we can, but we should take the extra step to ensure that the rights of every s...
Click to ContinueDIVERSITY AND CHANGE
Diversity and change are the only constant. ...
Click to ContinueUNDERSTAND PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE
We study history to learn and understand our past. We must learn about climate crisis, too, for us to understand what will happen in the future if we don’t act now....
Click to ContinueHUMANS AND NATURE ARE CONNECTED
Remember that humans and nature are connected. If you make a decision against nature, you’re doing something against yourself too....
Click to ContinueNATURE DOES NOT HURRY
Nature does not hurry, but everything is accomplished....
Click to ContinueWe are guests on this planet
We are guests on this planet. We come, live for several decades, and then leave. We are supposed to leave the things the way they are for our next generation. We can enjoy and revel in this beauty but we are not supposed to change and destroy it....
Click to ContinueCOOPERATION
Nature taught me about cooperation or gotong royong. Plants are related to each other and complement each other to create a balanced ecosystem. Sometimes a plant's life depends on other plants, such as the endangered Rafflesia flower. Rafflesia flowe...
Click to ContinueNATURE IS THE SECOND MOTHER
Nature is the second mother from whom I learn the lessons of four elements essential to life. Water teaches me how to calm and keep going when meeting any obstacles. Fire teaches me how to be a burning star. Earth teaches me how to be patient. Air te...
Click to ContinueTEACHING IS THE ACT OF LOVE
Teaching is an act of love and care. Awareness is the initial step towards change. The Earth is sending us warnings and we need to hear its voice and learn....
Click to ContinueTEAMWORK
I admire bees so much that my desire is to become one of them — from their flight, which is a real enigma, to the funny way they buzz while filling their little bodies with pollen. But what I admire the most is that they form hives and carry out a...
Click to ContinueVULNERABLE LISTENING
Having grown up at the foothills of the Himalayas replete with litchi orchards, life has been full of encounters with inhabitants of the mountains, each one carrying a different shard of my ancestors. I speak with them — to the moths that would...
Click to ContinuePLANTS LIVE AND LET US LIVE
Plants live and let us live. We must live so that we can benefit each other....
Click to ContinueWE NEED SYSTEMIC CHANGE, INDIVIDUAL ACTION IS NOT ENOUGH
All our life, we have been taught about small acts to save the planet. We had always been told to plant more trees. Pick up our trash. Decline straws to save the turtles. Reduce, reuse, recycle. But at this level of crisis, simple acts won’t cut it...
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