TURN IT
AROUND!

How to

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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OUR ABILITY TO ADAPT AND CHANGE

I find hope in our ability to adapt to the challenges that we may face down the road. I am excited that we always have a chance to turn it around and witness a more inclusive and sustainable future!...

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THE CENTRAL ASIAN CLIMATE EDUCATION ALLIANCE

The Central Asian Climate Education Alliance – TsAKO (in Russian, Центральноазиатский Альянс Климатического Образования – ЦAКО), was formed by representatives of education and climate/ environm...

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WHAT WILL I SHOW MY CHILD?

You might be surprised that a 14-year-old cares about environmental issues but it scares me to see how few of my peers still do. We are the future, yet we don’t take care of the Earth we’ll be living on. I asked my friends what they think about g...

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WHAT HAPPENS NEXT?

Facing an uncertain future, I find hope and resilience in my family. My mom and I talk about everything and when we talk I feel inspired and she warns me and teaches me a lot because she has been through a lot and she doesn’t want me to make th...

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PROTECTING ENVIRONMENT IS ALSO PROTECTING US

Climate change has caused a tremendous impact not only on humanity but also on Mother Nature. Remember in 2020, the flood washed away thousands of houses and properties in central Vietnam. Most recently, earthquakes devastated Turkey and Syria. The c...

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PLANTS LIVE AND LET US LIVE

Plants live and let us live. We must live so that we can benefit each other....

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NATURAL BALANCE

The words of Tajik poet Rudaki in his poem Shahri Maydon (The City Square): “When a person disrupts nature’s balance – suffering is inevitable, for the Earth avenges its wounds.” These lines remind us of nature’s fragility and the consequen...

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EVERY LIVING BEING TEACHES US TO COEXIST WITH THE WORLD

Every form of living being teaches us a way to love life, with its difficulties and affinities. They show us the result of millions of years of solving problems. Everything is already solved, our architectures, designs and psychologies need to lo...

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LEARN ABOUT RENEWABLE ENERGY

The energy that the majority of people use is mostly wasteful and harmful. It is important to learn more about renewable energy, since there’s no denying that energy is a basic necessity during this time and age....

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EMPATHY

Humans often think in an anthropocentric way considering only what is best for an individual human, in a given moment. We build over environments and corral animals to suit our needs. This has led us to the brink of planetary disaster. The future...

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EDUCATE WITH LOVE

Educate us with love, teach us to love. Love influences everything that surrounds us. Eliminate the capitalist protocol that has us tired and stressed, that has other species endangered and extinct....

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WE BELONG TO EARTH

We belong to Earth, the Earth doesn’t belong to us....

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WE ARE ALL CONNECTED IN A SINGLE JOURNEY

I learned that the songs of birds, the wood that we use for making fire, the water that we drink, and the food that we eat are some of the things that can’t be replicated in this world. With this awareness, I have realized the importance of taking...

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THE DEATH OF THE ARAL SEA

The Final Duty (2000) is a deeply realistic work – a philosophical reflection on the vast and unfathom- able tragedy of the Kazakh people: the death of the Aral Sea. In this novel by Kazakh writer A. Nurpeisov, the storms of a hard and tangled huma...

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ONE PLASTIC BOTTLE

Many children – and even adults – don’t understand the consequences of throwing away just one plastic bottle....

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HUMANS 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....

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NO SITUATION IS PERMANENT

In times of hardship and uncertainty, I find my hope by affirming that no situation is permanent. I try as much as possible to keep my head held up high and try again when I fail. I believe in perseverance and this makes me work harder to achieve the...

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TIME TO INCLUDE THE YOUTH

Stop protecting and sheltering youth from the climate crisis reality. It is not doom and gloom, but hopeful participation, determination, and imagination that drive the involvement of youth in climate action. It is time to include youth in the de...

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EARTH IS A GIFT

The trees they teach me That to breathe It means you need To not just take but give That the Sun Is life’s sustenance And the Earth Is his gift to us The animals They speak to me In languages more sophisticated Than our own chattering They see sign...

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