Educator Training for
Young Climate Authors
About Young Climate Authors
We strongly believe that in order for children to get engaged with climate change and to commit themselves to a lifetime of action, they need to see their voices recognized, affirmed and amplified from an early age. The Young Climate Authors (YCA) is a book authoring program which teaches children how to write storybooks on climate change. The outcomes of the program are in line with UN SDG 4 (Quality Education), SDG 13 (Climate Action) and SDG 17 (Partnerships for Goals) & ESD. 45 child-authored books have been published through this and related programs. Browse the books here.
About the Educator Training
The educator training equips adults to implement the Young Climate Authors Program with children and youth. The 12-week, fully online course covers the following topics:
Overview of Climate Change.
Project Based Learning (PBL).
Mentoring book-authoring.
Past participants & what they had to say
As a University professor teaching language and literature courses to a largely indifferent STEM audience, this course has reinstated my belief in the necessity and power of storytelling. A story is not just a beautiful expression of human emotions but a veritable call to action, to which this course is a fitting testament!
Elizabeth Varkey, Professor, Christ University, India
I understand climate change and marginalization are interlinked with each other and this course aims to address the vulnerability of the society affected by climate change. This course makes people think, understand and co-create an action plan to mitigate the risk in a very simplified manner, not digging into too scientific things & jargons.
Theo Stephens, Founder, RHEADS, India
Upcoming Training
The upcoming program will run from Sept 7th - Nov 30th 2024. The course consists on a 2 hour weekly meeting and asynchronous work over the week. Participants will customize the YCA to create their own place-based & contextualized lesson plans. A key outcome is a participant authored climate story, complete with illustrations, design and published as an ebook!
Program dates: 7th September - 30th November 2024
Class Meetings: Saturday, 6:30pm - 8:30pm IST
Application Deadline: 1st September 2024
Program Fees: US$ 125 per person