Empowering young people to build a better world
our approach
We are developing this vision initially with over a hundred schools and partners across the world, being particularly concerned to develop links with Africa and the global south and work with partners who are facilitating this including the Design Museum’s Future Observatory.
Many of our current advisors have already run seminars with groups of students to guide them in understanding complex ideas including green sciences, carbon removal, python analysis of data, mapping biodiversity, communicating climate issues, green careers and futures, and fusion.
We will build a bank of seminars online and a huge bank of resources for students to gain relevant background and a deeper understanding of issues.
We are setting challenges for students and will showcase them on our website, gaining advice where appropriate from our advisors and industry supporters.
Our aim will be to gradually build up showcase events starting next spring once the new cycle of challenge and engagement begins in September.
we focus on three core areas of innovation
1. technology
We believe that young people have the capacity to enact impactful change through the innovative exploration of technological potential.
We aim to provide a platform through which young people can showcase their intuitive understanding of technology, and how it can be creatively harnessed to combat some of the most pressing environmental challenges of today.
2. social transformation
Innovative social and behavioural adjustments can be hugely successful as a catalyst for positive and effective change in the fight against climate change.
We aim to provide young people with the opportunity to share their ideas on how small, daily changes can have the biggest impact, empowering them to have their voice heard and contribute to the ongoing discussions around the potential for social transformation to be utilised as a tool to help combat climate change.
3. cultural exchange
We aim to acknowledge and promote the huge depth and breadth of personal connections to the environment and its varied significance within global communities by facilitating the exchange and advocacy of young people’s personal stories and experiences of the natural world.
By empowering young people to share their cultural, social, and environmental heritage in innovative ways, we aim to help facilitate a better understanding of how climate change is variously affecting communities around the world.
Having established research projects in schools and founding the Institute for Research in Schools, we know young people have amazing imagination and creativity. In this area of climate change and biodiversity loss, students are desperate to have support in innovation and a voice in their future.
We will see fantastic submissions and as Project Earth develops, the advisory group will be involved in supporting and mentoring promising ideas.
Students’ ideas can be realised and brought to fruition.These ideas can be shared, and communities enhanced by collaboration.
Great innovative ideas will be developed and students will collaborate and gain an empowering voice and agency in their future.
From discussing the idea with people across the world and contacts in the field, (Becky has just become a Climate Reality Leader) we are convinced there will be huge uptake, and great progress will be made to give hope and opportunity to young people, and a better future for all on this wonderful planet.
Development Team
Prof Becky Parker
Project lead
Dr Sophie Cavey
Operations lead
Alex Smith
Project Development lead
Pete Atkin
Systems Development lead