the future is made by us: ngos communicating climate change in finnish schools

The Future Is Made By Us

NGOs Communicating Climate Change in Finnish Schools

Ilmari 2003-2012

• 2400 school visits carried out all over Finland• More than 50 000 pupils met

Background organizations

Change in core message

2003: Climate Change Exists

2007: We need to act now

2009: How do we solve it together

Climate change attitudes of the youth

1. Everybody knows what needs to be done2. Nobody does anything

→Hopelessness, boredness

Message

1. Lots of solutions do exist2. Lots of people are actively doing things

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Venni

• How is energy produced?

•What renewables are used in Finland?

In Delia's story solar panels are very useful for the family. How?

Maailmaa on ennenkin muutettu

• make consumption choices?• be a member of an environmental NGO?• start a research project?• be active in local politics?• write opinion letters?• vote in elections?• be a member of youth council?• have an impact on the decisions of friends or

family members?

What a young person CAN'T do?

2012: We Will Make The Future

1. You don't have to be environmentalist to be environment friendly

2012: We Will Make The Future

1. You don't have to be environmentalist to be environment friendly2. You don't need to have utilitaristic motives to behave utilitaristically

2012: We Will Make The Future

1. You don't have to be environmentalist to be environment friendly2. You don't need to have utilitaristic motives to behave utilitaristically

→ Future is everybody's business

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Licences

Abuja by night: Jeff Attaway

View on traffic: afromusingTraffic light man: afromusing

Greenish Abuja: Jeff AttawayVegetable market: Jeff Attaway

Transmilenio: Jorge Lascar

Otherwise all material is public domain and can be used anywhere without any conditions

Misty Abuja & mountains:: mifl68

Dry street, cars,wires: pjotter05Solar panels: PRI´s The World

Stars on the sky: write_adam

Mosque: mortenjohsAlec Loorz: brdavid

Solar panels 2: otherpaths

Buying tomatoes: IFDC Photography

Shopping lady, market, Abuja: IFDC Photography