Exploring Nature-Based Solutions in Your Classroom

We are increasingly becoming aware of environmental issues, and its impact on our societies and everyday life. Teachers are trying to form informed and active students, who will work and build with nature, instead of in separation from it. However, the educational potential of nature-based solutions (NBS) remains largely unexplored, whilst innovative programmes and resources around NBS are currently missing from formal and informal education programmes for children and families.

This course aims to bridge that gap by exploring the implementation of nature-based solutions in classrooms through the connection with contemporary research and NBS practitioners, including ready-to-use learning scenarios.

The learning scenarios presented in this course promote critical thinking, collaboration, and project-based learning, and can be easily adapted for an array of subjects. Furthermore, the learning scenarios include suggestions for online implementation.

By joining this course, teachers can introduce such NBS initiatives to their school communities. Moreover, they could initiate discussions about risk reduction and building resilience to crisis, which in result, would make their students and their families aware of the benefits of NBS for society.

Module 1: What are Nature-Based Solutions?

Module 2: Pedagogies supporting NBS implementation in your classrooms and the formation of an active youth 

Module 3: Addressing NBS in Your Classroom as a Response to Real-World Problems

Module 4: Submit Your NBS Learning Scenario!