As teachers, we hold a unique and powerful opportunity to equip learners not only with knowledge but with the essential language and skills needed to engage meaningfully with the climate crisis in their own communities and contexts. This comprehensive one-week training course is designed to empower educators with the knowledge, skills, and pedagogical techniques required to integrate sustainability education into their teaching practices effectively. The course focuses on equipping teachers across disciplines—science, geography, languages, and more— with innovative, practical methods and tools to engage students in meaningful exploration of environmental issues, encouraging deep learning, reflection, proactive attitudes and behaviors toward achieving a sustainable future.

Course objectives:

• Develop a deep understanding of key sustainability challenges including climate change, biodiversity loss, resource conservation, and waste reduction, including how to recognize and critically evaluate greenwashing - the misleading marketing of products or practices as environmentally friendly.
• Build instructional skills to design and facilitate participatory, project-based learning experiences that promote critical and system thinking and problem-solving.
• Applying outdoor learning and fieldwork methods that connect students with nature and ecosystems, linking activities to the local context through guided field trips to the Carpathians and/or the Danube, where landscapes, biodiversity, and cultural settings become learning resources.
• Equip educators with innovative methodologies, digital tools, and multimedia resources to enrich sustainability education in various classroom settings.
• Methods for facilitating group discussions and debates, teaching students to articulate their views confidently and engage respectfully in environmental topics.
• Guided exploration of the ethical and environmental impacts of AI technologies and practical training in using AI tools to improve your lesson planning, student assessment, and classroom management.
• Foster the ability to connect local environmental contexts with global sustainability frameworks, particularly the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and EU GreenComp.

How the course works:

The training is experiential and collaborative, with participants engaging in role plays, group problem-solving, site visits, and reflective discussions. The course adapts to diverse educational settings, ensuring that all teachers gain practical ideas and resources ready to implement from day one.

Supportive peer interaction and continuous feedback create a vibrant environment for professional growth and network building. The trainer acts mainly as a facilitator, guiding the process rather than delivering content in a traditional way.

After the course:

Participants receive a set of teaching materials and resources designed for diverse classrooms, a certificate recognized by Erasmus+, and ongoing access to a community of educators committed to advancing sustainability education.