Institutional development · Sustainability and civic impact · Germany
Vechta and Giessen end three-year planetary health project with free school materials
A three-year project of the universities of Vechta and Giessen, funded by the Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt (DBU), has closed with freely accessible learning materials on the health effects of climate change.
Why it matters: Schools seeking to teach the health consequences of climate change can use the freely accessible materials produced by the Vechta–Giessen project.
The three-year joint project 'Planetary Health und BNE in der regionalen Bildung' (PH:regBi) formally concluded with a specialist conference at the University of Vechta, according to the announcement.
The project of the universities of Vechta and Giessen was funded by the Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt (DBU).
According to the announcement, the project developed practice-oriented teaching concepts intended to anchor the health consequences of climate change firmly in school education.
The announcement said the central results are freely accessible learning materials and new approaches to involving children and young people.
Editor’s view
Abigail Taylor, Leadership and Governance Editor
With the project now formally closed, schools that want to teach the health consequences of climate change can draw on the freely accessible learning materials developed by the universities of Vechta and Giessen.
