On Friday 02/12, we held an event for schools, educators, researchers & climate campaigners University of Melbourne. As well as celebrating the fantastic work completed, young people & others continued to envisage & debate climate strategies & education informed by cultural diversity & respect.

Today we are doing the same thing ManchesterSCI ! Excited to celebrate the project and have great conversations with Kit Marie Rackley (Geogramblings) MEEN University of Manchester School & Colleges Team and three great local schools and colleges.

This was a fantastic event, thanks so much to everyone for coming. Needless to say all of our lovely resources illustrated by Maisy Summer & produced w/ ManchesterSCI Kit Marie Rackley (Geogramblings) Environment Education Victoria & wonderful young researchers were immediately snapped up!

Co-created by @c_l_walker and illustrated by Maisy Summer, a new resource has been launched to help teachers address #climatechange in their classrooms using real-world stories in a creative, engaging and inclusive manner manchester.ac.uk/discover/news/… @ypx_manc_melb

Congratulations to @c_l_walker and the Young People at a Crossroads (YPX) Team for the amazing educational resource they have produced to help teachers address climate-change in their classroom! manchester.ac.uk/discover/news/…

We are delighted to see how much impact @c_l_walker's project has already created in participating schools in Manchester and Melbourne! This is a great thread summarising the recent work of Catherine and her collaborators Maisy Summer, Kit Marie Rackley (Geogramblings) and Nerida Thomson👇

Absolutely delighted that our creative book was 🌟highly commended🌟 by Geographical Association for their Publishers Award. Created with support of ManchesterSCI University of Melbourne Economic and Social Research Council & inputs of @c_l_walker Maisy Summer Kit Marie Rackley (Geogramblings) Environment Education Victoria and amazing young researchers.

@IGC2024Dub fascinated by the Young People at a Crossroads (YPX) project - highly recommended research outputs presented for teachers to use with students #GAConf23

Kit Marie Rackley (Geogramblings) @c_l_walker Young People at a Crossroads (YPX) I really enjoyed this session and nice to be able to walk away with a possible idea for an enquiry project in my local contrxt #GAConf23

For anyone at #GAConf23 , this will be staring shortly in Norfolk209

Getting excited for the Social Responsibility "Making a Difference" awards tomorrow evening, where our creative project book and other educational resources will be shortlisted for an award for social impact. All these resources are free to download at sci.manchester.ac.uk/research/proje…

The first highly commended award goes to a project exploring migrant families’ experiences of living with climate change, considering how these experiences can be applied to climate change education. Great job @c_l_walker @ypx_manc_melb ManchesterSCI Uni Manchester Sociology @uomsociology.bsky.social! #MaDAwards

Delighted to have been included in such great company of The University of Manchester researchers doing positive things for societies and communities near and far. What a wonderful celebration!

New guest post coming next week - an interview with Catherine Walker about her award winning project Young People at a Crossroads (YPX), exploring global and intergenerational perspectives on youth, climate and environment! @c_l_walker

Looking for ways to include more on nature and climate in your teaching? We’re thrilled to have worked with National #EducationNaturePark to have our creative resources included as part of their growing library of free resources. Find out more and access the resources 👇