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While we will all increasingly facing the consequences of climate change, it is today's young people that will face the worst effects of climate change and environmental degradation at all levels. They need not be passive victims in this global challenge, as we have observed when millions of students participate in the #FridaysForFuture movement that began in 2018. But action must be accompanied by adequate knowledge and understanding to have long-lasting effects. 

The Let's Act! SDG Learning project delivers an innovative and engaging MOOC which focuses on key topics related to "Preserving the Planet". It consists of five lessons and associated subtopics that strive to give a first holistic understanding regarding how and why we have landed in this climate crisis and what can and must be done to guide our next steps to ensure prosperity and equality for all.

The Let's Act! project targets students aged 12-16 and their teachers, and provides them with the tools and instruments needed to engage in the complexity of some critical global issues in a fun and engaging manner. It also allows the students to take agency around their learning while emphasising the importance of scientific enquiry. As such, the project strives to make a modest contribution to help students and teachers engage and take action concerning climate change and discover how we can all help protect our planet from future harm.

To raise awareness about some of the key topics that are tackled as part of the Let's Act project, WAME and FAEM will launch a LET'S ACT! CAMPAIGN which starts with an the official launch of the project and then highlights certain topics throung two exhibitions that focus on the relevant topics of plastic reduction and energy access & energy poverty respectively and then concludes with two information sessions presenting the final Let's Act! Platform and how it can support teachers in engaging their students in these topics and help "Protect the Planet" in the process.

The LET'S ACT! CAMPAIGN  will include the following events: 

Official launch event of the LET'S ACT! SDG Project "Protecting the Planet": 19^th May 2022 - Presenting the Let's Act! project to teachers

DePlastic Exhibition: 20th Sept - 20th Oct 2022 - focusing on how we cab all help reduce plastic consumption

energEtica Exhibition: 28th Oct - 20 Dec 2022 - focusing energy access in the Global South and energy poverty in the EU

ASviS Festival Del Sviluppo Sostenibile 2023: 8th - 24th May - Present the launch of the Let's Act platform with a dedicated online session

FAEM Annual Presentation of Education Activities to Teachers: 23rd May - Presenting the Let's Act! Platform and functionality to teachers

All of the LET's ACT! CAMPAIGN EVENTS will take place in person at the Fondazione AEM's educational centre "Casa dell’Energia e dell’Ambiente" located in Milan except for the ASviS event that will take place online. 

Please join us to learn more about these important topics and how the Let's Act! didactic material can help address these issues in a fun and constructive manner in the classrooms of the 12-16 year old by clicking on the links to the verious events. 

For further information please write to Pia at: pia.alessi@eui.eu

To access the Let's Act! Platform click HERE