Our place in the world

Students will understand how humans influence nature and how our relationship with nature has changed over time. They will view a video from the feature documentary Future Council before learning about different cultural perspectives on this relationship. Students will then design a connection to nature action plan to ignite change in their school community.

Learning intentions

Students will:

• understand the connection between humans and nature
• explore how different cultures view, explore and experience the environment.

Success criteria

Students can:

• explain human-nature interconnectedness with examples
• design an action plan to promote connection to nature.

Skills

This lesson is designed to build students’ competencies in the following skills:

• creative thinking
• critical thinking
• communication
• community engagement
• intercultural understanding

Support students to join the Future Council

Any young person aged 9-16 can join the Future Council movement. Members can participate in global meetups, connect with like-minded peers, learn from world-class experts and participate in design challenges to create a better future. Future Council also shares trusted knowledge, helpful resources and clear paths for action. It seeks to unlock wonder and creativity, whilst bringing a much needed morality to decision making.

Initially, members will be invited to co-design how the Future Council will be embedded into businesses, institutions and schools - creating opportunities for young people to collaborate on real, sustainable products and find real, sustainable solutions.

If you know a young person who would be interested and inspired to be part of co-designing the Future Council with us, please encourage and support them to join. Learn more here.

UN Sustainable Development Goals

UN SDG 13: Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts

• Target: 13.3 - Improve education, awareness-raising and human and institutional capacity on climate change mitigation, adaptation, impact reduction and early warning.

Credits and acknowledgements

Future Council is a Regen Studios film co-produced with Tebbernekkel. Cool.org and Regen Studios would like to acknowledge the generous contributions of Shark Island Foundation, LEEAF, Alberts I The Tony Foundation, Documentary Australia and our philanthropic partners in the development of these teaching resources. These lessons have been created by Cool.org in partnership with Regen Studios & Regenerators.