From Climate Anxiety to Eco-Agency: Tech-driven hope in global challenges

• - The scale of the global issues we face from issues such as climate change and natural disasters, although vital for our pupils to know, can seem overwhelming, sometimes resulting in climate change anxiety.
• - However, it is possible to teach pupils about these challenges in a way that promotes empowerment, using technologies such as GIS and remote sensing to enable pupils to be active agents in the face of these challenges, becoming classroom decision-makers and problem-solvers regarding unfolding events across the planet.
• - In this session, we will explore how I have done just that with my pupils, looking at examples from wildfires in Alaska to volcanic eruptions in Semeru, Indonesia, to mapping local urban tree planting, to mirror the work done by the authorities in the ‘real world’, showing them how they could choose to be part of the change for good in their future careers.