Wirkungsnachweis aus der Literatur

Kurzfristig (< 1 Jahr)
Mikro (Individuum)
Ökologisch

sensitization of German participants for global environmental justice through experience exchange

diversitätsorientiertes Lernen

The German students described how hearing directly from the Indian students about their experiences of climate change connected them to the idea of global environmental justice. Most of the German students were emotionally affected by the way the Indian students told their stories as described by this student: “One knew about it [the difficult environmental situation in India], but wasn’t so emotionally involved, before. And that really affected me, that video exchange” (GER02). Reflecting on the differential environmental impact of climate change on different parts of the world reframed the problem of climate change to include a global perspective and motivated action. As one student put it: "Now I realized a bit that we have to do something, some more stuff here, to change the world that’s all around. Because before I always wanted to go abroad and try to work there, but now I see that we have to do a lot of work in Germany." (GER01)

Beschreibung der Aktivität

Youth Leading Environmental Change (YLEC) education programme
YLEC is a multi-national education programme that engages university students in learning and action related to environmental issues, particularly environmental justice. Beginning in 2011, YLEC used a collaborative process (see Hickman and Riemer 2016) involving partners from six countries (i.e. Bangladesh, Canada, Germany, India, Uganda, and the U.S.A.) to design the pedagogical approach and content of a 11-unit workshop series. [...] The six countries involved in YLEC were selected purposefully to roughly represent two types of experience with climate change, the first being economically developing countries that face many direct impacts of climate change (i.e. Bangladesh, India, and Uganda), and the second being economically “developed” countries that significantly contribute to climate change without facing many direct impacts (i.e. Canada, Germany, and the U.S.A.).
international
Germany: 8 students Uganda: 36 students
university-aged youth
teilnehmende Kinder und Jugendliche
SchülerInnen/ Lehrlinge/ Studierende

Evaluierung der Aktivität

Qualitative Interviewbefragungen (persönlich)
In this paper, we focus on the qualitative data collected from interviews conducted with participants approximately three months after the conclusion of the programme. The same interview guide was used in both Germany and Uganda, although adjustments were naturally made to suit the particulars of each setting.
Germany: 6 students (2 women and 4 men) Uganda: 24 students (40% women)