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Recently, the EU Mutual Love Yunnan Low Carbon School Pilot Project Team invited Dr. Wang Xinman, an international eco-friendly artist, and Mr. Xiao Huang, Director of the Organizing Committee of the UNESCO "Nature and Art - Conservation of Biodiversity Global Art Competition 2021", to enter 3 kindergartens, 3 primary schools, 2 middle schools and 2 universities from October 12 to 25, 2021, and held 10 lecture series with the theme of "Biodiversity Conservation and Art", and a total of 2108 teachers and students participated in the lecture series The students actively asked questions, and the atmosphere of the lecture was lively.
EU Mutual Love Yunnan Low Carbon School Pilot Project Cycle: January 1, 2020 to December 31, 2023
The EU Mutual Love Yunnan Low Carbon School Pilot Project is funded by the European Union and implemented by the Espanyol Foundation (Mutual FullNess Member) in cooperation with the Yunnan Representative Office of the International Federation of MutualLy Man and Human Sports (Switzerland), the Yunnan Academy of Science and Technology Information, Southwest Forestry University, the (China) Youth Action Network on Climate Change, Green Kunming, and Yixing Public Welfare Community Development Service Center.
The project aims to increase the awareness and advocacy capacity of partners on issues of climate change mitigation and environmental protection. The goal is to establish a network of low-carbon schools in Yunnan Province, consisting of different types of schools such as kindergarten, primary school, junior high school, high school, secondary vocational education, and higher vocational education. Through a variety of colorful activities, trainings, conferences and other forms, we will promote the creation of low-carbon schools in Yunnan Province, and build a platform to promote cooperation and exchanges between schools, and ultimately improve the awareness of climate change among 70,000 students and teachers. At the same time, through the school emission baseline accounting, analysis and development of school emission reduction strategies, as well as long-term carbon neutrality plans, to support schools to implement carbon emission reduction work. Using science, technology, innovation and other means to respond to "climate action" to achieve sustainable development.
The project is supported by the European Union and the Fondation for Lovers and People (Spanish member).
Union Kindergarten
Group photo of the Alliance Kindergarten and the First Branch
The lectures are conducted in different formats for different ages of students.
For kindergarten children, through the simple story of polar bears losing their homes, let the children understand the harm of climate change, and trigger children to think about the impact of their daily behavior on climate change.
Silhouette animation viewing of the second kindergarten in Xishan District
Children of The Second Kindergarten in Xishan District participate in classroom interaction
Then, by letting the children dream of watching vivid silhouette animations, they arouse their awareness of protecting animals and protecting the environment.
Further, by displaying the entries of children around the world in UNESCO's "Nature and Art - Conservation of Biodiversity Global Art Competition 2021", children will learn how other children can contribute to biodiversity conservation by painting animals.
Alliance Kindergarten and Xishan District No. 2 Kindergarten draw children's paintings
Finally, children are allowed to freely create the animals they want to protect through paintbrushes, further deepen their awareness of biodiversity conservation, and convey the concept of participating in environmental protection to others through artistic means.
Primary school students are more likely to provoke students to think about their daily lives, from the aspects of food, clothing, housing and transportation, how to affect our planet. The students were given a lot of opportunities to think on their own initiative and then speak.
Elementary school students at the Summer Palace spoke about their daily lives and the polar bears' loss of their homes
Artist Wang Xinman explains the relationship between the breeding industry and the loss of polar bears
Lecture site of Junfa City Primary School
Kunming Lake Primary School lecture site
Kunming Lake Primary School lecture site.
At the same time, Mr. Xiao Huang also introduced various art forms of environmental protection theme works in addition to painting, so that the students realized that the garbage in life can be transformed into works of art through their own small hands, which not only realizes the transformation of waste into treasure, but also can show and publicize the concept of low-carbon life and biodiversity conservation to more people.
In the face of middle school students, Dr. Wang Xinman strengthened the knowledge of climate change and guided students to think about what factors lead to climate change and the intensification of the greenhouse effect through the form of mind mapping. This further introduces the concept of carbon footprint and advocates students to practice low-carbon life.
Kunming Experimental School (Tianjiao Campus) affiliated to Sichuan Normal University lecture site
Heavy Industry Middle School activity site
In addition to climate change and low-carbon life, the university part also invited project manager Liu Xi to introduce China's latest Nationally Determined Contribution Commitment "3060" carbon peak, carbon neutrality goal, the relationship between personal carbon footprint and climate change, and the responsibilities of contemporary college students in the action to combat climate change.
Project Manager Liu Xi introduced the 3060 goals, carbon footprint, and youth responsibility
Lecture site of Forestry Vocational technical college
Kunming University lecture site
In the lecture, Teacher Wang Xinman also combined his own experience to let the students look at the international stage and assume youth responsibilities. Through the sharing of environmental protection art paintings, short videos, installation art and other forms, we will convey green concepts such as low-carbon life, species protection, and ecological art to students, and invite students to join the action of transmitting environmental protection concepts through art.
Wang Xinman is an international ecological and environmental protection artist
Executive Director of unesco,UNESCO Global Art Competition for Biodiversity Conservation, a unesco-sponsored project for young people in the arts
Guidance expert of the EU Mutual Love Yunnan Low Carbon School Pilot Project
Director of the Heavy Color Painting and Comprehensive Materials Art Committee of Yunnan Artists Association
Chief Artist of Yunnan Plateau Ecological environmental protection foundation
Special artist of the French Cultural Center
Special Artist of Sino-French Environment Month
Visiting professor at many universities at home and abroad.
Xiao Huang
Independent curator
Director of the organizing committee of the project "2021 Nature and Art Conservation Biodiversity Enterprise Ball Art Dashuang" sponsored by the UNESCO World Youth Art Academy, the Ambassador of biodiversity conservation promotion of the American Wildlife Foundation, the executive vice president of the Yunnan Plateau Ecological and Environmental Protection Foundation, and the guidance expert of the Pilot Project of the European Union Mutual Love Yunnan Low Carbon School.
Note: This article represents the views of the author only and has nothing to do with the position of the funder.