Unfreezing Eco-Anxiety
Help your students turn worry into action with this empowering unit on eco-anxiety and climate hope. Designed for Geography Years 7 and 8, the lessons guide students through recognising their feelings about climate change, deepening their connection to the ocean, and discovering the practical steps they can take to create a more sustainable future.
Through reflection, creativity, and stories of inspiring young changemakers, students will learn how to shift from fear to flow by transforming eco-anxiety into curiosity, confidence, and agency. Activities include exploring cultural and personal connections to place, creating a vibrant classroom ocean display, and designing a personal plan for change.
By the end of the unit, students will understand what eco-anxiety is and why it matters, feel strengthened by their appreciation of the ocean’s invisible powers, and be ready to take meaningful action for the planet and their communities.
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Tune In
Students will learn about people's cultural connection to places and how this influences their identity, sense of belonging, and perceptions of a place.
Find Out
Students will learn about the economic, cultural, spiritual and aesthetic value of water for people.
Take Action
Students will identify a strategy for action in relation to environmental, economic, social, or other factors and explain potential impacts by hearing from young changemakers who are doing amazing things to help our environment.
