Elcra Project
ENVIRONMENTAL LITERACY IN
HIGHER EDUCATION CONTEXT FOR
PREVENTING
VIOLENT RADICALIZATION IN CLIMATE ACTIVISM
Il Progetto
Background del progetto
Negli ultimi anni si sono diffusi movimenti che rappresentano per molti giovani, soprattutto studenti universitari, una forma di attivismo e protesta pacifica legata ai temi della sostenibilità ambientale e della lotta ai cambiamenti climatici.
Obiettivo Generale
Il progetto mira a prevenire la radicalizzazione nell’attivismo ambientale aumentando l’alfabetizzazione ambientale degli studenti universitari, coinvolgendoli nelle comunità di appartenenza e trasformandoli in attori del cambiamento.
Obiettivi Specifici
Comprendere il fenomeno della radicalizzazione legata a questioni ambientali e climatiche attraverso ricerche qualitative e quantitative su casi emblematici, atteggiamenti e opinioni degli studenti universitari
I risultati
Il progetto promuoverà l’alfabetizzazione ambientale degli studenti universitari, sviluppando le loro conoscenze e competenze e creando un legame tra loro e la comunità di cui fanno parte, aumentando il loro interesse e la loro conoscenza delle problematiche legate al cambiamento climatico.
Il progetto fornirà ai partecipanti una comprensione della complessità dei sistemi ambientali e sociali, oltre a una forte capacità di problem solving. Grazie a quest’ultima saranno in grado di intervenire con soluzioni innovative ed efficaci che contribuiscano ad affrontare meglio la sostenibilità ambientale e a combattere i problemi del cambiamento climatico, prevenendo al contempo la radicalizzazione violenta.
Il progetto promuoverà la crescita professionale dei partecipanti attraverso la creazione di una comunità di pratica sul tema della prevenzione della radicalizzazione violenta nell’attivismo ambientale. Il progetto unirà i contributi di diversi attori (accademici, studenti, realtà del terzo settore) migliorando l’impatto delle azioni di prevenzione della radicalizzazione violenta nell’attivismo ambientale e di lotta al cambiamento climatico.
Social
ELCRA
🎬 Video interview | ELCRA in Madrid
🎤 At the 1st International Conference on Environmental Communication, Literacy and Climate Activism, we spoke with Katia Sanz Amado, a third-year Journalism student at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid.
📚 Katia took part in the ELCRA project's MOOC course and shares what she learnt: a deeper awareness not only of climate change, but also of the circular economy and how individual actions can translate into collective commitment.
✍️ As a journalism student, Katia discovered the weight of responsibility that journalists carry in actively participating in social change — something she had not fully considered before.
💡 The course also introduced her to new concepts, such as eco-anxiety, which she had never previously thought of as an issue linked to sustainability.
🌍 Her advice? Take this course to better understand how sustainability works, how it relates to society, and how important it is to create a sustainable world for our generation and those to come.
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#ELCRA #EnvironmentalLiteracy #ErasmusPlus #MOOC #Journalism #ClimateActivism #HigherEducation #UCM #Madrid #EcoAnxiety #Sustainability #StudentVoice #GreenTransition #EUfunded #YouthEmpowerment
ELCRA
🎬 Video interview | ELCRA in Madrid
🎤 At the 1st International Conference on Environmental Communication, Literacy and Climate Activism, we spoke with Nora Barreto Torres, a third-year Journalism student at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid.
📚 As a journalism student, Nora found the ELCRA MOOC course particularly useful and innovative: rather than simply providing data on climate change, it offers a social and psychological perspective that other courses often overlook.
💻 Nora greatly appreciated the interactive teaching method: hypertexts, videos and quizzes at the end of each module make revising the content far more engaging.
🌿 One topic that really struck her? Greenwashing. Her generation cares deeply about environmental issues, but not all companies that market themselves as "green" truly live up to that claim.
💡 Her advice: seek out reliable sources, gather diverse information and cross-check everything.
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#ELCRA #EnvironmentalLiteracy #ErasmusPlus #MOOC #Journalism #Greenwashing #ClimateActivism #HigherEducation #UCM #Madrid #CriticalThinking #StudentVoice #GreenTransition #EUfunded #MediaLiteracy
ELCRA
🎬 Video interview | ELCRA in Madrid
🎤 At the 1st International Conference on Environmental Communication, Literacy and Climate Activism, we spoke with David Varona Aramburu, Professor at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid.
🌍 According to Prof. David Varona Aramburu, events like this international conference offer a valuable opportunity for the project: researchers and experts from various fields of environmental communication bring fresh ideas and new perspectives that the project team had not yet considered.
💡 These contributions will prove essential for ELCRA's upcoming phases: the development of COIL courses, the delivery of workshops across partner countries, and the drafting of the final booklet containing the project's recommendations.
🚀 The conference also opens new horizons: international participants can propose ideas for future projects or even a second edition of ELCRA.
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#ELCRA #EnvironmentalLiteracy #ErasmusPlus #ClimateActivism #HigherEducation #UCM #Madrid #EnvironmentalCommunication #ClimateChange #COIL #InternationalConference #GreenTransition #EUfunded #ResearchCollaboration
ELCRA
🎬 Video interview | ELCRA in Madrid
🎤 At the 1st International Conference on Environmental Communication, Literacy and Climate Activism, we spoke with Jesús Flores, Professor at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid.
📣 Prof. Flores explains how the idea for this conference stems from the desire to place communication at the centre: without communication, effective environmental literacy work becomes extremely difficult.
🎯 Through communication, the goal is to raise awareness and empower people to engage in formal, rigorous and informed climate activism.
🤝 These activities emerge as an initiative of the ELCRA project, coordinated by the University of Siena, and the Universidad Complutense de Madrid takes pride in collaborating on such initiatives.
🌱 The challenge lies in engaging both university institutions and governments to work together for the benefit of citizens, society, and to secure a clean planet for future generations.
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#ELCRA #EnvironmentalLiteracy #ErasmusPlus #EnvironmentalCommunication #ClimateActivism #HigherEducation #UCM #Madrid #ClimateAction #GreenTransition #EUfunded #FutureGenerations #Sustainability