Elcra Project
ENVIRONMENTAL LITERACY IN
HIGHER EDUCATION CONTEXT FOR
PREVENTING
VIOLENT RADICALIZATION IN CLIMATE ACTIVISM
O Projeto
ANTECEDENTES DO PROJETO
Nos últimos anos, os movimentos ativistas relacionados com questões de sustentabilidade ambiental e a luta contra as alterações climáticas espalharam-se especialmente entre os jovens.
OBJETIVO GERAL
O projeto pretende aumentar a literacia ambiental dos/as estudantes, especialmente universitários, envolvendo-os nas suas comunidades e transformando-os em atores de mudança.
OBJETIVOS ESPECÍFICOS
Compreender o fenómeno da radicalização violenta associada aos desafios ambientais e climáticos, através de estudos qualitativos e quantitativos sobre casos emblemáticos, atitudes e opiniões de estudantes universitários
RESULTADOS ESPERADOS
O projeto irá promover a literacia ambiental dos estudantes universitários, desenvolvendo os seus conhecimentos e competências e criando uma ligação entre eles e a comunidade onde fazem parte e aumentando o seu interesse e conhecimento sobre as questões das alterações climáticas.
O projeto proporcionará aos participantes uma compreensão da complexidade dos sistemas ambientais e sociais e fortes competências de resolução de problemas, através das quais serão capazes de intervir em sistemas com soluções inovadoras e eficazes que contribuem para o combate às alterações climáticas e aos problemas de sustentabilidade ambiental, evitando ao mesmo tempo radicalização violenta.
O projeto promoverá o desenvolvimento profissional dos participantes através da criação de uma comunidade de prática sobre o tema da prevenção da radicalização violenta no ativismo ambiental; o projeto unirá os contributos de diferentes atores (académicos, estudantes, realidades do terceiro setor), potenciando o impacto das ações de prevenção da radicalização violenta no ativismo ambiental e no combate às alterações climáticas.
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