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Climate Educators Initiative

Roots of Change trains university students not just to understand climate change but to talk about it — clearly, locally, and accessibly. Through this initiative, Serene Planet supported a group of student educators with essential climate literacy and communication tools. These young people didn’t stop at learning — they returned to their own communities, schools, and local groups to spark conversations that often never happen: about rising seas, disappearing trees, and what we can still do.

This wasn’t a top-down campaign. It was student-led from the start — local languages, local stories, local solutions. When the conversation starts at home, the impact runs deeper.

Project Snapshot

Start Date 10 March 2024
End Date 25 July 2024
Category Climate Action, Quality Education
Location Chattogram and Cox’s Bazar
Impacted 60+ Student Educators directly and 300+ Community Members Indirectly
Community Sessions 40+ Awareness Workshops and Dialogues
Funding Voluntary and Local Partnership Support

What client say

Challenge

Climate education often stays trapped in academic journals and elite conferences. In most communities, especially rural or marginalized ones, it’s either invisible or wrapped in technical terms that feel irrelevant. Many young people in universities care about climate issues but don’t feel confident explaining them to others — especially to older generations or outside their peer group.

We also found that community members were hesitant to attend “climate sessions” — not because they didn’t care, but because they weren’t sure what it meant or how it related to their daily lives.

Additionally, our student educators faced internal doubts: “Am I qualified to speak about this?” “Will my community listen to me?”

Solution

We focused on demystifying climate education. Our training for university students centered on three core themes: climate science basics, local climate impacts, and storytelling for change. Instead of turning students into scientists, we helped them become relatable, trusted messengers.

We equipped them with visual tools, relatable case studies, and the freedom to adapt their sessions to their own communities — whether that was a school, a madrasa, a women’s group, or a neighborhood youth club.

Support was constant — regular check-ins, peer feedback, and co-facilitation opportunities. We emphasized building confidence, not just competence.

Result

Over 60 trained student educators held more than 40 awareness sessions across Chattogram and Cox’s Bazar. They reached over 300 people — many of whom had never engaged in any conversation about climate issues before. Sessions covered flooding, heatwaves, mangrove loss, and plastic pollution — but always framed around the audience’s lived reality.

Participants didn’t just listen — they shared their own observations and offered traditional knowledge. In some areas, communities began informal “climate watch” groups or discussed reducing plastic at local tea stalls.

Student educators themselves reported lasting changes: improved public speaking, greater confidence, and a deeper sense of agency. Several are now advocating for climate inclusion in university syllabi or organizing eco-initiatives on campus.

The true measure of success? Communities where climate conversations are no longer silent.