Short movies by and with children, an innovative educational tool to enhance climate and ocean literacy
Authors: Lepers Justine , Carpentier Pierre-Antoine 
Published: March 2022

&lt;p&gt;The latest IPCC report in 2021 reported &lt;strong&gt;alarming findings on global warming&lt;/strong&gt; (&amp;#8220;Climate change is widespread, rapid, and intensifying&amp;#8221;). Besides, on the one hand, young activists&amp;#8217; mobilization shows their awareness on climate emergency but on the other hand, their actions don&amp;#8217;t always follow alternatives for transition.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;In order to fill the gap, schools, both a place for &lt;strong&gt;the transmission of knowledge&lt;/strong&gt; and the &lt;strong&gt;learning of citizenship&lt;/strong&gt;, appear as the &lt;strong&gt;ideal place to develop climate and ocean literacy&lt;/strong&gt; and encourage young people to take action.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Research and neurosciences studies have highlighted the effectiveness of active learning methods as well as the importance of enhancing climate literacy during early age. Indeed, between &lt;strong&gt;8 and 12&lt;/strong&gt;, children &lt;strong&gt;develop a set of core values &lt;/strong&gt;which will the basis of their &lt;strong&gt;lifelong commitment to ethical actions&lt;/strong&gt;. That&amp;#8217;s why &lt;em&gt;Choisis ta plan&amp;#232;te &lt;/em&gt;aims at empowering the young generations to show that &lt;strong&gt;alternative paths are possible&lt;/strong&gt; and &lt;strong&gt;value responsible actions&lt;/strong&gt; to build a better future.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Since 2012, the French organization &lt;em&gt;Choisis ta plan&amp;#232;te&lt;/em&gt; has been providing support to worldwide organizations taking action to build a more just and sustainable future. Our field of expertise is the creation of educational short movies &lt;strong&gt;with children and for children&lt;/strong&gt;. We work in partnership with local organizations that are expert on issues related to climate change. The goal is to present &lt;strong&gt;concrete solutions&lt;/strong&gt; and the main characters are always children. So far, we have created 24 short movies made in 8 countries, in relation to 14 of the 17 sustainable development goals. The movies have been presented in 107 international festivals and they are broadcast to &lt;strong&gt;a large audience&lt;/strong&gt; every year, through a network of partner organizations, schools and libraries.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;In 2022, we will focus on &lt;strong&gt;SDG 14 &amp;#8211; Life below water&lt;/strong&gt;. We are in the process of identifying expert organizations to partner with them and create innovative awareness-raising materials with them. First (January-march), we will meet the organizations to collect information and draft the scenario. Then (April-June), we will work with the partner organizations to agree on the values and messages they want to convey and find children who will be the characters. Finally (July), there will be 2 weeks of repeat and film shooting in order to finalize and broadcast the movie in September.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;We are looking forward to sharing our work, materials and experience in the session on Climate and ocean literacy!&lt;/p&gt;