The students developed and implemented a range of highly creative projects in the fields of arts, media, games and quizzes, research and sustainable joint actions. What makes the projects particularly impressive is the high identification of the students with “their” World Heritage Sites. The projects all share one goal: Students wanted to reach out to their peers and communities to pass on what they have learned and experienced about World Heritage and climate change - and to encourage them to reflect on the issue themselves and activate them for the mission of safeguarding heritage and climate. They did that in a highly creative way, making each of the projects unique and personal. Find out more about the students projects here!
ART
Many of the students chose an artistic approach to deal with and express their experiences with World Heritage and climate change. All of their works make a deep personal connection to either the topic of climate change, World Heritage or both visible. The students found unique ways to express their concerns and emotions, making every artwork very authentic and touching.
Student Art Exhibition
Students from grade 5 to 12 developed creative and unique works of arts addressing the massive tree death in the Harz and its impacts on the World Heritage Site.
Imagining the future of the Wadden Sea
Students expressed the concern on the future of the Wadden Sea and painted the potential possibilities of its development.
Herrnhut inspired jewellery and glass-making
Students of the glass making school in Kamenický Šenov were impressed by the beauty of the heritage of Herrnhut, which they had explored for the first time in the frame of the project.
MEDIA
It was very important for the students to share their experiences at the World Heritage Sites with their peers and their communities and to raise awareness themselves on the safeguarding of World Heritage in times of climate change. Different media formats were ideally suited to do that. In creative media products, students connected future, present and past by using different formats such as short movies, podcast, audio play and Instagram take over.
Movies from “Young Climate Action for World Heritage” at the Wadden Sea
Movies showing the students projects at the Wadden Sea based on movies, photos and scripts of students.
Podcast “Watt’n dat?”: You can only protect what you know.
Students developed, recorded and published a podcast with two episodes.
Audio play “The Fall of Haithabu and Danewerk - for World Heritage through space and time.”
A group of older students created a radio play.
Student Instagram Take over
Students became active on Instagram to share the importance of safeguarding the forest at the World Heritage Site Erzgebirge/Krušnohoří Mining Region.
GAMES AND QUIZZES
The desire to reach out to other people and motivate them to think and act sustainably becomes particularly evident in the various interactive projects that the students have developed and realised. They found interactive, playful and educational ways to get others involved in the complex topics of sustainability, climate change and World Heritage. Following their creativity, they combined education and entertainment by developing mystery dinner, escape game, a quiz and sustainability rallye.
Mystery Dinner “Murder on the Viking’s ground"
In their mystery dinner, address the past and the future by combining renewable energies and climate protection with nature and cultural heritage conservation.
Escape Game at Rammelsberg
Underground in the mine of Rammelsberg, the students developed an Escape Game for school classes.
UN-UNESCO-Herrnhut Quiz
Students from Herrnhut wanted to know more about World Heritage, what the title means and why Herrnhut is internationally famous and should be safeguarded for all humanity.
World Heritage and Sustainability Rallye
Students developed a Rallye for their school community to raise awareness on climate change, how World Heritage Sites are threatened and how to act sustainably.
SUSTAINABLE JOINT ACTION
Initiating events for joint action was a wish many participants had. The feeling of empowerment and community spirit they took from the project and being with other peers who cared sparked this motivation. Students took connective and uniting initiatives to make our common heritage more ecologically and socially sustainable. By creating the opportunities for sustainable joint action through the meaningful connections gained during the project, they educated their peers about our ecological footprint and the threats for cultural and natural heritage.
Protecting historical gardens
Students from Poland learned at the World Heritage Site “Palaces and Parks of Potsdam and Berlin” how the trees and plants are threatened by climate change.
Climate and Heritage Camp “Ready for Sustainability”
Students from different parts of the project – from Poland and from Zittau and Herrnhut – joined forces and organized with their teachers two climate camps in Zittau and Zagan.
RESEARCH AND TRANSFER
For many students, research was an important topic - both in itself as well as a means for further activities and mobilisation. The interactive learning and personal involvement of students during the exploration and workshops at the World Heritage sites, set the ground for further research and transfer of knowledge. By sharing what they had learnt among local communities, students informed about issues as climate change, global warming, or deforestation.
Ted-Talk “Climate Change and The Youth: A New Point of View”
At the World Heritage Site “Palaces and Parks of Potsdam and Berlin” students learned that many trees in the historical gardens are endangered by climate change.
Info-Graphics and Posters
Students summarized what they have learned for different World Heritage Sites, like Herrnhut, Palaces and Parks of Potsdam and Berlin.
BEYOND THE PROJECT
The connections and intertwined community that “Young Climate Action for World Heritage” has created, goes far beyond the project timeline or its direct reach. It allowed a deeper connection with the respectful heritage sites and opportunities to become active for World Heritage sites beyond the project and school context.
“World.Heritage.Climate - World Heritage Education for Climate-conscious Sustainable Development” Denkmal Messe
Students reported on the effects of climate change on World Heritage sites such as the Erzgebirge/ Krušnohoří Mining Region and the Palaces and Parks of Potsdam and Berlin.