Education for Sustainable Futures
Climate Awareness, Critical Thinking & Green School Innovation
Erasmus+ KA1 Teacher Training Course
Duration: 5 Days – 25 Hours
Location: Seville, Spain
Certification: 25-Hour Certificate + Europass Mobility
Provider: The Erasmus Institute of Seville – OID E10399801
Course Overview
Sustainability is no longer an optional theme in education — it is a European priority. Schools play a crucial role in preparing young people to respond responsibly to environmental, social and economic challenges.
This 5-day professional development course equips educators with practical tools to integrate sustainability into their curriculum through experiential learning, project-based methodologies and critical reflection.
Participants will explore:
- Climate change education
- Carbon footprint awareness
- Renewable energy concepts
- Sustainable development principles
- Critical thinking and misinformation
- Green school strategies
The programme combines scientific understanding with classroom-ready activities that can be adapted to different age groups and educational contexts.
Course Objectives
By the end of the programme, participants will:
Detailed 5-Day Programme (25 Hours)
Focus: Understanding global and local sustainability challenges
- Introduction to climate change and sustainable development
- Environmental, social and economic dimensions of sustainability
- The role of schools in the Anthropocene
- Icebreaker and collaborative reflection
- Identifying sustainability challenges in participants’ institutions
Participants assess their own school contexts and sustainability gaps.
Focus: Environmental responsibility in practice
- Understanding carbon footprint concepts
- Calculating individual and school-level impact
- Renewable energy and circular economy principles
- Workshop: Designing a student-friendly carbon awareness activity
- Collaborative sustainability mapping exercise
Hands-on activities to translate theory into classroom practice.
Focus: From theory to implementation
- Integrating sustainability into different subjects
- Designing cross-curricular green projects
- Sustainable design challenge (team-based task)
- Creative problem-solving workshop
- Presentation of mini-project proposals
Participants develop ready-to-implement classroom projects.
Focus: Misinformation and media literacy
- Understanding climate-related misinformation
- Fact-checking strategies
- Data interpretation and analysis
- Debate workshop: Controversial environmental topics
- Developing students’ scientific reasoning skills
Participants strengthen analytical approaches to environmental education.
Focus: Sustainable school innovation
- Outdoor observation and environmental analysis (context-based activity)
- Translating observation into teaching activities
- Designing a Green School Action Plan
- Group presentations
- Reflection and evaluation session
- Erasmus+ Certificate Ceremony
Participants leave with a structured sustainability action plan tailored to their institution.
Methodology
All sessions are practical, participatory and directly transferable to school environments.
This course integrates:
Learning Outcomes (Europass-Compatible)
By the end of the course, participants will be able to:
Erasmus+ KA1 Alignment
This course supports Erasmus+ priorities by:
Who Should Attend?
Why Choose The Erasmus Institute of Seville?
At The Erasmus Institute of Seville, sustainability is approached not only as content, but as a mindset — preparing educators to lead meaningful environmental transformation within their communities.