EcoStories wants to achieve the development of an Eco-Storytelling digital toolbox to support teachers’ implementation of a critical ecological pedagogy in the English Foreign Language classroom that promotes students’ development of climate, digital, and foreign language literacy skills in order to stimulate and cultivate the ability to imagine a greener and climate-just future.
The project will implement Eco-Storytelling activities based on the engagement with and the analysis of literary (climate fiction) and museum resources using the CLIL (Content and Language Integrated Learning) approach connecting formal and non-formal education. Art-based (creative writing) and digital storytelling activities will also be implemented to foster students’ multiliteracy skills in English.
The project’s main result will be a digital Eco-Storytelling toolbox consisting of a competence framework (static and interactive) on critical ecological pedagogy for the English classroom, teacher training resources for pre- and in-service English teachers and 6 Eco-CLIL units for B1+ English learners, an online training program for Eco-Storytelling as well as three editions of a MOOC course. The outcomes will be the training of over 120 pre- and in-service teachers in Eco- Storytelling.
May 16, 2024
On May 16, 2024, the EcoStories is Team will hold an interactive storytelling workshop on how we can create stories of a climate-just future. The workshop will be a mix of activities and talks on eco-criticism and narrative practices addressing the most pressing issue of our time: climate change. If you are interested in engaging in thought-provoking discussions and creative tasks on how to think, write and talk about climate change and a climate-just future, join us. Everybody is welcome!
April 10-12, 2024
Our project coordinator Eva Katharina Bauer, MA, was chosen out of 2200 applicants to be part of the 3rd edition of the European Student Assembly at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France. From 10 to 12 April, 2024, 250 participants from 170 universities across the European Union gathered to draft public policy proposals for EU institutions within a diverse range of topics.
February 27, 2024
The University of Graz Communications and Public Relations Sector recently featured an article on the EcoStories Project titled “EcoStories: How Children Are Making a Difference with Stories.” Hosted on the official news platform of the University, the project has gained attention for its impactful approach to environmental education through storytelling.