Climate Action Storytelling Toolkit

This toolkit has been designed to help your students find their voices as advocates for the Earth. Students will learn how to translate environmental awareness into compelling narratives that inspire action. Whether they are imagining a hopeful future, fighting for nature restoration or reflecting on the biodiversity in their own backyard, these lessons empower young people to shift from being passive observers to active storytellers for climate action and biodiversity conservation.

What to expect in this toolkit:

  • 3 customisable lesson plans, bite-sized activities and discussion questions to help develop storytelling abilities alongside SDG skills  
    • Storytelling mediums covered in lesson plans: collage art, poetry, film
  • Extension activity for students ages 14+
Activities, Lesson Plan
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Age 14+ - (Upper Secondary/ high school), Ages 8-14 - (Upper Primary/lower secondary/middle school )
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English
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< 1 hour

2025 Global Goals Week Toolkit

The World’s Largest Lesson, in partnership with UNICEF and UNESCO, brings the Sustainable Development Goals to life, with free resources for teachers and children around the world.

This year’s toolkit is packed with 3 ready-to-use, SDG skills resources to help you:

  • Bring the Global Goals into your teaching in new ways
  • Explore timely topics like global trade, supply chains and peace-building
  • Foster peace, empathy, and hope in the classroom

Created in partnership with DP World, a global leader in supply chain solutions, this toolkit helps young people understand the systems that move our world and prepares them with the skills they’ll need for a sustainable future. You can explore more DP World teaching resources on their Global Education Platform.

In partnership with:

Lesson Plan
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Age 14+ - (Upper Secondary/ high school), Ages 8-14 - (Upper Primary/lower secondary/middle school )
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English
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< 1 hour

Be Hope

Designed for learners of all ages, this 45-minute creative workshop invites students to reflect on the concept of hope and express their vision for a better future through art.

At the heart of the lesson is a global digital story map, where students are encouraged to upload their “hope art” and see it featured alongside contributions from young people around the world. This shared map becomes a powerful collective message—showing how individual hopes can come together to inspire global change. By contributing to the map, students don’t just learn about hope—they become hope.

Lesson Plan
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Age 14+ - (Upper Secondary/ high school), Ages 4-8 (Lower Primary), Ages 8-14 - (Upper Primary/lower secondary/middle school )
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English
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Human and Child Rights
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< 1 hour

Planet Protectors Toolkit Guide

Welcome to the Planet Protectors Toolkit Guide!

This guide is your one-stop shop for WLL’s curated climate action and sustainability resources, designed to help you easily integrate sustainability learning into your learning environment. It covers five engaging sections, each focused on developing key sustainability competencies:

  • Data Explorer: Data Explorers & Data Explorers Unplugged

  • Nature Guardian: Climate Change Dodgeball

  • Waste Warrior: Food Heroes

  • Eco Inventor: Sustainability Hour, do your :bit

  • Visionary Artist: Visions of Tomorrow, Voices of Future Generations

With bite-sized activities, discussion spaces, and classroom-ready slides, this guide empowers you to create a dynamic, customisable learning experience tailored to your students’ needs.

Activities, Lesson Plan
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Ages 8-14 - (Upper Primary/lower secondary/middle school )
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English
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1-3 hours

Visions of Tomorrow: Creating Films for a Sustainable Future (Open Planet)

In collaboration with Open Planet, this activity empowers students to create a 1-minute film envisioning the future they want to see. Using Open Planet’s free, open-source library of over 13,000 cinematic clips, students will explore climate change, nature, and solutions, crafting compelling stories that raise awareness about environmental issues.

SDG skills covered:

  • Futures Literacy: Imagine better futures and figure out the steps needed to make them a reality.
  • Exploratory Thinking: Tackle sustainability challenges by thinking holistically, creatively, and across different perspectives.

Lesson Plan
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Ages 8-14 - (Upper Primary/lower secondary/middle school )
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English
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1-3 hours

Voices of Future Generations: A Storytelling Journey for Change (VOFG)

In collaboration with Voices of Future Generations, this resource introduces students to short stories focused on sustainability and children’s rights, inspiring them to think critically about their role in shaping the future. The stories explore themes of environmental stewardship and social impact, with reflection questions that help students connect with the characters and apply the lessons to their own lives. Through stories like “The Tree of Hope,” “The Voice of an Island,” and “A Monarch Adventure,” students are encouraged to explore their potential to contribute to a sustainable world.

SDG skills covered:

  • Futures Literacy: Imagine better futures and figure out the steps needed to make them a reality.
  • Exploratory Thinking: Tackle sustainability challenges by thinking holistically, creatively, and across different perspectives.

Books and comics
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Ages 8-14 - (Upper Primary/lower secondary/middle school )
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English
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< 1 hour

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