Sustainability Leadership Program

Lesson: Introducing Aranyaarth's work.

Activity 2: Visualising what would the world look like if Climate Change doesn’t stop and global warming continues.

Defining Climate Change, and understanding it's impact on our everyday life.

Describing program obejctives and learning outcomes.

Understanding the causes of Climate Change.

Listening to the TED Talk by Dr. Johan Rockström, delivered in October 2020, where he describes the planet's response to global warming, and the steps we can take to stablize planet before it's too late.

2021-2030 is an extremely crucial decade of our time in planet Earth and will make a drastic transformation of humanity.

Learning about Planetary Boundaries.

A classroom game that helps students understand the concept of planetary boundaries.

Understanding Climate Change as a Planetary Boundary.

Understanding Biosphere Integrity as a Planetary Boundary.

Understanding Land and Water Systems as Planetary Boundaries.

Understanding Biolchemical Flows and Novel Entities as Planetary Boundaries.

Ocean Acidification, Ozone Depletion and Atmospheric Aerosol Loading as the Safe Planetary Boundaries.

Activity to comprehend the importance of planetary boundaries and discussing what needs to be done to protect each of the nine.

Learning the meaning and implications of 1.5 degree rise in global temperature.

Understanding what will happen in India if global temperature rose by 1.5 degrees celsius.

Listening to scientists discuss the Big picture on Hothouse Earth for The World Economic Forum.

Defining Sustainability and learning of about the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.

Learning about Environmental, Social, Economic and Governance aspects of Sustainable Development.

Deep Dive into SDGs 7, 13, 14, 15, 3, 5, 6 and 10.

Deep dive into SDGs 8, 9, 11, 12, 1, 2, 4, 16, and 17.

A report by United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs analyses the progress on all the SDGs so far (2023).

A glance at all the world agreements on Climate Change so far.

A closer look at the Paris Agreement - what is says and how it works.

Meaning of Net Zero.

A TED-Ed take on the feasibility of the various renewable energy options (2017).

What can we do to achieve Net Zero emissions?

Exploring our individual powers to influence our surroundings through this activity.

Learning why 2021-2030 is declared to be the UN Decade of Ecosystem Restoration.

Understanding what makes an ecosystem

What makes one ecosystem strong and another weak in the face of change? Kim Preshoff details why the answer, to a large extent, is biodiversity for TED-Ed

Introduction to Ecosystems and their various types.

An activity to instigate curiosity about our immediate environment.

Learning what needs to be done to restore the health of our ecosystems.

Teachers guide students in highlighting the key learning outcomes from the following TED-talk.

A TED talk about why restoration is not the same as planting trees.

Learning what must be the objectives of any ecosystem restoration project.

Redesigning man-made ecosystems.

A TED talk about how Bhutan became a carbon-positive country.

How Climate Change affects our every day life, and our physical and mental health.

A class discussion and activity on how our environment and social life affects our emotions/mood through the day.

In this essential talk, she highlights the interdependence of environmental and human health and emphasizes the necessity of placing health at the heart of all climate solutions.

Teachers guide students in highlighting the key learning outcomes from the following TED-talk.

Source: TED.com

It is time we rethink how we measure and assess the development of our civilization - and it has to be through the metric of health and happiness rather than metric of wealth. Here we try to understand the biology of our mental well-being.

Assessing well-being beyond medical reports.

Society is a complex ecosystem. Let's explore it's evolution so far, and how is climate change affecting its manner and pace of development.

A group game where students imagine and discuss how different people in their lives—from parents to shopkeepers—perceive climate change and sustainability. It encourages creative thinking and understanding of diverse perspectives across social strata.