ABOUT US
The Turquoise Change (TTC) is an Education for Sustainable Development project that aims at promoting a multi-stakeholder, multi-disciplinary and multi-cultural dialogue and action on advancing sustainable thinking and lifestyles on islands supporting small communities. It is being implemented in 2016 and will work in Havelock in Andaman and Nicobar Islands (ANI) and in Zanzibar in its pilot phase from November 2016 – July 2018. We developed the program with the aim to translate the SDGs for local communities, extract their relevance for islands and engage youth to take actions towards the future they want.
OUR NEW LEARNING MATERIAL
OUR KEY PROJECT ACTIVITIES
Innovative Learning Material
Developing innovative, solution- and action oriented learning materials on ESD
Turquoise Tales
‘Turquoise Tales’ is the new offering from the house of TTC to influence a community of people who are more aware and kinder towards islands and oceans through stories of incredible changemakers.
OUR PILOT WORKSHOPS
TTC piloted in Havelock in ANI & Zanzibar, Tanzania
 HAVELOCK, ANI3-6 April 2017 for 40 students and 30 teachers of the Government Senior Secondary School (GSS) |  Zanzibar, Tanzania2017-2018 TTC Youth Empowerment Program (Age 20-35) |
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»4Wildlife«
Together with our NGO partner Nepada Wildlife e.V. we developed an innovative educational material on biodiversity and species conservation.
We bring the rainforest into the (class)room: Using Augmented Reality (AR) Tool students learn more about the importance of biodiversity in a playful way and get an emotional access to the global issue of sustainability.
The material is made for 7th grade classes in Germany.
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Education for Sustainable Development
Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) aims to equip all learners and educators with the required knowledge, skills, attitudes and values to contribute actively to a sustainable future. ESD promotes critical and system thinking and enables all learners to change behavior towards sustainability and deal with current global challenges.​​ With the increasing global challenges, they now have the added responsibility to translate global complexity to a learner’s life. The best way for schools to cope with this new scenario is to adopt a holistic approach - the Whole School Approach.
Classrooms, where core learnings are meant to happen, need to be supported by the school management, curriculum development, non-formal cooperation, teachers training, parents, governement and students‘ assessment.
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The Turquoise Change aims at supporting schools on islands in their individual and very local pursuit to become key change agents to create Islands for Sustainability. We have taken into account the research around islands and developed specific modules for teacher training (Training of Trainers), student activities and curriculum development in a manner that these can be translated into local actions.
CONTACT US
info-at-turquoisechange.org​
Our partners
Education for Sustainable Development
Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) aims to equip all learners and educators with the required knowledge, skills, attitudes and values to contribute actively to a sustainable future. ESD promotes critical and system thinking and enables all learners to change behavior towards sustainability and deal with current global challenges.​​ With the increasing global challenges, they now have the added responsibility to translate global complexity to a learner’s life. The best way for schools to cope with this new scenario is to adopt a holistic approach - the Whole School Approach.
Classrooms, where core learnings are meant to happen, need to be supported by the school management, curriculum development, non-formal cooperation, teachers training, parents, governement and students‘ assessment.
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The Turquoise Change aims at supporting schools on islands in their individual and very local pursuit to become key change agents to create Islands for Sustainability. We have taken into account the research around islands and developed specific modules for teacher training (Training of Trainers), student activities and curriculum development in a manner that these can be translated into local actions.