Program offers guides, videos, games and free lesson plans to teach the concepts of sustainability in an interactive and fun way
The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has launched "Rise Up," a free multimedia tool for primary and secondary schools in Latin America and the Caribbean to empower students, parents and teachers to address climate change and improve their quality of life through creative, viable and long-term solutions.
"The solution to climate change is very complex. So we created an innovative knowledge tool in a multimedia format, to address part of the problem," said Emma Näslund-Hadley, project coordinator and lead specialist in the Education Division of the IDB.
Rise Up encourages teachers and students to be part of the solution. Instead of teaching science in a traditional way, Rise Up transforms learning at both school and home to harness the potential of youth and adults to mitigate and reverse climate change.
According to the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF Spain), if we continue at this pace, the "excessive" consumption of natural resources would force humanity to have 1.6 planets to meet demand globally.
To help counter climate change, Rise Up provides instructional videos, lesson plans, video games and a green kit in English and Spanish at no cost on the initiative’s website.
Rise Up is part of the efforts of the IDB and the Inter-American Investment Corporation to combat the effects of climate change facing the region. Last year, the IDB Group announced the goal of increasing to 30 percent the volume of loan approvals for operations related to climate change by the end of 2020.
About the IDB
The Inter-American Development Bank is devoted to improving lives. Established in 1959, the IDB is a leading source oflong-term financing for economic, social and institutional development in Latin America and the Caribbean.The IDB also conducts cutting-edge research and provides policy advice, technical assistance and training to public and private sector clients throughout the region.