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ELY - Energy Literacy for Youth
Training Material
ELY Project - Energy Literacy for Youth Project
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Contents to the Energy Literacy for Youth (ELY) Training Material of the 14 methods in 4 modules.
ELY Contents to the ELY Training Material of the 14 methods in 4 modules.
ELY Contents (3 pages.) (pdf - EN)
Contents to the Energy Literacy for Youth (ELY) Training Material of the 14 methods in 4 modules.
Each method is described in the Handbook
(37 pages.) and used together with the Facilitator Material (116 pages.) and the Fact Sheets.(47 pages.).
The Background text (19 pages.) includes an introduction to the project and to the training methods.
ELY Handbook
ELY Handbook (37 pages) (pdf - EN) includes guiding to the trainer how to do the training for the 14 methods in the 4 modules. It includes how to introduce the topic, how to implement, easy and advanced versions, question points for discussion, and conclusions.
There is also an estimation how much time a method takes and, which facilitator material, and fact sheet can be used.
ELY Facilitator Material
ELY Facilitator Material (116 pages) (pdf - EN) includes the material to print to the 14 methods. How to use them is described in the Handbook. The material include worksheets, solution sheets, posters, true and false statements, CO2 consumption bricks and board to the board game, role cards, system cards, activity cards, history time line sheets.
At some methods it also have more options, how the training can be done depending the level of the training.
The energy experiments the trainer needs more preparation like buying material or equipments beforehand..(e.g. movable solar cell set, and wind energy set, a Watt-meter or a solar radio). There are also low-cost options, but they need longer preparations, and longer time to implement. (e.g. a solar cooker, haybox or a bicycle wind mill).
At the end There is Glossary of the Terms in easy language.
ELY Background
ELY Background (19 pages.) (pdf - EN) includes an introduction to the ELY - Energy Literacy for Youth project and to the training methods.
ELY Fact Shhets
ELY Fact Sheets (46 pages) include 12 topics:(47 pages pdf - EN)
Solar Energy; Wind Energy; Hydro power; Biomass Energy; Heat Pump;, Energy Savings, Efficiency, Sufficiency; 100 % Renewable Energy; Energy Communities; What is Climate Change; Social Aspects of Climate Chnage; Energy Poverty; Energy Wars..
Additional material to the Energy Experiments stations of Solar Energy, Wind Energy:
1 page questionnaire and selection of pictures, tables and graphs from the Fact Sheets helping to answer the questions.
 
Module 1 - Climate Change 101
Silent Discussion
1.1. Silent Discussion The participants silently circulate the room, look at the posters on the wall, and write down what comes to mind. Then, they discuss climate change and its effects on different aspects of societies.
The posters show pictures of effects of climate change (draough, flood, wildfire) , graph of increase of global temparature and CO2 emmition, global maps of CO2 emmission, coal power plant, transport images, solutions like wind energy, solar energy etc.
- Use pages in the Handbook: # 8-9 and in the Facilitator Material: # 2-15.
- Relevant Fact Sheets: What is Climate Change, Social Aspects of Climate Change.
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1.2. True or False

The participants get statements on climate impacts, which they discuss and decide if the statements are true or false. Participants work in par or a small team.
- Use pages in the Handbook: # 10 and in the Facilitator Material: # 16-19.
- Relevant Fact Sheets:What is Climate Change, Social Aspects of the Climate Change.

Chicken sandwich
1.3. Chicken sandwich

Each team of 3-4 persons receives a fact sheet, on the ingredients of a Chicken Sandwich and statements on climate and environmental effects. The task is to decide which effects are related to the Chicken Sandwich.
- Use pages in the Handbook: #11 and Facilitator Material #.20-22.
- Relevant Fact Sheets: What is Climate Change, Social Aspects of the Climate Change.

Module 2 - Energy ABC    
Energy Ball
2.1, Energy Ball

The group stands in a circle and casting a ball to an other person in the circle. The person who is casting the ball say something about the topic.The topics are how do use energy / how do you save energy/ what do you do for the environment; or what kind of renewable energy source you know. The method is an interactive energiser activating prior knowledge through movement and quick idea-sharing.
- Use pages in the Handbook: #13-14 and Facilitator Material # 23.
- Relevant Fact Sheets: Energy Savings, Efficiency and Sufficiency; 100% Renewable Energy.

Energy Experiments
2.2. Energy Experiments

Hands-on 5 stations where each team circulate among the stations, where they test renewable energy models, measure energy use and compare efficiency, and discover cooking options including discuss the differences and similarities between North and South, and women's role.
- Use pages in the Handbook: #15-18 and Facilitator Material: 5 stations.
- Relevant Fact Sheets: Solar Energy; Wind Energy; Biomass Energy; 100% Renewable Energy; Energy Savings Efficiency.
- Extra option: using the solar and wind energy history sheets, the pictures and graphs answering a set of simple questions.

Board Game: CO2 footprint
2.3. Board Game: CO2 footprint

Each team of 3-5 persons receive a game board and different CO2 bricks symbolising the CO2 use in tons per year. The bricks are in different sectors. Each team decides that which which lifestyle they have in the do they eat meat/chicken, do they drive car, have a dog/cat, computer, how they heat their home, and are they travel to holiday by flight/train/bicycle or stay at home.
The typical choices end up all too much CO2, so they need to reduce the consumption. The game can do 2-3 round in reeducation. Each team explain their choices. The winner is the team which can reduce the CO2 most.
Finally, there is an option to reduce the base CO2 use, which is not depending on the invidual choices, but the state using state policy cards, which can reduce/increase the CO2.
Each choices are discussed by the team. The board game is a good discussion point how lifestyle choices and policy decisions shape our carbon footprints.
- Use pages in the Handbook: #19-20 and Facilitator Material # 49-66.
- Relevant Fact Sheets: Energy Savings, Efficiency and Sufficiency; Heat Pump; Social Aspects of Climate Change;

Lego Build Future Scenarios
2.4. Lego Build Future Scenarios

A creative group task building climate-neutral future communities with LEGO. The participant exploring how to place houses, community house, green areas, roads, gardens, windmills and solar cells. Some are building complicated some simpler way. Important element is the discussions. Prior to the Lego buidling participants receive an introduction on the 8 reasons why to make a renewable energy Community and 6 steps how to make them, as well as examples of eco-communities..
- Use pages in the Handbook: #21-22 and Facilitator Material # 67-72.
- Relevant Fact sheets: Energy Communities.

Module 3 - Climate Justice    
Who Emits What?
3.1. Who Emits What?

Each group is getting a list of country names, and ranking them by their amount of CO2 emissions. Evt. The groups can rank the countries by CO2 emission by person. or just discuss the difference. The method is opening discussion on historical responsibility and fairness.
- Use pages in the Handbook: #24-25 and Facilitator Material # 73-74.
- Relevant Fact Sheets: Social Aspects of Climate Change.

Mapping: Global System
3.2. Mapping: Global System

A collaborative mapping exercise linking energy use, industry and social impacts, showing how global systems drive emissions and inequality.
- Use pages in the Handbook: #26-28 and Facilitator Material # 75-80.
- Relevant Fact Sheets: Social aspects of Climate Change

Climate Inequality
3.3. Climate Inequality Walk A movement-based, story-focused walk illustrating real life climate impacts and encouraging emotional engagement. The stories include pollution, sinking island, forest cut to soy production, fracking, e-waste, coal mining, wildfire, migrant workers at an electric car factory etc.
There are 11 case story sheets, which includes a picture and description, and 2 quaestions: What kinds of impacts can you see on the environment and climate? and the society and economy.
The participants walk around and answering the quetions.

- Use pages in the Handbook: # 29-30 and Facilitator Material # 83-93.
- Relevant Fact Sheets: Social aspects of Climate Change, Energy Poverty, Energy Wars.
Climate change
3.4. Climate Wars

A case-based activity examining conflicts shaped by climate pressures, prompting discussion on peace, resources and justice.
Eeach team gets a conflict card, which they discusses and agree answering to the questions on the sheet. Afterwards the group presents the case to the others, and their conclusions.
- Use pages in the Handbook: #31-32 and Facilitator Material # 94-98.
- Relevant Fact Sheets: Social Aspects of Climate Change, Energy Wars.

Module 4 - Active Citizenship

   
4.1. Organisation Bingo The traditional bingo game, where instead of numbers there are organisational logos on each bingo card. The trainer use a film or read up a story, where the organisations name is part of the story. When you hear the name of the organisation you make a cross on the card, and when all organisations mentioned on a line you they say "bingo."
During this playful way, the organisations behind the international climate negotiations, national and local organisations are introduced. After the play there is a discussion how linkages are from international to to local actors and initiatives.
The facilitator guide has an example, but typically the trainer needs to make a local version. We plan to collect the bingo stories, please inform us if you make one. Send email to ove@inforse.org.
- Use pages in the Handbook: #34-35 and Facilitator Material # 99-101.
- Fact sheet: Climate Change
4.2. Role Play: EU Climate Negotiations A role-play simulation where participants act as Ministers of a Country to negotiate climate policies and national targets to meet the EU target. There are 3 countries (Denmark, Germany, Poland). Each team includes 3-4 Ministers and a Prime ministers, who discuss different policy options from the policy cards in 4 sectors. They discuss, debate and choose policy options, which they agree on, which has CO2 reduction effects. At the end the teams present what they decided and the other countries comment it. The trainer can play the EC Commissioner.
The role-play can be played in an advanced way, when they edit their choices into an excel sheet and the excel calculates the reduction. In this way it is possible to see that which measures reach the targeted reduction.
- Use pages in the Handbook: #36-37 and Facilitator Material # 102-110.
- Relevant Fact Sheets: 100 % Renewable Energy
4.3. Participation Cafe A group exercise exploring various forms of civic engagement, assessing their effectiveness and identifying personal participation pathways.
- Use pages in the Handbook: #38-39 and Facilitator Material # 110-113.
- Relevant Fact Sheets: What is Climate Change?
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The Project "Energy Literacy for Youth" [ELY] is capacity building for youth education that supports the skills and abilities of young people to become active citizens in the fields of climate change and renewable energy. Energy literacy empowers individuals and communities to make informed decisions regarding energy use, promoting sustainability, and mitigating climate change. The target groups are young people (18-25 years old), educators and trainers, policy makers and general public. There will be special focus on inclusivity, and diversity addressing the knowledge gaps among youth in marginalised groups with different socio-cultural backgrounds, disabilities, etc. The ELY project is financially supported by the EU ERASMUS+ program.

Project partners: Open Plan Foundation (Poland, project lead), MigLAB (Germany), YEE - Youth and Environment Europe (Czech Republic), Dias Media Group (Cyprus), and INFORSE-Europe.

Project Area: The project is implemented in five countries - Poland, Czech Republic, Denmark, and Germany - and will culminate in a final conference in Brussels to share best practices, outcomes, and strategies for broader adoption of the curriculum.

 
Read more at the ELY Project's web site: https://energyliteracyforyouth.eu/ and at partners websites:
Partners of the Project:
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Open Plan Foundation
Fundacja Otwarty Plan (coordinator), Poland


att. Magdalena Klarenbach
E: klara [at] otwartypla.org
W: otwartyplan.org/zapraszamy-do-udzialu-w-nowym-projekcie-energy-literacy-for-youth-ely/


INFORSE-Europe

International Network for Sustainable Energy - Europe, Denmark


att. Gunnar Boye Olesen, Judit Szoleczky, Rasmus Varnich Blumensaat
E: ove [at] inforse.org
in cooperation with members, MEC-HT - Environmental and Energy Center in Hoje Taastrup in Denmark.
W: inforse.org/europe/ELY.htm & W: inforse.org/europe/ELY/

 
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MigLAB logo

 

YEE - Youth and Environment Europe, Czechia
att. Stephanny Ulivieri
E: stephanny [at] yeenet.eu
W: yeenet.eu/project/energy-literacy-for-youth/
MigLAB, Transforming Labour and Migration, Germany
att. Hannah Heyenn, Kartika Manurung
E: hannah.heyenn [at] miglab.de
W: https://miglab.de/
 
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