TREnD (Teaching Resilience and Environmental Democracy) is an innovative initiative advancing high-quality, inclusive environmental education through collaborative assignments, Virtual Exchanges, and virtual/extended reality (VR/XR). It promotes resilience, environmental democracy, and sustainability by building academic staff capacity, strengthening students’ digital and intercultural competences, and fostering civic engagement while combating misinformation. In doing so, TREnD supports the EU Green Deal and SDG4 goals and helps embed immersive learning technologies into Education for Sustainable Development (ESD).
MAIN OUTPUTS
Staff training programme
Teaching staff at the participating institutions will receive training in the methodology and its tools. This training will enable the project consortium to establish common guidelines for interdisciplinary Education to Sustainable Development (ESD) teaching, facilitate the exchange of cultural norms, and foster competences in intercultural communication and metacognition.
Virtual exchanges
The consortium partners will design and deliver a series of virtual exchanges based on cooperative online research and assignments, incorporating resilience-building strategies into collaborative map-making activities.
Extended reality experiences
Students will lead the creation of XR experiences that highlight areas of ecological distress. These immersive tools will serve as innovative educational resources, raising awareness, promoting sustainable action, and providing participatory, experiential platforms that deepen students’ understanding and engagement.
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Co-funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or Stichting Nuffic. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them. Project Number: 2025-1-NL01-KA220-HED-000355762
