Environmental education in Chemnitz
Why do we need environmental education?
Environmental education is one of the key components in the fight against climate change. Only those who are provided with sufficient information and educate themselves on the subject can form their own well-founded opinion. Among other things, environmental education promotes awareness of our city, current developments such as climate change and the need for a sustainable way of life. A lifestyle is sustainable if it satisfies the needs of the present generation without jeopardising the satisfaction of the needs of future generations. Accordingly, the lifestyle of future generations must not be jeopardised.
The City of Chemnitz also offers its own environmental education programmes, which are described below. All programmes can be requested free of charge. The implementation depends on the capacity of the respective supervising staff or the availability of materials.
Solar flower making
Age group 4 to 10 years
Young people from Chemnitz can experience the power of green energy and how it works by making their own solar flower. The kit consists of a petal, a shoot leaf, a shoot axis, a motor and the solar cell.
The children can colour the petals themselves and help assemble the kit. However, the adults are responsible for soldering the contacts together and gluing the motor. The offer is particularly popular at after-school and day-care centre parties.
Climate rally
Age group 11 to 14 years
What measures can reduce the heat on the station forecourt, provide more shade on Düsseldorfer Platz and make Chemnitz more resilient?
You can find out this and much more at the Climate Rally for Chemnitz. The rally comprises six stations where players learn more about the consequences of climate change and possible adaptation measures - through quiz questions, explanations and small tasks. The climate rally is intended as an introduction to the topic of nature-based solutions (NbS) in sustainable urban planning. It can be organised by the participants themselves.
Minecraft for nature-based solutions
Age group 11 to 17 years
The INTERLACE project uses the video game Minecraft to help young people discover, learn about, plan and design nature-based solutions in cities. The aim of the project is to encourage young people's creativity and imagination while teaching them how nature can be used to solve challenges such as climate change in the places where they live.
The young participants learn about the importance of nature for Chemnitz, nature-based solutions in urban development and the use of Minecraft.
Lego simulation game
Age group 15 to 99 years
In the Lego simulation game, participants take on different roles that take part in real-life urban planning processes. Together, they have to make urban planning decisions based on various scenarios in a fictitious city. These are realised using Lego building blocks.
The decisions in the respective planning game scenario should contribute to a climate-adapted urban development of the fictitious city and thus to a city worth living in in the long term. Nature-based solutions and water-sensitive urban development are fundamental to this.