“By 2030, almost every profession will require digital skills, while climate change is expected to reshape industries across every sector. Helping young people understand both challenges has never been more important.”

Professor John Kelleher, Director of ADAPT at Trinity College Dublin

Artificial intelligence and climate change will shape the world today’s students inherit.

GreenFutures is a free Transition Year learning programme that helps students explore how AI and digital technologies can support climate action while also examining their environmental and social impact.

  1. Free four-hour programme
  2. Designed for Transition Year
  3. Classroom-ready resources

Register Your School’s Interest

Led by the Research Ireland ADAPT Centre at Trinity College Dublin, in partnership with UNESCO and Huawei Ireland, GreenFutures gives young people the opportunity to explore how AI can help solve environmental challenges while understanding the impact digital technologies have on our planet. 

Why GreenFutures?

Today’s Transition Year students will graduate into a world where AI and environmental sustainability will influence almost every career. 

GreenFutures encourages students to ask important questions.

What Students Will Explore

Through interactive guides, real-world case studies and classroom activities, students will explore:

Skills for a Changing World

GreenFutures helps students develop the skills and knowledge they’ll need in an increasingly digital and climate-conscious world.

Alongside learning about AI, sustainability and climate action, students will strengthen their ability to:

  1. think critically about emerging technologies
  2. interpret and question digital information
  3. understand evidence and climate data
  4. solve problems creatively and collaboratively
  5. consider the ethical impact of innovation
  6. make informed choices about the technologies they use every day

 

These are skills that will benefit students regardless of the career path they choose. Students do not need coding experience or specialist knowledge to participate.

A New Transition Year Learning Experience

GreenFutures is a free, four-hour Transition Year learning programme, developed in collaboration with teachers, researchers and education specialists.

Aligned with the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NCCA) Transition Year framework and informed by UNESCO’s Greening Curriculum principles, the programme combines climate literacy, digital literacy and responsible AI through engaging, classroom-ready learning experiences.

Included in the programme:

Working Together for a Sustainable Digital Future

GreenFutures brings together expertise in artificial intelligence, education, sustainability and digital innovation.

Together, our partners are helping students understand how technology is changing society, and also how they can use technology to help shape the future responsibly.

Project partners include UNESCO, Huawei Ireland and Learnovate, working alongside the Research Ireland ADAPT Centre at Trinity College Dublin.

The project team consists of Dr Jelena Radakovic Goodwin (TCD), Dr Mairéad O’Donnell (TCD), Dr Steven Davy (TUD) and Olivia Waters from the Research Ireland ADAPT Centre at TCD, and combines expertise in digital inclusion, climate education, artificial intelligence, public engagement and educational innovation. 

Bring GreenFutures to Your School

GreenFutures is currently being developed for Transition Year classrooms across Ireland.

Register your interest to receive programme updates, teacher resources and information about participation.

Register your interest by emailing the project team:

[email protected] or [email protected]