Lesson 3: Sustainable Systems: Energy, Nature, Food and Cities

How the systems we depend on every day connect to climate action and where AI is already changing them.

Recommended Duration: 60 mins. (Option for 40 mins. class available)

Learning Intentions

By the end of this workshop, students will be able to:

  • Describe how energy, nature, food and cities each contribute to climate change
  • Compare renewable and non-renewable energy systems
  • Explain why biodiversity and healthy ecosystems matter, as a crisis connected to but distinct from climate change
  • Identify sustainable approaches to food, transport and everyday consumption
  • See how AI supports smarter, more sustainable infrastructure

Key Themes

  • UNESCO Greening Curriculum concepts
  • Ecosystems and Biodiversity
  • Sustainable Lifestyles
  • Post-Carbon Economies

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