We want young people to feel empowered and inspired to be part of the climate story, as well as support teachers to give students the skills and knowledge to feel confident enough to use their own voice.

Our aim is for young people to:

  • Tell their own climate action stories
  • Speak confidently about climate change
  • Drive positive action with their own audiences (eg families, friends)

“Saving our planet is no longer a scientific challenge. It is also a communications challenge.”

Sir David Attenborough

Be inspired

  • Watch the film
  • Explore the #OurPitch teaching resources to discuss climate change and find out how athletes are using their platform to drive behaviour change

Get creative

  • Explore the Use Your Voice teaching resource to develop storytelling techniques
  • Watch Open Planet footage which shows the awe and wonder of our world
  • Start storyboarding

The Resources

We have a number of different resources to guide and help you.

Session 1: #OurPitch Resource (8-11 years & 11-18 years)
Session 2: #UseYourVoice (8-18 years)

The sessions take between 60 minutes – 2 hours each depending on discussion and choice of extension activities with planning and creation time in addition. The sessions have been designed so that you can adapt the plan and activities to your students.

About Open Planet

We’re working with digital media hub Open Planet to encourage young people across the world to Use Your Voice. Open Planet is an online library of powerful and inspiring film footage about environmental issues – the major problems we face and the inspiring solutions to help save our planet.

Open Planet is free to use for charities, schools and scientists wanting to tell their own stories and inspire climate action.

As part of the USE YOUR VOICE challenge, students can choose from thousands of clips to create their own climate stories, including footage captured for some of the world’s top natural history documentaries.