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We all care, at some level, about our planet and for our children. And yet, ample research has proven that\u00a0we are doing a terrible job of guaranteeing a healthy future for either of them<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In my work as an interdisciplinary scholar who has researched children\u2019s rights, the social determinants of child development and the psychology of climate change, I have come to believe we must give more credit to young people for their ability to contribute to society. If we could learn to\u00a0understand communities through the eyes and voices of children<\/a>\u00a0our approach to global warming might drastically change.<\/p>\n

For this reason, I have designed and led university-exposure experiences for high school students focused on career development and responding to climate change. In each workshop, I have seen students\u2019 energy and pride as they imagine and see themselves impacting our shared future.<\/p>\n

Non-governmental organizations such as UNICEF have argued that\u00a0children and youth are perhaps the most powerful weapon we have to restore planetary health<\/a>\u00a0and yet they are underutilized.<\/p>\n

This might be largely because most adults believe young people are unable to contribute to this world in any meaningful way.<\/p>\n

Adults rarely think of children as a resource in the fight against climate change. In other words, we disempower children just by believing that their potential is limited. Sadly, as a result, children themselves\u00a0think the solution to climate change is in someone else\u2019s hands,<\/a>typically the government or the private sector.<\/p>\n

Loris Malaguzzi, an Italian educator\u00a0who pioneered a transformative approach to early childhood education<\/a>, talks about the concept of the \u201cHundred Languages of Children<\/a>,\u201d meaning they have multiple ways of seeing the world. It is we, the adults, who are limited in our ability to understand. Thus, it is our responsibility to learn their many languages.
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In February 2017 high school students participated in a workshop at Carleton University. Here, students present their group\u2019s discussion about how music-related careers could contribute to mitigating or adapting to climate change. Author provided (No reuse)
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Both vulnerable and competent<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Being able to engage young people more effectively in talking about global warming and giving them a stage for their meaningful contributions might be what we need to successfully address the global challenges climate change brings.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s lots we can learn from the field of children\u2019s rights that teaches us how to empower children for significant and long-lasting changes that eventually lead to positive gains for all of us. To do so, however, we must accept one of the basic and fundamental principles at the core of the children\u2019s rights approach:\u00a0respect for the young person who is acknowledged to be both vulnerable and competent<\/a>.<\/p>\n

By accepting children\u2019s vulnerabilities we commit to protect and nurture them as they develop skills they need to lead healthy, productive and fulfilling lives. By accepting their competence, we commit to offer children\u00a0age-appropriate opportunities to safely express their views and be taken seriously when making decisions about matters that are important to them<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In other words, to empower children means to nurture them as they develop the skills they need to take charge of their lives.<\/p>\n

Better career guidance<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Career guidance and education may offer us a unique opportunity to empower youth at a critical time in their lives. At the same time, it can prepare tomorrow\u2019s workforce to think more deeply and critically about jobs and the environment, and how these can help restore the health of our planet and contribute to our physical, emotional, psychological and spiritual survival.
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In this May 2017 workshop, grade nine students generated a list of 123 jobs that could make a difference to people and the planet. Here, students photograph the networked chart they drew to illustrate the relationships between climate change, values, strategies and careers. Author provided (No reuse)<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n

However, while\u00a0career guidance and education is part of the standard secondary school curriculum<\/a>\u00a0across all Canadian provinces, the\u00a0training teachers receive to become a guidance counsellor in Canada has been judged as insufficient<\/a>\u00a0except for in Qu\u00e9bec, where\u00a0teacher\u2019s training meets standards for career development<\/a>\u00a0that align with requirements of the\u00a0International Association for Educational and Vocational Guidance<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Research shows that in Ontario schools,\u00a0guidance counsellors do not receive adequate career development training<\/a>\u00a0and they also spend\u00a0only about one-quarter of their time dealing with career counselling (academic issues take up about half their time)<\/a>.<\/p>\n

This evidence points to the fact that career guidance and education in secondary schools may be a missed opportunity.
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Resilience, coping and teamwork: Some of the words grade nine students linked with mitigation and adaptation to climate change and careers in a May 2017 workshop. The density and crisscrossing of lines exemplifies how far-reaching the link is between career options and potential impact on the climate. Author provided (No reuse)<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n

While teachers\u2019 training is a key consideration for improvements in career guidance and education, the students\u2019 experience could also be improved by making required career courses more personally meaningful.<\/p>\n

By approaching this course from a children\u2019s rights perspective the students would be nurtured and supported at a key time in their development when they are making a choice about their future professional lives.<\/p>\n

Students would learn about the careers of their own interest, the role that such work would play in the bigger picture of planetary health and they would be counselled to reflect on how their professional choices could make this planet healthier.<\/p>\n

We cannot expect that everyone will want to become an environmentalist or an activist, but we can expect that the children of today will want a future for their own children, and therefore they will also want the best for our planet. We only need to show them how the two are connected through the work they will do.<\/p>\n

Author Bio:<\/strong> Stefania Maggi is an Associate Professor, Department of Psychology and Institute of Interdisciplinary Studies at Carleton University<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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