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Tools to act on sustainability: Give an hour for the Earth

Target GroupBachelor, MasterResource TypeToolDomainSolution StrategiesDuration2h to ≤ 4hAuthorThe Earth Hour
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Summary

Earth Hour’s “Give an Hour” campaign encourages individuals and organizations to dedicate an hour to climate action through volunteering, advocacy, or sustainability initiatives. It offers ideas, resources, and a global platform to share activities promoting environmental stewardship and awareness.

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Engage students in Earth Hour by organizing hour-long sustainability activities. Use it as a prompt for service-learning or community projects. Facilitate brainstorming sessions on climate action ideas. Encourage reflection on personal and collective environmental responsibility. Use shared stories to build motivation and community spirit. Integrate campaign participation with broader climate education goals.

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Demonstrate effective usage while encouraging experimentation and adaptation. Students should develop technical competencies and understand appropriate applications for different contexts. Use tools to enhance learning capabilities while building confidence with professional resources and methodologies.

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    • General KnowledgeThis section provides general frameworks and concepts related to sustainability that can be used in any discipline and across industries.
    • Specific KnowledgeThis section provides sustainability related content that would enable students following a business or management degree or course to be better equipped to face sustainability related challenges.
      • Economics
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      • Finance, banking, insurance
      • Marketing and advertising
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    • Critical thinking
    • Self-awareness
    • Collaboration
    • Normative awareness
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    • Socio-emotional learning
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    • Subject area
      • General KnowledgeGeneral knowledge represents foundational understanding across multiple disciplines needed for sustainable development. It creates an integrated mindset that connects basic and advanced topics across various knowledge domains.
      • Economics
      • Management
      • Finance, banking, insurance
      • Marketing and advertising
    • Skill area
      • Problem-solving
      • Critical thinking
      • Self-awareness
      • Collaboration
      • Normative awareness
      • Anticipatory thinking
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      • Strategy
    • Learning approach
      • Cognitive learning
      • Socio-emotional learning
      • Behavioural learning
  • Communities
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    • General KnowledgeThis section provides general frameworks and concepts related to sustainability that can be used in any discipline and across industries.
    • Specific KnowledgeThis section provides sustainability related content that would enable students following a business or management degree or course to be better equipped to face sustainability related challenges.
      • Economics
      • Management
      • Finance, banking, insurance
      • Marketing and advertising
    Competence area
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    • Critical thinking
    • Self-awareness
    • Collaboration
    • Normative awareness
    • Anticipatory thinking
    • Systems thinking
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    • Subject area
      • General KnowledgeGeneral knowledge represents foundational understanding across multiple disciplines needed for sustainable development. It creates an integrated mindset that connects basic and advanced topics across various knowledge domains.
      • Economics
      • Management
      • Finance, banking, insurance
      • Marketing and advertising
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      • Critical thinking
      • Self-awareness
      • Collaboration
      • Normative awareness
      • Anticipatory thinking
      • Systems thinking
      • Strategy
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      • Cognitive learning
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