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Área III: Envisioning Sustainable Futures

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Marco, a sweet and little boy

Basic Level

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At this level, you are beginning to understand that the future is shaped by today’s choices, even small ones. You may not yet feel fully confident imagining long-term consequences or proposing future solutions, but you are becoming curious and more open to learning with others. With support from classmates and teachers, you can start taking part in simple activities that help you imagine how things could be different.You are beginning to think about the future and how today’s actions can shape it. You are curious about ideas for a more sustainable world and start to understand that future solutions are not yet fixed.Cuadro de textoYou appreciate guidance and structured prompts that help you explore different possibilities. With support, you try out simple future scenarios, ideas, or activities to better understand how sustainable solutions might develop.

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Sofia, a clever and outgoing girl

Advanced Level

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At this level, you feel more confident imagining future challenges and thinking about how today’s actions connect to long-term outcomes. You are more comfortable contributing ideas, experimenting with solutions, and reflecting on what works and what does not. You increasingly see yourself as someone who can help shape the future together with others.You explore different possible futures and understand that sustainability challenges do not yet have clear or final solutions. You reflect on how present decisions may lead to different outcomes.Cuadro de textoYou use exploratory methods such as scenarios, role play, models, or project work to develop and compare ideas. You test possible solutions, learn from feedback, and adjust your thinking accordingly.

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Amina, a smart, empathetic, and confident student

Expert Level

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At this level, you show strong confidence in imagining and shaping sustainable futures. Probably, you understand how environmental, social, and economic systems are connected over time, you can lead and support complex projects with others, and you feel responsible for motivating peers and contributing to long-term change.You actively explore and critically reflect on multiple future scenarios, recognising uncertainty and open-ended outcomes. You understand exploration as a way to develop and improve possible solutions.You use systematic and creative approaches to test ideas, reflect on assumptions and long-term impacts, and adapt your visions when new insights emerge. You support others in exploring futures and use this thinking to guide responsible and informed action.

TIPS to raise your level

Tips to raise your level

level basic TIPS

Marco, a sweet and little boy

At this level, you are beginning to understand that the future is shaped by today’s choices, even small ones. You may not yet feel fully confident imagining long-term consequences or proposing future solutions, but you are becoming curious and more open to learning with others.

To develop further, try this:

Try this: Choose a topic (e.g. school transport, food, waste). Create two short stories or drawings—one showing a positive future, one showing what happens if nothing changes. 

Try this: When learning about a problem, ask: What might happen if…? or What would change if people acted differently?

Try this: Participate in a class project or role-play activity about a sustainable future. Focus on exploring, not being “right.” 

Try this: Take a small action (e.g. use less plastic) and write down or draw what could change in your life, your school, or your town in 10 years if everyone did it too. 

Try this: With a classmate or teacher, share one thing you hope for and one thing you worry about. What would help move toward the hope? 

Advanced basic TIPS

Sofia, a clever and outgoing girl
At this level, you feel more confident imagining future challenges and long-term outcomes. You experiment with solutions, reflect on results, and work with others to shape better futures.To develop further, try this:

Try this: Create a simple scenario map or timeline: If we do X today, what might happen in 5, 10, 20 years? 

Try this: Join or propose a sustainability project that aims to have a lasting effect, like a class garden, energy-saving plan, or a reuse campaign. 

Try this: In groups, design three possible futures for a local issue. Compare which one feels most realistic, most hopeful, or most fair, and why. 

Try this: Present your solution to peers or teachers. Ask: What worked? What would you improve? What might change in 5 years? 

Try this: After a project, reflect on how your actions relate to values (Area 1), systems (Area 2), or action (Area 4).

Expert basic TIPS

Amina, a smart, empathetic, and confident student

At this level, you show strong confidence in imagining and shaping sustainable futures. You reflect deeply on long-term impacts, adapt your thinking as new insights appear, and help others think about change.

To continue developing, try this:

Try this: Facilitate a futures workshop or class debate. Use prompts like “What would a fairer, greener school look like in 2035?” 

Try this: Build a decision tree or backcasting plan: Start from a preferred future and work backwards to identify key actions needed today. 

Try this: Write a short blog, video script, or poster that starts with: “What if we’re wrong about…?” Invite others to rethink a common belief. 

Try this: Help design a sustainability campaign or policy idea for your school that considers future generations—and explain why that matters. 

Try this: Join a youth network, climate club, or community group. Help connect your school’s ideas to bigger conversations about the planet’s future. 

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