An exhibition touring as part of the “Protect the climate” project has opened at II LO. Through photographs, graphics and texts, the exhibition shows how the climate has changed in Bolivia, Brazil, Chile and Peru, what the forecasts for the future look like, and what consequences these changes bring today and will bring in the future.
Second-year students in the tourism class viewed the exhibition and discussed related issues during a lesson. The exhibition’s advantage is its descriptions of personal experiences from individual countries, which present the consequences of climate change for everyday life in a very vivid and direct way.
The touring exhibition is intended for a broad audience (in Germany and Poland) and will be presented in schools, other educational institutions, municipalities, libraries, organizations and companies.
– It is an interesting aid in learning about world geography, says teacher Elżbieta Magłysz. – Young people can become aware of the connection between climate change and poverty. I also point out to them that we are all responsible for what is happening in the world and that we live in a very wealthy and safe part of the world, the teacher adds.
The exhibition presents problems related to climate change as well as innovative measures taken by individual countries to adapt to these changes and counteract climate change. For example, the project partners in Chile and Peru suffer from a persistent water shortage, while the city of La Paz in Bolivia struggles with floods and landslides caused by heavier rainfall. The advancing clearing of the Amazon rainforest has far-reaching consequences – both for the global climate and for the inhabitants of these regions. The exhibition shows how the local project partner is involved in reforestation projects there.
The educational project “Two Degrees More, So What? Climate Protection at the Local Level as a Factor in the Fight Against Poverty” is financially supported by the European Commission as part of regional development cooperation. The exhibition came to Bolesławiec through cooperation between Powiat Bolesławiecki and its partner district in Germany, Rhein-Sieg.
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