Respuestas educativas al cambio climático desde el Colegio Madrid: lecciones aprendidas y nuevos retos rumbo a Climántica México 2021

Abstract

The Colegio Madrid School, located in Mexico City was founded by the republican Spanish exile in 1941. From its origins has shown a clear focus on environmental education, following the naturalist principles of the innovative instructional models that ruled the initial academic programs. It nowadays maintains the same spirit and our school will turn 80 in 2021, responding to new educational demands trough a diversity of actions and projects such as Climántica. This has been one of the most relevant both for its academic and cultural impact in our community in the last decade. At the same time, the academic dimension evolves to respond to the emerging needs in teaching and learning trough the application of innovative models. In this continuous search for better learning environments, the transcurricular approach based on ethics of care and the collaborative work are in sintony with the participation in both national and international projects, such as Climántica. In Mexico City, as citizens of a country that has already felt the serious effects of extreme weather, we are increasingly concerned about taking action at educational, social and infrastructural levels. Along with the scientific facts, we are working in interdisciplinary activities linking social subjects like Mexican history, arts, technology, among others. Additionally, in recent years we have developed an innovative approach to interrelate science and social curricula with the cross curricular citizenship and ethics of care approach, which is showing encouraging results. We have no doubt in recognizing Climántica as the top project that eight years ago started a new era on climate change awareness in our community. Now we face the next challenging action to co-organize Climántica Iberoamérica in México in spring 2021, framed in the 15th and 80th anniversary of Climántica and Colegio Madrid´s foundation. It is again proposed to work with our staff of Colegio Madrid, the Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, the Consejería de Educación de la Embajada de España para México y Centroamérica, and other Iberoamerican institutions linked to the Project, including Aveiro´s University and other organizations from Costa Rica and regional partners.