Between 12-14 February 2025, the educational partners of Climate Truth Crisis met for the Teacher Training Activity hosted by UAL in London. Teachers from Vilnius Academy of Arts, University of the Arts London, ELISAVA, Iceland University of the Arts, Royal Academy of Arts (KABK), Estonian Academy of Arts and the Academy of Fine Arts Sarajevo gathered to explore and discuss pedagogical strategies in the age of climate disinformation. How do we navigate the social media space transformed by disinformation? How might vision science help designers understand how to better communicate visually with climate skeptics? Is it even possible to change someone’s opinion on climate? How do we find and evaluate reliable sources when it comes to climate-related information? And how might we hold our own institutions accountable?
The three-day program explored:
teaching methods for classifying types of climate disinformation,
research methods for finding points for intervention in complex problems and
testing the creative limits of fake news.
Expert speakers gave overviews of their respective fields:
social media analytics (Dr Felipe Soares, LCC University of the Arts London),
vision science (Prof Simon Rushton, Cardiff University),
investigative journalism (Juliet Ferguson, Centre for Investigative Journalism),
climate activism (David Cross, CCW, University of the Arts London).
Professor Audrius Klimas and Associate professor Sigitas Gužauskas took part at he event.
