Education for Climate Talks
Green Careers in Circular fashion, ft Sibille Diederichs
In this episode, Sibille Diederichs, a pioneer in circular fashion and co founder of CiLab, shares her journey from early work as a designer to leading circular innovation in Belgium. She reflects on the waste created by fast fashion, the potential of circular processes to reshape the industry, and the competences needed for emerging green careers, including open mindedness, polyvalence and cross department collaboration. Sibille highlights the role of education in preparing future designers and emphasises persistence as key to driving change. Her advice to young professionals: stay confident, adapt, and embrace circularity as the natural path forward.
Teaching Sustainability: Educators as Green Career Catalysts, ft. Jelle Boeve de Pauw
In this episode, Jelle Boeve de Pauw, associate professor of science education at Utrecht University, shares his journey from biology into sustainability education. He explains how educators and education systems shape green careers through both curriculum design and classroom practice, emphasising action oriented learning as a key approach for building environmental and citizenship competences. Jelle also discusses his work on the Horizon IM>PACT project and offers advice for young professionals on connecting with their values, finding supportive communities and engaging with diverse perspectives to build meaningful green careers.
Green Careers in Environmental Journalism, ft. Théophile Lienhardt
In this episode, host Petra Moreno speaks with Théophile Lienhardt of GoodPlanet Belgium about the evolving landscape of green careers. Théophile shares how scientific expertise can be translated into accessible communication, why adaptability and practical competences matter, and how young professionals can build meaningful sustainability focused careers. He offers concrete examples from environmental science outreach, greening the hospitality sector, and supporting emerging communicators, showing how education and engagement can drive climate action.
Episode 5 — Citizenship Education
This episode focuses on citizenship education and its role in empowering learners to participate in democratic processes and sustainability transitions. Experts discuss student agency, democratic engagement and how citizenship competences intersect with environmental and social responsibility.
Episode 4 — Non formal Education
This episode highlights the contribution of non formal education to sustainability learning. Through perspectives from practitioners and organisations, the conversation explores how community based initiatives, youth programmes and lifelong learning environments foster agency, participation and climate engagement.
Episode 3 — Digital Education
This episode examines how digital education can support learning for sustainability. Experts reflect on digital competences, innovative pedagogies, and the role of digital tools in enabling collaboration, critical thinking and engagement with real world sustainability challenges.
Episode 2 — Teacher Education
This episode focuses on teacher education and the role of educators in advancing sustainability competences. Guests discuss how initial and continuous teacher training can integrate sustainability, the challenges educators face, and the policy conditions needed to support systemic change in teaching practice.
Episode 1 — Whole‑School Approaches
This episode explores whole school approaches to sustainability, featuring insights from experts on how schools can embed sustainability across governance, teaching, community engagement and culture. The discussion highlights the importance of coordinated action, leadership and social learning in creating environments that support transformative learning for sustainability.