The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) provide a comprehensive framework for addressing global challenges like poverty, inequality, and climate change. Ecomedia literacy serves as a powerful tool for integrating the SDGs into curricula across all educational levels by examining the intersection of media, information and communication technology (ICT), and environmental sustainability. This approach enables students of all ages to critically analyze the environmental impacts of media technologies, challenge greenwashing narratives, and develop media literacy skills for effective environmental campaigns. By incorporating ecomedia literacy, educators can empower learners to become informed, engaged citizens capable of tackling complex sustainability issues and promoting responsible media consumption and production practices.
Workshop: Exploring the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals Through Ecomedia Literacy
This multi-session workshop is designed to equip students with the skills to critically analyze and understand the complex relationship between media representations of environmental issues and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). It aims to cultivate critical thinking, scientific understanding, and effective communication and persuasion skills related to environmental sustainability and media literacy. The lesson is structured around several key components, including an introduction to ecomedia literacy and the SDGs, media analysis, examining visual communications, class discussions, and creating eco-conscious media with scientific rigor.
E-book (download link): Ecomedia literacy & SDGs: A Handbook for Higher Ed
This free 30-page e-book provides a guide for integrating the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) into liberal arts and sciences curricula through the framework of ecomedia literacy. Ecomedia literacy investigates the relationship between media, information and communication technology (ICT), and environmental sustainability, considering both the ecological impacts of media systems and the role of media in shaping environmental awareness and actions. The handbook offers key concepts, learning objectives, interdisciplinary applications, and practical activities to help educators incorporate ecomedia literacy and the SDGs across various disciplines in higher education.