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Kids Teaching Kids

Empowering students to become environmental leaders

The Earthwatch Kids Teaching Kids Program promotes positive wellbeing and helps build resilience in young people. It raises awareness and drives action on local and global environmental issues, bringing communities together to solve common challenges and help the next generation of leaders who will take collective responsibility for our future.

Primary & secondary students | Hands-on learning | Student-led action | Peer-to-peer teaching

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Apply now: Surf Coast (VIC)
Apply now: Mizuiku (QLD)
Other Areas - Complete an EOI

How Kids Teaching Kids works

Our programs have been refined over time and have 4 key change-making steps:

Explore the issue

Students investigate an environmental or sustainability challenge in their local community.

Create Connections

Students work with teachers, environmental experts, community organisations and mentors.

Take Action

Students develop and implement an action that responds to the issue they've identified.

Why Kids Teaching Kids?

More than environmental education
Through the Kids Teaching Kids approach, students develop:

Environmental literacy

Understand environmental challenges and their local relevance.

Leadership and confidence

Build the skills and confidence to communicate ideas and lead change.

STEM engagement

Connect classroom learning with real-world environmental science.

– Participating Student

“It gives us the courage to be able to speak up about things that are really important to us, like our environment… we have made a difference”

– Participating Teacher 

“There is no better way to disseminate information and share ideas, than kids teaching other kids … significant change comes from initiatives such as this.”

– Participating Student

“It’s important that our voices are heard and our opinions are taken in because we’re the next generation and we have to live with what choices are made…”

Our current programs

Awards and Recognition

2012
Telstra Australia Business Awards (VIC) – News Limited Micro-Business Awards
2010
Banksia Awards – People Choice Award
2004
World Environment Day Awards Finalist – Outstanding Service to the Environment
2003 – 2005
Banksia Awards Finalist – Education Category
2002 – 2004
Eureka Science Prize Finalist – Education Category

Our Impact

We have motivated more than 200,000 students since 1999 to research important environmental and sustainability issues and bring about real positive change.

This impact is driven by our two flagship events: Kids Teaching Kids Week, and the Annual Conference. Our conferences have been held across Australia since the inception of the program.

At a glance, our impact is defined as the graphs attached:

United Nations Sustainable Development Goals

Our work is highly aligned with national and international goals towards sustainable life. 
Through involvement in the Kids Teaching Kids Program sponsors, schools and other supporting organisations directly progress on two sustainable development goals (SDGs):

  • Education and lifelong learning (SDG 4), and
  • Promoting partnerships (SDG 17)

Through sponsorship, support and involvement in our teaching activities, participants also gain awareness and understanding of four additional goals:

  • Clean water and sanitation (SDG 6)
  • Sustainable cities and communities (SDG 11)
  • Climate action (SDG 13), and
  • Life on land (SDG 15)