OUT OF THE BOX – Sustainability education in Finland, May 2025

🌎 Interested in transforming your teaching into something that is more sustaining both for you, your target audience – and the planet?

🌲 Dreaming of taking your teaching to new environments, perhaps outdoors, into diverse real life learning environments? 

🔨 Needing pedagogical tools and hands-on activities? 

💡 Hoping to get more motivation and courage in taking on sustainability issues both in your teaching and with your colleagues and other adults? 

Pondering how to get started? Come and join us on this course in Helsinki!  

OUT OF THE BOX – Sustainability education in Finland course is about sustainability education and a showcase on various methods and focus areas on green competencies and a sustainable society. Course contains introuductions to theoretical approaches, methodological activities and field trips to various locations. This course has received very positive feedback from teachers working in all different levels of education. We guide you through the week in developing both your personal professional identity as well as equip teachers with diverse methods, tools and ideas.   

When?
The 7-day course begins on Monday May 5 and ends on Sunday May 11, 2025.   

Where?
In Helsinki, Finland, and nearby environments.  

Target group:  
Early childhood education and care (ECEC) – Comprehensive school teachers. The course content is specifically aimed at teachers working with younger pupils in the comprehensive educations system.  

7 days of activities 

The order of the activities may vary.

1. Introduction to environmental education and climate-ready schools. Workshop on GreenComp (2h + 3h) 

2. Outdoor classroom day 

3. Visit to local school 

4. Circular economics for kids! 

5. Future literacy day and reflection 

6. Time travel trip to Seurasaari Outdoor Museum or Suomenlinna Fortress, Museum of Natural Sciences 

7. Sensory, embodied learning and learning through play. Study trip to Science Center Heureka 

Training Institution

SYKLI Environmental College is a national specialist vocational college. We train professionals in different sectors to take concrete steps towards sustainability. Our aim is to build green competencies and increase the quality of sustainability education at all levels of the education system and throughout society. In Finland, SYKLI is known as a pioneer in environmental and sustainability education. SYKLI is the only institution in Finland offering a one-year-long study program in Environmental Education for teachers and other education professionals, as well as programs in Circular Economy, Water Management, Carbon Neutrality and Sustainable Development. 

OID: E10001261
SYKLI Environmental College PIC: 930883587 

Course fee

If your organization has an Erasmus+ Grant:

Course fee:
For a 3-day course 240,00 €,
for a 5-day course 400,00 €
for a 7-day course 560,00 € for tuition and materials.

This is covered with the course fee that you get with your grant: 80,00 € per day.

Organizational costs: each school / organization will receive per participant an amount for organizational costs, of which SYKLI Environmental College will charge for a 3/5/7 days course 90,00 € per participant for administration and organizational costs. 

Other participants: 

Course fee: 
3-day course 330,00 € + VAT 25,5 %
5-day course 490,00 € + VAT 25,5 %
7-day course 650,00€ + VAT 25,5 %

More information:

Katariina Mustonen, SYKLI Environmental College
Phone: +358 44 770 3555
e-mail: katariina.mustonen@sykli.fi


The event will be confirmed one month prior to the beginning.