Wake-Up Call: Climate presentations in high schools around Sweden

"Our presentations make students forget that they sit in a safe classroom – Wake-Up Call brings the naked reality in front of their eyes.

We challenge the established views on environmental crisis and offer new perspectives on the issues we are facing.

We questions “truths” about climate change seen as an environmental problem only, and expose consequences for our everyday lives as young people, our economic opportunities in the near future and our long-term chances for well-being and happiness.

Despite the 20 years of inaction since the Earth Summit in Rio in 1992 and despite the big political flop at COP15 in Copenhagen in 2009, there are millions of young people around the world who want to lead the transition towards a sustainable future.

We tell the story of the modern international engagement that attracts new mainstream public. It’s a story packed with success factors and with examples of young people from our global network that are using their passion and creativity to change the world on their own terms".

Wake-Up Call

Wake-Up Call was founded in Sweden in April 2009 and since then has implemented dozens of projects with thousands young people all over Europe.

Wake-Up Call's ultimate mission is to catalyse the development of a new generation of empowered young people that can take the lead in the transition to a socially, ecologically and economically sustainable society. In other words, Wake-Up Call strives to ignite a generation of young people to bring forth a prosperous, just and sustainable future for all.

We work to inspire young people to be brave enough to face the serious realities of the world around them without sinking into anxiety or denial.

To help young people stand tall and bold and dare to approach huge issues like climate change in a positive and constructive way, we empower them with skills and tools that we found working for ourselves: story telling, project management, rethinking the world and sharing positive examples.

Thus we help inspire a new generation of young leaders in many different areas: Civil Society, Business & Industry, Government & Politics, Culture & Education. We firmly believe that our generation can and will take the lead in the transition to a socially, ecologically and economically sustainable society.

Click here to visit Wake-Up Call's website.