Our overarching aim has been to PROVIDE PEER SUPPORT FOR MOTHERS AND INCREASE COMPETENCES OF PROFESSIONALS IN THE POST-PANDEMIC ERA, WITH A SPECIAL FOCUS ON AN ECOLOGICAL SHIFT through our publications, a handbook and a visual aid, training, and podcasts shared on Mother Nature (MN) social media sites, website and online community, newsletters and events. In particular, our objectives were: - Raising awareness on the role of mothers as change agents to support ecological and sustainable practices to tackle climate change. - Empowering mothers and equipping them with concrete tools to act as change agents toward an ecological shift at personal and community level. - Equipping mothers with tools and skills to strengthen their own support network and creating support networks for other women, with a special focus on navigating the changes brought by the pandemic and on using online tools. In coherence with the programme priorities we’ve wanted to achieve: - an increase in ecological literacy and strategies for tackling climate change, – an enhanced capacity and opportunities for online learning by mothers, touching the issue of digital transformation, - community building and networking of mothers.
Mothers are increasingly aware of the climate crisis and are fearful of the world for their children. Our project aimed to create and share learning tools, including digital tools and resources to support mothers in becoming agents of change in their families and communities: in being proactive with strategies to initiate thinking, behavioral and cultural changes in tackling climate change. We applied for this project also because we had been very successful as a team previously, and had produced innovative tools for mothers and professionals in the framework of Mother Nature I project, to which this project was a kind of continuation. The needs addressed: - Need for networking and creating community for mothers and professionals (blending target groups) - Need for online tools both by mothers and professionals (it is more feasible for mothers to participate in online events and trainings than in offline ones) - Need to increase personal nature connection of mothers (using time in nature to recharge and recover, and at the same time strengthen engagement in tackling climate change in everyday lifestyle choices) - Need of professionals working with mothers: get tools to empower mothers and to help them organise mother circles