Aula Animal

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One of the greatest challenges facing the animal advocacy movement is building a new generation of advocates who will strengthen and sustain the movement in the future. As vegan teachers with more than 15 years of experience, we are convinced that schools are one of the most important places to promote respect for animals by encouraging critical thinking and engaging students in animal advocacy.

  • Student engagement in animal advocacy
  • School talks
  • Teacher training
  • Educational materials
  • Institutional advocacy
  • Student-led animal advocacy projects
  • Students reached through educational activities
  • Educational resources and audiovisual materials produced
  • Network of schools and teachers committed to animal advocacy
  • Increased empathy and more positive attitudes towards animals among students
  • Teachers gain the knowledge and resources to address animal ethics in the classroom
  • Schools adopt animal-friendly educational activities and initiatives
  • Students question social norms regarding animals and expand their moral consideration to include non-human animals.
  • Teachers confidently integrate animal ethics into their teaching.
  • More students become active advocates for animals within their schools and communities.
  • A growing generation of lifelong advocates for animals
  • Animal ethics is integrated into school curricula and recognised as a cross-cutting educational value
  • Reduced animal suffering through lasting social change

According to the so-called “impressionable years hypothesis”, adolescence is the period when our values and attitudes are most likely to shape the decisions we will make as adults. This makes schools one of the most powerful settings to create lasting change for animals.

Teachers also have a powerful multiplier effect. By training teachers to integrate animal ethics into their teaching, a single educational intervention can influence hundreds of students throughout their careers.

the voice of animals

Aimed at adolescents and with an educational purpose, the book The voice of animals invites reflection through critical thinking about different questions of animal ethics that arise when we think about the lives of animals, both in freedom and in captivity.

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