ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses how to nurture young children's ecological literacy (eco-literacy) on climate change encompassing seven core skills: empathy, collaboration, communication, creativity, systems thinking, critical thinking, and problem-solving. The chapter draws on the Riddle of the Spirit project designed to support children's eco-literacy in making connections between themselves and climate issues through playful and multimodal activities embedded in a cross-cutting narrative on Finnish myths around forest. The chapter makes visible how young children's engagement with and learning of eco-literacy, including sustainability-oriented knowledge, skills, and empathy of the natural world, can be supported through novel designs informed by multiliteracies pedagogy.
