On 7 October 2024, students celebrate World Habitat Day under the theme “Engaging youth to create a better urban future.” This theme is relevant as many young people live in urban areas. A well-planned city has the potential to provide inhabitants with opportunities to realize their dreams. But cities can also be a place with inequality and social exclusion. Urban populations are increasingly vulnerable to natural disasters like flooding and wildfires. These disasters may increase as our climate changes.
World Habitat Day highlights the basic right to shelter and the importance of sustainable urban designs and planning.
By celebrating this day we can plant tiny seeds in our students so that they can contribute to building inclusive urban cities for the future.
Your students can compare and contrast human needs in an urban area with animal habitats from the desert to the ocean and the rainforest and savanna. Animals live and thrive in many fascinating places. Exploring these different habitats will help your students understand how all living things, people, animals as well as plants, need food, water, shelter and space to survive.
Explore how living things depend on each other, for example, a bird needs a shrub or tree to build a nest. Humans need shelter but our homes are different from what animals think of as homes. Humans need places to share with friends and neighbors. How can you design a city where people can meet and enjoy time together?
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World Habitat Day is a chance to explore the importance of habitats, both for humans and animals. Reflect on our responsibilities towards protecting our environment and the species that live there whether it is in the rainforest or an urban park.
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