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Regenerating Australia is a 17-minute short film based on a four-month interview process with a diverse group of Australians who shared their hopes and dreams for the country's future. Set on New Year's Eve of December 2029, a news anchor is ending the nightly bulletin with a look back at the decade 'that could be’; a decade that saw Australia transition to a fairer, cleaner, more community focused economy. The film is a construction of news reports and press conferences featuring high profile journalists, politicians, business leaders and citizens such as Kerry O'Brien, Sandra Sully, Gorgi Coghlan, Patrick Abboud, Larissa Behrendt and David Pocock. *** Make sure to get your free copy of the 'Regenerating Australia' School Action Toolkit! The School Action Toolkit is a comprehensive resource for Primary and Secondary schools and covers key information about the film and the free educational resources (https://www.coolaustralia.org/regenerating-australia-education-resources/), as well as being loaded with tips to guide you through planning a successful and sustainable screening event. There is also a Take Action chapter which outlines personal and collective actions you can share with students, staff and parents. A comprehensive Action Planning Guide will walk you through a ‘whole school approach’ process for defining and planning sustainability and regenerative initiatives. Access your free copy of the 'Regenerating Australia' School Action Toolkit by subscribing to the Regenerators newsletter (https://theregenerators.co/regenerating-australia/educators/#subscribe) and you'll receive an email with a link to download it. Show Less

Learn all about cultural diversity. What does "cultural diversity" mean? Why is it a positive thing in a society? What are the barriers to achieving cultural diversity? What can we learn from other cultural perspectives? The answers to all of these questions and more are covered in depth with detailed graphics, diagrams and exciting video that reinforce important concepts and make learning fun. Show Less

For a really long time, people living with a disability did not have the same rights and freedoms as people without disability. This video helps students understand what disability is, explaining the different types of disability, the disability rights movement, and what we can all do to be inclusive. Show Less

When people come to a new country, whether as migrants, refugees or people seeking asylum, it’s important to make them feel welcome and at home. This video helps students understand the basic human right of seeking asylum, explaining key terms and the hardships that many migrants may experience. Show Less

Many people in our community speak different languages, were born overseas, or have different cultural backgrounds – and this cultural diversity is one of our greatest strengths. This video helps students understand why discrimination and racism are unfair, explaining laws and individual responsibilities around racial discrimination. Show Less

No matter who we are, how we identify, who we love, or what body parts we have, we all have the right to fair and equal treatment. This video helps students understand key ideas about people’s sex, gender identity, and sexual orientation, explaining how laws and attitudes have changed over time. Show Less

It’s important that we all have access to the education that is right for each of us. This video helps students understand the basic human right to education, explaining the importance of quality schooling and barriers to good education for all with relatable examples. Show Less

It doesn’t matter who you are, every human has the same value and is deserving of the same opportunities. This video helps students understand the basic human right of being free and equal, explaining the difference between equality and equity with easy to understand examples. Show Less

For many young people, witnessing the effects of the climate crisis firsthand has inspired them to step up and take action. This video spotlights Ruby Bron, a young climate activist from Australia who grew up in the Blue Mountains region. This powerful and important video is essential viewing for all global citizens, and particularly for students concerned about our planet and its future. Show Less

For many young people, witnessing the effects of the climate crisis firsthand has inspired them to step up and take action. This video spotlights Xiye Bastida, a youth climate activist born and raised in Mexico and now based in New York City. This powerful and important video is essential viewing for all global citizens, and particularly for students concerned about our planet and its future. Show Less

For many young people, witnessing the effects of the climate crisis firsthand has inspired them to step up and take action. This video spotlights Ridhima Pandey, a young climate activist from northern India. This powerful and important video is essential viewing for all global citizens, and particularly for students concerned about our planet and its future. Show Less

For many young people, witnessing the effects of the climate crisis firsthand has inspired them to step up and take action. This video spotlights John Paul Jose, a young climate activist from an agricultural family in India. This powerful and important video is essential viewing for all global citizens, and particularly for students concerned about our planet and its future. Show Less

For many young people, witnessing the effects of the climate crisis firsthand has inspired them to step up and take action. This video spotlights Mitzi Jonelle Tan, a young climate activist from the Philippines, a country that experiences regular typhoons. This powerful and important video is essential viewing for all global citizens, and particularly for students concerned about our planet and its future. Show Less

For many young people, witnessing the effects of the climate crisis firsthand has inspired them to step up and take action. This video spotlights Dylan Hamilton, a young climate activist from Scotland, a country which many would not expect to be suffering from the warming effects of climate change. This powerful and important video is essential viewing for all global citizens, and particularly for students concerned about our planet and its future. Show Less

For many young people, witnessing the effects of the climate crisis firsthand has inspired them to step up and take action. This video spotlights Nyombi Morris, a young climate activist from Uganda, a country particularly vulnerable to climate change. This powerful and important video is essential viewing for all global citizens, and particularly for students concerned about our planet and its future. Show Less

Environmental awareness and activism has existed for many decades, with the first Earth Day taking place in 1970. However, for many young people, witnessing the effects of the climate crisis firsthand has inspired them to step up and take action. Featuring commentary from young climate justice activists across the world, this powerful and important video is essential viewing for all global citizens. Show Less

Students read, sing and learn about the basic tenets of active citizenship, including participation, teamwork, co-operation, and valuing fair and equitable treatment for all. This curriculum-aligned song targets outcomes of curriculum documents and supports and integrates classroom learning across key subject areas. Show Less

Students read, sing and learn about the principles of democracy and gain appreciation for the contributions of those who fought for the rights and freedoms we enjoy today. This curriculum-aligned song targets outcomes of curriculum documents and supports and integrates classroom learning across key subject areas. Show Less

It’s 1987, South Sudan is in conflict, children from villages are seized and forced to join enemy armed forces. Eleven-year-old Abraham is herding cattle in the fields when pandemonium broke out in the village: gunfire, screaming and the village torched. He and the other boys run for their lives. It would be thirty years before he is reunited with the rest his family. With a group of children, he walks for months to the relative safety of Ethiopia. Here they build a camp and live for four years. Then once again war forces them to walk for another year, back to South Sudan and then to Kenya. Wherever they go the boys play football. Luckily, Abraham is a natural and finds recognition and acclaim. Football is his safe place, his family, his home. Show Less

It’s 1999 and Atika and her family flee to a refugee camp in Quata, Pakistan. They are Hazara people and Afghanistan has become too dangerous for them. Atika being a girl could not be educated in the small country village where they had lived because girls once they are over 10 years old are not allowed to leave the house unaccompanied. Atika’s 60-year old father leaves his family and makes his way to Australia in the hope of creating a better life for them. Before he leaves, he urges Attika to study diligently in the refugee camp while she waits for their acceptance into Australia. This is the story of a girl who given the opportunities of a free and democratic nation becomes a highly educated and grateful Australian. Show Less

It’s 1999, Iraq and Christians are subject to discrimination, government-sanctioned intimidation and routine violence. Kabil has a jewellery business that has been in the family for many generations, but for Mandean Christians, Iraq is becoming increasingly unsafe. A clandestine, middle-of-the-night journey to Jordan is the beginning of this family’s disintegration. Lack of finances force Kabil to make a most invidious choice: the family must be separated. Fearing for the safety of his eldest daughter, he takes her and his young son and leaves his wife with the other four children, in Jordan. None of them know how long they will be parted or even if they are ever to be re-united. Love, hope, commitment and strength are their allies. Show Less

It’s 1993, Burundi, and Fablice is a seven-year-old orphan. His parents, one a Hutu the other a Tutsi, are victims of the civil war that ravages Burundi for twelve years. Though living on the street, Fablice attends school during the day, and for a time manages to avoid being dragooned into the army. Eventually he is taken from school and forced to become a child-soldier. After much ill-treatment and many foiled attempts to escape he succeeds, and with the help of relatives he is re-united in a Rwandan refugee camp with his sister and her child. In 2007 all three of them are granted visas to Australia: ‘a place where black people are considered a delicacy’, he is told by friends in the camp. This is a story of resilience, humour and hope. Show Less