Indonesia is in a particularly fragile position: its reliance on fossil fuel energy as well as its continued deforestation position the country as one of the major carbon emitting markets. Moreover, Indonesia’s peculiar geography – the largest archipelago in the world –renders it extremely vulnerable to climate change. These elements suggest that there is a strong need to identify alternative solutions for Indonesia to embark on a transition that is just, inclusive, and locally effective. Education plays a key part in this endeavour. For this reason, the Indonesian Ministry of Education is producing policy guidance around Climate Change and Sustainability Education (CCSE).

However, most of the resources available globally tend to originate from Western, Educated, Industrialised, Rich, and Democratic countries. Although valid forms of introducing climate change scientifically, they present limitations in how they encourage individual lifestyle change, and collective climate actions. As a result, there may be a disconnect between what these resources aim to achieve, and uptake from a population that is culturally distinct from the West. Addressing this disconnect, this project takes an interdisciplinary and participatory approach to bring Indonesian cultural heritage organisations into the equation by identifying, (re)reading, and embedding cultural resources into/for an effective CCSE.