Schools
We work with 100+ schools in India and plan the batches and classrooms with each one.
For researchers
Research in real classrooms
We take research into schools in India and run it with care. Trained facilitators, consent from parents, anonymous data and results shared back with schools.
1,100+students in E4ET research sessions in 2025
39classrooms in three schools in 2025
33facilitators in the 2025 sessions
A facilitator leading an E4ET session in Kerala
Our model
E4ET: an international study, run in India by us
Education for Ecological Transformation studies how climate education changes children's values and behaviour. It is funded and led by researchers from the Max Planck Society, Munich, and the University of Innsbruck, Austria, and runs in India, Austria and Spain. In India, VentureVillage implements it.
- 570+ students in the 2024 pilot in five schools
- 1,100+ students in 2025 in three schools
- 50 classrooms planned in 2026 across Kerala and Tamil Nadu
What we bring
From protocol to classroom
Trained facilitators
Facilitators trained in your curriculum and in working with students. 200+ trained so far.
English and Malayalam
Sessions, materials and parent information in both languages.
Surveys in class
Baseline and endline surveys run as part of the sessions.
Ethics in practice
How we handle consent and data in E4ET
- Parents or guardians give written consent. They can withdraw at any time, and the child's data is removed.
- Survey data is stored under an anonymous code. Researchers never see names or years of birth.
- VentureVillage keeps names only to manage attendance, stores them securely and deletes them after 5 years.
- Data is used only for the study, never for marketing or commercial purposes.
- A summary of the findings goes back to the participating schools.
Universities
Academic partnerships
St Teresa's College (Autonomous), Ernakulam
An MoU signed in 2023 to start academic programmes together and exchange good practices in education between Finland and India.
Cooperate for Climate
The researchers' project site for E4ET, with a page on India.
Reports
Annual reports
Our annual reports describe the programs we ran, the schools and partners we worked with, and what came out of them.
Bring a program to your school
Schools, CSR teams, foundations and researchers: tell us what you would like to achieve.