Islands of Change

Islands of Change: Empowering Environmental Educators Across the Caribbean (August 3–7, 2026)

An Immersive Professional Development Experience for Caribbean Educators

The Islands of Change programme is an innovative regional professional development initiative designed for educators from Caribbean UK Overseas Territories who are passionate about environmental stewardship, climate resilience, and inspiring the next generation of island leaders.

Hosted at CCMI’s Little Cayman Research Centre, this immersive residential workshop will bring together educators from the Cayman Islands, Anguilla, the British Virgin Islands, Montserrat, and the Turks & Caicos Islands for a transformative week of experiential learning centered on coral reef resiliency, climate change, and nature-based solutions to the climate emergency, with a focus on Small Islands Developing States (SIDS).

Caribbean small island communities are among the most vulnerable in the world to climate change impacts, despite contributing only a tiny fraction of global greenhouse gas emissions. Coral reefs and coastal ecosystems are essential to the region’s food security, biodiversity, tourism economies, shoreline protection, climate adaptation and mitigation, and cultural identity, yet these ecosystems are increasingly threatened by stressors such as coral bleaching, pollution, and biodiversity loss.

Education plays a critical role in strengthening community resilience. However, many educators across the region have limited professional development opportunities and insufficient access to immersive experiential training, updated climate science resources, and regionally relevant empirical teaching tools. Islands of Change was developed specifically to address these needs.

Rather than focusing on students, the programme uses a “train-the-trainer” model, equipping educators with scientific knowledge, hands-on field experiences, practical field tool kits, and adaptable teaching resources that can be brought directly back into classrooms and communities across the five Caribbean territories.

The lessons learned in Little Cayman won’t stay here, they will be shared with hundreds of students across the region in the years to come.

This programme is full. To be placed on a list for future opportunities, please contact our education team at the button below.

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