YOUTH DIGITAL & ENVIRONMENTAL LITERACY
CAN YOU TRUST WHAT YOU SEE ONLINE?
Learn to recognise environmental misinformation, detect greenwashing and verify before you share.
EXPLORE THE TOOLKIT
JOIN THE GREENTRUTH LAB
STOP → CHECK → VERIFY → SHARE
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ABOUT THE PROJECT
What is GreenTruth Digital Lab?
GreenTruth Digital Lab is a youth-focused digital and environmental literacy initiative designed to help young people navigate environmental information online. The project develops practical skills to recognise misinformation, identify greenwashing, evaluate sources and evidence, verify digital content and communicate environmental information responsibly.
DIGITAL LITERACY
Question what you see.
ENVIRONMENTAL LITERACY
Understand environmental claims.
CIVIC PARTICIPATION
Turn verified information into responsible action.
WHY GREENTRUTH?
Not Everything Green Online Is True.
Young people encounter environmental information every day through social media, videos, advertisements, news platforms and AI-generated content. But viral does not always mean reliable.
MISINFORMATION
False or inaccurate environmental information can spread quickly online.
MISSING CONTEXT
Real facts, statistics and images can become misleading when important context is removed.
GREENWASHING
Environmental language and imagery can create a greener impression than the evidence supports.
AI-GENERATED INFORMATION
AI can support learning, but generated answers may contain errors, missing context or unreliable references.
THE SOLUTION IS NOT TO DISTRUST EVERYTHING.
THE SOLUTION IS TO LEARN HOW TO VERIFY.
EVIDENCE-BASED DESIGN
Built Around Young People’s Needs
GreenTruth Digital Lab began with a needs assessment exploring how young people encounter, evaluate and respond to environmental information online.
The findings informed the content, learning methods and practical resources developed for the project.
LISTEN
Needs Assessment
ANALYSE
Identify learning needs
DESIGN
Develop the Digital Toolkit
PRACTISE
GreenTruth Lab
ACT
Verify Before You Share
VIEW NEEDS ASSESSMENT
GREEN TRUTH DIGITAL TOOLKIT
From misinformation to informed digital action.
Short explanations, real-life scenarios, reflection activities and verification exercises for young people and youth workers.
MODULE 1
UNDERSTANDING ENVIRONMENTAL MISINFORMATION
Recognise misinformation, disinformation, manipulated context and sensational environmental narratives.
MODULE 2
DETECTING GREENWASHING
Identify vague claims, unsupported labels, selective disclosure and misleading green visual cues.
MODULE 3
THE GREENTRUTH VERIFICATION CHECKLIST
Use a practical step-by-step method before sharing environmental information.
MODULE 4
RELIABLE SOURCES & EVIDENCE
Evaluate sources, trace original evidence and compare independent information.
MODULE 5
DIGITAL RIGHTS & ONLINE SAFETY
Protect privacy, communicate respectfully and participate safely online.
MODULE 6
RESPONSIBLE USE OF AI
Use AI critically while recognising hallucinations, missing sources and verification risks.
MODULE 7
CIVIC PARTICIPATION & CAMPAIGNING
Turn verified environmental information into responsible digital action.
DOWNLOAD THE DIGITAL TOOLKIT
THE GREENTRUTH METHOD
STOP → CHECK → VERIFY → SHARE
STOP
Do not react or share immediately.
CHECK
Look at source, author, date and context.
VERIFY
Trace evidence and compare independent sources.
SHARE
Communicate responsibly after verification.
WHEN IN DOUBT, DON’T SHARE YET.
FROM LEARNING TO PRACTICE
GreenTruth Lab
Learn by doing.
GreenTruth Lab turns the Digital Toolkit into an interactive non-formal learning experience. Young people investigate environmental claims, analyse greenwashing, compare evidence and practise responsible digital participation.
SEE
Encounter an environmental claim.
QUESTION
Ask what may be missing.
DETECT
Recognise warning signs.
VERIFY
Check sources, evidence and context.
DECIDE
Evaluate what the evidence supports.
ACT
Share responsibly.
Scenario-Based Learning
Greenwashing Analysis
Claim Verification
Small-Group Work
Peer Discussion
Reflection
GreenTruth Resources
Tools you can use immediately — designed as editable download links for future project files.
GREENTRUTH VERIFICATION CHECKLIST
A quick step-by-step tool for checking environmental information before sharing.
DOWNLOAD CHECKLIST
GREENWASHING CASE CARDS
Analyse fictional environmental claims and practise recognising credible information, missing evidence and possible greenwashing.
DOWNLOAD CASE CARDS
ENVIRONMENTAL CLAIM CARDS
Investigate online environmental claims by checking sources, evidence, dates and context.
DOWNLOAD CLAIM CARDS
GREENTRUTH VERIFICATION WORKSHEET
Record an investigation and make an evidence-based decision before sharing.
DOWNLOAD WORKSHEET
STORIES & MEDIA
GreenTruth in Action
From critical thinking to responsible digital action.
GreenTruth Digital Lab goes beyond learning about environmental misinformation. Through stories and digital media, the project encourages young people to question environmental information, verify what they see online and communicate responsibly.
GREEN TRUTH / STORY
How do I know this is true?
FEATURED STORY
Can We Trust What We Read About Climate Change Online?
How can young people navigate environmental information online and distinguish reliable evidence from misleading content? This GreenTruth story explores critical thinking, environmental misinformation and one essential question: “How do I know this is true?”
Article / Story
READ THE STORY
STOP → CHECK → VERIFY → SHARE
WATCH
GreenTruth Digital Lab — Verify Before You Share
Watch our short GreenTruth video introducing the project’s core message and encouraging young people to question, check and verify environmental information before sharing it online.
Video / Reel
WATCH THE VIDEO
QUESTION WHAT YOU SEE. VERIFY WHAT YOU SHARE.
INFORMATION → VERIFICATION → RESPONSIBLE DIGITAL ACTION
Stay Connected
Interested in GreenTruth Digital Lab, its resources or youth activities? Get in touch and follow the project journey.
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Project & Supporting Organisations
GreenTruth Digital Lab
Verify Before You Share. • STOP → CHECK → VERIFY → SHARE
Organisation and funding acknowledgement — editable project information.