Climate Warriors is built on simple, tangible things children can do and enjoy doing, to combat climate change and play a positive role in their environments and communities.
The program itself varies slightly depending on each resort’s location and natural resources – beach, mountain, jungle, or forest, for example – but each is presented in three parts. In part one, children learn about climate change and the connection between people and the environment through quizzes, games, arts, and experiments at the resort’s Earth Lab. Part two delves into the solutions carried out at the Six Senses property, demonstrating the use of renewables, compost, upcycling and more. Part three is all about “being the solution,” showing children how they can shape the future as climate advocates, including writing a letter to a local minister, reducing electricity or air conditioning, cycling or walking instead of taking the resort buggy, and taking a shorter shower.
Grow With Six Senses is a much-loved staple of any family vacation and this latest addition will be presented in the same spirit: happy and hands-on.
Below are just some of the activities on offer.
Asia & Pacific
- Six Senses Ninh Van Bay, Vietnam: Warming up with a climate game before rolling up the sleeves to turn waste to wealth at the Earth Lab, save the reef in the Experience Center, and plant a tree at the fruit farm. There’s a new take on food preparation too, with smoothies made using a Pedimix bicycle and veggies baked in a solar cooker.
- Six Senses Con Dao, Vietnam: Taking care of the resort’s feathered friends at the chicken villa, learning about composting at the organic garden, making a natural smoothie and exploring solar energy at the Elephant Bar, and playing a “Protect the Ecosystem” game while discovering the importance of trees.
- Six Senses Qing Cheng Mountain, China: Going on a Happy Farm Tour and Woodland Adventure, making a fresh juice with an eco-juicer in the Square Bar, taking a turn at DIY waste upcycling, and learning the art of composting in the Earth Lab.
- Six Senses Laamu, Maldives: Brushing up on climate trivia and waste timelines, saving water through reverse osmosis, collecting leaves to blend organic tea, recycling paper, joining the resort’s marine biologists for the Junior Marine Biology program, and – everyone’s favorite (including the hosts) – meeting the in-house chocolate chef!
- Six Senses Fiji, Fiji: Snorkeling the house reef to help clean off the algae from the corals, making a solar oven, planting a tree, and trying to win at climate change bingo.
- Six Senses Yao Noi, Thailand: Getting hands on through outdoor adventures, collecting fresh eggs, spotting wildlife in the mangroves, and building villas for our hornbills out of recycled timber in a 6R workshop.
Middle East & Africa
- Six Senses Zighy Bay, Oman: Turning waste to wealth at the Earth Lab, plant-based cooking, nature art at Chica’s Club, “save the reef” watersports, planting trees in the organic garden, making recycled jewelry, and getting runway-ready with a trash fashion show!
- Six Senses Zil Pasyon, Seychelles: Papermaking at Trouloulou kids’ club, writing a letter to a local minister, separating waste, playing climate experiment games, making nutritious and delicious juices at the Orchard & Island Café, and learning about pollinators and seeds.
- Six Senses Southern Dunes, The Red Sea, Saudi Arabia: Joining our Wadi Rangers for a day to learn about geology, biodiversity, and local heritage through scavenger hunts, Earth Lab experiments, and cultural storytelling.
Europe
- Six Senses Kaplankaya, Turkey: Separating waste on the beach, gardening antics including planting a tree, preparing healthy smoothies at the beautiful Sage and Sea Restaurant, becoming a scientist for a day to conduct experiments, and making a glass terrarium containing a selection of miniature but mighty plants.
- Six Senses Douro Valley, Portugal: Creating candle art at the Earth Lab, playing games with recycling, making seed bombs, learning the art of composting and the science of organic gardening, sharing a plant-based meal and – the cherry on the eco-cake – studying the native Miranda Donkey.
- Six Senses Ibiza, Spain: Volunteering at our new hedgehog rehabilitation center hosted by CanHog at our farm, preparing toothpaste at the Earth Lab, going on a sustainability hunt, and sharing a plant-based meal that has been freshly picked from the garden.
Summing up the program she has worked hard to introduce, Jennifer Klar, Director of Corporate Sustainability, said: “As a natural and playful part of our younger guests’ vacation, we invite them to experience everything we do but in a fun way, out and about, not in the classroom. Everything is based on a can-do attitude, often with a task, a tool, and an outcome, ending with a ‘look what I’ve done today’ moment, all in a new setting or environment that they might not experience in their day-to-day lives.”