Information is the fundamental way of perceiving our environment and the main source of the decisions we make in every moment. With the information age, every internet user can be a source of information. People influenced by the information determines the reach of each user. The function and correctness of the information gets less important while the reach determines the impact of the information. To discuss and examine this phenomenon, we have conducted the Fake ≠ Fact project as Roots & Shoots Turkey and Swedish Consulate of İstanbul, at Sakıp Sabancı Anatolian High School.

We carried out the project with the theme emphasizing the climate crisis given the fact that the disinformation that has been circulated regarding the issue. With the project we aimed for a better media literacy of youth, which later enhances the climate resilience by creating a better understanding of various subjects around the issue.

Throughout the project we have examined the characteristics of reliable and misleading sources with a scientific, critical point of view and assisted students to improve their media literacy skills, and our theme was the climate crisis. With the support of the teachers, we introduced source criticism and implemented the confirmation tools. We examined the differences between misleading and reliable sources using case studies. At the end of the project, we created a social media campaign with Sakıp Sabancı Anatolian High School students.