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Eco Heroes, projects for sustainable development

For schools, councils and partners

My daughter was 8. She wanted to understand sustainability. So I built it.

Eco Heroes teaches the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals the way children learn best: a story they love, a game that checks what stuck, and a real mission that changes something. Ready for any classroom, in 13 languages.

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17 goals · 17 books · 13 languages

The proposal

Three reasons it exists

Why now

Children will live with the results of the 2030 goals.

They hear about climate, poverty and inequality every day, usually as alarming headlines written for adults. They deserve a way in that makes sense at their age and ends with something they can do.

Why stories

Children remember what they feel.

A worksheet explains a goal. A picture book by an award-winning author makes a child care about it. Every goal starts with a story, and the games, videos and missions build on that feeling.

Why all 17

The challenges are connected.

Poverty, hunger, health, water, energy, equality and climate depend on each other. Children discover those links goal by goal and finish with the whole picture, starting with Goal 1, which is free to try.

How a goal is taught

From curiosity to action, in four steps

Each goal is a self-contained adventure that fits one lesson or a whole week. Select a step to see what happens in class.

What a school gets

A complete programme, ready on day one

17picture booksBy Ricardo Alcántara (Premio Lazarillo) and David Fernández Sifres (Premio Barco de Vapor), with eleven illustrators.
13languagesIncluding Arabic, right to left, Japanese, Korean and Chinese. One class, every child in their own language.
51printable lesson plansFor ages 6–10, 11–13 and 14–17, plus a ten-week scheme of work.
6,900+quiz questions500+ in each language, across the adventure game, trivia and live class quizzes.
16curriculum mapsShowing where each goal fits national curricula, from Spain and England to Japan, Singapore and the UAE.
442mission videosEvery goal in two age versions (9–12 and 13–17) and all 13 languages, with captions and transcripts.

Strengths

What makes it different

Real literature at the heart

Seventeen original books from two of Spain's most decorated children's authors. Children come for the story and stay for the goal behind it.

Children have a say

Every opinion matters, whatever your age. Children help test, judge and improve the stories, games and missions, and their feedback shapes each new version.

No extra work for teachers

Lesson plans, handbooks, a scheme of work, class codes, live quizzes, a printable class report and Moodle tracking. A first lesson needs no preparation.

Every child included

Thirteen languages, read-aloud on every page, text size and contrast settings, captions and transcripts, and a game that keeps working offline.

Safe by design

Pupils join with a class code and a hero name, with no e-mail address. No advertising and no analytics on children's pages. Servers in the EU.

Learning that leaves the classroom

Each goal ends with a real-world mission, so children measure what they changed at home, at school or in their town.

Alongside the best

How it sits next to the platforms schools already trust

Khan Academy, BBC Bitesize, Duolingo for Schools, Seesaw and BrainPOP each lead in their field. None of them is a complete programme for the 17 goals. Select one to compare.

Use Khan Academy for maths, Duolingo for languages and Seesaw for portfolios. Use Eco Heroes for the 17 goals.

What a school looks forEco HeroesKhan AcademyBBC BitesizeDuolingo for SchoolsSeesawBrainPOP
Main focusThe 17 UN goalsMaths and scienceCurriculum revision supportLanguage learningPortfolios and family messagesAnimated lessons, 1,000+ topics
SustainabilityThe whole programmeNot the focusClimate topics, e.g. The RegeneratorsNot the focusTeacher-shared activitiesIndividual topic videos
Original children's books17, award-winning authors——Short stories for practice——
From learning to actionReal-world mission per goalPractice and masteryQuizzes and guidesDaily practicePupils post their workQuizzes and games
ModelGoal 1 free; schools by quote; family planFree, nonprofitFreeFreeFree plan; paid school planPaid subscription

Comparison drawn from public information as of October 2026 (sources below). Features and prices change, so check each provider's site before deciding.

The quality bar

Built to the standards schools ask for

What is in place today, and what is under way. The reviews listed were carried out internally; external audits and certification are the next step.

Accessibility

  • DoneWCAG 2.2 AA review, with every failure found fixed
  • DoneAutomatic checks on 698 pages before each release
  • DonePublic accessibility conformance report
  • NextExternal audit and screen-reader testing

Privacy

  • DoneNo pupil e-mail addresses or accounts
  • DoneNo ads, no analytics on children's pages
  • DoneData processing agreement in the Trust Centre
  • DoneEU servers

Security

  • DoneTwo-factor sign-in required for school admins
  • DoneBreached passwords blocked
  • DoneInternal security review
  • NextFinish the review's fixes
  • NextISO 27001 certification and an external penetration test

Reliability

  • DoneStandby server in a second country, automatic failover
  • DoneNightly encrypted backups
  • DonePublic status page and an independent monitor
  • DoneGame keeps working offline

Who it is for

One programme, four ways in

Next step

See it with your own class

Goal 1 is free with no account: its chapter of the adventure game, its trivia round and its one-minute video. When you're ready, we prepare a quote for your school or network.

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