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Received: 3 September 2024

Accepted: 18 December 2025

First Online: 8 January 2026

Competing interests

: The authors declare no competing interests.

: This study was performed in line with the Guidelines for Research Ethics in the Social Sciences and the Humanities, given by the Norwegian National Committee for Research Ethics in the Social Sciences and the Humanities (NESH, 2017). Being and becoming eco-citizens was approved by the Norwegian Agency for Shared Services in Education and Research, SIKT, ref no. 920483 in 2019.

: This is not an empirical study and the stories with the students are examples from many years of educational activities. The students involved in the stories gave verbal consent after the situations from which the stories originate, as we do not have a general consent from students to use their experiences in research. These stories are from the period 2017 to 2022. The stories involving children were obtained from the material of the project ‘Being and becoming eco-citizens’ between 2019 and 2023. Informed consent was obtained from all children and their guardians before data was collected. Parents were informed orally and in writing and provided written consent. The children were additionally informed orally and given verbal consent. The written consents were signed between September 10 and November 17, 2019.