about us
our impact
Green Schools Project helps schools transform the way they respond to the climate and nature crisis.
We want to see climate education and action at the heart of school life with pupils acting as catalysts for change.
Download our latest impact report to understand what we achieved through our climate education programme (formerly known as Zero Carbon Schools) over the academic year 2024-25.
Our VALUES
Innovative
The climate crisis requires new ways of thinking and doing. We develop creative and flexible solutions to help schools transform their approach to climate education.
Enthusiastic
We champion the vital role of education in tackling the climate crisis, collaborating with schools to harness the inherent enthusiasm of young people to become climate leaders.
Fun
This topic can give rise to challenging feelings, we focus on the enjoyment that comes from taking action and do our best to employ a lightness of approach.
Collaboration
We believe in the power of working together. We actively seek partnerships and collaborations, valuing the contributions of others in our shared mission to address the climate crisis.
Environmentally responsible
We are committed to environmental responsibility in all our operations, ensuring our actions as a team align with the principles we advocate for in our mission and vision.
Ethical
We are dedicated to being a kind and supportive employer and a conscientious organisation that is committed to accountability and mutual respect.
Diversity and inclusion
Green Schools Project is actively working to be an anti-racist organisation. We recognise that the environment, climate, sustainability, and conservation sector is amongst the least diverse in the UK. As an organisation working towards climate justice, we see this as a fundamental problem that we have a responsibility to help address.
We believe all young people should have access to high quality climate and sustainability education in their schools, regardless of their background. We want all young people to have their voices heard and to feel that the climate and nature space is for them.
Since 2023, we have worked with the RACE Report to help us to monitor our progress and to be transparent and accountable. We have committed to keeping equity in mind in key decisions we make and services we design as an organisation. We have put in place better training, recruitment and diversity monitoring processes. We recognise we are on a journey and have committed to take actions and to learn and grow as an organisation.
Meet the team
Henry Greenwood
Founder and Managing Director
Henry Greenwood is founder and managing director of Green Schools Project. In the summer of 2015 he gained an UnLtd Do It award, has been supported by the Teach First Innovation Unit, has won funding and support from the RSA and graduated from the School of Social Entrepreneurs Start Up Programme in October 2017.
As part of the first cohort of Teach First in 2003 Henry trained as a Maths teacher at Kingsmead School in Enfield. During his time at the school he created and developed the role of Sustainability Coordinator. He assembled a group of enthusiastic Year 12 students who then embarked on an energy saving campaign that saved the school around £35,000 over 3 years, started a recycling competition in which 93% of forms took part, installed solar panels, created a vegetable garden selling potatoes, onions and carrots to staff, and carried out various other projects for which they were awarded the Eco-Schools Green Flag.
After 2 years as Head of Maths at Skinners’ Academy in Hackney he decided to step out of teaching in order to start Green Schools Project. The ideas and resources built up during the successful programme at Kingsmead were used as the basis for this.
Over the past 10 or so years, Henry has done a bit of everything at Green Schools Project including delivering pupil sessions, writing grant applications, coordinating projects and programmes, and delivering teacher training. As the team grows, he spends more time coordinating the overall approach of the organisation, strategic fundraising, and growing the organisation’s impact.
Cathy Wentworth
Head of Development
Cathy has worked for a range of organisations in the charity sector for over 20 years – raising funds and building partnerships with a range of companies, community groups, schools and young people.
She is passionate about empowering people to make positive changes in their own sphere of influence and believes that children and young people are natural change-makers.
At Green Schools Project she leads on our fundraising and and business development – translating our impact on young people and schools into meaningful partnerships that bring tangible social value to communities across the UK.
In her spare time she enjoys outdoor swimming, volunteering at her daughters’ primary school, and spending time with her family exploring the beautiful countryside in and around the South West and Wales.
Zenobia Talati
Head of impact
Zenobia has over 20 years of experience in the voluntary sector with a background in youth and community work, informal education, research and evaluation. Throughout her career at local and national charities, she has focused on empowering young people and communities and building evidence-based programmes that support people and planet.
As Head of Impact, Zenobia brings her experience in qualitative and quantitative data collection and analysis, reporting, strategy and theory of change. Alongside direct delivery and school support, she ensures we centre the voices of pupils, schools and communities in our work and has helped build a learning organisation where we continually reflect, adapt and improve.
Passionate about making the climate and sustainability sector more inclusive, Zenobia also leads Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion work with us.
Outside of work, she loves dancing, creating, and exploring nature and the city with her children.
Bethany Jamal
Programme Manager
Bethany started out working for campaigning organisation, 38 Degrees, and built campaigns with petition starters across the country, before moving into education as a primary school teacher in Manchester and later manager of a student support centre.
As Programme Manager at Green Schools Project, Bethany is responsible for coordinating the Green Schools Programme. This includes recruiting schools onto the programme, delivering pupil and staff sessions, and working alongside corporate partners to maximise impact. Bethany also leads the development of the organisation’s community strategy, embedding climate justice and community action across our work.
Outside of work, Bethany enjoys spending time in the parks and bookshops of London and discovering new music venues.
Georgina Belcher
Communications Manager
Georgina has a background in communications across education, research, charity and public relations, delivering multi-channel campaigns for a range of audiences.
At Green Schools Project, Georgina leads our communications, helping to share our work and impact with a wider audience. She also supports fundraising and partnership development, helping us reach more schools and young people across the country.
In her spare time, she enjoys being outdoors – exploring new places on walks, runs or cycles, or gardening in her small city garden.
Coco Tas
Programme delivery officer
Coco joined the team in Spring 2026 as their Bristol-based Programme Delivery Officer.
With a background in workshop facilitation and programme delivery within the climate and youth space, Coco brings her knowledge and experience with her to ensure that the programmes in schools under the Green Schools Project banner are impactful and engaging for young people, to inspire them to be catalysts for change.
Coco lives in Bristol and outside of work you can find her at various climate and community events. She loves to be out in nature – hiking, swimming, and gardening. Coco is also often crafting (knitting, crochet, and visible mending) and climbing (indoors: bouldering halls, outdoors: trees).
Loz Hennessy
Community Climate Action Coordinator
Loz works with schools on the ground in Bristol to link up what the pupils are doing through the Green Schools Programme with other forms of climate action in their communities. This involves collaborating with other organisations to exchange knowledge and amplify the action projects the pupils are leading on. Loz is also overseeing the 2026 review of the primary school programme, using teacher and pupil feedback to update the resources ahead of the next academic year.
Alongside her role at Green School Project, Loz is undertaking PhD research at the University of Bristol to explore how young people can lead climate action in their school communities.
In her free time, Loz is often found in the garden – either tending to the veg patch or reading a good book. She loves being outdoors and camping with friends and family. She also enjoys a wild swim when she has the chance!
Esther Lie
Freelance Community Climate Action Manager
Esther is a community engagement professional, combining 10+ years’ experience from environmental justice, participatory research, and creative arts. Her work spans leading engagement for London’s largest community-based air quality study, to death and grief literacy with marginalised groups. She is passionate about exploring big taboo issues that connect us, weaving local knowledge into academia, campaigns, and science.
At Green Schools Project, Esther champions pupil-powered ideas with parents, carers and the wider community, driving meaningful collective climate action in Newham.
She can often be found cycling, singing with the Stop Shopping Choir and dancing.