Sustainability Training for Schools & Students
CLICK HERE FOR LINK TO THE SURVEY AND TEACHER CONSENT FORM The NUS and Green Schools Project are running a survey to find out about pupil attitudes towards and experiences of environmental sustainability in schools. This year, we are being
As we start a new academic year, there are two opposing forces in play. A sense of possibility and optimism that public opinion has shifted towards the need for a major change in society to tackle the climate crisis. However,
Watch a 3 minute video of highlights of the conference. Watch a 1 minute video of highlights of the conference. On July 3rd we ran a schools climate conference for students from Year 5 to 12 at UCL, bringing together
Edible Playgrounds is the schools programme run by National Charity Trees For Cities. They build wonderful growing areas in schools and support teachers to use them to get students outside and enrich the curriculum. They’re about to celebrate their 100th playground, so
Change The Debate – Schools Climate Conference Wednesday 3rd July, 2019 UCL, Christopher Ingold Building, 20 Gordon Street, London, WC1H 0AJ #changethedebate ‘The most important thing you can do to fight climate change is talk about it.’ Professor Katherine Hayhoe
Morgan Phillips, Associate Director of Green Schools Project gives his thoughts on the NUS and Green Schools Project Schools Sustainability Survey. The report acknowledges this limitation: ‘It is likely that those schools that did respond [to the survey questionnaire] are
In the Autumn term 2018 Green Schools Project and NUS launched a research pilot to better understand the views and experiences of young people in Years 5 to 13 on environmental sustainability. 2,990 pupils responded, and the plan is to
The new Ofsted framework is a big step in the right direction towards a more holistic approach to education and away from a narrow focus on exam results. Good environmental education can be used as evidence for many aspects of
I am a sixth form student at Paddington Academy, doing a week’s work experience with Green Schools Project. Through this chance, I was able to gain an insight into how this not-for-profit organisation runs and helps the community, schools and environment.
My first wake up moment to the reality of climate change came in 2007 when watching Al Gore’s ‘An Inconvenient Truth’. I don’t remember being particularly aware of the issue before, but after watching it I realised that I wanted