I say this. I repeat this at conferences and at meetings. And I’m just not sure that school leaders get it – because I would have been one of those school leaders and I know the competing pressures. But I stand by it completely. Teaching our children about the climate crisis is not only scientifically needed and morally expected – […]
Adivce for communicating your school’s climate action plan, making use of research recently completed by Climate Outreach.
What can we do to hold out favourite beauty brands to account for their sustainabilty goals?
The DfE are asking for education settings to have a climate action plan in place for September. Lets take a look at what that means. Want to make sure that your school’s climate action plan is actually useful and inspirational? We have some here to make sure that it’s more than just a piece of paper… What should be in […]
Local elections look like bad news for climate action – so what can we do about it? It seems that the only people happy with the local election results this week are Reform supporters. And, whilst local priorities will probably take precedence in these areas, it’s fair to say that no Reform candidates have climate action as one of their […]
New to the sustainabilty lead in school? Bringing others along with you is vital when building your climate action plan- and it can be a difficult task. Net zero, the ‘green agenda’, ‘zero carbon’ – all can have negative connotations amongst the wider communty. Finding the way to motivate others to play their part in what you are trying to […]
All education settings are working towards new statutory requirements ready for 2025. The requirements are part of the DfE’s climate strategy – and are part of the drive towards decarbonisation for 2050. In short, schools (and in fact, all education settings) are required to have a sustainability lead in place by 2025, backed up by a climate action plan – […]
September 29th was designated International Awareness of Food Waste and Loss Day. A strangely titled day that grabbed my interest because it directly related to one of the United Nations Sustainable Goals: goal 12 – to ensure ‘sustainable consumption and production patterns’. LowImpact last wrote about our food waste habit and sustainability in 2015. Back then we had some pretty stark figures, taken […]
Climate Rally Talk Good Afternoon, Thank you so much for having me here today. I feel really proud, on this national day of Climate Action, to be here in front of this amazing rally. As a headteacher, I already have privilege – and I see first hand just how motivated, concerned and eager our young people are to make a […]
Simple steps all schools can take to be more sustainable Schools account for around 2% of UK greenhouse gas emissions, roughly the same as all the energy and transport emissions of Manchester, Newcastle and Bristol combined. This is equivalent to 15% of the country’s public sector emissions. The benefits to larger schools and the savings that can be made are […]