Climate and Nature Action in Education
We ran a national series of events in September to help drive climate and nature action planning in all education settings during 2024/25. You can view a video of the webinar, hear from Minister Morgan and download Action Cards and display them on your webpages or socials to show others the steps that you have started to take.
Climate Ambassadors: an introduction for education settings – video
EAUC hosted a free webinar on Friday 27 September. Education leaders, those with a sustainability remit, and other interested parties from education settings were welcomed. To find other events hosted by EAUC involving Climate Ambassadors and some of our sister projects please visit EAUC Events | EAUC
A recording of the webinar giving an in depth overview of the support on offer is below for you watch and share with your networks.
Overview
Our education system and the nurseries, schools and colleges within it play a critical role in driving action to address climate change and nature decline. As part of the Department for Education sustainability and climate change strategy, all education settings are expected to have a climate action plan and a sustainability lead in place by the end of 2025. During the new academic year a number of organisations will be working together to offer a wide range of free support to nursery, school and college leaders to enable them to act on climate and nature. Minister Morgan has recorded a video below outlining the support available.
Be one of the first education leaders to benefit from this support and start the development of your climate and nature action plan by accessing support from:
- The Sustainability Support for Education service
Help us to inspire and support others in your community
During Climate and Nature Action in Education, more than 200 education settings large and small will have started their plans.
We know we can’t stop there though, and we need your support to make real change happen. If you are a nursery, school or college leader why not take your first climate and sustainability action today by:
- getting to know your outdoor space with the National Education Nature Park
- setting yourself up for climate action planning success with Sustainability Support for Education
- inviting a volunteer Climate Ambassador to inspire your action planning
- booking an appointment with a Climate Action Advisor to audit school sustainability and develop a climate action plan
- sharing your progress with colleagues at trust or group meetings
- talking to your education community about climate and nature action and your progress through social media, websites and newsletters.
These are only a small set of the actions you can take with the support of our services.
Help us to inspire and support others in your community to take action by sharing one of our action cards (right click on image and select “Save image as”):
- Download all the action cards (ZIP file – 3MB).
To use the action card, simply download the file and share via your website, social media or newsletter and tell us about it by using the hashtag #climatenatureed. Ask us for free advice and support using the same hashtag. Download and use as many cards as you think you can make progress on!
We can’t wait to see the action you are taking and to make 2024/25 a new start for climate and nature action in education.