Blog
July 11, 2021
In light of World Population Day, Frances explains the wrongful association with an increasing population perpetuating climate change.
July 8, 2021
Fridays for Future is gearing up for the next Global Climate Strike on September 24th, 2021 to demand rapid climate action from world leaders, especially politicians from the Global North.
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July 4, 2021
Summary of the success of our virtual hustings for the Batley and Spen by-election
June 27, 2021
It's Pride Month, and here's a piece by Libi detailing why the climate crisis also affects the LGBTQIA+ community.
June 21, 2021
We are facing a climate and ecological emergency which requires immediate action if we are to avoid catastrophic impacts from human induced climate change. To address this urgent need, the whole of society needs to come together and realise their roles as a individuals and as a collective. This is why we are calling on theG20 Education Ministers' meeting to make this a top priority.
June 20, 2021
Class discrimination, also known as classism, is prejudice or discrimination on the basis of social class. It includes individual attitudes, behaviours, systems of policies and practices that are set up to benefit the upper class at the expense of the lower class.
June 17, 2021
Climate change and racism are both extremely important issues that urgently need to be addressed. However, climate change and racial justice are incredibly closely interlinked, so solving one must also involve solving the other.
June 13, 2021
Since late 2019, Teach The Future UK has been fighting and advocating for comprehensive education on the climate crisis and sustainability for all students but when we say this, we want it to go beyond simply the sciences and geography. For a successful education on the climate crisis we need to dig deeper into the social and political implications of climate change - Climate Justice.
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June 7, 2021
The key moments and achievements of TtF Scotland so far...
June 6, 2021
Although the Thatcher government’s Section 28 has been off the statute books since 2003, many places in the UK are still opposed to LGBT representation in the classroom. In fact, even though the UK ranked 9th in a list of Europe’s most LGBT-friendly countries, there were 3,000 sexual orientation hate crimes recorded last year in London alone.
June 3, 2021
COVID-19 has had an impact on the Scottish education system not seen since world war 2 (Varkey Foundation, 2021). The exam fiasco of 2020 and the loss of learning across the country illustrates the lack of resilience in our education system. Our world is changing in many ways, and we need an education system that will change with it, to provide students with the skills and knowledge they need to be able to live and work in an uncertain environment.
June 1, 2021
Teachers say climate change content in the national curriculum is currently "limited" and should be extended.