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December 17, 2020
Renewable energy is the future. It’s a pretty simple statement and one which, if you’re here reading this, will more than likely agree with. Whether you’re interested in solar panel arrays in shining desserts or rushing water powering our homes, renewables are an extremely exciting concept.
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December 9, 2020
After 11 years following the Scottish education system, I have now reached S5 and should have learned all about the severity of the climate crisis in school, but I have not.
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December 8, 2020
My name is Andy Howes, I am the director of the Post-Graduate Certificate of Education (PGCE) Secondary course at the University of Manchester. Getting a PGCE like this is the main route to becoming a fully qualified high school teacher.
December 6, 2020
You may remember that back in August members of the Teach the Future Scotland attended a meeting with Willie Rennie, leader of the Scottish Liberal Democrats and Beatrice Wishart, education spokesperson for the Scottish Liberal democrats. In this meeting, we discussed the asks of our campaign and our experiences of the educational system. Well, we now have an update!
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December 3, 2020
Yesterday, The Guardian published an article entitled ‘Ofsted chief resists calls to make England school curriculum more diverse’ reporting on Amanda Spielman’s speech launching Ofsted’s Annual report. In her speech, Spielman argued against our calls for reform of the education system in response to the climate crisis.
November 20, 2020
By saying overpopulation is causing climate change, My teacher was telling my class three things: the climate crisis is unsolvable; everyday people are to blame for climate change, and highly populated countries are the big polluters. All three of these things are wrong
November 18, 2020
We are pleased to see the PM’s announcement of a 10 point green plan, however, it does not address a critical element in the UK’s journey towards net-zero: education. Students must leave formal education with the skills and knowledge needed to understand the climate crisis and contribute to its solutions. We are disappointed this has been omitted from today’s announcements.
November 16, 2020
Both bills were organised by the Teach the Future campaign, which wants the education system to have a greater focus on the climate emergency.
November 9, 2020
There is now considerable (though by no means universal) agreement with the idea that young people in schools should have an entitlement to learn in some detail about the climate problems we face, and what they individually and collectively might do in terms of adaptation and mitigation. In what follows, NAEE Chair of Trustees, Bill Scott, explores some of the issues using material that NAEE has recently presented at conferences.
October 25, 2020
Following our meeting with John Swinney, Teach The Future Scotland sent a document to him highlighting how a lack of climate education will violate young people's human rights including but not exclusive to their education, and the necessity for sustainable education. It is incredibly important to highlight these rights as it illustrates the extreme impact the climate crisis will have and our right to learn about how these impacts will affect us.
October 12, 2020
On the 12th October 2019, I stood in a classroom full of teachers at the NEU Climate Emergency conference, a countdown clock projected on a screen behind me ran down to zero, and the Teach the Future website was launched (in reality the website had been live for a couple of days, and the countdown was somewhat staged, but that's irrelevant). What's important, is that Teach the Future is one year old today.
October 2, 2020
“Net Zero”, the idea that a community makes a zero contribution to global warming, is an elusive concept. It usually involves some sort of cheating – or, to use more diplomatic language, it involves leaving out various sources of emissions from the calculations.