Blog
May 30, 2021
The terms ‘plant-based’, ‘vegan’ and ‘vegetarian’ have been becoming increasingly common in recent years. A lot of people have decided to make the change to their diets for various reasons, one of them being because of the environment. The global West’s high consumption of meat and dairy is partly fuelling climate change, and switching to a plant-based diet is one of the best ways an individual can reduce their own carbon footprint.
May 27, 2021
How the arts can help make climate activism more accessible.
May 23, 2021
Power. What do you think of when you think of power? Perhaps the government. Perhaps a leader, a CEO, a headteacher or maybe something or someone completely different. There is no one set definition of power yet it is something that many wish to achieve. Why? Why waste time on achieving a concept? Because with power comes the ability to make change, to impact something you disagree with, to gain the attention and respect needed to achieve your goals. There are many routes to gaining power but the most successful, the original route is education. Education ensures that those who are unaware, learn. That those who do not wish to listen, do. It is an influential device that pushes people to achieve whatever they wish.
May 20, 2021
The climate crisis is no longer a thing of the past, a myth that doesn’t exist or a possibility that has an unlikely outcome. The climate crisis is happening now. From the 2020 Australian wildfires that grabbed the attention of people from across the globe to the more recent Texas freeze earlier this year, we can no longer deny that ever changing temperatures are starting to hit us harder.
May 13, 2021
“77% of students say that thinking about climate change makes them anxious and in the UK, as many as 1 in 6 young people will experience an anxiety condition”...
May 10, 2021
April 30th marked President Joe Biden’s first one hundred days in American office. In a crisis, this time period in the United States is even more important, as the President is under the watchful eye of the public, and Biden’s ideologies and style is completely different to his predecessor.
May 2, 2021
Over the past months, members of Teach the Future Scotland have been lobbying the five key parties in Scotland for the inclusion of our asks and policy recommendations in each parties manifestos. This is a milestone for our campaign as it means we can effectively hold the government to account on these policies.I will go and rank each party on the inclusion of our asks in their manifesto as well as the general embedding of climate education.
April 30, 2021
Over the last few months, the TTF Wales team has been hard at work spreading our policies and lobbying in an attempt to ensure that as many of our asks as possible were incorporated into party manifestos ahead of this year’s elections. With policies secured in the manifestos of the main parties...
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April 25, 2021
On Thursday 6th of May, the Scottish Parliament elections will take place. This is an election where climate must be a priority. This election gives candidates the opportunity to show that they support educating Scottish youth on the climate and ecological emergency and ensuring they are prepared for the future they will face.
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April 22, 2021
On the week commencing the 12th of April Teach the Future ran a week of action. Did you see our volunteers around the country? Or our projections onto parliament?
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April 18, 2021
From April 12th - April 16th, Teach the Future are joining FFF Climate Education for a Week of Climate Education action. This involved sending a list of demands conveying the youths vision for climate education to Ministers of Education from over 10 European countries.
April 15, 2021
A Teach the Future volunteer has written a poem about women's experiences in today's society. Inequality and social justice are inextricably linked to and intersect with climate emergency solutions so it is essential we highlight these on our platforms.