Blog
February 26, 2020
Students are today taking their education into their own hands and launching a climate emergency education bill in parliament, to call for rapid education reform and with the hopes of gaining support from MPs.
February 26, 2020
I believe that climate and environmental teaching is a vital part of a child’s education. But our education system is not giving students a real understanding of the climate emergency or environmental issues.
February 26, 2020
We are excited to announce the British Youth Council’s support for Teach the Future, a campaign to reform the education system to reflect the severity of the climate crisis and ecological emergency.
February 25, 2020
If radical action to reduce emissions isn’t taken in the next decade or so, many of today’s schoolchildren could live in a world that’s 3℃ or 4℃ hotter by the time they enter their later years. Their working lives would be defined by routine weather extremes, widespread crop failures and catastrophic sea level rise.
February 25, 2020
Joe and Scarlett interviewed on BBC Breakfast ahead of our Parliamentary Reception
February 25, 2020
I have been frustrated by the lack of urgency in the education system. The climate crisis has made it evident that the role of education has never been more important.
February 25, 2020
The climate change protests that swept the world last year, kickstarted by Swedish teenager Greta Thunberg, generated huge amounts of coverage and showed that this generation is deeply aware of the ongoing climate crisis.
February 25, 2020
Quakers in Britain have joined education charities, unions and environmental NGOs in signing up to Teach the Future, a youth-led campaign to put the climate crisis at the heart of the education system.
February 24, 2020
"It's educated people who are causing the most damage to the planet," says sixth-former Joe Brindle. Joe, 17, says schools need to put the environment at the heart of education. Ministers agree "it is vital that pupils are taught about climate change" but Joe says schools are failing to prepare them for a climate emergency.
February 21, 2020
After celebrating its 70th anniversary in 2018, I believe it is fair to say that the British Youth Council has become a well-established and respected organisation over the years...
February 20, 2020
Thanks so much to all of you that have written to your MPs for us imploring them to attend our reception in Parliament next week. We now have 50 MPs confirmed, which means we are half way to our target of 100! If you haven’t written to your MP, its not too late, here is a template email you can use.
February 18, 2020
Joe, 17, who is a sixth former at Devizes School is the leader of the school’s climate change group and is a campaigner for the UK Student Climate Network.