Blog
February 12, 2020
Like many young people, Joe Brindle, 17, is scared for the future because of the climate crisis. He is, he says, “angry about the injustice that is allowing the most vulnerable people in the world to suffer from the actions of the richest and most powerful”
February 5, 2020
Thank you to every single one of the 552 of you that donated to our Crowdfunder! We made it! When we first started we didn’t know if we would raise enough to afford the room hire and compulsory catering order in parliament, as it costs a fortune, but we were amazed when we reached the £4,000 target in just a few weeks.
February 5, 2020
Climate change should be taught in schools. That is the opinion of three quarters of respondents to a recent YouGov poll. This data certainly suggests that a majority of the UK population now considers the issue of climate change significant enough to warrant inclusion in the body of prized knowledge that constitutes the National Curriculum.
February 4, 2020
Today a handful of Teach the Future volunteers were given the incredible opportunity to attend the launch of the United Nations COP26 at the London Science Museum.
January 23, 2020
On Wednesday 22 January representatives from UKSCN and SOS-UK were invited to the House of Lords for an evening with Sir David Attenborough on the topic of Hopes and Fears for the Planet.
January 14, 2020
Over the last 2 months, many organisations have come out in support of Teach the Future, here I wanted to show you some of the great messages we've had from these groups.
January 9, 2020
Thanks to all those that donated to our Teach the Future crowdfunder. As of today that is 332 of you, totalling £5,553! We so appreciate your very generous support, and are absolutely buzzing from all your encouraging and supportive comments, it has totally reassured us we are on to something with our campaign and motivated us to get our demands implemented!
December 24, 2019
On the Wednesday prior to the general election, my comprehensive secondary school declared that it would be holding a mock election. We would each be given our own ballot paper...
December 17, 2019
We are so delighted to have hit the £4,000 crowdfunder target in 48hrs! Thank you for making that happen. We are overwhelmed by all your support and so heartened by the messages coming in from fellow students, educators, parents, grandparents, and many other supporters!
December 11, 2019
Tomorrow we will face the prospect of implementing a new government. Hopefully, this will be one that brings with it notions of climate justice and education reform, two things so idiosyncratic to our being that this general election strikes fear in the hearts of many people when they think of what is at stake.
November 26, 2019
We’ve analysed each manifesto against our 6 demands of #TeachTheFuture. It’s clear to see our climate strikes have had an impact in shifting the conversation for some parties. The transformation of our education system as a means to solve the climate crisis and ecological emergency is reflected most clearly in the commitments by the Greens and Labour.
November 10, 2019
Earlier this week I was in Brussels, visiting the European Parliament as part of a trip organised by my MEP, Ellie Chowns. Whilst I was there, I had the pleasure of attending a session run by a civil servant about how the European Parliament operates and the like, and he remarked on how he often encountered British visitors to have much less knowledge of political affairs than citizens of other countries,