Blog
September 9, 2020
Six of our climate education advocates went to a call with John Swinney and Liam Cahill (responsible for Learning for Sustainability policy) where they discussed the aims of the Teach the Future campaign, its progress thus far as well as how we think the devolved government can best support systemic reform - with the much needed societal shift in accordance with climate justice.
September 8, 2020
A new survey from Erasmus+ School Education Gateway has shown that the UK is not the only country with bad climate education as Italy remains the only EU country to have made climate change education compulsory in schools across the curriculum.
September 4, 2020
The Third Generation Projects’ communications coordinator Annabelle Von Molte contacted us on Monday 10th August after hearing about us through another project.
September 1, 2020
On Monday the 24th August, 5 climate education advocates from Teach the Future Scotland had a meeting with Willie Rennie - the Leader of the Scottish Liberal Democrats - and Beatrice Wishart - the Scottish Liberal Democrat Spokesperson for Education - as well as 2 Liberal Democrat staff members.
August 27, 2020
On June 25th Katie Napier, Tess Corcoran and I sent a letter to Deputy First Minister and Education Secretary John Swinney calling for a green recovery for education as part of our campaign launch.
August 25, 2020
Voulez-vous parler du changement climatique? I was in French class and a topic I finally found interesting had come up. This is what eight years of painful language learning had prepared me for
August 19, 2020
On the 3rd of August, I was able to speak to my local MSP for the Highlands and Islands - Edward Mountain.
August 15, 2020
Therefore, it only follows suit that at school we should learn about these complex issues such as the climate emergency and systemic racism, in a way that mirrors the very nature of these problems - an interdisciplinary way.
August 11, 2020
June marked the last day of secondary education for me and thousands across the country, not quite how I was envisioning it, yet a significant occasion nonetheless.
July 26, 2020
The pandemic has exposed the flaws in the current model of education, such that we can no longer choose to ignore them. Someone pointed out to me the other day that while this year’s GCSE and A-level students have essentially been told that everything they’d done to
July 20, 2020
In England, we are pushing for an English Climate Emergency Education Bill, and in Scotland, we are pushing for a Scottish Climate and Biodiversity Emergency Bill. Both are very simple, and I thought it would be a good idea to explain them a bit here.
July 13, 2020
After our successful campaign launch last week, Teach the Future Scotland is looking to begin recruiting new volunteers very soon! We would love to expand our brilliant team as we continue forward to achieve systemic change in education.