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What do the stats say?

What do the stats say?

Joe Brindle

September 24, 2020

I had a little realisation earlier, that we at Teach the Future probably haven't done the best job of sharing all the really important Climate Education surveys that we have collected over the last year. To fix that problem, I've written this blog - I intend to keep updating it as we discover more research!

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Invest in net-zero schools: our submission to the Comprehensive Spending Review

Invest in net-zero schools: our submission to the Comprehensive Spending Review

Joe Brindle

September 23, 2020

"Teach the Future recommends accelerated and consistent delivery of investment into the energy efficiency and carbon reduction of school buildings in the CSR and presents the argument, methodology, and costing for a zero-carbon education estate."

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Meeting John Swinney and Liam Cahill

Meeting John Swinney and Liam Cahill

Anna Brown

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.

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Research shows climate education is lacking across Europe

Research shows climate education is lacking across Europe

Joe Brindle

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.

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Our Meeting with the Third Generation Project

Our Meeting with the Third Generation Project

Anna Brown

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.

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Meeting with Willie Rennie and Beatrice Wishart

Meeting with Willie Rennie and Beatrice Wishart

Tess Corcoran

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.

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Response from John Swinney on a Green Recovery for Education

Response from John Swinney on a Green Recovery for Education

Anna Brown

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.

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The Importance of Language in Climate Education

The Importance of Language in Climate Education

Serena Murdoch

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

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Progress with MSPs: Edward Mountain

Progress with MSPs: Edward Mountain

Lily Henderson

August 19, 2020

On the 3rd of August, I was able to speak to my local MSP for the Highlands and Islands - Edward Mountain.

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Why Interdisciplinary Learning is Crucial

Why Interdisciplinary Learning is Crucial

Sophie Price

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.

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Are exams to blame for the failings of our education system?

Are exams to blame for the failings of our education system?

Mary Skuodas

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.

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Our education system isn’t ready for the climate crisis

Our education system isn’t ready for the climate crisis

Henry Webb

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