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Richard Knight

 scored on climate education?

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Climate Education Report Card

A

Candidate Name:

Richard Knight

Constituency:

East Hampshire

Party:

Green Party of England and Wales

Date:

10.6.24

Notes:

No notes given.

Question

Score (/5)

Do they support the integration of climate change throughout every subject?

5

Do they support the teaching on solutions for climate change, as well as the causes and impacts?

5

Do they support more training for all teachers around the climate crisis?

5

Do they support more money being spent to upgrade schools so they are carbon neutral?

4

Do they support more green skills being taught in job-related education? 

5

Total Score (/25)

24

Candidate's Responses

  1. Do you support the integration of climate change throughout every subject?

    Yes. It is the single biggest factor in our lives. To not know about it is to deprive all of us the chance to mitigate the wort of it and it would be unfair to conceal what we have done from the generations that will have to live with it.
  2. Do you support the teaching on solutions for climate change, as well as the causes and impacts?

    Definitely. To only discuss the disaster it to bring everything to a standstill. We have all the of the solutions - they need to be implemented. There is no need to wait for future technologies we need to make use of what we already have.
  3. Do they support more training for all teachers around the climate crisis?

    Yes. It feels reasonable to help teachers work out how the Climate Crisis is woven into every subject that is taught. There is not one that is not involved. Helping to make this clear, to show how this had come about and how it can be mitigated gives the next generation a sound bas from which to go out into the world.
  4. Do they support more money being spent to upgrade schools so they are carbon neutral?

    Yes. I think we are about to see a massive shift in the way education is provided. The current system is out of date and will be more obviously so as AI and the climate crisis layout. In whatever form the schools take they need to be symbols of the pathway to solutions not examples of past failings.
  5. Do they support more green skills being taught in job-related education? 

    Yes. I think this is one of the most challenging aspects as so many businesses are not climate friendly. I think it will be rested by companies whose very existence is a contributor to the crisis. But for those who are working towards providing solutions or who at the very least are not damaging to the environment, the staff should be clear on how their work helps. Ideally those companies that are detrimental to the survival of life on earth accept the writing on the wall!