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One in four schools in England have a Sustainability Lead, that sounds like a system that is about to ‘tip’

According to a Teacher Tapp survey of 9,367 teachers, 24% of schools in England have now appointed Sustainability Lead. This is a small increase on last year’s 18%, are we about to see a sudden increase, or will progress now stall? Global Action Plan’s Director of Education, Morgan Phillips explores what DfE might do next.

Generation Action - White Paper

How to unleash the potential of children and young people to take positive action and create a better world for all.

The world around us is changing faster than ever. The ways we have been living have led to major threats to our natural world upon which we depend. Alongside the ecological crisis we are also living through rising social division and inequality which is taking its toll on our well-being. We have it within our power to create a fairer, kinder society and to repair and restore our natural world. We must come together to take more action, or it is the young generation who will experience the most serious consequences of inaction. The question is – how?

Environmentalism in a time between education worlds

An essay collection re-framing the campaigning role of England's environmental educators.

The education system in England is on the rocks, it is floundering badly, and while it has achieved much, it is no longer fit for purpose, not in a world characterised by unpredictable and accelerating change. And so – as the old education system falls – a new one will rise, it will be the third great era of post-WWII English education. In this collection, we examine what educators can do to help create positive environmental change, and what environmentalists can do to help shape the new era of education.