Sign up to Eco Schools Green Flag, to follow a programme allowing your students to get involved in climate action in your school with projects to support your climate action plan.
The website provides an audit with questions covering 10 topics which can help to identify areas for improvement and gives the students an understanding of what they can achieve.
It is a good idea to begin by measuring the current carbon footprint of your school to identify key areas to focus on for improvement and potentially easy-wins.
Count your Carbon by Eco-Schools provides an in-depth audit which will require information to be supplied by the business manager and senior members of staff. The audit can take up to three hours to complete. Once completed, you will receive a report and guidance to complete a carbon action planner.
Here’s a quick link to their step by step guide and a list of the audit questions.
We have created a climate action plan template based on our learnings from working with schools.
Please contact us to suggest other actions to add that could support other schools too.
If you would like external support to create your climate action plan, you can sign up to Let’s Go Zero.
They can provide your school with an advisor who will meet with you online or in person to provide advice and help you to take a carbon audit of your school, provide a climate action plan and support your green projects.
Visit the East Sussex County Council website for the resources they offer to schools including East Sussex Climate Change Charter for Education Settings which provides advice and links to support a school climate action plan. They have also produced a Climate Change and Sustainability guide for governors and you can sign up to their forum for School Sustainability Leads.
https://czone.eastsussex.gov.uk/school-management/climate-change
If your school is part of an academy trust, find the support they can offer on their website or portal.
The Transform our World action planner is an online tool which can build a climate action plan by asking you questions about your setting. It then suggests actions with advice, which you can choose to add to your climate action plan.
The website also shares useful information and campaigns for your students to get involved with.
Our aim is to keep the advice on this website short and simple. If you want to dive further and find out what fantastic work the schools in other areas are doing, why not follow these links:
Where to find grants for your projects