Reduce carbon emissions by reducing energy use in the school, creating less waste across the school day, saving water, and promoting active travel.
Understand and plan for the risks to your setting from climate change and extreme weather events such as water and resource shortages, storms, flooding and heatwaves. Look at ways to share skills and resources.
Create habitats and spaces for nature in the school grounds, raise awareness of the importance of nature, get students outdoors, composting.
Incorporate climate issues into the curriculum, providing extra-curricular activities. Promote green careers, linking to local green career and training providers.
Provides resources, services and tools to help you identify appropriate action to develop, or build on, your climate action plan.
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Provides access to on-the-ground volunteer climate ambassadors and regional networks to support the development and delivery of impactful climate action plans, working in partnership with Let’s Go Zero Climate Action Advisors.
Find out more: https://climateambassadors.org.uk/
Provides curriculum-linked resources and practical activities to engage children and young people in nature and the improvement of their local environment. Participation in the Nature Park is a great way to add meaningful education, skills and biodiversity action to your plan.
Find out more: https://www.educationnaturepark.org.uk/
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.