New to the sustainabilty lead in school? Bringing others along with you is vital when building your climate action plan- and can be a difficult area. Net Zero, The ‘green agenda’, ‘Zero Carbon’ – all can have negative connotations amongst the wider communty. Finding the way to motivate others to play their part in what you are trying to do […]
All education settings are working towards new statutory requirements ready for 2025. The requirements are part of the DfE’s climate strategy – and are part of the drive towards decarbonisation for 2050. In short, schools (and in fact, all education settings) are required to have a sustainability lead in place by 2025, backed up by a climate action plan – […]
September 29th was designated International Awareness of Food Waste and Loss Day. A strangely titled day that grabbed my interest because it directly related to one of the United Nations Sustainable Goals: goal 12 – to ensure ‘sustainable consumption and production patterns’. LowImpact last wrote about our food waste habit and sustainability in 2015. Back then we had some pretty stark figures, taken […]
Climate Rally Talk Good Afternoon, Thank you so much for having me here today. I feel really proud, on this national day of Climate Action, to be here in front of this amazing rally. As a headteacher, I already have privilege – and I see first hand just how motivated, concerned and eager our young people are to make a […]
Why we need to conquer climate doomism in the classroom.
Simple steps all schools can take to be more sustainable Schools account for around 2% of UK greenhouse gas emissions, roughly the same as all the energy and transport emissions of Manchester, Newcastle and Bristol combined. This is equivalent to 15% of the country’s public sector emissions. The benefits to larger schools and the savings that can be made are […]