27 October 2022
Pupil voice, participation and sustainability newsletters
Each half term we produce a Pupil voice, participation and sustainability bulletin for schools. This bulletin contains lots of useful information, updates, links and training information that may be of use to professionals working in schools and settings with a focus on climate education, sustainability, improving pupil voice and participation in your setting as well as other essential updates.
This is also available to be sent directly to your inbox if you have an account on our Leeds for Learning website.
11 December 2020
Landmark report - UK can make major cuts to carbon emissions more cheaply than previously thought.
The Climate Change Committee (CCC) in its report ‘The Sixth Carbon Budget The UK’s path to Net Zero’ says that, for less than 1% of national wealth, the UK can reduce 78% of emissions by 2035, based on 1990 levels.
06 October 2020
Solving plastic pollution – Sir David Attenborough and Dame Ellen MacArthur.
Solutions to tackle plastic pollution are within reach so we can avoid a future in which there are more plastic than fish in our oceans.
02 October 2020
Attenborough smashes Jennifer Aniston's Instagram record!
Sir David Attenborough has broken Jennifer Aniston's record for the fastest time to reach a million followers on Instagram. At 94 years old, the naturalist's follower count raced to seven figures in 4 hrs 44 mins on Thursday, according to Guinness World Records.
18 September 2020
UN’s Global Biodiversity Outlook report.
The fifth edition of the UN’s Global Biodiversity Outlook report, published by the Convention of Biological Diversity (CBD), provides an authoritative overview of the state of nature worldwide.
18 September 2020
Extinction - the Facts
With a million species at risk of extinction, David Attenborough explores how this crisis of biodiversity has consequences for us all, including putting us at greater risk of pandemic diseases.
17 July 2020
Climate Change Lessons - Leeds DEC
To access the lessons please go to: https://leedsdec.co.uk/climate-action-vm/
14 July 2020
Children and young people with long term medical/mental health conditions in Leeds schools.
In September 2018 Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust in partnership with Leeds City Council held the ‘In Your Shoes’ conference for young people with long term conditions with the aim of seeking a better understanding of the needs of young people in order to better support them.
08 July 2020
Leeds School Uniform Exchange
Zero Waste Leeds are launching Leeds School Uniform Exchange to open up the opportunity for people across our city to donate, buy, sell or swap school uniform.
22 June 2020
Greta Thunberg: Climate change 'as urgent' as coronavirus
The world needs to learn the lessons of coronavirus and treat climate change with similar urgency says Greta Thunberg. That means the world acting "with necessary force", the Swedish climate activist says in an exclusive interview with BBC News. She doesn't think any "green recovery plan" will solve the crisis alone and says that the world is now passing a "social tipping point" on climate and issues such as Black Lives Matter.
15 June 2020
Energy Savng School challenge - Rising to the Energy Challenge.
The Energy Saving Trust has recently launched the Energy Saving Schools Challenge. This exciting new initiative aims to inform, inspire and empower secondary school students to reduce their energy use and help the UK reach Net Zero by 2050.
27 January 2020
Climate change: Teaching the truth of natural disasters
Schools must prepare young people for the consequences of climate change, says international aid charity.