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
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.
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.
17 July 2020
Climate Change Lessons - Leeds DEC
To access the lessons please go to: https://leedsdec.co.uk/climate-action-vm/
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.
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.